Installing Machine Connect
- Click here to download the MC application;
- Extract the zip file and copy all the extracted files to a disk location you will use to run the application from (for example c:\MachineConnect);
- Open the windows task scheduler application;
- Create a new task as follows:
In the "General" tab, configure as shown below.
The "Run weather the user is logged in or not" option assumes that the PC, on boot, will auto login the Windows user account displayed.
This is the common configuration for SCADA or other machines with HMI or other software designed to start on boot.
Select "OK" to save the task;
Reboot the machine and observe Machine Connect launch within one minute of Windows login;
Fill in the User Name, Password and Asset Id (described as Asset Key on the asset details page);
Click Start. You should observe MC communicate with UC and obtain its interface configuration (asset attributes) and instructions for collecting data (workflow schedule);
You can tell if MC is successful in getting data from UC;
It will create these files and folders;
workflows.json should reflect the scheduled workflow for this asset.