Each Operator Station has a local configuration file that will inform the instance of the application on how to operate. Once the configuration is complete in the Plant Focus database for each Operator Station, a few small configuration changes is all that is needed to be up and running. 

The configuration file, App.config, for each Operator Station instance is housed in the home directory of the application and can be edited with any text editor.

C:\PData\EXEs\OpStationWPF\App.config

Configuration Settings

Inside of App.config you will find a section of settings as shown below. 

A. Display Screen

In some environments there may be multiple monitors in use and there is a need to determine which monitor the Operator Station will display on. By design the Operator Station will be displayed in full screen, without a border, to prevent users from easily being able to access unnecessary operating system functions. By default this value is "1" when using only one monitor, in multiple monitor setups you can check the designation of the monitor's number through your display settings in windows. The desired monitor's value would be used in this field to display the Operator Station on that monitor.

B. Endpoint Address

The Plant Focus API is hosted, in a typical installation, locally on the collector. The value entered in this field will be the IP address and port for the API instance along with the trailing "/api". This is where the Operator Station will look for the Plant Focus API to send and receive data from. 

C. Station ID

Each Operator Station is assigned a globally unique identifier in its configuration. This identifier will let the Operator Station know which configuration to pull in from the API and how to operate based on that configuration. 

D. Station Culture

The Operator Station is designed to be a multilingual platform. The culture identifier for the language desired is entered into this configuration item and on startup the Operator Station will configure all text to the appropriate language.