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Avantis.PRO Registry Settings

Avantis.PRO Registry Settings . Peter Barbier Director of Customer Support Avantis. Invensys Enterprise Control Offerings. Corporate Systems. Industry Solutions Services: Consulting, Project Execution, Learning, Operational Improvement, Maintenance & Support Partner Ecosystem.

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Avantis.PRO Registry Settings

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  1. Avantis.PRO Registry Settings Peter Barbier Director of Customer Support Avantis

  2. Invensys Enterprise Control Offerings Corporate Systems Industry Solutions Services: Consulting, Project Execution, Learning, Operational Improvement, Maintenance & Support Partner Ecosystem Corporate Software Applications Invensys and Third Party Manufacturing / Production Operations Automation Invensys and Third Party Enterprise Control System IT Platform Integration and Collaboration Platform

  3. Where The Offerings We Will Discuss Fit Within TheInFusion Enterprise Control System Execution Integration & Collaboration Platform Enterprise Asset Management Mobile Workforce Management Manufacturing Execution Systems Batch Performance Software Applications Asset Performance Performance Measurement and Reporting Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence Enterprise Integration Visualization Quality Optimization Workflow Advanced Process Control Simulation / Optimization Design Operator Training Third-Party Offerings Open Device Integration Web Portal Control Automation Software Applications DCS PAC SCADA HMI Application Toolkit Safety Turbomachinery Control Safety Instrumented Systems General Purpose Safety Historian Measurement & Instrumentation Recorders Instrumentation Controllers

  4. Avantis Registry SettingsAgenda

  5. Avantis Registry SettingsRegistry Search • Avantis Client ‘copies’ many settings locally (HKCU) when launched • For most Avantis registry settings, the application will look locally then global • HKCU • HKLM • Global.ini • Environ.ini • Avantis client only requires environment key to run HKCU | Software | Marcam | Database | Asset Management Client | Environment

  6. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • AllVertextDesc (string) Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Asset Management Middle Tier | Cabinet Description: • This setting suppresses or shows all data members for an object, including those for which no description has been created. In practice, this key must be changed to "1“ in the middle tier setting to allow for the expansion of the browse tree. Values: • 0 - Suppresses data members • 1 - Shows all data members

  7. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • Error_Handling (string) Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Common | Diagnostics Description: • This setting allows you to define whether the user can continue when a Failed Assert error occurs. Failed Assert errors are non-fatal errors that can occur when you are running Avantis. Although you can continue, Avantis cannot guarantee the integrity of your data. We strongly recommend that you do not use the "TERMINATE“ option. The value must always be entered in uppercase. Values: • ALLOW_CONTINUE | ALWAYS_CONTINUE | TERMINATE Needs to be manually created

  8. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • LogSize (string) Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Common | Diagnostics Description: • This setting allows you to define the maximum size of the zederr.log until the file is cleared. By default, the value is "50" kilobytes. You can adjust the value by entering the numeric portion of the size. Values: • Any size in kilobytes Needs to be manually created

  9. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • LogPath (string) Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Common | Diagnostics Description: • This setting is used in conjunction with LogFile to locate the log file. The log file indentified contains information filed by such functions as ZedScope and ZedTrace. Values: • Requires path Needs to be manually created

  10. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • ShowSplashDialog (string) Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Asset Management Client | SessionMan Description: • This setting allows you to define whether the splash screen is displayed prior to the log in dialog. Disabling this setting will increase the launch time of Avantis. Values: • 0 - Suppresses Avantis splash screen • 1 - Suppresses Avantis splash screen Installed with default value of 1

  11. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • LogoffIn (DWORD) Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Asset Management Client | SessionMan • Also in HKCU or Global.ini Description: • This setting allows you to define the amount of time, in minutes, until Avantis logs off automatically when no sessions are open. Values: • Enter value in minutes Installed with default value of 15

  12. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • LogoffAVLaunch (DWORD) Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Asset Management Client | SessionMan • Also in HKCU or Global.ini Description: • This setting allows you to define whether Sessman will shutdown when no other application is running if LogoffAVLaunch is set to 1 and specifies a value for LogoffIn. Values: • 0 - Disables shutdown of Avantis • 1 - Enables shutdown of Avantis Installed with default value of 0

  13. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • MaxListSize (DWORD) Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Common | Diagnostic • Also in HLCU Description: • This setting allows you to define the maximum list size for drop-down menus (list boxes or combo boxes). Values: • Number of records to be displayed Installed with default value of 6000

  14. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • EnableBusyDialog (DWORD) Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Common | Diagnostics • Also in Global.ini Description: • This setting allows you to define if the Busy and Not Responding dialogs are displayed. If disabled, this may cause the client to believe Avantis is still working when it is fact not responding. Values: • 0 – Disables ‘Not Responding’ dialog • 1 – Enables ‘Not Responding’ dialog Installed with default value of 1

  15. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • Show_OBJID (DWORD) Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Asset Management Client | Default User Settings | Diagnostic | • Also in Global.ini Description: • This setting allows you to define whether the object ID of the parent object is displayed in the banner. Values: • 0 - Disables display of Object ID • 1 - Enables display of Object ID Not installed by default

  16. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • StartAtOnce (DWORD) Location: • HKCU | Software | Marcam | Asset Management Client | Maintenance Transactions • Also in HKLM or Global.ini Description: • This setting allows you to define whether the MTP will start as soon as it is launched. Values: • 0 - Disables MTP startup on launch • 1 - Enables MTP startup on launch Not installed default value is 0

  17. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • Maintenance Transactions Settings (string values) Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Asset Management Client | Maintenance Transactions Description: • Allow the option of separating MTP processing over multiple client for load balancing ** Note: data corruption may occur if the MTP is processing transactions against the same database from multiple locations Keys: ProcessCatalogRequests, ProcessDeferredActions, ProcessInventoryTransactions, ProcessLaborTransactions, ProcessStatTransactions, ProcessMemoTransactions Values: • 0 - Disables display of Object ID 1 - Enables display of Object ID Installed with MTP

  18. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • ReportServer (string) Location: • HKLM | SOFTWARE | Marcam | Asset Management Client | Reports • Also in Global.ini Description: • This settings allows you to enable InProc printing for individual workstations Values: • InProc Needs to be manually created

  19. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • RemoteAccessEnabled Location: • HKLM |SOFTWARE | MICROSOFT | COM3 Description: • Microsoft setting that enables Distributed COM for use on the workstation. This is required for use with Windows 2003 SP1 servers. Values: • 0 – Disables DCOM • 1 – Enables DCOM Microsoft Service Patches have been known to disable remote access

  20. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • Enabling edit of Reports in Avantis Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Asset Management Client | Report Keys: • "Create_New_Reports"="CrystalReports" • "CrystalExeName"="<path>\\crw32.exe" • "CrystalInstalled"=dword:00000001 • "CRITERIA_REPORT"="0“ Registry export file included in Avantis Client Install folder

  21. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • ZedTrace (for debug) Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Common | Diagnostic Keys: • "CatchExceptions“ – sets value = 1 • "EnableBusyDialog” - sets values = 1 • "System_Message_Logging” - sets value to OFF • @="" • "Show_ObjID"= sets value = 1

  22. Avantis Registry SettingsUseful Classic Registry Settings • ZedTrace (for debug) Continued Location: • HKLM | Software | Marcam | Common | Diagnostic Keys: • "LOGSIZE“ sets value to 5000 • "LOGFILE“ sets value to ZEDERR.LOG • "LOGPATH“ sets value to "c:\\" • "DEBUGMODE“ sets value to "YES" • "StackTrace” values can be 0-7

  23. Avantis Registry SettingsRegistry and Configuration in 5.0 New Avantis SmartClient • ClickOnce and Standalone settings are stored in configuration files • Administrator will be able to define settings and push out changes with load of the application • Plans are to centralize the configuration updates through the Avantis Administration Tool Classic Clients will still use windows registry • Some settings will be duplicated and need to be set in both the registry and configuration files

  24. Avantis Registry Settings Questions

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