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Tech Note 364 - How To Configure The BatchGuiConfig ActiveX Control For Redundancy Client Switch-Over

This document provides instructions for configuring the BatchGuiConfig ActiveX control for redundancy client switch-over in 3 steps: 1. Create a tag to monitor the server connection and loss of communication. 2. Add a condition script to initialize the control when the server switches over. 3. Configure the control's properties and events to reset the monitoring tag and clear it on system shutdown.

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Tech Note 364 - How To Configure The BatchGuiConfig ActiveX Control For Redundancy Client Switch-Over

This document provides instructions for configuring the BatchGuiConfig ActiveX control for redundancy client switch-over in 3 steps: 1. Create a tag to monitor the server connection and loss of communication. 2. Add a condition script to initialize the control when the server switches over. 3. Configure the control's properties and events to reset the monitoring tag and clear it on system shutdown.

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Tech Note 364

How to Configure the BatchGuiConfig ActiveX® Control for Redundancy Client Switch-
Over

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Topic#: 002016
Created: May 2004
Updated: August 2006

Introduction

When using the BatchGuiConfig ActiveX Control in a Redundancy application, the following configuration steps must be
completed in order for the InTouch client to automatically switch to the correct server in the case of a switchover. The objective
is to reinit the BatchGuiConfig control when a switchover occurs.

Procedure

1. Create a new Tag in the InTouch® Tagname Dictionary.

This Memory Discrete tag (Example: ServerComm) will monitor the Batch Server connection in case of communication
loss:
Figure 1: ServerComm Tag

2. Add a Condition script using one from the ActiveX Control Browser.

3. Select the Init() Method / Property:


Figure 2: Init() Method / Property

In this example, the Condition script is called ServerComm, with a Condition type While False.

This script is set to run every 1000 msec. The rate can be set to how often you want the script to run.

This script monitors the connection of the BatchGuiConfig in the event of communication loss.

If the connection is lost the #BatchGuiConfigInit(); script will initialize the control when a switchover occurs to the
correct Batch server:
Figure 3: #BatchGuiConfig1.Init() Script

4. Configure the following in the BatchGuiConfig control:


Under the Properties field there is a property ServerConnected.

• The Range is False (so when the tag values changes to True, the control is initialized).

• The Tag Type is Discrete.

• The associated tag must point the ServerComm tag in the Tagname Dictionary that you created.

Figure 4: ServerConnected Property and Associated Tag

5. In the BatchGuiConfig control select the events tab and configure the following:

• Select the event LostServerConnection and enter ResetServerComm as the script name.

• Click the ellipsis ( … ) button at the right of the LostServerConnection row:


Figure 5: LostServerConnection Event and Associated Script

You will be prompted to create an ActiveX Event Script.

6. Add the script ServerComm = 0; and click OK (Figure 6 below) .


Figure 6: ServerComm Event Script

7. Return to the Event tab and highlight the Event SystemShuttingDown property.
8. Add the script name ClearServerComm (Figure 7 below).

9. Click the … button.

Figure 7: SystemShuttingDown Property

You will be prompted to create an ActiveX Event Script.

10. Add the script ServerComm = 0; and click OK (Figure 8 below).


Figure 8: ServerComm Event Script

This completes the BatchGuiConfig ActiveX Control configuration.


J. Godfrey

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