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This document provides instructions for configuring a Console Station and adding Console Extension Stations in Experion PKS. It describes setting connection properties for the Console Station and Console Extension Stations, and ensuring custom displays are accessible via file replication or direct access. Checklists are included to guide completing the required configuration tasks.

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This document provides instructions for configuring a Console Station and adding Console Extension Stations in Experion PKS. It describes setting connection properties for the Console Station and Console Extension Stations, and ensuring custom displays are accessible via file replication or direct access. Checklists are included to guide completing the required configuration tasks.

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The Station on a Console Station can operate in single mode or multi-window mode.

If you are using multiwindow


mode, there are special configuration tasks you need to complete.
This procedure covers settings required specifically for a Station on a Console Station. There are other settings
you can set that are applicable to any type of Station.
To configure Station connection properties on a Console Station
1 Start the Console Station.
2 Choose Start > All Programs > Honeywell Experion PKS > Console Station > Station.
3 Choose Station > Connect.
The Connect dialog box opens.
4 Select default.stn and click Edit.
The Connection Properties dialog box opens.
5 Click the Console Station connection type.
6 In the Console Station list leave the default setting as localhost.
7 In the Station Number box, leave the default setting as 1.
8 Click the required window mode.
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9 Click Save.
Related topics
“Configuration tasks for multi-window Station” on page 177
“Customizing Stations” on page 91
Console Station tuning settings
CDA and TPS cache flush and age time values only affect server-connected flex stations. Console station flush
and age times are fixed at 5 and 15 seconds.
Deleting a Console Station
If required, you can delete the connection between the Experion server and the Console Station. For example, if
you wanted to move the Console Station and connect it to a different Experion server, you would need to delete
the connection from the original Experion server.
If the Console Station you are deleting has any Console Extension Stations, these are deleted when you delete
the Console Station.
You can delete a Console Station from any Flex Station or any Console Station other than the Console Station
you are deleting.
You require a security level of ENGR to delete a Console Station.
Prerequisites
• Any Console Extension Stations are disconnected from the Console Station.
• From another Station, verify that the Node Status of the Console Station that you are deleting is
Disconnected. To disconnect a Console Station, shutdown the Console Station node.
To delete a Console Station
1 In Station call up the Console Station Configuration Summary display.
2 Click the Console Station you want to delete.
3 Click Delete.
4 Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
To delete the Experion operational database file from the Console Station
1 In the Windows Control Panel large or small icon view, click Administrative Tools.
2 Double-click Services.
The Services window is displayed.
3 Right-click Experion PKS GCL Name Server, and then click Stop.
A message appears advising that other Experion PKS services will stop.
4 Click Yes.
The services are stopped.
5 In Windows Explorer, go to <data folder>\Honeywell\Experion PKS\SRDB.
6 Delete the Experion operational database file (EPKSOperationalDB.sdf).
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Console Station system status


Node definition
Property Description
Network Name The name of the node as it appears on the network.
IP address The IP address of the node.
Interfaces
Property Description
System repository The status of the system repository on the Console Station.
• OK
• Synchronizing
• Disconnected
• Stopped
Note: System repository information appears only when CDA is licensed
and installed on the Experion system.
Station status
Property Description
Status The status of the Console Station.
Keyboard type The type of keyboard attached to the Console Station
• 12 function key keyboard
• Integrated keyboard (IKB)
• Operator Entry Panel (OEP)
Network name The computer name of the Console Station computer as it appears on the
network.
IP address The IP address of the Console Station.
Operator The name of the operator currently logged on to the Console Station.
Node status
Property Description
Show details/Hide details Show and hides node status details.
Datacast The state of datacast on this node.
File replication The state of file replication on this node.
Point replication The state of point replication on this node.
File redirection The state of file redirection on this node.
Point redirection The state of point redirection on this node.
Notification redirection The state of notification redirection on this node.
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Related topics
“Configuring a Console Station” on page 65
“Functionality available on Console Stations” on page 60
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Console Extension Stations checklist


The tasks you need to complete to add a Console Extension Station are:
Task Go to Done
Add Console Extension Stations to the Console Station
Configure connection properties “Configuring the connection
properties on a Console Extension
Station” on page 74
Provide access to custom displays by doing one of the following:
• Configure File Replication so that any custom displays are
replicated to the Console Extension Station.
“File replication” on page 661
• Configure the Console Extension Station to directly access custom
displays on the Console Station.
“Configuring a Console
Extension Station to access
custom displays on the Console
Station” on page 75
Related topics
“Adding Console Extension Stations” on page 73
“Console Extension Station configuration properties” on page 74
“About Console Extension Stations” on page 74
“Configuring the connection properties on a Console Extension Station” on page 74
“Configuring a Console Extension Station to access custom displays on the Console Station” on page 75
Adding Console Extension Stations
Attention
If you try to add more Console Extension Stations the you are licensed for, you receive an error message.
To add Console Extension Stations
1 In the Configuration Explorer of Configuration Studio, click Stations and Consoles.
2 Click the Configure Console Stations task.
The Console Station Configuration Summary display appears in the System Display tab in Configuration
Studio.
3 Click the name of the Console Station to which you want to add Console Extension Stations.
This calls up the Console Station Configuration display.
4 In the Console Extension Stations box, select the required number of Console Extension Stations to be
connected to the Console Station.
You can specify a maximum of 3 per Console Station.
5 Type the remaining required information for each Console Extension Station as appropriate.

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