Automating the Geo SCADA Installation

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In some scenarios, it can be useful to run the installer such that a specific set of options are installed, or to automate the installation of Geo SCADA on a large scale.

The installation process is managed by setup.exe which handles the installation of a variety of prerequisite as well as the installation of Geo SCADA itself. Setup.exe can be run either interactively or with a set of command line switches to customize the install process.

Setup.exe supports the following command line options:
  Setup.exe [/log fullname] [/appendlog] [/silent] [/settings filename] [/noinstall] [/installlevel=n] [/productinstallerargs=args] [/suppressreboot]

 /log filename - log installer actions to the specified file
 /appendlog - append log to the end of the specified file.
 /silent - suppress all dialogs during installation.
 /noinstall - perform all actions except the actual installation of components. Useful for gauging the effects of an installation without making any changes.
 /installlevel=n - the installer level passed to the main product installer.
 /productinstallerargs=args - specify extra arguments to pass to the main installer.
 /suppressreboot - suppress reboots, where possible.

Geo SCADA Feature Table

This table lists the component features in their hierarchy and the install level at which they are installed.

Note that an entry in the Parent column of the table indicates that the feature is part of the feature listed above it in the hierarchy.

For example, MODBUS is part one of the SERVER components. The MODBUS component is dependent on the SERVER component be installed so installation of the MODBUS component will also install the SERVER component.

Feature	Parent	Title	Description	Level
LUFKINSAMS	ADVANCEDMODBUS	Lufkin SAMS	Lufkin SAMS RPC Extension Driver	20
SCADAPACKMODBUS	ADVANCEDMODBUS	SCADAPackModbus	TRSS SCADAPack Modbus Extension Driver	15
SERPC	ADVANCEDMODBUS	Schneider Electric Rod Pump Controller	Schneider Electric Rod Pump Controller Extension Driver	20
CONFIGSAMPLES_EXAMPLEDATABASE	CONFIGSAMPLES	Example Database	Example Database for EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2021	15
CONFIGSAMPLES_FLOBOSS	CONFIGSAMPLES	Example FloBoss configuration	Example FloBoss configuration for EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2021	15
CONFIGSAMPLES_PASSWORDBLACKLIST	CONFIGSAMPLES	Password Blacklist	Example Password Blacklist import file for EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2021	15
CONFIGSAMPLES_ROCPLUS	CONFIGSAMPLES	Example ROC Plus configuration	Example ROC Plus configuration for EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2021	15
CONFIGSAMPLES_SYMBOLLIBRARY	CONFIGSAMPLES	Symbol Library	Symbol Library for EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2021	15
CONFIGSAMPLES_TOTALFLOW	CONFIGSAMPLES	Example Totalflow configuration	Example Totalflow configuration for EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2021	15
ENET	DNP3	SCADAPack E	DNP3 SCADAPack E Extension Driver	15
WITS	DNP3	WITS	DNP3 WITS Extension Driver	20
IEC60870KEMA	IEC60870	KEMA	KEMA IEC60870-5-101 Extension Driver	20
IEC60870PHOENIX	IEC60870	Phoenix PSTN	Phoenix Contact IEC60870-5-101 PSTN Extension Driver	20
JSONSCHEMAA	MQTT	JSON Schema A	MQTT JSON SCHEMA A Extension Driver	15
SCADAPACKREALFLO	SCADAPACKMODBUS	Realflo	TRSS SCADAPack Modbus Realflo Extension Driver - License Required	20
SCADAPACKX70DNP3	SCADAPACKX70CORE	DNP3 Protocol	DNP3 SCADAPack x70 Extension Driver	15
DATAACCESS	SCX6	Data Access	Data Access Components for EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2021	5
SERVER	SCX6	Server	Server components of EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2021	15
SERVERTOOLSFEATURE	SCX6	Server Management Utilities	Server management utilities	15
UTILS	SCX6	Utilities	Utilities for EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2021	20
VIEWX	SCX6	ViewX Client	Full client components of EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2021	10
ADVANCEDEWS	SERVER	Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Web Services Client - Advanced	Schneider Electric Advanced EcoStruxure Web Services Client Driver	15
ADVANCEDMODBUS	SERVER	Modbus - Advanced	Advanced Modbus Driver	15
ADVANCEDOPC	SERVER	OPC Client - Advanced	Advanced OPC-DA Client Driver	15
AQUIS	SERVER	Aquis	Schneider Electric Aquis Database Module	20
CFX	SERVER	CFX	Flow-Cal CFX Export Driver	20
CONFIGSAMPLES	SERVER	Configuration Samples	Configuration samples for EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2021	15
CRYSTALREPORTS	SERVER	Crystal Reports	SAP Crystal Reports Driver	20
DF1	SERVER	Allen-Bradley DF1	Allen-Bradley DF1 Driver	20
DNP3	SERVER	DNP3	DNP3 Driver	15
EDNA	SERVER	Wonderware eDNA	Wonderware eDNA Export Driver	20
ETHERNETIP	SERVER	EtherNet/IP	EtherNet/IP Driver	15
FLOBOSS	SERVER	Emerson FloBoss	Emerson FloBoss Flow Computer Driver	20
HCAL	SERVER	Wonderware Historian	Wonderware Historian Export Driver	20
ICMP	SERVER	ICMP	ICMP Driver	20
IEC60870	SERVER	IEC 60870-5	IEC 60870-5-101 and IEC 60870-5-104 Driver	15
IEC61850	SERVER	IEC 61850	IEC 61850 Client Driver	15
KINGFISHER	SERVER	Kingfisher	Kingfisher Series II Driver	15
MITSUBISHI	SERVER	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Driver	20
MITSUBISHISLAVE	SERVER	Mitsubishi Server	Mitsubishi Server Driver	20
MOBILE	SERVER	Mobile Companion	Mobile Companion Service	20
MODBUS	SERVER	Modbus - Simple	Modbus RTU Driver	20
MODBUSSLAVE	SERVER	Modbus RTU Server	Modbus RTU Server Driver	15
MQTT	SERVER	MQTT	MQTT Driver	15
NTP	SERVER	NTP Monitor	Network Time Protocol Monitor Driver	15
ODBC	SERVER	ODBC Client	ODBC Client Driver	15
OPC	SERVER	OPC Client - Simple	Simple OPC Client Driver	20
OPCUA	SERVER	OPC UA	OPC UA Driver	15
OPCXMLDA	SERVER	OPC XML-DA Client	OPC XML-DA Client Driver	20
PAGER	SERVER	Pager	Pager Driver	15
ROCPLUS	SERVER	Emerson ROC Plus	Emerson ROC Plus Flow Computer Driver	20
SCADAPACKX70CORE	SERVER	Schneider Electric SCADAPack x70	SCADAPack x70 Driver	15
SDI12	SERVER	SDI-12	SDI-12 Driver	20
SECWS	SERVER	Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Web Services Client - Simple	Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Web Services Client Driver	20
SERVERHELP	SERVER	Server Side Help	Allows the help to be accessed remotely.	15
SEW310	SERVER	Schneider Electric SCADAPack50	Schneider Electric SCADAPack 50 Driver	15
SIMATICS7	SERVER	Simatic S7	Siemens Simatic S7 Driver	20
SNMPMANAGER	SERVER	SNMP Manager	SNMP Manager Driver	15
SOFREL	SERVER	Sofrel	Sofrel SOFBUS-PL and LACBUS-RTU Driver	20
SQLEXPORT	SERVER	SQL Export	SQL Export Driver	15
TBOX	SERVER	TBox	TBox Driver	20
TMX	SERVER	TMX	Kuipers Electronic Engineering TMX Driver	20
TOTALFLOW	SERVER	ABB Totalflow	ABB Totalflow DB2 Flow Computer driver	20
TRIODIAGNOSTICS	SERVER	Trio Diagnostics - Simple	Trio Radio Diagnostics Driver	20
TRIODIAGNOSTICSADVANCED	SERVER	Trio Diagnostics - Advanced	Advanced Trio Radio Diagnostics Driver	15
WEBSERVER	SERVER	Web server	Web Server and Client for EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2021	15
WWAP	SERVER	Wonderware Alarm Provider	Wonderware Alarm Provider Module	20
AEPRINTER	UTILS	Alarm & Event Printer	Alarm && Event Printer	50
DYNACARDEXPORTCLIENT	UTILS	Dynacard Export Client	Dynacard Export Client for XSPOC	50
PORTSERVER	UTILS	Port Server	Remote Port Server	20
CLIENTHELP	VIEWX	ViewX Help	Help files installed locally	10
VIEWXAQUIS	VIEWX	Aquis	Schneider Electric Aquis User Interface	10
VIEWXCRYSTALREPORTS	VIEWX	Crystal Reports	SAP Crystal Reports Driver User Interface	10
VIEWXSCADAPACKX70	VIEWX	SCADAPack x70	Schneider Electric SCADAPack x70 Driver User Interface	10
SCX6		EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert	Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert	5
VIEWXCTRL		WebX Client	WebX client components of EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert	1

Setting the Install Level and Silent Install

Using the "/installlevel=n" command line switch in conjunction with "/silent", setup.exe can be instructed to automatically install a selected set of predefined features. There are a number of defined base installation levels available when installing as summarized in the table below.

Install     Level	Description
1	WebX Client only
5	WebX Client + Data Access
10	Full client install
15	Demo installation
20	Conformance installation
50	Full Installation

The following command would perform a full client install (including ViewX, WebX and Data Access components) silently, without requiring any user input.

setup.exe /silent /installlevel=10

For details on which features are installed at each install level, see the Feature Table above.

Adding Features to the Base Install Level

Once you have selected the base install level, you can then modify the installer to add additional features to that installation. The list of available features is shown in the Feature Table above.

To install additional features you can set the ADDLOCAL installer argument with the selected features that are required.

The following example would silently perform a WebX Client only installation and additionally install the ViewX client with Crystal Reports feature set.

setup.exe /silent /installlevel=1 "/productinstallerargs=ADDLOCAL=CLIENT,VIEWX,VIEWXCRYSTALREPORTS"

Repair/Upgrade

Repair and Upgrade can be achieved by running the installer in silent mode.

setup.exe /silent

Note that in this case all optional third party pre-requisites will be installed.

Logging

An install may be logged using the log argument.

setup.exe /log d:\temp\install.log

Restart

The suppressreboot argument can be used to, where possible, suppress a Windows restart.

setup.exe /suppressreboot

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