Connecting the Alarm DB View to the Alarm Database

You must configure the connection between the Alarm DB View control and the alarm database.

Use an account with appropriate read-only access to the alarm database and not a system administrator account.

To configure the connection to the alarm database

1. Right-click the Alarm DB View control and then click Properties. The AlmDbViewCtrl Properties dialog box appears.

2. Click the Database tab.

   

3. Configure the connection to the alarm database. Do the following:

   1. In the Authentication list, select the authentication method: SQL Server Authentication or Windows Authentication (default).

      Note: Windows authentication can provide better application security than SQL Authentication. If you switch from Windows Authentication to SQL Authentication, a pop up dialog will appear recommending that you use Windows Authentication for this reason. If you choose to ignore this warning and proceed with SQL Authentication, click OK. A similar message will be logged in the SMC Log Viewer.

   2. In the Server Name box, enter the node name of the computer where the alarm database is installed.

   3. In the Database Name box, type the database name.

   4. In the User box, type the name of a valid user account.

   5. In the Password box, type the password associated with the user account.

   Note: The Windows Authentication method uses the credentials of the user currently logged in, and disables the user name and password fields.

4. Select the Auto Connect check box to have the Alarm DB View control automatically connect to the alarm database when the InTouch application starts running.

   If you do not select the Auto Connect check box, you must configure the Alarm DB View control to connect to the alarm database by explicitly calling the Connect() method. For more information about the Connect method, see Connect().

5. Click Test Connection to verify connectivity to the alarm database. A message indicates a successful connection.

6. Click Apply.