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The Auto-Start SmartClient (ASSC) watchdog application can is used to automatically start the TSmartClient in your project's remote stations. This application requires the software version 2014.2.12 or newer. When installing the software, the file AutoStartSmartClient.exe will be installed in added to the installation folder.

In the current version, the files AutoStartSmartClient.exe and AutoStartSmartClient.exe.config must be manually copied from the server station's installation folder to any a folder in the remote station. After copying the ASSC application to the remote station, the user must configure the .config file or must start up the ASSC will startup with some several parameters that will take priority over any parameters in the .config file. 

While When the ASSC application is running on the remote station, it will be checking the ASSC application with check every 30 seconds (default) or any other value configures in the timer parameter to see if the TSmartClient is running, or the user can set a time parameter for how often the application checks. 

If the TSmartClient is not running, it will check the the ASSC application will refer to its configuration parameters to check for any communication with the Server Station using configured parameters for that.  If server station. If the ASSC application is able to connect with the project through the TServer on the server station, it will restart the TSmartClient on the remote station using the url parameter.

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Parameters configuration

Before running the ASSC application, you need to set the parameters in the AutoStartSmartClient.exe.config file, or you can pass those as the parameters in by using a shortcut file.

The available parameters are:

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To pass the parameters in the the AutoStartSmartClient.exe it is necessary to exe file, you must create a shortcut of to the file to any folder of Remote Stationin a folder on the remote station. To do so, go to the installation folder and search for the executable.

Right-click on the file and select create shortcut Create Shortcut. Then, place it in the desired folder. In order to finalize the configuration, right-click on the newly created shortcut file and select Properties.

Configure the file path as:

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The url can be copied from the engineering Engineering environment at Info>Redundancy>Smart Info>Redundancy>Smart Client url.As  See the image below:

After setting those the configurations, double-click on the shortcut file and keep it running. You should see a popup window opening, open with a message saying the application is waiting for the TServer to run. Once the project is executed, the TSmartClient will open automatically.