You can configure communication between FactoryTalk Remote Access and FactoryTalk Design Studio by creating and configuring the FactoryTalk Remote Access FTDS
user.

NOTE: To work together, the instances of FactoryTalk Remote Access and FactoryTalk Design Studio you are using must be entitled within the same organization in FactoryTalk Hub. FactoryTalk Design Studio can only communicate with the FactoryTalk Remote Access instance in the same FactoryTalk Hub organization. See Entitlements in the FactoryTalk Remote Access Online Help

This task requires you to have entitlements allocated for using FactoryTalk Remote Access.

To enable the FTDS user in FactoryTalk Remote Access for use with FactoryTalk Design Studio:

Open the FactoryTalk Remote Access application in FactoryTalk Hub.

On the left side of the screen expand

Settings

by selecting the down arrow.

Select

Domain Options

, the

Options

screen appears.

Select the Enable FactoryTalk Design Studio (Linx) integration
box and select

Save

Selecting this option creates a FactoryTalk Remote Access user labeled

FTDS

which you will use to set permissions.

Select

Explorer > Domain View

on the left side of the screen.

Select the device or folder with the endpoints that you want to connect via FactoryTalk Design Studio. You can connect to a single endpoint or set permissions for all the endpoints you have placed in a folder for your organization.

FactoryTalk Remote Access endpoint devices enable secure connectivity to your controllers. Granting endpoint access to the FTDS user enables FactoryTalk Design Studio to communicate through the endpoint to on-premises controllers. To deploy to an on-premise controller with FactoryTalk Design Studio, the controller must be accessible on the same network as a FactoryTalk Remote Access endpoint device.

For more information on how to add an endpoint device, see: FactoryTalk Remote Access Manager Tools
in the FactoryTalk Remote Access Help. For this step look at the help for Device Registration to Domain
.

Select the endpoint to which you want to assign permissions for the enabled FTDS
user. An information panel opens on the right side of the screen.

Select the arrow next to

Permissions

to expand the permissions list.

Select the plus sign next to

Permissions

to add the FactoryTalk Design Studio user.

Select the plus sign next to the user labeled

FTDS

to add the user then close the

Add Permissions

dialog by selecting the x at the top right of the box. The

FTDS

user now appears in the Permissions list.

Select the

FTDS

user.

Under

Permissions Operations

select the arrow to expand

Interactive Access

Select the

Allow

box next to

Network Access (VPN)

. The FTDS
user now has permission to access the selected endpoint device. To give the FTDS
user permission to all endpoint devices in the organization, highlight the top level in your folder structure and repeat this process

FactoryTalk Design Studio can now use the FTDS
user to communicate with devices connected to FactoryTalk Remote Access endpoints. Next you must configure the endpoints in FactoryTalk Design Studio. Go to Connect FactoryTalk Design Studio to FactoryTalk Remote Access

FactoryTalk® Remote Access™

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