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Configure the second Application Station

  1. On the Application Station that you deleted in DeltaV Explorer earlier, import the workstation configuration file by clicking Start → DeltaV Installation → DeltaV Workstation Configuration on the Start menu.
  2. When the introductory DeltaV Workstation Configuration dialog appears, click Next.
  3. When prompted to choose your workstation type, select the Local Application Station option, and then click Next.
  4. When prompted to provide the workstation configuration file that you made earlier on the ProfessionalPLUS workstation, click Browse, navigate to the exported workstation configuration file, and double-click it.
  5. In the DeltaV Workstation Configuration dialog, select the workstation name, and then click Next.
    The following message appears: A node with Redundant Assigned Modules has been selected. Is this the preferred active Application Station? If you clicked Yes earlier when configuring the first Application Station, you must respond to this prompt by clicking No now. When you click No, the characters _S are appended to the name specified for the Application Station in DeltaV Explorer on the ProfessionalPLUS workstation.
    Important

    When the message appears, advising you that any historical database stored on this Application Station will be deleted, click Yes to continue with this procedure, if you have no historian data sets to protect. Otherwise, click No to discontinue this procedure until you have backed up or exported historian data sets. After backing up your historian data sets, restart this procedure of importing the workstation configuration file.

  6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of the second Application Station.
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