DeltaV OPC Data Access Server functional overview > Redundant DeltaV OPC Data Access Server > Setting up a pair of Application Stations for redundant DeltaV OPC Data Access Server

Install DeltaV on the first Application Station

  1. Using the DeltaV installation disks, run the setup program on one of the Application Stations.
  2. When prompted to choose your workstation type, select the Local Application Station option, and then click Next.
  3. 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.
    Figure: Specifying the workstation configuration file
  4. 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? When configuring a pair of Application Stations for the first time, you must respond to this prompt by clicking Yes when configuring one of the two Application Stations, and click No when configuring the other Application Station. When you click Yes, the Application Station is given the name that you specified when creating it in DeltaV Explorer on the ProfessionalPLUS workstation; when you click No, the characters _S are appended to the Application Station name.
    Note

    If you ever need to reconfigure either workstation in the pair, you should repond to this prompt by clicking Yes if it is the Application Station that you specified as the preferred active; otherwise, if it is the workstation with the characters _S appended to the base Application Station name, click No.

    Figure: Specifying an Application Station as preferred active
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of the Application Station.
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