IPFusion HIVE Service

The HIVE Service facilitates communication between Workstations. HIVE provides improved reliability for Workstation State and other shared data, especially on sites with weak or inconsistent network connections.

Note: HIVE must be installed first before you can run IPFusion .

The type of communication HIVE enables includes:

  • Alarm Processing Modes
  • Alarm State Sharing (Acknowledge, Reset, Mask)
  • Global Custom Attributes
  • Global Variables
  • IPFusion Workstations Integrated System
  • Single Execution Workflows
  • Workstation State (Online/Offline, Login/Logout, Enable/Disable)

Requirements

Runtime to Service Port Management API Port
7211 5255

HIVE Secure Connection

By default, HIVE communicates with other HIVE services using unsecure HTTP communication. In order to use secure HTTPS, it must be enabled in the configuration files for the HIVE Service.
Note: In deployments with multiple Workstations, all HIVEs must use either HTTPS or HTTP; there cannot be a combination of both.
  1. Stop the IPFusion - HIVE Service.
  2. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\IPFusion\Hive.
  3. In a text editor, open the appsettings.Production.json file.
  4. Set UseHttps from false to true.
  5. Save the file.
  6. Start the IPFusion - HIVE Service.