When installing FactoryStudio, if IIS was previously installed, you will not be able to install our embedded web server (TWebServer.exe).

The FactoryStudio software will run without the web server, except by remotely accessing project configurations and serving runtime web pages; all other FactoryStudio engineering and runtime tools run without needing to install the TWebServer or to do any IIS configuration.

If you want to enable remote engineering access and the web clients using IIS, you need to install some FactoryStudio services in IIS or enabled the TWebServer embedded web server. Another scenario where IIS is necessary is when you want to run the RUNTIME as a Windows Service, and also to provide remote access to project web pages, iPad displays and project engineering.

In order to enable the TWebServer stop the IIS server or other applications potentially using port 80 and run the product installation. In order to setup the IIS server, follow the procedure in this chapter.

This section is the explanation of how to install those services in IIS. The explanation targets IIS 7.x and 8, but other versions should be similar.

You are going to install three services inside IIS: