AS6 and SDManager

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In AS6, the SDManager is disabled by default. It can be enabled via the setting in the configuration tab of the physical properties. However it still does not seem to be working. Currently I am trying it with ARsim but I remember having issues with actual hardware as well.

I have found that I also have to change the web server protocol to use HTTP + HTTPS in order for everything to work. This is not listed in the HELP file and the presenter at AutomationCon was not aware of this.

Are there plans to have the SDM to work with HTTPS? or will it always require only HTTP?

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Hello Fritz,

SDM is off by default because of security concerns. By default most things are secure by default so as engineer you could make it less secure if you want.

When the webserver is configured in HTTP port 80 is used by default. With ARSim you could run into issues if an other service on your laptop is already using that port.
HTTPS should also work but by default the certificate is then not trusted by your webbrowser. See B&R Online Help: CPU properties - Web server to configure your own trusted certificate.

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