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External event protocol is created with the help of the idb.exe utility.

The protocol database is to be created It is necessary to create the protocol database beforehand with the help of  of the MS SQL Server program. For thisDo the following:

1. Open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express;
2. Select the Databases;.
   
3. Right-click and select the New Database…;
4. Specify the protocol database name in the Database name line in the New Database box; dialog window.
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5. To create a new protocol database, click the OK ;button. 
6. Shut down Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express by clicking the Image Removed the Close button in the upper right corner of the boxdialog window.

As a result, the protocol database is created.

To enable the external event protocol, do the following:

1. Run the idb.exe utility (see Running and shutting - down the utility section).
2. Select the Protocol administration database in from the Select source database: dropdown drop-down list.
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3. To enable the Protocol database, set the Use checkbox (1).
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   As a result, the Build Configure button becomes active (2).
4. To connect to the the Protocol database, click the Build Configure button.As  As a result, the Data link properties dialog box window appears.
5. Go to the the Provider tab.
6. Select the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server item in from the OLE DB Provider(s) list (1).
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7. Click the Next button (2).There is an auto switch . You will be automatically redirected to the Connection tab.
8. Do the following in the Connection tab:
   
   1. Select a server name in from the Select or enter a server name dropdown list (1) drop-down list.
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   2. Specify the user name in the User name field and specify the password in the Password field (2).
   3. Set the Allow saving password checkbox (3).
   4. Go to the All tab.
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   5. In the Persist Security Info field, set the True value. This is necessary to correctly save the user password.
      

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      Each time you change the server connection parameters, you must set the Persist Security Info field value to True.

   6. Select the protocol database in the Select the database on the server dropdown list  (4) drop-down list.

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      You must select a database at this step. If you leave the database field blank, after you close the Data Link Properties window, the line "Database is not set in connection settings" appears in the database description window of the IDB.exe utility and the OK button to save changes is inactive.

   7. Click the Test connectionConnection button (5).

   8. If the  If connection to MS SQL server succededServer is successfully established, then the Test connection succeeded message appears.
      

   9. Click the OK button in the message box; the box window. The window closes automatically.

9. Select the dbi file. Click the button next to the Select dbi-file information field.
10. As a result, the Open boxdialog window appears.
11.  Select Select the Cdatabase structure file C:\Program Files\Intellect\intellect.dbi  fileAxxon PSIM\protocol.dbi.
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12. To Click the Update database button to update the database in accordance with the intellectpsim.dbi file specified in the Select dbi-file field, click the Update database button.
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    As a result, database updating will startupdate starts. Information about this process is displayed in the the Protocol table.
    Database is updated, when there is the Database updating Updating is finishedcompleted! message in the Protocol table.
13. To save INTELLECT™ Axxon PSIM connection parameters to the Protocol database, click the OK button. As a result the box dialog window closes automatically.

External event protocol is created and enabledconnected.