Appears when you run Smart Engineering Manager for the first time and reappears during future sessions only when Smart Engineering Manager cannot find an active site or when the site connection information in the SmartPlantV4.ini is invalid.
Create a new site
Starts the New Site Server wizard, which steps you through creating the site.
Connect to an existing site
Allows you to browse to the location of an existing SmartPlantV4.ini file.
Restore site from backup
Starts the Restore Site Server wizard.
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Before you can create a site using an Oracle database, you must create a database instance in Oracle and the database must be started. In the Windows Control Panel, select Services to verify that the database is running.
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If you created a site or its plants using Smart Engineering Manager Smart API requests, to enable viewing of the plant structures in the Desktop software version, you must first execute the Tools > Refresh Users command.