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CIMPLICITY HMI Webspace
Use the widget to access CIMPLICITY CimView screens.
Configure Windows Firewall
Open the Windows Firewall ports on each system so that the two nodes (WebSpace/Operations Hub) can communicate properly.

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    - CIMPLICITY HMI Webspace
      Use the widget to access CIMPLICITY CimView screens.
      - Integrating Webspace with Operations Hub
        This topic describes the setup and configuration of Operations Hub with CIMPLICITY WebSpace.
      - Webspace - Enable Encrypted Transport
        You must enable the encrypted transport for communications via the WebSpace server.
      - IIS Configuration - Set up HTTPS Binding for port 443
        You must set up the Microsoft Internet Information Services to listen on port 443 so that it can be used for https requests, which are necessary for the Operations Hub integration.
      - Configure Windows Firewall
        Open the Windows Firewall ports on each system so that the two nodes (WebSpace/Operations Hub) can communicate properly.
      - Export CIMPLICITY Self-Signed Certificate
        Export this certificate that was created when CIMPLICITY was installed on the system.
      - Import CIMPLICITY Self-Signed Certificate
        Import the CIMPLICITY self-signed certificate to the Operations Hub computer.
      - Set up CIMPLICITY Project Properties
        Configure CIMPLICITY to interact with the Webspace widget in Operations Hub.
      - Set up CIMPLICITY Project User Security
        To avoid having to login on the Webspace container to the project, for each user that is configured in Operations Hub, a matching user must be configured in the CIMPLICITY project.
      - Configure CIMPLICITY Options
        Set up CIMPLICITY options to ensure that sessions are properly created.
    - Date Picker
      Add a calendar to display date and time in a variety of formats.
    - Breadcrumb
      With the GEBreadcrumb plugin, you can navigate through the asset model.
    - Trend Card
      Use the trend card widget to build trend charts in your application.
    - Task Client
    - Indicator
      Use the indicator widget to monitor and interpret the status of your industrial systems.
    - Alarm Card
      Use the alarm card to monitor your industrial assets. Get information from the HMI/SCADA system on alarms generated by their severity levels.
    - Alarm Count
      This widget provides only the count of alarms per severity level for all the assets in a model.
    - Mimic Card
      A mimic card provides a specific view of a process diagram associated with an asset. This allows you to monitor and control production equipment and processes.
    - Solid Gauge
      Use the widget to insert circular charts and monitor the status of industrial systems.
    - Timeline
      Use the timeline widget to visually monitor the progress of your events.
    - Sparkline
      Generate simple sparkline charts to visualize data trends.
    - Pareto Chart
      Plot a pareto chart for qualitative analysis of your data.
    - Spider Chart
      Use spider charts to compare and analyze multiple data sets.
    - Variwide Chart
      A variwide chart is a column chart where each column has a separate width to represent the third dimension.
    - Bullet Graph
      Use bullet graphs to compare the performance of any two values.
    - Value Display
      Use this widget to display any type of data value.
    - iFrame
      Use the iFrame widget to load content from another website within Operations Hub.
    - DataGrid
      Use this widget to access advanced features of a table.
    - Dropdown
      Allows for multi-select, search, and select values.
    - Pivot Grid
      Pivot grid allows to visualize data in a multi-dimensional format.
    - DateTime Range Picker
      Use preset date ranges or create your own custom ranges for the calendar.
    - Batch Widgets
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- Troubleshooting

Configure Windows Firewall

Open the Windows Firewall ports on each system so that the two nodes (WebSpace/Operations Hub) can communicate properly.

Open Windows Powershell as an administrator to run the commands.

On the Operations Hub system, run the following commands to open the firewall ports.
1. Open Operations Hub port 443 (Operations Hub reverse proxy port):
```
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "my_port_443" -Direction Inbound
-Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 443
```

On the CIMPLICITY/WebSpace system, run the following commands to open the firewall ports.

Open CIMPLICITY port 9443 (Public external REST port for NGINX):

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "my_port_9443" -Direction
Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 9443

Open CIMPLICITY port 443 (the WebSpace/IIS port):

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "my_port_443" -Direction Inbound
-Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 443

Open CIMPLICITY port 491 (the WebSpace server port):

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "my_port_491" -Direction Inbound
-Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 491