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How to

How to


Products: AS-B, Edge Server, Enterprise Central, Enterprise Server, AS-P, Virtual Project Servers
Functionalities: Alarms
Product version: 2023, 2024
12/17/2022

Signing a PDF Notification Report with a Certificate

In the Write to File Notification Distribution Method, you sign the PDF notification report with a document signature certificate to add credibility to the report.

Important:

Make sure to select the option to convert your notifications to PDF and choose the signing option in the Write to File distribution method configuration. For more information, see Creating an Alarm Triggered Notification .

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In EcoStruxure BMS, when you select the Write to File Notification Distribution Method and file format PDF, you can sign the notification report using a document signature certificate. . For more information, see Write to File Notification Distribution Method .

Document signing requires a certificate created with RSA.

You can choose to sign your notification report with a commercial CA certificate from MS Windows Certificate Store.

Document signature does not support Elliptic curve cryptography and therefore self signed certificates generated in the server cannot be used.

Important:

To use certificates from MS Windows Certificate Store, you need to ensure that the Windows Service User for the BMS EcoStruxure server has permissions to this store. Such a user account can be selected in Windows Services on your PC, or it can be done during installation and upgrade of the BMS EcoStruxure system. For more information, see Installing Enterprise Central .

To sign a document with a certificate

  1. In WorkStation, in the System Tree pane, select the EcoStruxure BMS server you want to configure.

  2. Click the Control Panel tab.

  3. Click Certificates .

  4. In the Certificates tab, in the Server list, select the EcoStruxure BMS server in which you want to use a certificate.

  5. In the Document Signature Certificate list, chose the certificate you want to use.

See Also

  • Document Signature Certificate
  • Write to File Notification Distribution Method
  • Create Object Wizard - Configure Write to File Page
  • Certificates Tab
  • Creating an Alarm Triggered Notification
  • Configuring an Alarm Triggered Notification 
  • Adding a Certificate using WorkStation
  • Generating a Certificate Using WorkStation