Server State is "File not Found." Server does not appear to be running.

[jonathan-ibex-controls]

RapidScada version 5.8.4
Windows 10 Home Version 64-bit 1909 18353.1556

I was trying to do the RapidScada First Run Tutorial. I was able to load the project DemoProject.en-GB. At 1:15 it advises to check the status of the services. In the video, the SCADA server details are displayed under Stats > Server State. But in my case Stats > Server state and Server Log both say "File not found."

What I've Tried:

• Before installation steps from this video
• Installation steps from this video
• Uninstall RapidScada, delete SCADA folder and contents, reinstall RapidScada
• Manually starting the server by running SCADA/ScadaServer/svc_start.bat. I get the following output:
  • "System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied.
• Steps from similar topic "Unable to login: Server is Unavailable"
  • TCPView - Checked for other apps using port 10000. No apps are using port 10000, not even Rapid Scada.
  • Hercules - Used TCP client and attempted to connect to Module IP:127.0.0.1 Port:10000. Received TCP connection error :10061

What partially fixed the issue:

• If I run SCADA\ScadaServer\svc_start.bat as Administrator, it succeeds. Hercules, TCPView and RapidScada Administrator all show connection to the SCADA server. The only odd thing is that in RapidScada Administrator Server > Stats, it seems to lose connection for a beat every now and then, showing "No data" for a second and then going right back to State:normal.

Did I fix this the proper way? Is there something else I need to do to stabilize the server state? Is there a way that the server can start up by itself without me manually running svc_start.bat as Administrator?

[2mik]

Hello,

If I run SCADA\ScadaServer\svc_start.bat as Administrator, it succeeds.

Run services.msc and check if ScadaServerService, ScadaCommService and ScadaAgentService are configured to start automatically. Likely, svc_start.bat was needed only for the 1st start.

The only odd thing is that in RapidScada Administrator Server > Stats, it seems to lose connection for a beat every now and then, showing "No data" for a second and then going right back to State:normal

The Agent service reads status files, for example, ScadaServer.txt, parses the service status from this file and provides to the Administrator app. If there is no errors in log files, there is nothing to fix.