Configuring the AR System server to access a plug-in server

To access a plug-in server, the AR System server needs its host name and port number. The server searches for the host name and port number in this order:

1. The plug-in alias, if any.
2. The plug-in server entry on the Connection Setting tab of the AR System Administration: Server Information form. (This entry is also required to set a password for a plug-in server.)
3. The local host and the port number specified by the Plugin-Port setting in the AR System Administration: AR System Configuration Generic UI form. (See Setting-server-passwords-RPC-options-and-plug-in-timeouts.)
4. The port number that the plug-in server registered with the portmapper.

To access one C or Java plug-in server with no password running on the same computer as the AR System server, only the Plugin-Port option in the AR System Administration: AR System Configuration Generic UI form is required. To specify a password for a plug-in server, an entry on the Connection Setting tab of the AR System Administration: Server Information form is required.

To access two or more plug-in servers, for example, to access both the C and Java plug-in servers or to access plug-in servers on two or more computers, define aliases for all plug-ins other than those loaded by the primary plug-in server that is set up as described in the previous paragraph.

For more information on using AR System Administration: Server Information form, see Updating-configuration-settings-by-using-the-AR-System-Configuration-Generic-UI-form.

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