Connecting to Altium Vault

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Modified by Phil Loughhead on Sep 19, 2014

The Connecting to Altium Vault dialog is used to connect and sign into your Altium Vault.

Summary

Main article: Accessing an Altium Vault from Altium Designer

The Connect To Vault dialog allows the designer to connect to and sign into an Altium Vault. An Altium Vault can be used to store everything related to designing in the software, including: design source data, such as components, schematics and PCB files; design release data, such as Gerber and ODB++ data; and also installations and updates of the software itself. You can only sign into a Vault that has already been installed, and appropriate user credentials have been defined.

Access

This dialog can be accessed by selecting the DXP » Sign in Altium Vault command.

Options/Controls

Server Address - Use this field to enter the location URL of the vault to connect to. The format for this is: <ComputerName>:<PortNumber>. Referring to the image above, this would be Fractal_i7:9780, for connection to an Altium Vault Server installed on a PC with the machine name Fractal_i7, using the default port assignment 9780.
User Name - enter a existing, valid user name for an Altium Vault.
Password - enter the password needed to validate the User Name entered above.
Remember the credentials - save the credentials for the dialog and load them automatically the next time the dialog is opened. Note that this does not result in automatic login, details on how to do that are given below.

The default Username and Password for a freshly installed Altium Vault Server are admin and admin respectively. Typically your Vault adminstrator will configure user names and passwords for each user that needs access to the Altium Vault.

For a legacy Satellite Vault, the user simply enters their AltiumLive credentials. Login to an Altium Personal Vault is not applicable, since this type of vault provides no user management and allows anonymous access

Notes

To access design data stored in an Altium Vault, you must be signed in.
Sign in can also be configured to occur automatically when Altium Designer is started. To do this open the System - Altium Vault page of the Preferences dialog and define the server and user details in the Saved Credentials, and enable the Sign me in when I start option.
This dialog is not used to sign into this installation of Altium Designer, that is handled by the settings in the System - Account Management page of the Preferences dialog.
Go here to learn more about Accessing an Altium Vault from Altium Designer.