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title: "Start Here"
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published: 2025-09-23T11:54:03Z
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.secomea.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Start Here

## Introduction

This is a walk-through guide for getting started with the Secomea solution. After this tutorial, you will know how to connect your equipment easily for secure remote access.

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## Let's Get Started

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Before starting, you need to know some basic information about the Secomea solution.

**LinkManager:** Is the software/client used to gain remote access to the industrial equipment connected to your SiteManager.

**GateManager:** Is the central server that creates the encrypted connection between LinkManager and SiteManager.

**SiteManager:** A hardware IIOT Gateway (or embedded software) typically installed with a PLC/HMI or other industrial equipment to enable remote access.

**Agents:** Are the devices such as PLC's and HMI's that are connected to the SiteManager.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/88f49507-a7a0-4636-b297-13c4d0065310/Images/Documentation/image%2840%29.png)

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## GateManager - First-time login

Overview:

The purpose of this article is to guide you through logging into Prime.

To achieve this, you can either:

1. Utilize your administrator certificate & password for your GateManager account

2. Enter your e-mail (username) & password

3. Login via. SSO (This requires a Professional/Premium package)

For the first method, utilize the certificate you received when your GateManager account was created & your updated password, since account creation, as highlighted in the screenshot below.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/88f49507-a7a0-4636-b297-13c4d0065310/Images/Documentation/image-1732202316396.png)

Login page

In order to log into Prime, navigate to this URL: [https://app.secomea.com/](https://app.secomea.com/)

Here, you will be presented with the three above-mentioned options for login & the option to upload the certificate from your local machine.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/88f49507-a7a0-4636-b297-13c4d0065310/Images/Documentation/image-1738575594108.png)

Once logged in, you will be presented with an overview and the Secomea Prime Dashboard screen.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/88f49507-a7a0-4636-b297-13c4d0065310/Images/Documentation/image-1732202307867.png)

#### To enter the GateManager for SiteManager configuration and connecting purposes, please press the "Go To GateManager" button at the bottom left corner.

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## Configuring a SiteManager

There are multiple methods of connecting a SiteManager to your GateManager; you can choose a method that suits you best below:

For connecting the SiteManager using a USB stick: [https://kb.secomea.com/docs/configure-a-sitemanager-with-an-usb-stick](https://kb.secomea.com/docs/configure-a-sitemanager-with-an-usb-stick)

For connecting the SiteManager using an Ethernet cable: [https://kb.secomea.com/docs/configure-a-sitemanager-from-the-dev-port](https://kb.secomea.com/docs/configure-a-sitemanager-from-the-dev-port)

For connecting the SiteManager using the Appliance Launcher: [https://kb.secomea.com/docs/configure-a-sitemanager-with-the-appliance-launcher](https://kb.secomea.com/docs/configure-a-sitemanager-with-the-appliance-launcher)

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## Setting up a SiteManager Agent

After configuring the SiteManager and ensuring that it is online, you can add your desired agents (Endpoint devices):

The SiteManager supports a wide variety of devices per default; agents that are not available in the "Device List" can be added manually (assuming the required TCP and UDP ports are known)

To add agents, please follow this guide: [https://kb.secomea.com/docs/sitemanager-agent-setup](https://kb.secomea.com/docs/sitemanager-agent-setup)