Rockwell-automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide Manuale Utente

USER’S GUIDEView Site Edition PUBLICATION VIEWSE-UM006I-EN-E–August 2014Supersedes Publication VIEWSE-UM006H-EN-E

xFACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •Form and spreadsheet ...

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–18• • • • •Assigning security codes to graphic displaysIn the Graphics editor, you can set up security

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–19• • • • •5 • Placeholder2. Right-click the OLE object, select Animation > OLE Verb.3. In the OLE Verb tab, select th

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–20• • • • •3. In the Security list, select a security code other than the asterisk (*).4. Click Accept

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–21• • • • •5 • PlaceholderPrevent switching to other applications. To do this, in the FactoryTalk View SE Client wizard,

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–22• • • • •About the All Users accountDuring FactoryTalk Services Platform installation, an account na

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–23• • • • •5 • PlaceholderThe Administrators group is created automatically, for both the FactoryTalk Network Directory a

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–24• • • • •Using Windows-linked accountsWhen a Windows-linked user attempts to access system resources

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–25• • • • •5 • PlaceholderSetting up user and computer accountsIn FactoryTalk View Studio, create user accounts in the Us

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–26• • • • •To create a Windows-linked user In the Users and Groups folder, right-click the Users fold

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–27• • • • •5 • PlaceholderTo create a new computer In the Computers and Groups folder, right-click the Computers folder,

xiCONTENTS• • • • •About FactoryTalk View SE alarm events...11– 22Setting up HMI tag al

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–28• • • • •System policiesIn a FactoryTalk View SE application, you can set up the following system po

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–29• • • • •5 • PlaceholderSetting up security for FactoryTalk system resourcesFactoryTalk Security manages security for s

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–30• • • • •To open the Security Settings dialog box In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer windo

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–31• • • • •5 • PlaceholderYou can also set up permissions by selecting the Action option. This means that you select an a

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–32• • • • •For example, if a user belongs to one group that is allowed to delete applications, and bel

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–33• • • • •5 • PlaceholderTo add an action group In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer window, right-click the Act

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–34• • • • •You are prompted to choose one of these options, instead of inheriting permissions: Copy t

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–35• • • • •5 • Placeholder Select the Allow check box beside the Configure Security action.Explicitly allowing the Confi

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–36• • • • • Switching the Active and Secondary servers in a redundant pair, see page 14-19. Enabling

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–37• • • • •5 • PlaceholderDelete areas, HMI servers, data servers, or Tag Alarm and Event Servers from an application.Fac

xiiFACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •Alarm class ...

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–38• • • • •Example – Using the Common actions to set up security for user groups in a FactoryTalk View

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–39• • • • •5 • PlaceholderRun-time access (see Operators group, next), plus, members of this group can: Modify existing

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–40• • • • •

6–166 • PlaceholderWorking with network distributed applicationsThis chapter describes: What a FactoryTalk View Site Edition network distributed appl

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE6–2• • • • •Network station applications are described in Chapter 7, Working with network station applic

6 • WORKING WITH NETWORK DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS6–3• • • • •6 • Placeholder One or more data servers, providing clients with access to informati

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE6–4• • • • •Finding more information about FactoryTalk servicesThis manual contains information about de

6 • WORKING WITH NETWORK DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS6–5• • • • •6 • PlaceholderDuring FactoryTalk View SE installation, Windows users with administra

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE6–6• • • • •The HMI project is loaded by the HMI server, either when the first client connects to the se

6 • WORKING WITH NETWORK DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS6–7• • • • •6 • PlaceholderAbsolute and relative referencesIn a network distributed application,

xiiiCONTENTS• • • • •Viewing alarm details...12– 46Unsuppressin

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE6–8• • • • •Absolute reference syntaxWhen using absolute references: Precede area names with a forward

6 • WORKING WITH NETWORK DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS6–9• • • • •6 • Placeholder To create an absolute reference to the display called Overview in th

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE6–10• • • • •Language switchingTo make user-defined text strings in a FactoryTalk View SE application av

6 • WORKING WITH NETWORK DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS6–11• • • • •6 • PlaceholderIn the Explorer window, the application icon and name are shown benea

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE6–12• • • • •2. In the Add HMI Server wizard, in the Select Operations window, click one of the followin

6 • WORKING WITH NETWORK DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS6–13• • • • •6 • PlaceholderAdding a data serverEach area in a network distributed application ca

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE6–14• • • • •Adding servers for redundant operationTo provide secondary application servers in the event

6 • WORKING WITH NETWORK DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS6–15• • • • •6 • PlaceholderSimilarly, if multiple applications share the same FactoryTalk Direct

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE6–16• • • • •For details about options in the HMI Server Properties dialog box, click Help.Changing the

6 • WORKING WITH NETWORK DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS6–17• • • • •6 • PlaceholderStart HMI servers on demand only when the control system is under dev

xivFACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •Working with pairs of double quotes ...

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE6–18• • • • •The settings you specify in the Redundancy tab for the primary HMI server are saved with th

6 • WORKING WITH NETWORK DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS6–19• • • • •6 • PlaceholderRunning a macro when the HMI server goes into standby modeThe macro t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE6–20• • • • •Monitoring the status of an HMI serverIn FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Server Status dial

6 • WORKING WITH NETWORK DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS6–21• • • • •6 • PlaceholderTo delete an HMI server’s project files1. Disconnect all clients from

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE6–22• • • • •3. Follow the instructions in the Application Manager to complete the delete operation.When

7–177 • PlaceholderWorking with network station applicationsThis chapter describes: What a FactoryTalk View Site Edition network station application

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE7–2• • • • •Network distributed applications are described in Chapter 6, Working with network distribute

7 • WORKING WITH NETWORK STATION APPLICATIONS7–3• • • • •7 • PlaceholderAbout FactoryTalk systemsFactoryTalk View SE and other Rockwell Automation

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE7–4• • • • •FactoryTalk SecurityFactoryTalk View SE network station applications can use FactoryTalk Sec

7 • WORKING WITH NETWORK STATION APPLICATIONS7–5• • • • •7 • PlaceholderHMI projectsHMI projects contain graphic displays, data log models, HMI ta

xvCONTENTS• • • • •Modifying HMI tag alarm properties ...14– 26Managing HMI data in an

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE7–6• • • • •For example, a relative reference to a display named Detail is simply the display’s name: De

7 • WORKING WITH NETWORK STATION APPLICATIONS7–7• • • • •7 • Placeholder4. Type a name and description for the application, select an application

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE7–8• • • • •When you delete an area, HMI servers and data servers located in the area are not deleted fr

7 • WORKING WITH NETWORK STATION APPLICATIONS7–9• • • • •7 • PlaceholderAttach to an existing HMI server without making a copy of the HMI server.

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE7–10• • • • •Adding a Tag Alarm and Event ServerOptionally, you can add FactoryTalk Tag Alarm and Event

7 • WORKING WITH NETWORK STATION APPLICATIONS7–11• • • • •7 • PlaceholderSetting up HMI server propertiesAfter adding an HMI server to a network s

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE7–12• • • • •To stop HMI server components manually1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, open the network stati

7 • WORKING WITH NETWORK STATION APPLICATIONS7–13• • • • •7 • PlaceholderTo delete an HMI server1. Disconnect all clients from the HMI server. (A

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE7–14• • • • •For details about options in the Application Manager, click Help.To rename a network statio

7 • WORKING WITH NETWORK STATION APPLICATIONS7–15• • • • •7 • Placeholder3. In the New/Open Site Edition (Network Station) Application dialog box,

xviFACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •Arranging objects ...

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE7–16• • • • •5. Select the application containing the HMI server that you want to rehost, and click Open

8–188 • PlaceholderWorking with local station applicationsThis chapter describes: What a FactoryTalk View Site Edition local station application is.

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE8–2• • • • •Parts of a local station applicationA typical FactoryTalk View SE local station application

8 • WORKING WITH LOCAL STATION APPLICATIONS8–3• • • • •8 • PlaceholderAbout FactoryTalk systemsFactoryTalk View SE and other Rockwell Automation s

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE8–4• • • • •For more information, see Chapter 4, Setting up the FactoryTalk Directory.FactoryTalk Securi

8 • WORKING WITH LOCAL STATION APPLICATIONS8–5• • • • •8 • PlaceholderHMI projectsHMI projects contain graphic displays, data log models, HMI tags

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE8–6• • • • •3. In the New/Open Site Edition (local station) Application dialog box, click the New tab.4.

8 • WORKING WITH LOCAL STATION APPLICATIONS8–7• • • • •8 • PlaceholderTo add an OPC data server1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer wind

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE8–8• • • • •For details about the options in the HMI Server Properties dialog box, click Help.Selecting

8 • WORKING WITH LOCAL STATION APPLICATIONS8–9• • • • •8 • PlaceholderFor example, an HMI server in the Active state is fully loaded and ready to

xviiCONTENTS• • • • •Docking displays to the FactoryTalk View SE Client window ...16– 51Display command parameters for

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE8–10• • • • •For local station applications, you can choose whether to delete the HMI server project ass

9–199 • PlaceholderSetting up communicationsThis chapter describes: Data servers and FactoryTalk Live Data. Basic steps for setting up communication

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE9–2• • • • • Alias topics (multiple paths to the same device) are required.About FactoryTalk Live DataF

9 • SETTING UP COMMUNICATIONS9–3• • • • •9 • PlaceholderLocal applications can only use one RSLinx Enterprise server, which must be located on the

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE9–4• • • • • RSLinx Classic and KEPServer Enterprise must be installed and setup separately. Add an OPC

9 • SETTING UP COMMUNICATIONS9–5• • • • •9 • PlaceholderTo add an RSLinx Enterprise data server1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer wind

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE9–6• • • • •DescriptionType a description for the data server. For example, the description can consist

9 • SETTING UP COMMUNICATIONS9–7• • • • •9 • PlaceholderProvide redundancy using a secondary serverSelect or clear this check box, depending on wh

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE9–8• • • • •Setting up support for FactoryTalk Alarms and EventsTo enable an RSLinx Enterprise server to

9 • SETTING UP COMMUNICATIONS9–9• • • • •9 • PlaceholderIn a network application, if you set up both a primary and a secondary RSLinx Enterprise d

xviiiFACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •Creating the different types of data display and input objects...

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE9–10• • • • •NameType a name for the data server. This name will be shown in the Explorer window. The na

9 • SETTING UP COMMUNICATIONS9–11• • • • •9 • PlaceholderProvide redundancy using a secondary serverSelect or clear this check box, depending on w

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE9–12• • • • •Include extended information in the server cache fileSelect this check box to make availabl

9 • SETTING UP COMMUNICATIONS9–13• • • • •9 • PlaceholderDeleting an OPC data serverIf an OPC data server is no longer required, you can delete it

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE9–14• • • • •

10–110 • Placeholder10Working with tagsThis chapter describes: Data server tags, HMI tags, and their attributes. Using tag data in a FactoryTalk Vie

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–2• • • • •Using direct referencing to eliminate duplicationFor some uses in an application, using dir

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–3• • • • •10 • PlaceholderFor example, if you specify a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 100, FactoryTalk View would be able

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–4• • • • •Setting up data server tagsTo use data server tags, such as those found in Logix5000 and ot

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–5• • • • •10 • PlaceholderSpecifying tag names where tag data is neededSpecify data server or HMI tag names in an applica

xixCONTENTS• • • • •Creating piloted control selectors...17– 47Specifying the tex

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–6• • • • • Each animation of an object (except the Touch animation) is counted as one connection. E

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–7• • • • •10 • PlaceholderRelative referencesRelative references point at a tag relative to the current server or area. A

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–8• • • • •The Tag Browser composes references to tags automatically, using correct syntax.If the tags

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–9• • • • •10 • PlaceholderViewing tags in foldersIn the Tag Browser, the Folders display on the left shows the applicatio

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–10• • • • •Finding tags in the home areaTo locate the tags in the home area, right-click a blank area

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–11• • • • •10 • Placeholdera. Click the browse button ( ) next to Find within. b. From the Find within dialog box, select

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–12• • • • •4. If you are using a network distributed application, identify the HMI servers of the sea

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–13• • • • •10 • PlaceholderShowing a tag’s propertiesTo show the properties of a tag in the Tag Browser, right-click the

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–14• • • • •Filtering tagsTo show only tags whose names match a pattern, type the pattern in the Tag F

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–15• • • • •10 • PlaceholderThe Tag Filter list contains the last 10 filters you applied. You can create filters using wil

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xxFACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •Determining start and end points for a range of motion...18–

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–16• • • • •Browsing for offline tags from RSLinx EnterpriseFor each RSLinx Enterprise shortcut in an

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–17• • • • •10 • PlaceholderYou can use HMI tags in an application, to take advantage of extended properties for securing

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–18• • • • • An HMI tag with memory as its data source receives data internally, from FactoryTalk Vie

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–19• • • • •10 • PlaceholderFor more information about using tags in expressions, see Chapter 24, Adding logic and control

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–20• • • • •To open the Tags editor1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer window, open the HMI

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–21• • • • •10 • PlaceholderForm and spreadsheetIn the upper part of the form, define the basic characteristics of the tag

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–22• • • • •To create an HMI tag1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer window, open the HMI Ta

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–23• • • • •10 • PlaceholderTo delete a tag1. In the Tags editor, find and select the tag you want to delete.2. From the E

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–24• • • • •The access path is one of the following: For communications with an RSLinx OPC server, th

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–25• • • • •10 • PlaceholderCreating tags in a third-party applicationYou can use a third-party spreadsheet editor such as

xxiCONTENTS• • • • •Setting up keys to run FactoryTalk View commands ...19– 6General rules governing p

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–26• • • • •Opening the Import PLC Tags dialog boxTo open the Import PLC Tags dialog box, use one of t

10 • WORKING WITH TAGS10–27• • • • •10 • PlaceholderDefining alarm conditions for HMI tagsYou can define alarms for HMI analog and digital tags.At

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE10–28• • • • •

11–11111 • PlaceholderSetting up HMI tag alarmsThis chapter describes: What HMI tag alarms are. Key HMI tag alarms concepts. The steps involved in

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–2• • • • •HMI tag alarm featuresUsing HMI tag alarms, you can: Monitor any analog or digital HMI tag

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–3• • • • •11 • PlaceholderFor more information, see Chapter 12, Setting up FactoryTalk alarms.Key HMI tag alarms

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–4• • • • •Example: Alarm thresholdsIn this example, a tag’s value changes as it monitors a motor’s re

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–5• • • • •11 • PlaceholderVariable thresholdsThreshold values can be constant or variable. The previous example u

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–6• • • • •The following illustration shows an increasing threshold of 4,000 rpm with a deadband value

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–7• • • • •11 • PlaceholderAlarm severityHMI tag alarms can range in severity from 1 (most severe) to 8 (least sev

xxiiFACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •21• Creating embedded variables... 21–1

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–8• • • • •If you export alarm log data to an external ODBC database, you can view records in the data

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–9• • • • •11 • PlaceholderA single HMI tag alarm summary can show alarms from multiple HMI servers located on dif

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–10• • • • •Alarm system tagsSystem tags that provide HMI tag alarm status information are created and

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–11• • • • •11 • PlaceholderOne acknowledgment is all that is required for all previous and current alarms for a t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–12• • • • •One way to use this expression is to animate the visibility of a graphic object in a displ

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–13• • • • •11 • PlaceholderFor example, the following expression checks whether any of a group of tags is in alar

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–14• • • • •Switching handshaking onHandshaking is turned off by default. To switch handshaking on, yo

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–15• • • • •11 • PlaceholderSetting up general HMI tag alarm behaviorUse the Alarm Setup editor to specify the gen

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–16• • • • • How the system behaves when alarms cross back over trigger thresholds. How often the sy

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–17• • • • •11 • PlaceholderSetting up alarm messagesAlarm messages report information about HMI tag alarms. When

xxiiiCONTENTS• • • • •Ways to stop data logging ...22– 1723• Setting u

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–18• • • • •In the User Msgs tab of the Alarm Setup editor, you can define the content of:In Alarm me

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–19• • • • •11 • PlaceholderThe system default messages are used automatically, for all alarms and alarm events. F

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–20• • • • •Setting up alarm conditions for HMI tagsIn the Tags editor, for each analog and digital ta

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–21• • • • •11 • PlaceholderSetting up alarms for HMI analog tagsThese are the tasks involved in setting up alarms

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–22• • • • •About FactoryTalk View SE alarm eventsYou can customize and extend HMI tag alarm monitorin

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–23• • • • •11 • Placeholder You cannot specify thresholds for analog alarm events. All analog alarm events have

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–24• • • • •About alarm event typesUse the AlarmEvent command to create into-alarm and out-of-alarm ev

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–25• • • • •11 • PlaceholderFor more information about HMI tag alarm log files, see: “Adding remarks to the alarm

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–26• • • • •You can set up file management to delete log files after a specified period, or once a spe

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–27• • • • •11 • PlaceholderExample: Exporting alarm log files to ODBC format on demandTo export the contents of t

xxivFACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •Working with trends at run time ...

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–28• • • • •AlarmType The number FactoryTalk View assigns to the transaction type:0 for SysAk (System

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–29• • • • •11 • PlaceholderViewing HMI tag alarm log filesThe HMI Tag Alarm Log Viewer shows the contents of the

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–30• • • • •You must include the quotation marks, because there are spaces in the parameter.Alarm log

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–31• • • • •11 • PlaceholderParameters for the command let you add a text comment, the alarm severity, and the tag

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–32• • • • •For more information about the Suppressed List, click Help.Suppressing alarm printingTo su

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–33• • • • •11 • PlaceholderHowever, if you shut down FactoryTalk View SE, restart it, and run the AlarmOn command

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–34• • • • •The parts of an HMI tag alarm summaryA new HMI tag alarm summary object in a graphic displ

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–35• • • • •11 • PlaceholderChoosing fontsThe header and body fonts in an HMI tag alarm summary can be different.

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–36• • • • • Out of Alarm and Fault State messages.For details about options in the Colors dialog box

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–37• • • • •11 • PlaceholderTo change the button text1. Double-click the button you want to change.2. Type new tex

xxvCONTENTS• • • • •Using absolute and relative references...A– 5How relative

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–38• • • • •To collect all alarm information for the current area, type:*To collect alarms from specif

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–39• • • • •11 • PlaceholderExamples: Using tag placeholders to specify areas and tagsIn these examples, the tag p

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–40• • • • •Appending Execute command parametersParameters are appended to the Execute command in the

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–41• • • • •11 • PlaceholderAt run time: The /P parameter for the AlarmLogRemark command shows a prompt for the o

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–42• • • • •Using the Identify button to run commands or programsUse the Identify button to specify a

11 • SETTING UP HMI TAG ALARMS11–43• • • • •11 • PlaceholderWays to stop HMI tag alarm monitoringTo stop alarm monitoring only, use any of these m

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE11–44• • • • •

12–11212 • PlaceholderSetting up FactoryTalk alarmsThis chapter describes: What FactoryTalk Alarms and Events is. Key FactoryTalk alarm concepts. T

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–2• • • • •The choices you make will depend on factors such as the design of your application, the pro

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–3• • • • •12 • PlaceholderThe following illustration shows how device-based alarm information flows, from a L

xxviFACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–4• • • • •For more information, see “Working with Rockwell Automation Device Servers” on page 12-18.C

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–5• • • • •12 • PlaceholderFinding more information about FactoryTalk Alarms and Events This section provides

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–6• • • • •To open the System Configuration Guide, in FactoryTalk View Studio, from the Help menu, sel

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–7• • • • •12 • PlaceholderFor information about setting up alarm servers in a FactoryTalk View SE application

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–8• • • • •In this example, a tag’s value changes as it monitors a motor’s revolutions per minute (rpm

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–9• • • • •12 • PlaceholderIn the following illustration, an increasing limit of 4000 rpm, with a deadband val

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–10• • • • •In the following illustration, an X shows when the tag goes into alarm, and an O shows whe

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–11• • • • •12 • PlaceholderAlarm and event summaryThe Alarm and Event Summary shows alarm information from Ro

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–12• • • • •Alarm priorities can be defined in an alarm server (Rockwell Automation Device Server or T

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–13• • • • •12 • PlaceholderEach time you create a new alarm class, it is added to the list. In the previous i

1–111 • PlaceholderGetting started with FactoryTalk View SEThis chapter describes: What FactoryTalk View Site Edition is. What a FactoryTalk system

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–14• • • • •After you set up an alarm to show as a tag, you can select the alarm in the Tag Browser, a

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–15• • • • •12 • PlaceholderFactoryTalk Diagnostics routes audit messages to the Local Log (and to the Factory

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–16• • • • •For information, see “Working with Rockwell Automation Device Servers” on page 12-18.4. If

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–17• • • • •12 • Placeholder3. In the System Settings Properties dialog box (shown in the following illustrati

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–18• • • • •Securing access to FactoryTalk alarm informationFor FactoryTalk products like FactoryTalk

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–19• • • • •12 • PlaceholderTo add an RSLinx Enterprise server to a network distributed application1. In the F

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–20• • • • •To enable alarm and event history logging on the computer running the device server, selec

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–21• • • • •12 • PlaceholderTo open the Communication Setup editor In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explore

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–22• • • • •Setting up alarm priorities and history loggingTo enable alarm and event history logging o

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–23• • • • •12 • PlaceholderSetting up FactoryTalk tag-based alarmsSet up tag-based alarms to include the foll

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE1–2• • • • •Using services, FactoryTalk products can share and gain simultaneous access to resources suc

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–24• • • • •2. In the Digital tab, set up properties such as the alarm’s name, input tag, condition, a

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–25• • • • •12 • PlaceholderTo create a new level alarm 1. In the Alarm and Events Setup editor, click the Lev

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–26• • • • •Creating tag-based deviation alarmsIn the Deviation tab of the Alarm and Event Setup edito

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–27• • • • •12 • PlaceholderFor details options in the Deviation Alarm Properties dialog box, click Help.Viewi

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–28• • • • •For example, if an Acknowledged status tag is specified for an alarm, when an operator ack

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–29• • • • •12 • PlaceholderFor details about options in the Alarm Message Editor, click Help.Modifying an exi

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–30• • • • •Using tag placeholders in alarm messagesTag placeholders are another type of variable you

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–31• • • • •12 • PlaceholderSetting up alarm and event history loggingFactoryTalk Alarms and Events generates

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–32• • • • •You specify the database definition an alarm server will use, in the server’s Properties d

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–33• • • • •12 • Placeholder Use the alarm and event log viewer to view, sort, filter, and print historical a

1 • GETTING STARTED WITH FACTORYTALK VIEW SE1–3• • • • •1 • PlaceholderFor detailed information about FactoryTalk services, concepts, and componen

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–34• • • • •You can move and resize the Alarm and Event Summary Design View object, as needed. To set

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–35• • • • •12 • PlaceholderYou can build filter criteria using the event fields provided. You can also select

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–36• • • • •2. To create a new graphic display, expand the Graphics folder, right-click Displays, and

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–37• • • • •12 • PlaceholderChoosing colors, sound, and blink styles for the alarm statesIn the States tab, se

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–38• • • • •For example, to let an operator continuously monitor the most serious alarms in an applica

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–39• • • • •12 • PlaceholderAt run time, an operator can use an alarm and event summary to monitor alarm activ

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–40• • • • • An optional details pane, that shows the attributes of the currently selected alarm. A

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–41• • • • •12 • Placeholder All alarms, including those that aren’t visible in the current page of the alarm

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–42• • • • •To reset a latched alarm1. In the alarm and event summary, select one or more alarms to re

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–43• • • • •12 • PlaceholderYou can also open a stand-alone Alarm Status Explorer at run time, by clicking Dis

iiiCONTENTS• • • • •Contents1 • Getting started with FactoryTalk View SE ... 1–1Welcome to FactoryTalk View Site

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE1–4• • • • •The FactoryTalk View SE Server has no user interface. Once installed, it runs as a set of ‘h

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–44• • • • •To unshelve an alarm:1. In the Alarm and Event Summary window, right-click an alarm, and t

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–45• • • • •12 • Placeholder2. To create a new graphic display, expand the Graphics folder, right-click Displa

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–46• • • • • An optional tree view of the application, and the areas that contain alarm sources. A s

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–47• • • • •12 • PlaceholderAlarm condition details vary, depending on the type of alarm. For a level alarm, f

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–48• • • • •To check when, why, and by whom the alarm was suppressed, right-click the alarm, and then

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–49• • • • •12 • Placeholder2. In the Disable Alarm dialog box, type an optional comment, and then click Disab

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–50• • • • •Event list and column headingsSelect analarm filter.Drag to see more of the event list, or

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–51• • • • •12 • PlaceholderRefreshing the event listTo show the most recent alarm activity logged to the sele

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–52• • • • •Example: Using alarm tags to acknowledge an alarmAn operator is expected to acknowledge al

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–53• • • • •12 • Placeholder5. In the Animation dialog box, click the Touch tab. To let the operator acknowled

1 • GETTING STARTED WITH FACTORYTALK VIEW SE1–5• • • • •1 • PlaceholderIn a redundant network distributed application, changes made at the primary

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–54• • • • •If any of the alarms specified has the state In Alarm and Acknowledged, the expression res

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–55• • • • •12 • Placeholderwhere AlarmName is an absolute or relative path to one or more FactoryTalk alarms.

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–56• • • • •where AlarmName indicates the name of the alarm.In a relative reference, the colons ( : )

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–57• • • • •12 • PlaceholderAt run time, if a FactoryTalk alarm function refers to an alarm source that become

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–58• • • • •For details about controller status alarms and the conditions that cause them, see the RSL

12 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK ALARMS12–59• • • • •12 • Placeholder2. In the Alarm Import and Export Wizard, click the import operation that uses the

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE12–60• • • • •

13–11313 • PlaceholderSetting up language switchingThis chapter describes: What language switching is. Text strings you can and cannot view in diffe

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–2• • • • • Import application components developed in different countries into a single application

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–3• • • • •13 • Placeholder 123.45, if the current application language is German (Germany), and in the Windo

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE1–6• • • • • To develop or run a Network Distributed application, you can install different combination

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–4• • • • •Text shown in FactoryTalk View SE system tagsYou can use system tags in an application to s

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–5• • • • •13 • PlaceholderFactoryTalk View Site Edition Recipe ValueNumeric inputand string inputTagNameNumer

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–6• • • • •Summary of steps for setting up language switchingThese are the tasks involved in setting u

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–7• • • • •13 • PlaceholderSetting up font support for Windows languagesIf you are using Windows XP, or Window

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–8• • • • •When creating a new application, you select a language from the full list of languages that

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–9• • • • •13 • PlaceholderTo translate multiple languages at once, add languages to the application first, an

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–10• • • • •To change the default language, open the Language Configuration dialog box, select an appl

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–11• • • • •13 • PlaceholderExporting application text stringsUse the Language Configuration dialog box to exp

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–12• • • • •Troubleshooting export problemsIf errors occur during an export operation, or if you cance

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–13• • • • •13 • PlaceholderUnicode text file formatText strings exported for the selected application languag

1 • GETTING STARTED WITH FACTORYTALK VIEW SE1–7• • • • •1 • PlaceholderIf you are planning a network application that uses more than 10 computers,

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–14• • • • •The spreadsheet provides the following information, for each exported text string: Server

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–15• • • • •13 • Placeholder Do not change the default order of the Server, Component Type, Component Name an

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–16• • • • •For more information about duplicate text strings, see “Working with duplicate text string

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–17• • • • •13 • PlaceholderWorking with strings exported to a Unicode text fileThis section contains importan

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–18• • • • •1. When prompted to keep the workbook in Unicode format, which leaves out incompatible fea

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–19• • • • •13 • PlaceholderBodyThe body of the text file starts on line eight, and includes the following fie

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–20• • • • •“Call “““Duty Manager””will be imported as:Call “Duty Manager”Working with backslashes and

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–21• • • • •13 • PlaceholderText strings that exist in an application, but do not exist in the import file, ar

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–22• • • • • (Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003) C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Document

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–23• • • • •13 • PlaceholderCommon errors when importing Excel spreadsheet filesThe following table describes

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE1–8• • • • •For communications with Allen-Bradley local and remote devices—particularly with Logix5000 c

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–24• • • • •“Server Name” is unavailable. No strings for this server were imported.Server name associa

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–25• • • • •13 • PlaceholderCommon errors when importing local messagesThe following table describes error mes

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–26• • • • •To enable language switching in an application, provide operators with a way to run the La

13 • SETTING UP LANGUAGE SWITCHING13–27• • • • •13 • Placeholder2. In the Properties tab, clear the check box, Support Multiple Languages.3. Click

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE13–28• • • • •

14–11414 • PlaceholderSetting up FactoryTalk system availability This chapter describes: What it means to maximize availability in a FactoryTalk syst

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–2• • • • • FactoryTalk View SE Servers (also called HMI servers). For information about setting up r

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–3• • • • •14 • PlaceholderIn the Server Status dialog box, you can: Check the status of non-red

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–4• • • • •States for non-redundant and redundant serversThe Server Status dialog box will show any of

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–5• • • • •14 • PlaceholderStates for redundant servers onlyThe Server Status dialog box will sho

1 • GETTING STARTED WITH FACTORYTALK VIEW SE1–9• • • • •1 • PlaceholderWith a Site Edition network distributed application in demo mode, you can:

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–6• • • • •What happens if a non-redundant HMI server failsAn Active, non-redundant HMI server might f

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–7• • • • •14 • PlaceholderMonitoring the status of the Network Directory serverThe FactoryTalk D

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–8• • • • •What happens if the Network Directory server is unavailableThe Network Directory server can

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–9• • • • •14 • PlaceholderHost computer hardware failures, provide backup computers to host app

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–10• • • • •Only one application server of any type, whether it’s a primary or secondary server, can r

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–11• • • • •14 • PlaceholderAbout FactoryTalk View SE system limitsIn a network distributed appli

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–12• • • • •For information about FactoryTalk View SE platform requirements that might affect the desi

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–13• • • • •14 • Placeholder2. In Windows Explorer, copy any necessary files from the primary ser

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–14• • • • •To specify the Network Directory location 1. Select Start > All Programs > Rockwell

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–15• • • • •14 • Placeholder ..\Users\Public\Public Documents\ RSView Enterprise\SE\HMI Projects

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE1–10• • • • •3. In the New/Open Site Edition (Network Distributed) Application dialog box, click Samples

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–16• • • • •3. In the Redundancy tab, select the check box, Provide redundancy using a secondary serve

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–17• • • • •14 • PlaceholderInformation that is not included in the replicate operation includes

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–18• • • • •For information about setting up redundancy for an HMI server, see page 14-15. For informa

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–19• • • • •14 • PlaceholderIn the Components tab, you can also start and stop components manuall

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–20• • • • •Determining which HMI tag alarm state to use During the network disconnection, HMI tag ala

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–21• • • • •14 • PlaceholderThe Server Status display should reflect the switch, for both servers

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–22• • • • •If the secondary server is on standby, and ready to become active, it becomes the Active s

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–23• • • • •14 • PlaceholderChoosing to switch to the primary server means the primary server is

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–24• • • • •Some of the changes you can make will be visible immediately, on connected clients. Other

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–25• • • • •14 • PlaceholderA graphic display using the Minimum or Maximum property, in a tag lab

1 • GETTING STARTED WITH FACTORYTALK VIEW SE1–11• • • • •1 • PlaceholderTo run the Samples Water client Select Start > All Programs > Rockw

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–26• • • • •Modifying HMI tag alarm propertiesYou can modify the properties of HMI tag alarms at run t

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–27• • • • •14 • PlaceholderOptionally, you can specify an area name when you run the AlarmAccept

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–28• • • • •Label Any change New alarm transactions reflect the new Label value.Existing alarm transac

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–29• • • • •14 • PlaceholderManaging HMI data in an online redundant systemTo help ensure that HM

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–30• • • • •About alarm monitoring on the secondary serverWhile the primary HMI server is active, the

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–31• • • • •14 • PlaceholderUse an HMI server’s On Active and On Standby macros, to run the Event

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–32• • • • •To change Health Monitoring Policy Settings1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer

14 • SETTING UP FACTORYTALK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY14–33• • • • •14 • PlaceholderThe default time period that defines a network glitch is 5 seconds. Y

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE14–34• • • • •

15–11515 • PlaceholderLogging system activityThis chapter describes: What FactoryTalk Diagnostics is. Key FactoryTalk Diagnostics concepts. Setting

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE1–12• • • • •The HMI server stores project components (for example, graphic displays) and serves these c

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE15–2• • • • •3. To log system activity to a central, ODBC-compliant database, first set up the database,

15 • LOGGING SYSTEM ACTIVITY15–3• • • • •15 • Placeholder Route errors that require immediate action to the FactoryTalk Diagnostics List, and to

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE15–4• • • • •FactoryTalk View assigns the Operator audience for all messages that it generates, except f

15 • LOGGING SYSTEM ACTIVITY15–5• • • • •15 • PlaceholderSetting up message routingWhen you set up message routing, you specify where messages ass

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE15–6• • • • •Central logging works by exporting the contents of the local log periodically, to an ODBC-c

15 • LOGGING SYSTEM ACTIVITY15–7• • • • •15 • PlaceholderIf the ODBC-compliant database becomes available before the buffer time expires, the buff

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE15–8• • • • •Moving the Diagnostics ListYou can detach (undock) the Diagnostics List from the main windo

15 • LOGGING SYSTEM ACTIVITY15–9• • • • •15 • Placeholder To clear all messages in the list, click Clear All.Clearing a message in the Diagnostic

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE15–10• • • • •

16–11616 • PlaceholderCreating graphic displaysThis chapter describes: What graphic displays are. Parts of the Graphics editor. Techniques for work

1 • GETTING STARTED WITH FACTORYTALK VIEW SE1–13• • • • •1 • PlaceholderFor details about options in the Add HMI Server Wizard, click Help.Step 2:

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–2• • • • • Each connection in the Connections property of an object that is linked to a tag is count

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–3• • • • •16 • PlaceholderAll of the objects and groups of objects on a global object display are global objects.

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–4• • • • •The Graphics editor consists of these parts:The toolbars contain buttons for commonly used

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–5• • • • •16 • PlaceholderFor more information about display settings, see “Setting up the appearance and behavio

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–6• • • • •To highlight different types of objects in a display1. In the Object Explorer, click Settin

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–7• • • • •16 • PlaceholderYou can keep the Property Panel open as you work in the Graphics editor, and you can dr

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–8• • • • •If the Size property is set to Use Current Size, Zoom to Fit behaves in the same way as Can

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–9• • • • •16 • PlaceholderSelecting objectsTo work with an object in a graphic display, first you must select it.

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–10• • • • •Copying objectsTo copy objects, you can:  Drag and drop objects in the same display. Dra

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–11• • • • •16 • Placeholder3. Select one or more objects.4. Click the selected object and drag it to the new disp

ivFACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •Working in the Explorer window...

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE1–14• • • • •Step 3: Test run the application in FactoryTalk View SE ClientIn FactoryTalk View Studio, y

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–12• • • • •To duplicate an object Right-click the object in a display, and then select Duplicate, or

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–13• • • • •16 • PlaceholderYou can reshape some objects using the object’s editing tool. To do this, right-click

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–14• • • • •Stacking objectsObjects in a graphic display are stacked in the order they are created, wi

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–15• • • • •16 • PlaceholderAligning objects top, middle, and bottomAlign the selected object (or objects) with th

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–16• • • • •Aligning objects left, right, and centerSpacing objectsTo create an equal amount of space

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–17• • • • •16 • PlaceholderSpacing objects vertically and horizontallyFlipping objectsTo move an object in a grap

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–18• • • • •Flipping objects horizontallyRotating objectsTo rotate an object or group of objects aroun

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–19• • • • •16 • PlaceholderGrouping objectsGrouping combines several objects into one so you can manipulate them

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–20• • • • •Modifying grouped objectsYou can modify a group of objects without breaking up the group.

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–21• • • • •16 • PlaceholderTo see which objects are selected, look in the Object Explorer or the FactoryTalk View

2–122 • PlaceholderExploring FactoryTalk View StudioThis chapter describes: What FactoryTalk View Studio is. How to open an application in FactoryTa

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–22• • • • •Pattern styles apply to the interior of objects. Closed objects such as rectangles, circle

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–23• • • • •16 • PlaceholderFor trend objects, you can customize line width and color in the Pens tab of the Trend

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–24• • • • •The arrows beside the connection names indicate the direction data flows between the tag o

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–25• • • • •16 • PlaceholderYou can create a tooltip for an object in the Property Panel, or in the Common tab of

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–26• • • • •2. From the Edit menu, select Tag Substitution.3. In the Tag Substitution dialog box, type

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–27• • • • •16 • PlaceholderTesting graphic displaysYou can test the objects in a graphic display quickly, by swit

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–28• • • • •To view an object’s states using the Property Panel1. Select one or more objects.2. In the

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–29• • • • •16 • Placeholderwhere <HMI Project Name> is the name of the HMI server in the Explorer window.To

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–30• • • • •However, you can run a global object display in test display mode, when developing an appl

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–31• • • • •16 • PlaceholderLike the graphics libraries installed with FactoryTalk View SE, you can use the contro

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE2–2• • • • •For an overview of FactoryTalk Security services, see Chapter 5, Setting up security. For de

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–32• • • • •When you import objects, you can convert them to FactoryTalk View objects. This offers the

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–33• • • • •16 • PlaceholderPalette matching is an issue only for 256-color video adapters. 24-bit color systems d

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–34• • • • •To open the Image Browser, use one of these methods In an object’s Properties dialog box,

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–35• • • • •16 • Placeholder5. Click the OK Button in Image name dialog. The dialog box will close returning you t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–36• • • • •You can also use one or more tag placeholders to specify parts of a complete tag name.In #

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–37• • • • •16 • PlaceholderReplacing tag placeholders using parameter listsInstead of using a parameter file to r

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–38• • • • •For grouped reference objects, the value specified for the top-level object is applied to

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–39• • • • •16 • PlaceholderTo assign a value to a tag placeholder in a reference object1. Right-click the global

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–40• • • • • For the LinkConnections default, select True.Click OK.6. Create a global reference objec

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–41• • • • •16 • PlaceholderSetting up the appearance and behavior of a graphic displayUse the Display Settings di

2 • EXPLORING FACTORYTALK VIEW STUDIO2–3• • • • •2 • PlaceholderTo set up write access for Power Users1. In Windows Explorer, right-click the HMI

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–42• • • • •Specifying the display typeYou can set up the following display types in a FactoryTalk Vie

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–43• • • • •16 • PlaceholderFor overlay displays, if you want the display always at the back, you can select the c

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–44• • • • •Caching displaysPlacing a graphic display in the cache makes the display appear more quick

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–45• • • • •16 • PlaceholderFactoryTalk View graphics are resolution independent. This means that no matter what r

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–46• • • • •The scroll bars will remain on the window, even if subsequent displays are small enough th

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–47• • • • •16 • Placeholdercan input an operator-friendly screen name to be shown within the navigation history.

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–48• • • • •Specifying startup and shutdown commandsTo run commands when the graphic display starts or

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–49• • • • •16 • PlaceholderSpecifying the behavior of objects with input focusObjects with input focus are ready

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–50• • • • •The keyboard for string input and recipe fields accepts alphanumeric characters. The keypa

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–51• • • • •16 • PlaceholderAll the new displays you create will have these initial default settings.To change the

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE2–4• • • • •Parts of the FactoryTalk View Studio main windowWhen you create or open an application, its

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–52• • • • •In the FactoryTalk View SE Client Wizard, you can also specify a docking parameter for the

16 • CREATING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS16–53• • • • •16 • PlaceholderIf you dock a Replace type of display, it will close any other displays running in the

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE16–54• • • • •Closing docked displaysUse the Abort command to close docked displays individually, or to

17–11717 • PlaceholderCreating graphic objectsThis chapter describes how to use, create, and set up the graphic objects available in FactoryTalk View

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–2• • • • •Alarm and Event objectssuch as the alarm and event summary and the alarm status explorer, p

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–3• • • • •17 • PlaceholderThe following illustration shows the Properties dialog box for a polygon object.In the P

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–4• • • • •Creating the different types of drawing objectsTo draw simple objects such as lines, rectan

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–5• • • • •17 • PlaceholderDrawing a polyline or polygonA polyline is a series of connected line segments. A polygo

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–6• • • • •Drawing an arc or wedgeArcs and wedges are drawn in two steps: first you create an ellipse

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–7• • • • •17 • PlaceholderCreating text objectsUse the Text tool to draw a text object. You can then create the te

2 • EXPLORING FACTORYTALK VIEW STUDIO2–5• • • • •2 • PlaceholderAll FactoryTalk View editors use the Standard toolbar, shown here in its undocked

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–8• • • • •Creating a panelUse the Panel tool to draw rectangles and squares that have borders.The pan

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–9• • • • •17 • PlaceholderImporting images into graphic displaysFactoryTalk View can read .bmp, .png, and JPEG (.j

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–10• • • • •Determining which objects have input focusAt run time, the object with focus in a graphic

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–11• • • • •17 • PlaceholderRemoving objects from the tab sequenceBy default, you can use the Tab and arrow keys to

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–12• • • • •Latched push buttons lock in the on position, and must be unlocked by another button or pr

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–13• • • • •17 • Placeholder In the Up Appearance tab, specify what the button looks like when it is not pressed.

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–14• • • • •Normally closed means the released state of the button is on: when the button is pressed,

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–15• • • • •17 • PlaceholderCreating maintained push buttonsUse the Maintained Push Button tool to create a button

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–16• • • • •Creating latched push buttonsUse the Latched Push Button tool to create a button that latc

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–17• • • • •17 • PlaceholderCreating multistate push buttonsUse the Multistate Push Button tool to create a button

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE2–6• • • • •Communications tabThe Communications tab shows the devices on the network available to the c

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–18• • • • •Setting up interlocked push button propertiesIn the Interlocked Push Button Properties dia

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–19• • • • •17 • PlaceholderSome data servers do not impose a minimum or maximum limit on the value of a tag. Set t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–20• • • • •Creating navigation push buttonsUse the Navigation Button tool to create a button that an

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–21• • • • •17 • Placeholder In the Inactive Appearance tab, set up the appearance for a navigation button when it

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–22• • • • •An input object can also be set up to display a tag’s current value, eliminating the need

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–23• • • • •17 • PlaceholderTag-related limitsA graphic display can contain up to a total of 3000 connections, whet

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–24• • • • •When the input object is ready to receive input, it has a solid border surrounded by a hig

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–25• • • • •17 • PlaceholderAlternatively, you can use the graphic Display object’s event BeforeInputFieldDownload,

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–26• • • • •Parts of the on-screen keyboardYou can set up graphic displays so that the operator can us

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–27• • • • •17 • PlaceholderCreating numeric and string display objectsUse the Numeric Display and String Display t

2 • EXPLORING FACTORYTALK VIEW STUDIO2–7• • • • •2 • PlaceholderRemoving messages from the Diagnostics ListTo remove messages from the Diagnostics

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–28• • • • •Most indicators have several states, and an error state. The error state occurs when the i

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–29• • • • •17 • PlaceholderCreating symbolsUse the Symbol tool to create an indicator that shows a monochrome imag

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–30• • • • •Changing a gauge’s fill color at different thresholdsAs the needle sweeps higher on a gaug

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–31• • • • •17 • Placeholder If the level of the tank is in the current range for the recipe, the graph can show t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–32• • • • •Using key objects to simulate keyboard functionsIn the FactoryTalk View Graphics editor, t

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–33• • • • •17 • PlaceholderIn the Properties dialog box, the various features of the object are organized in tabs.

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–34• • • • •Piloted control list selectors have the same function as control list selectors. However,

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–35• • • • •17 • PlaceholderCreating tag labels Use the Tag Label tool to show different types of tag information a

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–36• • • • •Setting up states for a display list selectorTo set up the states for a display list selec

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–37• • • • •17 • PlaceholderWhat is shown at run timeIn the local message file, each message is associated with a t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE2–8• • • • •Showing and hiding items in the main windowTo show or hide elements of the main window (exce

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–38• • • • •2. In the Local Messages editor, create the following messages with five trigger values, t

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–39• • • • •17 • PlaceholderRather than entering values one by one into input objects in the display, the operator

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–40• • • • •If you didn’t specify a recipe file name, select a recipe file first, and then click Resto

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–41• • • • •17 • PlaceholderExample: Creating a recipe file at run timeValues typed in input boxes in the following

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–42• • • • •2. In the recipe object, type the name of the recipe file, and then press Enter.3. In the

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–43• • • • •17 • PlaceholderThe operator presses the keys to scroll up or down the list, or to make selections from

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–44• • • • •When the control list selector is in its last state and the operator presses the key, the

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–45• • • • •17 • PlaceholderUsing keys to scroll the listWhen a piloted control list selector is operator controlle

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–46• • • • •When an operator or remote device selects a state, the value assigned to the selected stat

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–47• • • • •17 • Placeholder3. If the Enter Handshake tag is assigned, the Enter tag remains set until the Enter ke

2 • EXPLORING FACTORYTALK VIEW STUDIO2–9• • • • •2 • PlaceholderMoving the Explorer windowTo undock the Explorer, use one of these methods: Click

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–48• • • • •You can set up 255 states for a piloted control list selector. This provides the operator

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–49• • • • •17 • PlaceholderCreating the Alarm and Event objectsThe FactoryTalk Alarm and Event objects provide run

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–50• • • • •For more information about creating global object displays, see Chapter 16, Creating graph

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–51• • • • •17 • PlaceholderUsing placeholders to specify values for global objectsA tag placeholder is the cross-h

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–52• • • • •To open the Global Object Defaults dialog box Right-click the reference object you want t

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–53• • • • •17 • PlaceholderFor a Button push button object, the LinkAnimation property determines whether the refe

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–54• • • • •LinkBaseObjectThe LinkBaseObject property specifies the name and location of the base obje

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–55• • • • •17 • PlaceholderWorking with OLE objectsOLE is an acronym for Object Linking and Embedding.OLE objects

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–56• • • • •Embedding an object in a graphic display increases the size of the graphic file, because t

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–57• • • • •17 • PlaceholderIn FactoryTalk View you can use events to change the value of a tag, or to run a Factor

vCONTENTS• • • • •Designing a system that is easy to deploy and maintain...3– 14Designing the application

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE2–10• • • • •If you click MDI Child, the Explorer becomes a window that you can move, minimize, maximize

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–58• • • • •Setting up tools in the ActiveX toolboxUse the ActiveX toolbox to set up tools for the Act

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–59• • • • •17 • Placeholder From the Explorer, click the Symbol Factory Object. When the Objects menu is availab

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–60• • • • •The signature button can be used together with other features of FactoryTalk View SE, to m

17 • CREATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS17–61• • • • •17 • PlaceholderSecuring tag writes, commands, and downloadsYou can use the signature button to secure

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE17–62• • • • •To ensure that values are downloaded only if the electronic signature is verified, you mus

18–11818 • PlaceholderAnimating graphic objectsThis chapter describes: What FactoryTalk View animation is. Setting up animation for FactoryTalk View

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–2• • • • •Setting up animation for FactoryTalk View graphic objectsTo animate FactoryTalk View object

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–3• • • • •18 • PlaceholderTo open the Animation dialog box1. Select the object or object group you want to apply

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–4• • • • •The action can be a FactoryTalk View command or macro. For example, to use touch animation

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–5• • • • •18 • PlaceholderExample: Using Object Smart Path to define a range of motion for a horizontal slider1.

2 • EXPLORING FACTORYTALK VIEW STUDIO2–11• • • • •2 • Placeholder From the Tools or Settings menu, select the editor you want to open.Following i

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–6• • • • •Testing animationTo test the animation applied to objects in a graphic display quickly, swi

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–7• • • • •18 • PlaceholderYou can also copy animation without copying the original object, and then paste the ani

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–8• • • • •Showing and hiding objectsUse visibility animation to make an object visible or invisible,

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–9• • • • •18 • PlaceholderThe following example shows the effects of Shaded and Gradient fill styles.For each col

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–10• • • • •7. Select the Blink color check box next to the Blink check box to open the color palette,

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–11• • • • •18 • Placeholder2. For line and fill colors, select the Solid Fill Style.3. For each of the colors, op

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–12• • • • •Moving an object horizontally in a displayUse horizontal position animation to move an obj

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–13• • • • •18 • Placeholder The center, or axis, of rotation (for example, to rotate the object around its cente

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–14• • • • •Changing the height of an objectUse height animation to change an object’s height, based o

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–15• • • • •18 • PlaceholderThe pixel position of the object is translated into values that are written to the tag

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE2–12• • • • •Creating and modifying componentsThe Explorer manages components that represent physical fi

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–16• • • • •Checking an object’s index numberTo check an object’s index number, double-click the objec

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–17• • • • •18 • Placeholder Specify which tag values in a recipe file go into which numeric or string input obje

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–18• • • • •Changing index numbersOnce you have created two or more objects that have index numbers, y

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–19• • • • •18 • PlaceholderUse the Object Keys dialog box to set up keys, assign an index number to the object, a

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–20• • • • •Setting up display keysUse display keys to connect a graphic display with one or more keys

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–21• • • • •18 • PlaceholderThe key list shows all the object keys set up for the selected object first, followed

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–22• • • • •Example 1: Creating display-wide keys to open and close valvesImagine you have a graphic d

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–23• • • • •18 • PlaceholderExample 3: Opening an object-specific HMI tag alarm summaryImagine you want to have HM

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–24• • • • •You can also change an ActiveX object’s properties without using tags. If you choose this

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–25• • • • •18 • PlaceholderAbout ActiveX object namesAs shown in previous illustration, ActiveX objects have a de

2 • EXPLORING FACTORYTALK VIEW STUDIO2–13• • • • •2 • PlaceholderCreating componentsTo create a new component, use one of these methods: Drag the

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–26• • • • •Connecting tags to an object’s methodsA method is an action the ActiveX object can perform

18 • ANIMATING GRAPHIC OBJECTS18–27• • • • •18 • PlaceholderFor details about options in the ActiveX Control Events dialog box, click Help.Click h

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE18–28• • • • •

19–11919 • PlaceholderSetting up navigationThis chapter describes: What a display hierarchy is. Setting up ways to move among displays in an applica

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE19–2• • • • •The following illustration shows a simple display hierarchy design for a network distribute

19 • SETTING UP NAVIGATION19–3• • • • •19 • PlaceholderUse the commands in macros, or as actions specified for touch zones, buttons, display keys,

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE19–4• • • • •For more information about where commands run, see Appendix A, FactoryTalk View commands.Ex

19 • SETTING UP NAVIGATION19–5• • • • •19 • PlaceholderExample 2: Setting up navigation using mouse and touch screen operationThe graphic display

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE19–6• • • • •If you want a display to replace any open displays that it covers or touches when it opens,

19 • SETTING UP NAVIGATION19–7• • • • •19 • PlaceholderGeneral rules governing precedenceYou can assign a single key to one or more of the three t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE2–14• • • • •Selected components are added to the Explorer, under the editor’s icon.Naming componentsWhe

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE19–8• • • • •an object key to jog the motor’s position, pressing F2 when the slider has input focus will

19 • SETTING UP NAVIGATION19–9• • • • •19 • PlaceholderPerform the press and release actions for the button object that has focus.Download the val

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE19–10• • • • •Precedence and reserved keysIf you assign a reserved key to an object or display key, the

19 • SETTING UP NAVIGATION19–11• • • • •19 • PlaceholderNavigation history is optional, and is configured for each client. To track displays, you

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE19–12• • • • •2. Drag the mouse to position and draw a shape the general size and location you intend th

19 • SETTING UP NAVIGATION19–13• • • • •19 • Placeholder General appearance under Appearance. Type of action the button initiates under Action.

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE19–14• • • • •

20–12020 • PlaceholderCreating expressionsThis chapter describes: What expressions are and where you can use them. Working in the Expression editor.

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE20–2• • • • •Working in the Expression editorEditors that can use expressions contain an Expression box.

20 • CREATING EXPRESSIONS20–3• • • • •20 • PlaceholderExpression componentsYou can build an expression using any of the following components: Tag

2 • EXPLORING FACTORYTALK VIEW STUDIO2–15• • • • •2 • PlaceholderAvoiding names that conflict with commands or macrosTo avoid problems when issuin

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE20–4• • • • •Checking the syntax of an expressionUse the Check Syntax button to verify that the expressi

20 • CREATING EXPRESSIONS20–5• • • • •20 • PlaceholderUsing tag names and tag placeholders in expressionsYou can use a tag name as part of an expr

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE20–6• • • • • String constant (“character string”) Pi string (to represent the symbol π )FactoryTalk V

20 • CREATING EXPRESSIONS20–7• • • • •20 • PlaceholderRelational operatorsRelational operators compare two numeric or string values, to provide a

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE20–8• • • • •Bitwise operatorsBitwise operators examine and manipulate individual bits within a value.Th

20 • CREATING EXPRESSIONS20–9• • • • •20 • PlaceholderExample: Bitwise operatorsFor these examples tag1=5 (binary 0000 0000 0000 0101) and tag2=2

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE20–10• • • • •Examples: Evaluation orderIn the following examples, tag1 = 5, tag2 = 7, and tag3 = 10.___

20 • CREATING EXPRESSIONS20–11• • • • •20 • PlaceholderThe expression evaluates to 1 (true)._____________________________NOT tag1 AND tag2>tag3

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE20–12• • • • •File functionsUse the built-in file functions to check whether a file exists, or to check

20 • CREATING EXPRESSIONS20–13• • • • •20 • PlaceholderTime functionsUse the built-in time functions to examine system time. These functions use t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE2–16• • • • •Techniques for working in editorsMany of the editors you will use to develop a FactoryTalk

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE20–14• • • • • ":00 aug 22 mon 2005 17:"Example 2: Less specific time parametersFollowing are

20 • CREATING EXPRESSIONS20–15• • • • •20 • PlaceholderReturns 1 (true) when the first time the expression is evaluated after 2:30 p.m. on Sunday,

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE20–16• • • • •alm_in_alarm(tag or alarm event)oralm_in_alarm(tag*)1 (true) if the tag or alarm event is

20 • CREATING EXPRESSIONS20–17• • • • •20 • PlaceholderIn a network distributed application, you can specify an absolute or a relative reference t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE20–18• • • • •Language functionUse the built-in language function to return the name of the current run-

20 • CREATING EXPRESSIONS20–19• • • • •20 • PlaceholderTo examine multiple alarms at once (a set of alarms for a machine in a particular area, for

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE20–20• • • • •If the statement is true then the expression returns value1; if the statement is false the

20 • CREATING EXPRESSIONS20–21• • • • •20 • PlaceholderExample 2: Nested if–then–elseThis expression:If statement1 ThenIf statement2 Then value1El

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE20–22• • • • •value3 value2statement2exitvalue1enterstatement1truefalsetruefalse

21–12121 • PlaceholderCreating embedded variablesThis chapter describes: What embedded variables are. Where you can insert embedded variables. How

2 • EXPLORING FACTORYTALK VIEW STUDIO2–17• • • • •2 • PlaceholderYou can set up keys and graphic objects to run commands at run time. You can also

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE21–2• • • • •Inserting embedded variablesYou can insert one or more embedded variables in the: Captions

21 • CREATING EMBEDDED VARIABLES21–3• • • • •21 • PlaceholderTo insert an embedded variable in the tooltip of a graphic object1. Open the graphic

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE21–4• • • • •In the Numeric Variable dialog box, select the Tag option to show the value of the specifie

21 • CREATING EMBEDDED VARIABLES21–5• • • • •21 • Placeholderwhere L indicates that the embedded variable will contain a literal number. N indic

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE21–6• • • • •Select the Literal string option, to show the text string you type in the dialog box, or th

21 • CREATING EMBEDDED VARIABLES21–7• • • • •21 • Placeholder L indicates that the embedded variable will contain a literal string. S indicates

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE21–8• • • • •For details about options in the Time and Date Variable dialog box, click Help.For informat

21 • CREATING EMBEDDED VARIABLES21–9• • • • •21 • PlaceholderNumeric embedded variablesFor numeric embedded variables that use tag values, how the

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE21–10• • • • •Time and date formatsTime and date embedded variables use the time and date formats you se

22–12222 • PlaceholderSetting up data loggingThis chapter describes: What data logging is. Data log storage formats. Creating a data log model. Wo

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE2–18• • • • •To print selections1. Select the item you want to print, for example, a record in an editor

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE22–2• • • • •Using multiple data log modelsAt run time, up to 20 data log models can run simultaneously

22 • SETTING UP DATA LOGGING22–3• • • • •22 • PlaceholderThis number indicates the sequence files were created in. You can have up to 9999 file se

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE22–4• • • • •Tag table (optional) stores tag names in an index so that they can be referenced using a 2

22 • SETTING UP DATA LOGGING22–5• • • • •22 • PlaceholderFormat for ODBC tag tableCreating data log modelsIn the Data Log Models editor, you can c

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE22–6• • • • •To open the Data Log Models editor 1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer window, o

22 • SETTING UP DATA LOGGING22–7• • • • •22 • PlaceholderSelecting the ODBC database formatWhen you select ODBC database as the storage format, ty

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE22–8• • • • •Setting up and managing data log filesIn the Data Log Models editor, use the File Managemen

22 • SETTING UP DATA LOGGING22–9• • • • •22 • PlaceholderYou can also combine types of logging. For more information, see page 22-14.For details a

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE22–10• • • • •2. Click Create Tables. FactoryTalk View automatically creates new data log tables in the

22 • SETTING UP DATA LOGGING22–11• • • • •22 • Placeholder DataLogNewFile * creates a new file set for all data log models that are currently run

3–133 • PlaceholderPlanning an applicationThis chapter describes: Understanding the process you are automating. Planning the layout of the network.

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE22–12• • • • •For example, if the data log file is locked, data is buffered for the maximum time (in min

22 • SETTING UP DATA LOGGING22–13• • • • •22 • PlaceholderTo provide operators with a way to switch manually to the primary path or ODBC database

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE22–14• • • • •Using the DataLogSnapshot commandYou can use the DataLogSnapshot command with either of th

22 • SETTING UP DATA LOGGING22–15• • • • •22 • Placeholder2. Type the DataLogSnapshot command with the <component> or * (asterisk) parameter

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE22–16• • • • •These changes take effect immediately, but only apply to the current logging session. When

22 • SETTING UP DATA LOGGING22–17• • • • •22 • Placeholder In the Events editor, type the DataLogOn <component> command in the Action box f

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE22–18• • • • •

23–12323 • PlaceholderSetting up trendsThis chapter describes: What trends are. How to create trends. The parts of a trend. Trend chart styles. C

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–2• • • • • Historical data from a FactoryTalk Historian Site Edition server and a FactoryTalk Histor

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–3• • • • •23 • PlaceholderTo create a trend object1. In the Graphics editor, create a new graphic display, or open an exi

viFACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •About FactoryTalk Security accounts...

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE3–2• • • • •Planning the network layoutThe layout of the network is particularly important to the design

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–4• • • • •In the Properties tab, in the (Name) row, type the trend’s new name.The name can contain le

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–5• • • • •23 • PlaceholderFor details about options in the Trend Properties dialog box, click Help. Testing a trendIn Fac

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–6• • • • •The following illustration shows the parts of a standard trend chart with two pens, and a t

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–7• • • • •23 • PlaceholderX-axis legendFor standard charts, the x-axis legend indicates the time span covered by the tren

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–8• • • • •To make it easier for an operator to distinguish one pen from another, use different colors

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–9• • • • •23 • PlaceholderPen iconsPen icons, if specified, are shown at the right edge of the trend chart.At run time, i

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–10• • • • •Value BarThe value bar marks the value of each pen in a trend, at the selected position on

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–11• • • • •23 • PlaceholderThe Standard chart styleA standard chart plots tag values against time, as shown in the follow

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–12• • • • •Isolated graphingFor charts with multiple pens, the pen values can overlap, or you can iso

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–13• • • • •23 • PlaceholderPlotting a value across the full width of the chartUse horizontal lines on a trend chart to pr

3 • PLANNING AN APPLICATION3–3• • • • •3 • PlaceholderDetermining which computers you’ll needYou can develop and then test a network distributed a

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–14• • • • •3. In the Pen Attributes spreadsheet, in the Type column, select Full Width.When the trend

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–15• • • • •23 • PlaceholderYou can change the color and style settings for the background using the WindowStyle and Windo

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–16• • • • •When the line legend is shown at the bottom of the trend chart, the current value legend i

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–17• • • • •23 • PlaceholderThe trend in the following illustration uses shading to indicate tag values in alarm. The diff

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–18• • • • •To produce the shading shown in the illustration, use the following settings:Example 2: Sh

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–19• • • • •23 • PlaceholderExample 3: Shading between two pensWhenever Pen 1 goes above or below Pen 2, the trend is shad

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–20• • • • •For information about setting up the trend’s run-time options, click Help in the Runtime t

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–21• • • • •23 • PlaceholderUsing trend templatesYou can use a trend template to: Apply a consistent appearance to trend

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–22• • • • •Loading trend templatesLoad a template to return to the original trend settings, or to app

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–23• • • • •23 • PlaceholderAbout the Trend graphic libraryThe Trend graphic library contains a real-time trend, and objec

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE3–4• • • • •The FactoryTalk Directory centralizes access to application resources and components, such a

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–24• • • • •Example: Using a startup macro to load and update a trend in the background1. Create a sta

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–25• • • • •23 • PlaceholderSelecting pens at run timeTo show details about a pen, select the pen by clicking it in the li

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–26• • • • •To open the Y-Axis tab1. Double-click the y-axis legend.2. In the Y-Axis tab, make the des

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–27• • • • •23 • PlaceholderShowing the value of pens at various positionsThe value bar shows the value of each pen in the

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–28• • • • •Displaying the difference in pen values for two pointsThe delta value bar works with the v

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–29• • • • •23 • PlaceholderThis removes both the value bar and the delta value bar from the trend. However, if you select

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–30• • • • •Using the arrow keysYou can use the arrow keys on the keyboard to perform some of the same

23 • SETTING UP TRENDS23–31• • • • •23 • PlaceholderTo show or hide an overlay1. Right-click the trend chart, select Overlays > Show/Hide >

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE23–32• • • • •

24–12424 • PlaceholderAdding logic and controlThis chapter describes: What logic and control is. Creating and using macros. Creating and using deri

3 • PLANNING AN APPLICATION3–5• • • • •3 • PlaceholderFor information about FactoryTalk View Studio features, see Chapter 2, Exploring FactoryTalk

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE24–2• • • • •To open the Derived Tags editor1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer window, open

24 • ADDING LOGIC AND CONTROL24–3• • • • •24 • PlaceholderForm and spreadsheetIn the upper part of the form, provide a name and description for th

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE24–4• • • • •These are the tasks involved in setting up derived tags for an application:1. Create the de

24 • ADDING LOGIC AND CONTROL24–5• • • • •24 • PlaceholderUsing multiple derived tag componentsYou can create multiple derived tag components, for

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE24–6• • • • • At the command line in FactoryTalk View Studio, or the FactoryTalk View SE Administration

24 • ADDING LOGIC AND CONTROL24–7• • • • •24 • Placeholder In the Graphics editor, create a graphic object and then attach touch animation with t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE24–8• • • • •Accept and Discard buttonsWhen you enter information in the Events editor, the Prev and Nex

24 • ADDING LOGIC AND CONTROL24–9• • • • •24 • PlaceholderChecking the syntax of an expressionIn the Events editor, to verify that the expression

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE24–10• • • • •About the maximum update rateThe maximum update rate is the fastest rate, at which any eve

24 • ADDING LOGIC AND CONTROL24–11• • • • •24 • PlaceholderThe event component will start the next time the HMI server runs, or when the HMI serve

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE3–6• • • • •For many purposes, you can access the values in controllers or devices directly, using a dat

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE24–12• • • • • For the Shutdown command in the Display Settings Behavior tab, specify the EventOff <

24 • ADDING LOGIC AND CONTROL24–13• • • • •24 • Placeholder To indicate percent in a macro, use two percent signs (%%). One percent sign indicate

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE24–14• • • • •Specifying parameters in a macroMacros can accept up to nine parameters. To specify a para

24 • ADDING LOGIC AND CONTROL24–15• • • • •24 • PlaceholderNesting macrosYou can insert a macro within another macro—this is called nesting. A mac

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE24–16• • • • •Specifying user login and logout macrosYou can assign login and logout macros to any user

24 • ADDING LOGIC AND CONTROL24–17• • • • •24 • PlaceholderFor details about the options in the editor, click the Help button.Running client key c

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE24–18• • • • •

A–1APPENDIX AFactoryTalk View commandsThis appendix describes: Where and how to use FactoryTalk View commands. Using absolute and relative reference

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDEA–2• • • • • Separate multiple parameters with a space. Enclose long file names containing spaces with

A • FACTORYTALK VIEW COMMANDSA–3• • • • •Substituting the current values for the tag placeholders in commands in the macro, FactoryTalk View opens

3 • PLANNING AN APPLICATION3–7• • • • •3 • Placeholder Which alarms will require additional actions that can be supplied using FactoryTalk View c

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDEA–4• • • • •Commands that run at the FactoryTalk View SE ServerCommands that run at the FactoryTalk View

A • FACTORYTALK VIEW COMMANDSA–5• • • • •Commands that run wherever they are issuedThese commands run wherever they are issued. For example, if on

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDEA–6• • • • •For example, if the current area is called RecipesArea, the graphic display specified using

A • FACTORYTALK VIEW COMMANDSA–7• • • • •To define a symbol At the command line or in a macro or box, type:Define <symbol > <string>&

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDEA–8• • • • •Important guidelinesWhen creating symbols, keep the following in mind: FactoryTalk View doe

A • FACTORYTALK VIEW COMMANDSA–9• • • • •To open the command line In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer window, double-click the Command Li

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDEA–10• • • • •

B–1B • PlaceholderAPPENDIX BSetting up DDE communications for HMI tagsThis appendix describes: What DDE communications are. How to set up DDE commun

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDEB–2• • • • •DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange), used with external DDE servers such as the Rockwell Software RS

B • SETTING UP DDE COMMUNICATIONS FOR HMI TAGSB–3• • • • •B • Placeholder2. In the Address box, specify the DDE item. Type the DDE address for the

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE3–8• • • • •For details, see “Working with Tag Alarm and Event Servers” on page 12-21, and “Setting up F

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDEB–4• • • • •

C–1C • PlaceholderAPPENDIX CUsing the SE Client object model and display codeThis chapter describes: How you can use VBA with FactoryTalk View Site E

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDEC–2• • • • •Send custom messages to the Diagnostics log.Send specific messages to the Diagnostics List a

C • USING THE SE CLIENT OBJECT MODEL AND DISPLAY CODEC–3• • • • •C • PlaceholderHow VBA code runsThe VBA procedures you create are called in respo

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDEC–4• • • • •Project Explorer windowFor each graphic display, a VBA project named DisplayCode is created.

C • USING THE SE CLIENT OBJECT MODEL AND DISPLAY CODEC–5• • • • •C • PlaceholderBackspaceButtonThe backspace button object. This object works like

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDEC–6• • • • •MaintainedPushButtonThe maintained push button object.MomentaryPushButtonThe momentary push

C • USING THE SE CLIENT OBJECT MODEL AND DISPLAY CODEC–7• • • • •C • PlaceholderViewing the objectsUse the Object Browser in the VBA IDE to view t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDEC–8• • • • •Finding information about FactoryTalk View SE Client objectsThe FactoryTalk View SE Help con

D–1D • PlaceholderAPPENDIX DImporting and exporting XML filesThis appendix describes: What XML is. Exporting FactoryTalk View graphics data to XML f

3 • PLANNING AN APPLICATION3–9• • • • •3 • Placeholder HMI tag alarm requirements for the applicationOrganizing HMI tagsBefore creating the HMI t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDED–2• • • • •FactoryTalk View creates XML files for the selected graphic displays, in the location you sp

D • IMPORTING AND EXPORTING XML FILESD–3• • • • •D • PlaceholderTo test an XML file Open the XML file in Internet Explorer. If you can see the XM

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDED–4• • • • •Graphic display XML file structureThe graphic display XML file is an FactoryTalk View XML do

D • IMPORTING AND EXPORTING XML FILESD–5• • • • •D • Placeholder <animations> Is a group object that contains an animation element for each

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDED–6• • • • • <vbaItem> Contains elements for a VBA code item.<vbaCode> Contains the VBA sour

I–1INDEX• • • • •IndexSymbols.bmp files 16–31, 16–32.cab files 17–58.dat files 22–1, 22–2.dxf files 16–31.ggfx files 16–28.gif files 16–31.jpg fil

I–2FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •states for 17–44, 17–47top position tag 17–48value tag 17–46, 17–48visible states tag 17–48r

I–3INDEX• • • • •for multiple users 3–14network layout 3–2security 3–9trends 3–13redundant servers in 14–1, 14–8referencing components in 6–7Sampl

I–4FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •Common actionsSee security permissions, Common actionscommunications 9–1DDESee DDE communica

I–5INDEX• • • • •Define command A–7deploying network applicationschanging HMI server propertiesstarting and stopping the server 6–19, 7–11derived

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE3–10• • • • •Planning to use built-in system availability featuresA complete FactoryTalk system consists

I–6FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •time and date variables 21–7syntax 21–8types of values in 21–1updating at run time 21–10enab

I–7INDEX• • • • •alarm and event policies 12–16alarm and event summary 12–11, 12–33alarm monitoring in 12–38filtering and sorting data 12–40parts

I–8FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •changing passwords 5–7computer accounts 5–25finding information about 5–2for local applicati

I–9INDEX• • • • •flipping graphic objects 16–17FlushCache command 16–48, 16–50running on shutdown 16–48fonts 17–7for Windows languages 13–7in HMI

I–10FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •modifying object groups in 16–20naming objects in 16–23navigating 19–1using a hierarchy 3–1

I–11INDEX• • • • •line properties 16–22modifying groups 16–20modifying properties 17–6names for 16–23patterns for 16–21positioning in display grid

I–12FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •showing in Tag Browser 10–9startup components 6–18using multiple servers 6–13HMI string tag

I–13INDEX• • • • •creating 10–22, 10–24, 24–3, 24–8in Tag Browser 10–15data sources for 10–17DDE B–2deleting 10–23designing a database 3–8device t

I–14FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •validating operator input 17–24interactive objectsspecifying behavior of 16–48See also adva

I–15INDEX• • • • •line properties 16–22list indicators 17–27, 17–29Loading state 14–4local applications 8–1creating 8–5importing projects 8–6data

3 • PLANNING AN APPLICATION3–11• • • • •3 • PlaceholderIn a FactoryTalk View SE network distributed application, you can set up redundant pairs of

I–16FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •adding data servers 6–13, 7–9deleting 6–21, 7–14HMI servers in 6–2, 7–2adding HMI servers 6

I–17INDEX• • • • •polygon graphic object 17–5polyline graphic object 17–5Position command 18–16precedenceamong key types 19–7and embedded ActiveX

I–18FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •RSLogix 5000 10–5run timeauthorizing operations 17–59docking displays to client window 12–3

I–19INDEX• • • • •Shift-Tab 18–17shortcut keys 19–8Ctrl-PgDn 17–25Ctrl-PgUp 17–25Enter 17–25PgDn 17–25PgUp 17–25Tab 17–25Tab 18–17square graphic o

I–20FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •planning 3–10for availability 3–10for redundancy 14–9RSLinx Enterprise redundancy 9–6specif

I–21INDEX• • • • •time functions 20–13title bar 16–44toolbars 2–4, 16–4hiding and showing 2–8States toolbar 16–27tooltips 16–24top position tag 17

I–22FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •VBA codeplanning how to use 3–14using to animate ActiveX objects 18–23using with ActiveX ob

viiCONTENTS• • • • •Setting up HMI server properties...6– 15Changing the

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE3–12• • • • •Creating templates to ensure consistencyTo maintain consistency in the appearance of graphi

3 • PLANNING AN APPLICATION3–13• • • • •3 • Placeholder Use high-contrast color combinations, such as light text on dark-colored backgrounds.Usab

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE3–14• • • • •Designing a system that is easy to deploy and maintainFactoryTalk View SE includes tools an

3 • PLANNING AN APPLICATION3–15• • • • •3 • PlaceholderYou can also use the FactoryTalk View SE Client object model to customize the control syste

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE3–16• • • • •

4–144 • PlaceholderSetting up the FactoryTalk DirectoryThis chapter describes: What the FactoryTalk Directory is. Using the FactoryTalk Directory in

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE4–2• • • • •An automation and control system that uses FactoryTalk services and integrates FactoryTalk p

4 • SETTING UP THE FACTORYTALK DIRECTORY4–3• • • • •4 • PlaceholderThe FactoryTalk View SE Servers in the system use the Network Directory to find

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE4–4• • • • •If necessary, you can add one RSLinx Enterprise data server, or one FactoryTalk Tag Alarm an

4 • SETTING UP THE FACTORYTALK DIRECTORY4–5• • • • •4 • PlaceholderYou can run the Network Directory server on the same computer as other FactoryT

viiiFACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE• • • • •Determing where the application is located...

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE4–6• • • • •5. Click OK.To specify the directory location on application computers1. Select Start > A

4 • SETTING UP THE FACTORYTALK DIRECTORY4–7• • • • •4 • Placeholder5. Click OK.6. Repeat steps 1 to 5 on each computer that is to participate in t

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE4–8• • • • •(Unknown) means the connection status is temporarily unknown, for example, because the syst

5–155 • PlaceholderSetting up securityThis chapter describes: What FactoryTalk Security services provide. Gaining initial access to a FactoryTalk sy

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–2• • • • •In a network distributed application, security services also check whether the user is allow

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–3• • • • •5 • Placeholder2. In the Contents tab, open the book, Setting up FactoryTalk Security.You can also gain access

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–4• • • • •When you create a local or a network distributed or network station application, an All User

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–5• • • • •5 • PlaceholderFor more information about logging on to the FactoryTalk Directory, see the FactoryTalk Security

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–6• • • • •After logging off the current user, from the File menu, you can click Log On to log on a dif

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–7• • • • •5 • PlaceholderFor example, in a graphic display, include a button that has the Login command as the press acti

ixCONTENTS• • • • •Deleting an OPC data server ...9– 1310• Working with

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–8• • • • •To change a password In the Change Password dialog box, type the current password followed

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–9• • • • •5 • Placeholder Which user groups should be able to set up security for the application. For example, decide w

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–10• • • • •For details, see the following: “Setting up FactoryTalk accounts in FactoryTalk View SE” o

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–11• • • • •5 • Placeholder “Understanding inherited permissions” on page 5-33 “Performing secured tasks in FactoryTalk

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–12• • • • •To add users and assign security codes to them1. In the Runtime Security editor, click Secu

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–13• • • • •5 • PlaceholderIf you prefer to set up permissions by assigning user accounts to the selected security code, s

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–14• • • • • The DisplayClientClose command has security code D. An HMI tag named BoilerTemp has secu

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–15• • • • •5 • PlaceholderTo remove the All Users account from the Runtime Security list1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, in

FACTORYTALK VIEW SITE EDITION USER’S GUIDE5–16• • • • •For more information about logging on and off at run time, see “Logging users on to and off

5 • SETTING UP SECURITY5–17• • • • •5 • PlaceholderOnly users or groups assigned the same security code as a particular command or macro will be a