FactoryTalk® View Machine Edition User's Guide

1 Performance and Visibility factorytalk view Machine Edition User's Guide User's Guide Rockwell Automation Publication - VIEWME-UM004K-EN-E July 2015 3 Table of contents About the documentation .. 29 Find the information you need .. 29 Try the User's Guide and Help first .. 29 Find information on the Internet .. 30 Contact Rockwell Automation Technical Support .. 30 Legal Notices .. 31 Chapter 1 Review operating system requirements .. 35 The parts of factorytalk view Machine Edition .. 36 Additional software .. 36 The factorytalk view Machine Edition 36 factorytalk view Studio tools.

2 36 Diagnostics Viewer .. 38 factorytalk tools .. 38 factorytalk Activation Manager .. 38 Chapter 2 Start and exit factorytalk view 39 Start factorytalk view Studio .. 39 Exit factorytalk view Studio .. 39 Open sample applications .. 40 To open the InstantFizz_ME sample 40 Problems opening applications .. 40 To set up write access for any Windows Security Group .. 41 Explore the factorytalk view Studio main window .. 41 The menu bar .. 42 The toolbar .. 42 The Explorer window .. 42 The workspace .. 42 The Diagnostics List .. 43 The status bar.

3 44 Workbook tabs .. 44 Show and hide items in the main window .. 45 Use the Explorer 45 view the Explorer window .. 46 Move and resize the Explorer window .. 47 Work with editors .. 47 Locate editors .. 47 view an editor's components .. 48 Open editors .. 48 Preface Get Started Explore factorytalk view Studio Table of contents 4 Rockwell Automation Publication - VIEWME-UM004K-EN-E July 2015 Close 49 Enter information in spreadsheets .. 49 To enter information in a cell in a spreadsheet .. 50 To move to the next cell in the row .. 50 To move to the first cell in the next row.

4 50 To delete a cell s contents .. 50 To delete rows .. 51 Print .. 51 To print an editor s contents .. 51 Select a printer .. 51 Print at run time .. 52 Chapter 3 Understand the process .. 53 Collect data .. 54 Design an HMI tag database .. 54 Collect information .. 54 Organize tags .. 54 Plan graphic displays .. 55 Develop a hierarchy of displays .. 55 Create a template to ensure consistency .. 56 Design displays .. 56 Plan languages .. 57 Plan alarms .. 58 Provide information for the operator .. 58 Local and information messages .. 58 Diagnostics 58 Plan trends.

5 58 Plan recipes .. 59 Design a secure system .. 59 Chapter 4 What is an application? .. 61 Application versus project .. 61 HMI project file .. 62 Runtime application file .. 62 Component files .. 62 External folders .. 63 Default log file locations for PanelView Plus 7, PanelView Plus 6, PanelView Plus, or PanelView Plus CE applications .. 63 Name files .. 64 Creat, import, open, and close applications .. 64 Creat 64 Plan applications Work with applications Table of contents Rockwell Automation Publication - VIEWME-UM004K-EN-E July 2015 5 Import applications.

6 66 Open 67 Open multiple applications .. 70 Open and edit applications from earlier versions of RSView or factorytalk view ME .. 70 Close applications .. 71 Rename, copy, delete, back up, and restore applications .. 71 To start the Application Manager tool, do one of the following .. 72 About project settings .. 72 Project window size and runtime screen resolution .. 72 PanelView Plus 7 Standard applications and Compact Machine Edition applications .. 75 Title bar .. 75 Specify project settings .. 76 view application properties .. 77 To view application 77 view HMI server properties.

7 77 To view HMI server properties .. 78 Chapter 5 About data 79 About OPC communications .. 79 Create data servers .. 80 Set up RSLinx Enterprise data 80 Set up an OPC data server .. 81 Update data server caches .. 82 Steps for transferring applications to a PanelView Plus 82 To set up communications .. 82 Chapter 6 Types of tags .. 85 Data server tags .. 85 HMI tags .. 86 The data source .. 86 Basic steps for using tags .. 86 When to use data server tags .. 87 Eliminate duplication .. 87 Use complex data .. 87 Steps for using data server tags.

8 87 When to use HMI tags .. 88 Scale, offset, or provide a range for data .. 88 Store values in factorytalk view memory .. 89 Steps for using HMI tags .. 89 Set up communications Work with tags Table of contents 6 Rockwell Automation Publication - VIEWME-UM004K-EN-E July 2015 Browse for tags .. 89 To open the Tag Browser .. 89 Use the Tag Browser .. 90 Show server names .. 91 Browse for off-line tags .. 91 Use tags and expressions in your application .. 92 Assign tags .. 93 Assign tags to graphic 93 Use expressions to manipulate tag values .. 94 Substitute tag names used in graphic objects.

9 95 Log tag values .. 95 Use macros to assign values to tags .. 95 Chapter 7 HMI tag types .. 97 Analog tags that use floating-point values .. 98 How values are 98 Use the Tags editor .. 99 Update the contents of the Tags editor .. 99 Search for HMI tags .. 100 Data sources .. 102 The data source .. 102 Device .. 102 Memory .. 102 Address syntax for device tags .. 103 Example: Logix5000 103 Organize HMI tags .. 104 Name 104 Use folders to group tags .. 105 view tag statistics .. 105 To view tag statistics .. 105 Other methods for creating HMI tags.

10 105 Create tags as needed in other factorytalk view editors .. 106 Create tags as needed in the Data Log Models editor .. 106 Import tags from a PLC 107 To open the Import PLC Tags dialog box, do one of the 107 Use the Tag Import and Export Wizard .. 108 To start the wizard, do one of the following .. 108 Use HMI tags Table of contents Rockwell Automation Publication - VIEWME-UM004K-EN-E July 2015 7 Chapter 8 About global connections .. 111 Set up global connections .. 112 Update the date and 112 Update the date and time at the data source from the terminal.