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FactoryTalk View Machine Edition User`s Guide

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4. To return to the Main Menu display from the Process Overview display the operator would have to press a goto display button that is set up to open the Main Menu display Close display buttons When the operator presses a close display button at run time the graphic display that the button is on closes You can set up the button to write out a value when the display closes If the graphic display that is closing is a Replace display and the display change is controlled remotely the display does not close If the display does not close the close value if any is not written out If the display change is controlled by the operator and the graphic display that is closing is a Replace display if there are no On Top displays open an empty window is displayed The operator will not be able to use the application again unless a remote display change occurs or an alarm activity or information message display opens We therefore recommend that you use close display buttons in On Top displays only For information about setting up close display buttons see Help Display list selectors Use the display list selector to show a list of graphic displays that the operator can choose from The operator can scroll through the list and select the graphic display to open The specified display doesn t open if the operator does not have security access for the display You can also assign a parameter file that assigns tags to tag placeholde
5. Shutdown buttons When the operator presses the shutdown button at run time the application stops and FactoryTalk View ME Station closes To prevent an unauthorized user from stopping the application assign visibility animation to the shutdown button For details see page 11 14 Or place the button in a display that only authorized users have access to For information about setting up shutdown buttons see Help Controlling display changes remotely To control display changes remotely you can set up the data source to open graphic displays using global connections Global connections are connections that apply to your entire runtime application Global connections allow the data source to control or interact with your application at run time For example the Remote Display Number connection is a global connection that you can use to control display changes from the data source You can also use global connections 13 7 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE to print graphic displays from the data source to run macros from the data source and to control the date and time displayed on the runtime terminal For more information about global connections see Chapter 8 13 8 C44 Creating runtime applications This chapter describes specifying startup settings testing your application creating runtime application files converting runtime application files to development applications Specifying startup s
6. 1 In the System folder right click Users and then click New User or New Windows Linked User Specify the user name password and password options For details see Help Right click Users and then click Security Specify what actions the users can perform For details see Help a Sk To add users to a group right click the group and then click Properties For details see Help To change user passwords 1 In the Users folder right click the user name and then click Properties 2 Click Reset Password For details see Help Users can change their password at run time using the Password button For more information see page 17 4 11 Setting up security Creating FactoryTalk Security user groups The use of user groups is optional but recommended Groups allow you to set up security access once for the entire group rather than individually for members of the group You can still set up separate permissions for individual members of the group Setting up groups saves time You can add all the users of an application to a single group in Factory Talk Security then add the group to the FactoryTalk View Runtime Security editor in one step which is much quicker than adding the users one by one FactoryTalk Security allows you to use groups that have already been set up in Windows These are called Windows linked groups The link symbol in the Explorer window indicates that a group is a Windows linked group Factor
7. 11 24 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 11 22 Single sign on You can also use the Security Policy to turn off FactoryTalk single sign on If you turn this feature off users must log into FactoryTalk each time is FactoryTalk View Studio restarted When the feature is on if you shut down FactoryTalk View Studio and restart it without restarting your computer you remain logged in to FactoryTalk and are not prompted to log in again To specify how to manage passwords user accounts and Factory Talk sign on l In the System Policies folder double click Security Policy 2 Set up options for accounts passwords and single sign on For details see Help Summary of security features in a sample startup display This section provides an example of how to use FactoryTalk Security and FactoryTalk View security features in a startup graphic display called Log In To create a startup display that uses security l Zi Set up FactoryTalk Security user accounts and passwords Assign Common Read and Common List Children security permissions to all users that are allowed to run the application at the FactoryTalk Directory or application level Assign Tag Write Value permission to all users that are allowed to write values to tags In the Runtime Security editor assign at least one security code to each user who you want to log in including the DEFAULT user In the Project Settings editor clear the Title bar
8. The procedure in this section shows you how to test your entire application For information about testing a single graphic display see page 19 10 To test your application in FactoryTalk View Studio 1 On the Application menu click Test Application or click the Test Application tool 2 If your application uses multiple languages specify the languages to include and the initial runtime language and then press Finish For details see Help 3 Test your application 4 To stop your application press a shutdown button or type the character x Make sure you provide the operator with a method for shutting down the application at run time For more information about methods for shutting down applications see page 15 5 Once you ve tested your application to make sure everything works the way you intend create the runtime application file and transfer the file to the runtime computer Creating runtime application files 14 2 Before you can run your application you must create a runtime version When you create the runtime version FactoryTalk View Studio compiles all of the necessary application information into a single file with the extension mer Creating mer files for previous versions You can specify the version of FactoryTalk View ME Station for which to create the mer file For example if the application will run on a terminal that uses FactoryTalk View ME Station version 3 20 you can specify that version fo
9. Wi Alarm Setup Objects 5 Screen Demo OF x i Trigger settings Define a la rm triggers if imern LastDis y t 14 4h Trigger type Trigger label iF CirmernsLastDisp 1 2 13 4N if nem sLastDisp_y1 gt 13 4N Value Create alarm messages Use ack all value Optional tigger connections Name aj andshake emote Ack S pec ify the gra phic emote Ack Handshake display to use to display Edt Message Message Notification alarm messages at run Peme Message Handshake time Cano He For detailed information about the options in the Alarm Setup editor see Help Preparing to set up alarms As your application is running information is continually sent to the data source about the state of the various processes For example your application might be monitoring whether a valve is open or closed or the temperature in a boiler Values representing the status of these processes are sent to the data source The first step in setting up alarms is determining which processes to monitor for alarm conditions The data source The FactoryTalk View documentation uses the term data source as a generic term that includes all possible sources of tag data for both data server tags and HMI tags The data source can be memory or a device such as a programmable controller or an OPC server FactoryTalk View writes values to and reads values from the data source The data sourc
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11. How the Handshake connection works The Handshake connection is useful for triggers that use the Value data type Program the data source to queue alarm notifications when multiple alarms are generated for the same trigger Use the Handshake connection to notify the data source that FactoryTalk View has detected the alarm notification Then the data source can send the next alarm to FactoryTalk View When the application starts the Handshake connection has a value of 1 When the trigger connection s value changes the Handshake connection s value toggles from to 0 The next time the trigger value changes the Handshake connection s value toggles from 0 to 1 9 Setting up alarms A change in the trigger connection s value does not necessarily indicate an alarm the value might still be within acceptable limits How the Ack connection works When the application starts this connection has a value of 0 How the value changes m When the operator acknowledges an alarm by pressing the acknowledge alarm button FactoryTalk View sends the alarm s trigger value or bit position for bit triggers to this connection and holds the value as long as the operator presses the button or for the duration of the hold time whichever is longer Then the connection s value is reset to 0 m When the operator acknowledges all alarms or the alarms for this trigger only by pressing the acknowledge all alarms button FactoryTalk View send
12. l If you will be printing displays alarms reports or diagnostics messages connect a printer to the USB or Network port Panel View Plus terminals support printing using the Microsoft Windows CE PCL3 printer driver which is already installed on the terminal Printing is supported for most laser and ink jet printers If you have problems printing check that your printer is compatible with the PCL3 printer driver The Panel View Plus terminal is a closed box which means you must order any software your application will need when you order the system All software comes pre installed Transferring applications l On the PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal start FactoryTalk View ME Station For more information see page 16 3 In FactoryTalk View ME Station if you re transferring via a serial connection specify and set up the serial driver If you are using Ethernet for the transfer you can skip this step For more information see page 16 3 On the development computer set up the RSLinx Enterprise driver to use for the transfer For more information see page 16 5 Move the application to the PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal using the Transfer Utility tool For more information see page 16 5 You can also transfer applications to the terminal using a Flash Card For information about this method see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual 16 Transferring applications to a
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14. Also ensure the button is large enough for users to touch easily m Ensure there is always a clear way to move between displays Keep the intended user in mind and design displays so they are easy to understand and use Ask the users to test the displays 3 Planning applications Planning languages Before setting up languages plan m which languages you need to use m which Windows fonts support these languages m how different languages will affect design elements in your graphic displays such as object size and message length m whether operators need to switch languages at run time and if so under what conditions This will help you determine where to locate language switch buttons in your application how to show operators which button to press to switch to their languages For example by using a text label in French or a French flag to alert a French operator For information about setting up language switching see Chapter 12 Planning alarms Before setting up alarms plan what conditions will trigger alarms how operators will be notified of alarms what information you want alarm messages to contain how operators will respond to alarms For information about setting up alarms see Chapter 9 Providing information for the operator In addition to notifying the operator of alarm conditions you can provide information and instructions about plant processes and inform the operator about sy
15. FactoryTalk View runs the associated macro Leave time for a macro to run before starting a new macro Otherwise FactoryTalk View will queue the macros which consumes memory and could lead to system instability When you shut down FactoryTalk View ME Station if a message about executing macros is displayed for more than a few seconds this means that macros have been queued For information about creating macros see Chapter 30 Setting up backlight intensity remotely For applications that will run on PanelView Plus terminals use the Remote Backlight Intensity connection in the Backlight tab of the Global Connections editor to set the backlight intensity of a runtime terminal remotely from a data source To update the backlight intensity of the runtime terminal from the data source assign a tag or an expression to this read only connection This connection Contains this range of values Remote Backlight Intensity 0 100 At run time the application reads the value at the data source and sets the backlight to the percentage of its maximum intensity corresponding to the value For instance if the value 8 Setting up global connections of the connection is 25 the backlight will be set to 25 of its maximum intensity This value will override the terminal s own backlight intensity setting If the value of the connection is greater than 100 the backlight will be set to its maximum intensity If the value is less than 0 the b
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17. substituted for the in the expression and the expression result is rounded For information about how values are rounded see page 7 2 17 9 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 17 10 Problems with the numeric pop up windows Problems with the numeric pop up keypad and scratchpad occur under these circumstances m If the graphic display changes remotely before the user has pressed the Enter button the pop up window closes without writing out a value m If the screen resolution is smaller than 124 pixels wide by 240 pixels high the pop up keypad cannot open m If the screen resolution is smaller than 124 pixels wide by 68 pixels high the pop up scratchpad cannot open m If the value is too large for the data type of the tag assigned to the Value connection the pop up window remains open and the value is not written to the connection The scratchpad area changes to red to alert the operator of the error m If the value is outside the minimum and maximum range specified for the object the pop up window remains open and the value is not written to the connection The scratchpad area changes to red to alert the operator of the error m If Enter key handshaking is still in effect the pop up window closes but the value is not written to the connection Entering string values The operator can enter string values at run time using the string input enable button When the operator presses the button the string
18. the Application tab and the Communications tab The Application tab contains the editors for creating and editing your application It also contains the System folder for setting up FactoryTalk Security The Communications tab contains the communications tree for the development computer For more information about using the communications tree see Help for RSLinx Enterprise For more information about the Explorer window see page 2 8 For information about setting up security see Chapter 11 The workspace The workspace is the blank area of the FactoryTalk View Studio window You can drag icons from the Explorer window to the workspace to open editors and components For more information see page 2 8 The Diagnostics List The Diagnostics List shows messages about system activities You can specify the types of messages to display in the Diagnostics List move the list resize it and clear the messages in it For information about testing graphic displays see page 19 10 Moving the Diagnostics List You can detach undock the Diagnostics List from the main window and then move the list anywhere on the screen To undock the Diagnostics List drag the grab bars at the bottom left of the Diagnostics List If you can t see the grab bars drag the top edge of the Diagnostics List to make it a bit larger To detach the Diagnostics List drag the grab bars To prevent the Diagnostics List from docking a
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20. 2 1756 DNB A 3 1756 DHRIOjJB 4 DF1 Point to Point 2 YVersaView CE 1250H 10 85 134 109 4 Inthe Edit ShortCuts dialog box click the device you want the shortcut to point to and then click OK Looking up contact information for technical support To look up technical support contact information 1 In FactoryTalk View ME Station click Terminal Settings 2 Double click About FactoryTalk View ME Station 3 Click Technical Support The telephone number and URL for technical support are displayed Setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the runtime computer You can set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the runtime computer using the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box To set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the runtime computer 1 In FactoryTalk View ME Station click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Diagnostics Setup The FactoryTalk Diagnostics Setup dialog box opens 15 7 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 15 8 3 Set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics as described on page 10 6 Setting up serial ports for use with KEPServerEnterprise If you plan to use KEPServerEnterprise and serial communications you must specify which COM port to use For information about setting up communications in KEPServerEnterprise see KEPServerEnterprise Help To specify the COM port to use for serial communications l In the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Networks
21. 2 044600 eee se aoe oUSR tsiere toa bees Using buttons with the diagnostics list 2 0 2 2 0 0 00 0 ee eee 11 Setting up security Using security with your application 0 0 cece eee eee eens If you don t want to use FactoryTalk Security 0005 If you don t use FactoryTalk View user accounts If you use FactoryTalk View user accounts 00000 eee Working with the Runtime Security editor 000 00 eee The DEFAULT User 65 o ck ae obs td 6b Shee eet ae dane sehe de Setting up users for 4 00 and later applications Contents vii FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Setting up users for 3 20 and earlier applications 0000 11 6 Changing RS View 3 20 and earlier user passwords 00005 11 7 Adding 3 20 and earlier users or groups from a Windows domain 11 7 Removing 3 20 and earlier users Or groups 0 ee ees 11 8 How user accounts and security codes work 000 cece eee eee 11 9 Assigning security to graphic displays 0 0 c ccc cee ees 11 9 Providing a way for users to log in and log out 2 eee 11 12 Qe 1 Tle oo ks a a a oh Ge es ee Ee ee 11 12 Oe 1 OUK yaa h o e Sac hark ood eb oh Oe CA Ee ees Oe ee 11 13 Logging out automatically 20 cee eee eens 11 13 Preventing unauthorized users from stopping the application 11 14 To prevent unauthorized u
22. ALARM MULTI LINE display page 9 27 The STATUS display page 9 28 The HISTORY display page 9 29 Creating your own alarm display page 9 30 The alarm list graphic object page 9 32 The alarm banner graphic object page 9 33 The alarm status list graphic object page 9 34 Interacting with alarms Depending on which alarm objects you set up the operator can m acknowledge one or all alarms or the alarms for a specific alarm trigger m clear and delete alarms m silence alarms if the application is running on a personal computer m sort alarms m reset the status of all alarms m print alarms For information about the alarm button graphic objects the operator can use to work with alarms see page 9 35 Using the data source to interact with alarms You can also set up remote acknowledgement silencing and resetting of alarms to allow the data source to perform these functions And you can set up the data source to determine which types of alarms to display active inactive acknowledged and unacknowledged and to close the alarm display These topics are discussed later in the chapter 9 7 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 8 Methods for acknowledging alarms A single alarm is acknowledged when m the operator selects an alarm in the alarm list and presses the acknowledge alarm button an enter button object or the Enter key on an external keyboard or keypad m the alarm banner has focus and the ope
23. Alarm History A Boiler B Furnace C Top Secret D 2 Inthe Runtime Security editor assign the security code P to the DEFAULT user J 11 Setting up security Assign security codes for the displays they can use to the other users To this user Assign these security codes MAINTENANCE A B C OPERATOR A B ADMIN All The users have access to these graphic displays MAINTENANCE has access to the first three graphic displays OPERATOR has access to the Alarm History and Boiler displays but not to the Furnace or Top Secret displays The ADMIN user has access to every graphic display The DEFAULT user has access only to graphic displays to which or P has been assigned In this example the DEFAULT user does not have access to any of the four graphic displays In this example you could have assigned the same security code to the Alarm History and Boiler displays since all users except the DEFAULT user have access to these displays Example Using security codes to control the visibility of the shutdown button This example shows how to set up users so that only authorized users can use the shutdown button to stop the application This example uses the CurrentUserHasCode security function to determine whether a user is authorized to view and use the shutdown button The security code E is assigned to users who are authorized to use the button l In the Runtime Security editor clear all the security codes for
24. Applications and then click the name of the application to open If an application is already open FactoryTalk View Studio asks you whether to close the application that is currently open Click Yes The application opens For applications with multiple languages the language you used most recently opens For information about using different languages see Chapter 12 Problems opening applications If you have trouble opening an application in FactoryTalk View Studio the problem could be a Microsoft Windows security setting You must have read and write access to the folder that contains the HMI projects For example if you belong to the Windows user group called Power Users and the group does not have write access to the HMI projects folder you won t be able to open applications in FactoryTalk View The default location for the HMI projects folder is C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise ME Windows 2000 Or C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RS View Enterprise ME Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 4 Working with applications For more information about security see Chapter 11 To set up write access for Power Users 1 Right click the HMI projects folder and then click Properties 2 Inthe Security tab of the Properties dialog box select Power Users from the list of groups and user names 3 Inthe Permissions box below the list select Full Control and then
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27. Microsoft Excel or Windows Notepad to edit the file Because Factory Talk View requires that parts of the text file remain the way they were exported give the information in this section to the translator to ensure that the file can be imported after it has been modified File name and format You will likely want to rename the file before translating it to avoid confusing it with the original file You can use any file name ending with the file extension txt To import text into a FactoryTalk View application you must save the file as tab delimited text in Unicode text format Opening the text file in Microsoft Excel When you open the text file in Microsoft Excel the Text Import Wizard appears To specify the file format Step 1 of the wizard 1 Click Delimited 2 Inthe Start import at row box type or select 1 3 In the File origin list click Windows ANSI 4 Click Next 12 9 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 12 10 To specify the field delimiter Step 2 of the wizard 1 Select the Tab check box If any other check boxes are selected clear them 2 Make sure the Treat consecutive delimiters as one check box is cleared 3 Click Next To specify the column data format Step 3 of the wizard 1 Ifitis not selected already under Column data format click General 2 Click Finish Saving the text file in Microsoft Excel To save the file 1 On the File menu click Save Exce
28. PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal Starting FactoryTalk View ME Station To start FactoryTalk View ME Station on a PanelView Plus CE terminal 1 On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software and then click FactoryTalk View ME Station The FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box opens ind FactoryTalk View ME Station Current application Load Application Run Application Application Settings F1 F2 F3 Delete Log Files Before Running Terminal Settings F4 F5 a Start FactoryTalk View ME Station Starting FactoryTalk View ME Station on a PanelView Plus terminal If you are running a Panel View Plus terminal the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box opens automatically when the terminal starts up Specifying the driver to use for the transfer You can download the runtime application file to the Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal using m Ethernet m adirect serial connection 16 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE If you are using an Ethernet connection for the transfer you don t need to set up a driver for the transfer since the Ethernet driver is selected and loaded by default If you are using a serial connection for the transfer specify and set up the driver You can also transfer applications to the terminal using a Flash Card For information about this method see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual To speci
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31. The list is highlighted to show the current state and the operator can scroll through the list to select a different state The value assigned to the selected state is written to the tag If the value of the tag is changed externally the position of the highlight changes to reflect this ActiveX object A third party object connected to an analog digital or string tag including both HMI and data server tags When the object s property value changes the new value is written to the associated tag You can attach visibility animation to these graphic objects to display or hide the objects based on changes in tag or expression values For information about visibility animation see page 22 8 For information about creating graphic objects see Chapter 20 For information about setting up graphic objects see Chapter 21 and Help Viewing tag data This section gives an overview of the graphic objects you can use to display tag data For information about setting up the objects see Chapter 21 and Help The operator can view tag data at run time using these graphic objects Use this graphic object Numeric display To display this Numeric tag values For example display the current temperature of an oven Numeric input cursor point Numeric tag values For example display the current temperature of an oven String display String tag values For example set up the data source to generate strings tha
32. The top icon is FactoryTalk Local Directory This application contains two servers 1 The application s HMI server contains editors for setting up your application and the components you create Click the symbol to close a folder Click the symbol to see the list of components for an editor Components are listed below the editor s icon when you open the folder 2 RSLinx Enterprise data server This folder contains FactoryT alk Security policies and users Malthouse Clox 640x480 System Project Settings Ge Runtime Security a Diagnostics List Setup Global Connections i Startup HMI Tags Tags Graphics Displays Global Objects Libraries Images Parameters Fa Local Messages clockwise germ_rune load_unload raise_lower run_stop 9 Information Logic and Control Data Log 9 RecipePlus 4 RSLins Enterprise J System C Action Groups Policies r Networks and Devices 9 Users and Groups Connections Applicaton 2 9 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 2 10 You can resize the Explorer window by dragging its edges Viewing the Explorer window You can view the Explorer window in a number of ways m As a docked window When docked the explorer is always on top of other windows that it overlaps You can dock the explorer to any edge of the main window Asa floating window When floating the explore
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34. View Machine Edition applications into FactoryTalk View Studio PanelBuilder and PanelBuilder32 files can be in either development format pba or runtime terminal format pva PanelBuilder 1400e files have the file extension pve 4 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE When you import older application files FactoryTalk View creates a copy of the application for the current version of FactoryTalk View The older version is not altered You can use current version application files to create previous version runtime files For more information see page 4 9 If the application you are importing contains any direct driver nodes the import wizard will create one RSLinx topic for each direct driver node it finds All topics are then converted into device shortcuts to run with RSLinx Enterprise You must have both RSLinx Classic and RSLinx Enterprise installed to make this two step conversion To create RSLinx topics after import follow these steps in RSLinx before importing the application To validate direct driver nodes in RSLinx 1 Create the appropriate RSLinx Classic drivers if not already created for example AB_ETH 1 For more information about creating RSLinx Classic drivers see the RSLinx Classic Help 2 Ifitis an Ethernet driver AB_ETH 1 add the IP address of each direct driver node to the Ethernet driver setup 3 Start RSWho and select each device associated with each direct dr
35. Viewing information about runtime communication errors Changing lanCuaces 6222 eesuiddssedretees one rr e i Working with components Editors that have components 0 0 0 0 0c cece eee eens Working with components 0 cece cece eee ee eens Creating components 0 00 cece cee eee eens Opening components 0 ccc ee eens Saying COMPOUCHIS seeren iasa veaw awed awudewe ed does Closing components 0 0 cc ccc ce eee ee eens Adding components into an application 4 Deleting components 00 ccc ce eee eens Removing components 00 eee eee eens Contents xi FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE xii 19 Renaming components s s 0 0 cc eee eee ee eee eee ees 18 4 Duplicating components 0 0 ccc cee nents 18 5 PROS seee rnr eee as e oa hk ee eee a eee eee ee een 18 5 Using graphic displays About graphic displays and graphic objects 0 cece cece ee eens 19 1 Deloc YOUMe Mt 22 6 56 reipas anr raae r weds 19 2 Usine the Graphics editor so rsssdsterititrssitsse dee baa hi oaee ieie dss 19 2 Creating and opening graphic displays 0 0 ce cece eee ees 19 3 Importing and exporting graphic displays 0 00 eee ee eee 19 4 Tools and tips for working in the Graphics editor 00000 000 19 5 Usmo conter MENUS 5 4 2 a ar ee oe ee ee Can oe Oo ee eee eee ee 19 5 Usmo He tool
36. With some editors you enter information in a single window or a tabbed dialog box Other editors allow you to create multiple components such as graphic displays or message files Each component is stored in a separate file with its own name You can create components in these editors m Graphics components include graphic displays global object displays and graphic libraries each in their own folder m Parameters Local Messages Information Messages m Data Log Models m Macros m RecipePlus The Explorer window lists the components you create under the icon for the editor you used to create the component You can use the Images editor to copy bitmap images into your application but not to create new images Each image you copy is listed as a component under the editor To view a list of components for an editor 1 Click the symbol to the left of the editor icon or double click the editor name For information about working with components see Chapter 18 in Volume 2 of the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition User s Guide Opening editors To open an editor 1 Right click the editor and then click Open or New If there are no components in the editor you can double click the editor to open it 2 11 FACTORY TALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Closing editors To close an editor 1 Click the close button on the editor s title bar or on the File menu click Close Some editors have an OK Cancel or Cl
37. a Remove Spreadsheet 1 DEFAULT area gt 3 MAINTENANCE 4 OPERATOR YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY 2 ADMINISTRATOR YIEE rr Y YYYY YYYYYYYYYYYY YYYY TTY YY YY TY YY Use the form area to assign macros and security codes to users To add FactoryTalk Security users and groups to FactoryTalk View and assign security codes to them 1 Open the Runtime Security editor and select the ME Runtime 4 00 and later tab 11 Setting up security 2 Click Add Select User or Group oy x PT Administrators ET Authenticated Users ET windows Administrators Group Create New gt Filter Users f Show groups only C Show users only C Show all 3 Inthe Select User or Group dialog box add users and groups and select the ones to add to FactoryTalk View You can only select one user or group at a time For details on using the Select User or Group dialog box see Help 4 Inthe Runtime Security editor assign login and logout macros and security codes to the users and groups For details about using the Runtime Security editor see Help To migrate RSView 3 20 and earlier users to FactoryTalk View 5 00 l With the Runtime Security editor open and the ME Runtime 4 00 and later tab selected on the Setup menu click Migrate ME Runtime 3 20 and earlier accounts FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Users from the ME Runtime 3 20 and earlier tab are added to the FactoryTalk Security Users folder and to
38. activity Browsing diagnostics messages You can view diagnostics messages about system activity during application development and at run time For example while you develop your application use diagnostics messages to track what the system is doing and to ensure you ve set things up the way you intend At run time use diagnostics messages to show the operator messages about system activity You can also save information in a log file for future processing or analysis How to set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics You must set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on both the development computer and the runtime computer The settings for FactoryTalk Diagnostics apply to all Rockwell Automation products installed on the computer 10 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 10 2 Setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics involves m setting up destinations where logged information is received for storage or display m setting up which destinations receive which categories of messages This is called message routing m setting up how messages are displayed and printed at run time This chapter describes how to set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on personal computers For information about setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the Panel View Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual This manual is available on the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition CD Destinations FactoryTalk Diagnostics allows yo
39. alarm You can set up this button to print the alarm status for a selected alarm trigger or for all alarms If you set up alarm messages in multiple languages all messages trigger labels and times are printed in the current application language For information about specifying which printer to use at run time for applications that will run on a personal computer see page 15 10 For information about the type of printer to use with a PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal see page 16 1 The alarm log file As soon as the application starts running FactoryTalk View begins monitoring trigger connections for alarm conditions When an alarm occurs FactoryTalk View adds the associated message to the alarm log file When the file is full the oldest messages are deleted to make room for new messages Specify the maximum number of messages to store in the Alarm Setup editor For each message the log file records the time the alarm was triggered and the time the alarm was acknowledged if it was acknowledged The log file is saved every 30 seconds if there are new alarms The log file is also saved when the application is shut down The alarm log file is also referred to as the alarm history For example the operator presses the clear alarm history button to remove all alarms from the log file 9 Setting up alarms The alarm log file is retained when you restart an application after a shutdown or power loss You can d
40. an alarm trigger s alarm message handshaking so that the message at the Message connection is held until the data source notifies FactoryTalk View that it has read the message use two connections the Message Notification connection and the Message Handshake connection Set up the data source to send a new non zero value to the Message Handshake connection when it has read the message at the Message connection How handshaking works If you use the Message Handshake connection handshaking works like this 1 When an alarm occurs the alarm message is sent to the Message connection 2 The Message Notification connection is set to 1 As long as the Message Notification connection is set to 1 FactoryTalk View cannot send new messages to the data source 3 When the data source has read the message it sends a new non zero value to the Message Handshake connection 4 The Message Notification connection is reset to O and FactoryTalk View can send a new message to the Message connection How messages are queued FactoryTalk View can queue up to 128 messages while it waits for the Message Notification connection to be reset to 0 Queued messages are sent to the data source on a first in first out basis If the alarm message queue fills before the Message Notification connection is reset to 0 an error message is sent to FactoryTalk Diagnostics How the Message connection works This connection is used to send the message associated wit
41. and Communications 3 Double click KEPServer Serial Port ID s Kepware Serial Port ID s SERIAL13 SERIAL14 SERIAL15 xj Communication port com Edit Port Close F1 F8 ae In the Kepware Serial Port ID s dialog box click the serial port ID you specified when you set up the KEPServerEnterprise channel Click Edit Port In the Communication Ports dialog box click the COM port to use for KEPServerEnterprise communications 15 e Running applications on a personal computer Setting up RSLinx Enterprise communication drivers Use RSLinx Enterprise to set up communication drivers for your runtime application You can set up the drivers directly in RSLinx Enterprise or open RSLinx Enterprise by using the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box To set up the RSLinx Enterprise communication driver to use at run time 1 In the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Networks and Communications 3 Double click RSLinx Enterprise Communications RSLinx Enterprise Configuration Virtual Backplane lt No Devices gt Ethernet a lt No Devices gt Edit Driver F2 Edit Device F1 Restore Default F3 4 To edit a driver select it and then click Edit Driver 5 To edit a device select it and then click Edit Device For information about setting up RSLinx Enterprise drivers and devices see the RSLinx docu
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43. are saved in the mer file and will be uploaded If the upload process fails or is cancelled the application file will be deleted from the destination directory Make sure there is enough storage space on the destination computer About the upload You can upload while an application is running on the runtime computer You can upload an existing copy of the application currently running on the runtime computer Serial uploads To perform a serial upload make sure the terminal is connected to the development computer using the correct cable Connect a Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal to the PC using the Allen Bradley serial cable 2711 NC13 For details about performing the upload see Help for the Transfer Utility Comparing applications You can also use the Transfer Utility tool to compare an application on the development computer with an application on the terminal The comparison tool can tell you whether the files are identical or different For details about comparing applications see Help for the Transfer Utility 16 7 17 Using your application This chapter describes m logging in and logging out m changing passwords m entering numeric and string values m changing tag values m viewing tag data m viewing alarms and messages m viewing information about runtime communication errors m changing languages For information about navigating between displays see Chapter 13 For information a
44. audiences to send the messages to m whether to accept messages from Windows CE devices For information about who receives which types of messages see page 10 4 Receiving messages from a PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal You can set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics to receive messages that are generated on the Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal at run time The terminal must be on the same network as the computer running FactoryTalk Diagnostics To receive messages m enable the personal computer to receive the messages For details see Help for the Diagnostics Setup tool m set up the PanelView Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal to send the messages For information about setting up a Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal to log to the personal computer see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual Displaying and printing diagnostics messages at run time At run time you can display diagnostics messages in a graphic display You can also print the messages 10 8 10 Setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics Using the Diagnostics List Setup editor Use the Diagnostics List Setup editor to set up when to print and display messages at run time in FactoryTalk View ME Station i Diagnostics List Setup Pumphouse Log messages to printer when Warning occurs Information occurs Audit occurs Runtime display Display name DIAGNOSTICS el Edit Open display automatically when
45. be in the STATUS display in an alarm display you have created or can be placed on any display in your application You can use multiple alarm status lists in the same display or in different displays You can set up different lists to display different information For information about setting up alarm status lists see Help What is displayed m If you set up the list to show the alarms for specific alarm triggers only alarms for those triggers are displayed m If an alarm is active an asterisk appears in the alarm state column if displayed 9 Setting up alarms m Ifthe message is too long to fit in the object the last character that would fit is replaced with an asterisk Similarly if a column heading is too long to fit in the column the last character that would fit is replaced with an asterisk You can specify how many lines to allow for each alarm message from 1 to 10 m The number of alarm messages that fits in the display depends on the height of the alarm status list the list s font size how many lines you have specified for each alarm message and whether the column headings are displayed m For value triggered alarms the accumulated time column shows how long the alarm has been set to the trigger value m For bit triggered alarms the accumulated time column shows how long the bit has been set to 1 For LSBit triggered alarms the accumulated time column shows how long the corresponding alarm s l
46. check box Create a graphic display called Main Menu In the display create navigation buttons that give the operator access to the different displays in the application Assign a security code to the display so that only authorized users can open it Create a graphic display called Log In containing these button objects This button Does this Login Opens the Login dialog box Logout Logs the current user out and logs in the DEFAULT user Password Opens the Change Password dialog box so the user can specify a new password 11 Setting up security This button Does this Goto display Opens the Main Menu graphic display Shutdown Shuts down the application 8 Setup the goto display button in the Log In display to open the Main Menu display If desired attach visibility animation to the goto display button so that only logged in users can see the button For more information see the example on page 11 24 9 Attach visibility animation to the shutdown button so that only authorized users can see and therefore use the button For more information see the example on page 11 24 10 Specify captions for the buttons and add explanatory text to the graphic display If desired attach visibility animation to the text as well 11 In the Display Settings dialog box assign the security code to the Log In display 12 In the Startup editor in the Initial graphic box select the Log In display Until an authori
47. connection changes to a new non zero value Changing displays Use these global connections in the Display tab of the Global Connections editor to monitor and control display changes Display Number notifies the data source of the number of the display that s currently open Remote Display Number allows the data source to change the display on the runtime computer Controlling display changes remotely To control display changes remotely you can set up the data source to open graphic displays The data source can control display changes for Replace displays only You can set up the data source to control all Replace display changes or to open displays under set conditions allowing the operator to change displays the rest of the time To use remote display changes assign a unique display number to each Replace display and assign a tag or expression to the Remote Display Number connection When the data source sends a display s number to the connection the specified display opens When the connection s value is 0 the operator has control of display changes using display navigation objects For information about assigning numbers to displays see Help Remote display changes and security If you set up the data source to open graphic displays remotely remote display changes occur whether or not the logged in user has security access to a given display Setting up remote display changes This section outlines th
48. displays information from the same alarm log file although you can set up different lists to display different information For information about setting up alarm lists see Help What is displayed If you set up the list to show the alarms for specific alarm triggers only alarms for those triggers are displayed If the list is set up to show unacknowledged alarms only the alarms displayed in the list are unacknowledged and the acknowledge time column if any is always blank If the list is set up to show both acknowledged and unacknowledged alarms acknowledged alarms can show a symbol which you can specify at the left end of the row and the acknowledge time appears in the acknowledge time column if displayed If the list is set up to show both active and inactive alarms active alarms can show a symbol which you can specify at the left end of the row If both the acknowledge symbol and active symbol are displayed the active symbol column is to the right of the acknowledge symbol column If the message is too long to fit in the object the last displayed character is replaced with an asterisk Similarly if a column heading is too long to fit in the column the last displayed character is replaced with an asterisk You can specify how many lines to allow for each alarm message from to 10 The number of alarm messages that fits in the display depends on the height of the alarm list the list s font size how many lines you h
49. hoe ae ee The Value trigger type we ecko de peau een ceeedwh ana yeeewnee as The Bit trigger ty pei s 2 se cestteres ceeed eas Pakeentaeeewars ee The Least Significant Bit LSBit trigger type Tips for using array tagS 6 nananana Equivalent datatypes secr i0ce ee wiawnadddoden ances ener eees RSLinx Enterprise tag syntax 2 ees KEPServerEnterprise tag syntax 0 eee Creating alarm messages in multiple languages 0 Optional alarm connections 0 0 eee ees Connections that work with a specific alarm trigger How the Handshake connection works 00000 sees How the Ack connection works 0 0 cc cece eee tees How the Remote Ack connection works 0 0000 ce eee How the Remote Ack Handshake connection works Ensuring alarm messages are read by the data source before sending new MICS GASES irae r oo oo eens a oe a OE ee Geass bak Methods of alarm message handshaking 0 000s Holding the message for a specific period of time Contents FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE vi Holding the message until the data source acknowledges that it has HS AIMS HNC SG VOC acs cis a SA g ariannin a a ech A RTA 9 22 How messages are queued 0 0 ccc ce eee teenies 9 22 How the Message connection Works 00 cece ees 9 22 How the Message Notification connection works
50. in data servers or in FactoryTalk View assign them to connections in your application to allow the application to interact with the data source and perform actions based on the tag values You can assign tags in these editors Expressions Global Connections Graphic Displays Global Object Displays Graphic Libraries Parameters Alarm Setup Information Setup Macros Data Log Models RecipePlus Editor 6 Working with tags Assigning tags This example shows the Trigger dialog box that opens when you click the Add button in the Triggers tab of the Alarm Setup editor Trigger cae Type the tag name here Or Click the Browse button to open the Tag Browser To assign a tag do one of the following m Inthe Tag or expression column type the tag name Inthe Tag column click the Browse button and then select a tag from the Tag Browser For information about using the Tag Browser see Help Assigning tags to graphic objects In the Graphics editor you can assign tags to many of the graphic objects you create You can use up to 1 000 tags per graphic display This limit includes the tags contained in embedded variables and expressions For example if an expression references the same tag twice this counts as two tag references 6 9 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Use one of these methods to assign tags to a graphic object m Double click the object to open the object s Properti
51. language switching 000 c eee ee eee 12 4 Installing Windows languages 0 cc ccc eee eee teenies 12 4 Setting up Windows fonts 1 0 0 eee ence eee 12 4 Windows locale settings 34 00 6444 44004 thee o aes oboe ebweeaeeene 12 4 Adding languages to the application cece eee eens 12 5 Removing IANNIS ca auci cen asos paii tet ae ees A T dea bees 12 5 Exporting application text strings for translation 0 0000 cee eee 12 6 Exporting text in Unicode format 20 0 0c cece eee eee 12 6 Exporting text to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet 12 7 viii Contents Excel spreadsheet file name format 0 0 e eee 12 7 Exported language string file locations 0 0 eee eee eee 12 8 Problems EX POMS a 442454654424 2000s oa RRCEaEERERER HERE RRRAA 12 8 Translating application text in Excel spreadsheet files 0 12 9 Translating application text in Unicode files 0 0 0 0 0c eee eee 12 9 Pile Name Ane formal sasssa cdcscagabedgiesasandbhoaadatehhenecaas 12 9 Opening the text file in Microsoft Excel 0 0 00 cece eee eee 12 9 Saving the text file in Microsoft Excel 0 0 0 0 0 cee cece eee 12 10 Differences in file format for files saved in Excel 12 10 Saving the Unicode text file in Notepad 00000 00 12 11 Pe SCDE eeann 5 ae AER A eae 12 11 Working with pairs of double q
52. local log or to an ODBC database destinations and message routing on personal computers including runtime logging to the local log or to an ODBC database the Windows CE runtime destination to receive logged messages from You can also use the Diagnostics Setup tool to clear the local log file To open the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Setup tool do one of the following m In FactoryTalk View Studio on the Tools menu click Diagnostics Setup m Inthe FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings and then double click Diagnostics Setup For information about opening the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box m on personal computers see page 15 4 ona PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal see page 16 3 m On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software Utilities and then click Diagnostics Setup 10 Setting up Factory Talk Diagnostics Diagnostics Setup Pa fel Ea gt pec ify which Diagnostics Setup Diagnostics Setup destin atio ns Destination Setup t This tool allows you to configure the installed FactoryT alk destinations and to iew Di tics Li ON DROO configure the routing of the messages Local Log ODBC Database Message Routing receive what categories of messages Cancel Apply Help For details about using the Diagnostics Setup tool see Help for the tool Logging to an ODBC database The option of logging FactoryTalk Diagnostics messages to an OD
53. log files for alarms and data logging if you use these features When you start FactoryTalk View ME Station you can delete the alarm and data log files for the loaded application or for all the applications on the runtime computer Running a newer version of the application If you run a newer version of an application the alarm log file for the older version is deleted automatically The data log file for the older version is retained to allow the display of historical data in trends For more information about the alarm log file see page 9 10 For more information about data log files see page 26 5 15 15 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 15 16 Deleting log files manually To delete log files for the loaded application 1 Inthe FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box click Yes beside the Delete Log Files Before Running button All alarm and data log files for the loaded application are deleted To delete log files for all applications on the runtime computer 1 In the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Delete Log Files 3 Click Yes Log files for data log models that use the default path are deleted All alarm log files are deleted Turning off the FactoryTalk Directory Server warning When you load an application you are notified that the application s FactoryTalk System Directory of users and security policies will be loaded on the computer The comp
54. lt c lt 5 sue thse tivosda do Shwe totetsbeakene 21 29 Problems with displaying values 0 0 cece eee ees 21 29 Setting up numeric input enable buttons 0 0 00 21 30 Setting up numeric input cursor points 0 00 21 32 Setting Up SUING displays 4400 4 04 ehow pees hb an bb Coe ee Oe ee eee eteee 21 33 How valuies ate displayed 4 6444 404 cura ned we ses Sed ee pee kuaa Fes 21 33 Setting up string input enable buttons 00 00 cece 21 34 Setting up goto display buttons 0 0 0 21 35 Setting up close display buttons 0 0 21 36 Setting up display list selectors 0 ccc eee eee 21 37 HOW touse INGICalOUS ode xk ceo eE eee Ke ee Ea S eaten niedw ed oe 21 38 Setting up multistate indicators 0 0 eens 21 39 Sune Up SVIMDOISs us svrenahed ate Sian ks peer bneon Subs ad dwn sets 21 40 Seine up list indic IOB on koe eho take kee ekaeen ete Steed odenew es de 21 42 How to use bar graphs gauges and scales 0 0 0 cece eee ee ees 21 43 Bar graphs make it easy to compare values 000 eee eee 21 43 Thresholds change a bar graph s fill color 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 43 Use bar graphs with scales to show limits 0 0 0 0 ce eens 21 44 Gauges make it easy to see limits 6 0 ec ee ee eee 21 44 Thresholds change a gauge s fill color 0 20 0 cee cee eee ee 21 44 Seine Up Dar GTAP DS asso ob de bee wr eked ores
55. multiple languages 005 27 5 The INFORMATION display 20 0 0 0 ccc cc eee eee ees 27 6 Creating your own information message display 0000 cee eee 27 7 Opening and closing the information message display 005 27 7 Opening he display so 402444464444 40006 24s JAbSee dnG Hee EEDA DAES 27 7 Closing the display o4 5344 54644 Se och ea eens FAOS Ks o4G Gee bean a dhess 27 7 How the information message display graphic object works 27 7 Whatis displayed 4 244 5460 sandcsatooeeesceeee ln seutesesheeduces 27 8 Changing the message file used at run time 0 0 0 cece eee eee 27 8 Setting up trends PUDOUC CNS peseur 3 a b twee ee ee ee oes BER ESE S Baoan 28 1 Current versus historical data 0 0 00 00 ccc cece ee eee 28 2 Time date and number formats 0 0 0 ee ee ee 28 3 Summary Ol SICPSs wea dees oan ha ten eee bo oben ew Goede ed ote eds 28 3 Creatina trend ODC s ocknKron Saute k a tee he E dee ew rede eas 28 3 Serine UP VCH eese anne oer eee a sae eee a a ae 28 4 THe pars Ol AACN 5 c a 064 pts hae de sew ears b oS A eee eee eary AE 28 5 Teme MONG a5 cae oe oo cae ee oe ee a ee we ea N 28 5 Trend WiINGOW 56 c0546 5 koko Go Shwe es ok es oe owe OHS Meaces 28 5 OB cs a ee ee ee se es 28 6 NaS ee ee es ee ee eee ee 28 6 Vertical axis labels 5400060 desoe 256 R466 ode eee ee Reese oe Se os 28 6 PAIS TETE oo eo eee we ee eo E G oe eee
56. sent to the tag and the button remains highlighted as long as the tag value is the same as the button s value Pressing a new button in the group releases the other button and sends a new value to the tag You can also use a single interlocked push button to send a value to a tag Ramp button Increase or decrease the value of a tag by a specified integer or floating point value Use two ramp buttons together to create a raise lower control Numeric input enable button Enter a numeric value and write the value to a tag You can also use this object to ramp values Numeric input cursor point Enter a numeric value and write the value to a tag You can also use this object to ramp values String input enable button Enter a string value and write the value to a tag RecipePlus button Write values for all the ingredients in the selected recipe to a set of tags The button works with the RecipePlus table and RecipePlus selector graphic objects 17 16 Use this graphic object Drawing object with horizontal or vertical slider animation 17 Using your application To do this Control the value of a tag by dragging the slider object with a mouse The pixel position of the slider is translated into a value that is written to the tag If the value of the tag is changed externally the position of the slider changes to reflect this Control list selector Select from a list of states for a process or operation
57. shutdown button select Animation and then click Visibility 2 Inthe Animation dialog box in the Expression box type this CurrentUserHasCode GH 3 For the Expression True State click Visible 4 Click Apply 11 25 C42 Setting up language switching This chapter describes what language switching is summary of steps for setting up language switching setting up Windows to support language switching adding languages to the application exporting application text strings for translation translating application text importing translated text files setting up multiple language support for graphic libraries About language switching The FactoryTalk View language switching feature provides the ability to set up multiple languages for an application and switch languages dynamically at run time You specify an initial language for the runtime application when you create it and select the languages that will be available at run time You can use up to 40 languages per development application and 20 languages per runtime application When the application runs operators can change the language using a language switch button Set up a different language switch button for each language With language switching you can develop an application in one language export the user defined text strings for the application and then import translated strings for up to 40 languages into the same application export an applica
58. that is assigned to the DEFAULT user or it will not open For information about the Startup editor see Chapter 14 11 Setting up security 2 Create a login button in the startup display For information about creating graphic objects see Chapter 20 For information about setting up login buttons see Help For more information about logging in see Chapter 17 Logging out To best maintain your security system set up your application so that users who log in are also required to log out When the current user logs out if a logout macro is assigned to the user the macro runs If the user belongs to a group and a logout macro is set up for the group the group s logout macro runs After the current user is logged out the DEFAULT user is logged in If a login macro is assigned to the DEFAULT user the macro runs Turn off the DEFAULT user s access to the security codes you plan to use To provide a way for users to log out 1 Create a logout button in a graphic display that all logged in users have access to Logging out automatically You can set up your runtime terminal so that the current user will be logged out automatically after the terminal has been inactive for a specified period of time The automatic logout is independent of FactoryTalk Security settings or Windows security settings The logout will take place regardless of what you set up in FactoryTalk Security or Windows To set up automatic logout 1
59. the DEFAULT user 11 11 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 11 12 2 Assign security codes to the other users To this user Assign these security codes OPERATOR A B MAINTENANCE A B C E ADMIN All 3 Create a shutdown button 4 Assign visibility animation to the button using this expression CurrentUserHasCode E For the Expression True State click Visible When the graphic display containing the shutdown button is open the MAINTENANCE and ADMIN user can see the button If the OPERATOR or DEFAULT user is logged in the button is not visible Providing a way for users to log in and log out Use login and logout buttons to provide a way for users to log in and log out Make sure you place these buttons in graphic displays that all users have access to Logging in When the application starts the DEFAULT user is logged in If a macro is assigned to the DEFAULT user the macro runs For example you could create a macro to set the remote display number to open a new login display after the DEFAULT user logs in For information about controlling display changes remotely see page 8 4 Remote display changes are not checked for security To provide a way for users to log in 1 Specify the startup display in the Startup editor in the Initial graphic box The startup display is the graphic display that opens when your application starts running The startup display must have the code or a security code
60. to a masiman of 20 languages Runtime Language ia o Arabic Kuwait ar Ka Chinese PRC zh C s English Canada en English United States en US French Belgium fr BE Mi French Canada French Switzerland fr CH D mre man TO baer a A CLI Select the initial runtime application language English Canada en A g Select the language to use for strings that support language switching in 5 0 applications but do not in 4 0 applications English Canada en A g 7 If your application uses multiple languages specify up to 20 languages to include in the runtime application specify the initial runtime language and specify the language to use for alarm trigger labels and alarm information and local messages in FactoryTalk View 4 00 runtime applications For details see Help This wizard is not displayed if your application uses only one language To display undefined strings in the default language at run time include this language in your selection The default language is also required for filtering alarms For more information about the default language see page 12 2 8 Click Finish For information about transferring the runtime application m toapersonal computer see Chapter 15 m toaPanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal see Chapter 16 14 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 14 6 Converting runtime application files to development applications
61. to user groups or users once If desired you can override the permissions that you set up at this 11 19 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 11 20 level by assigning different permissions to applications and to the items in the System folder You can assign permissions for actions related to FactoryTalk View applications and tags here or at the application level If you assign them here they are inherited by all applications To set security permissions for the FactoryTalk Directory 1 At the top of the tree in the Explorer window right click Local and then click Security 2 Specify which users and groups have access to FactoryTalk Directory and assign permissions to users and groups for the actions listed in the dialog box For details see Help Setting up security access to the application Assign FactoryTalk Security at the application level to specify which users or groups can open the application and add edit and delete components You can also specify which users or groups can write to tags and set up view and respond to alarms To set security permissions for the application 1 Right click the application name and then click Security 2 Specify which users and groups have access to the application and assign permissions to users and groups for the actions listed in the dialog box For details see Help Setting up security access to System policies groups and users You can assign security a
62. type of alarms displayed in the alarm status list from all alarms to active alarms to past alarms Clear the alarm in the alarm banner without removing the alarm from the alarm log file and alarm lists Remove alarms from the alarm log file and all alarm lists If the Ack connection is assigned for any of the alarm triggers the operator is prompted to acknowledge all alarms before clearing them You can set up the button to remove all alarms or just the alarms for a specific alarm trigger You can also specify whether to reset the cleared alarms If you choose to reset alarms pressing this button resets the number of times an alarm has been triggered to 0 and the accumulated time in alarm to 0 for all alarms that are being cleared If the alarm is still active the number of times in alarm changes to 1 after the alarm is reset to 0 Print a report of the alarm messages in the alarm log file You can include all alarms or just the alarms for a specific alarm trigger The report can include the time alarms occurred and were acknowledged Print a report of the status of alarms You can include all alarms or just the alarms for a specific alarm trigger The report can include how many times each alarm was triggered and the accumulated time in alarm 9 Setting up alarms With this graphic Use this button object To do this Reset alarm status Reset the number of times an alarm has been triggered to 0 and the accu
63. view this information about your project or HMI server m application name m application description if any m location of the project file m number of graphic displays in the application m maximum number of displays you re licensed to use FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE E splorer Condiments EE Condiments Condiments E Sy System Add Process Faceplates Pro oe om Aur Global Connections Server Status To view HMI server properties 1 In the Explorer window right click the HMI server name and then click Properties Condiments Properties General Mame Condiments Description Project File C Documents and Settings 4ll UsersyDocumentsi R Sview Enterprise ME VHMI Projects Condiments Number of displays 4 Licensed maximum 5 4 18 EF C5 Setting up communications This chapter describes OPC communications m what data servers are m creating data servers in your application m updating data server caches About OPC communications OPC is OLE for Process Control used to connect FactoryTalk View to communication devices via vendor specific OPC servers FactoryTalk View supports the OPC Data Access DA 2 0 specification OPC servers provide a way for FactoryTalk View to retrieve tag values from Allen Bradley controller devices using RSLinx Classic or RSLinx Enterprise as an O
64. way you did when you referred to it When to use data server tags For some of the things you might need to do in your application you might not need to create HMI tags Use direct references to tags located in devices instead for example tags located in an OPC server s database Eliminating duplication Using data server tags allows you to add modify or delete tags in a device without having to duplicate the changes in the FactoryTalk View HMI tag database Using complex data Some devices for example Logix5000 processors support complex data types such as arrays and structures Your controller might have structures that contain hundreds of member elements Referencing tag values directly eliminates the need for creating an HMI tag for each member Steps for using data server tags To use data server tags complete three basic steps l Create the tag in the OPC server or processor or use an existing tag in the processor The server must understand the syntax of the device it is connected to You need only create a tag if you want to browse the server Examples of OPC servers include RSLinx Enterprise RSLinx Classic and KEPServerEnterprise For information about creating tags in OPC servers that have their own tag database see the documentation provided with the server For information about creating tags in a Logix5000 processor see the documentation for your device programming software Create a data server in Fa
65. when Windows starts and describes startup options for FactoryTalk View ME Station When you start FactoryTalk View ME Station you can m run an application 15 11 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 15 12 m load an application m automatically delete an application s log files before running the application m replace RSLinx Enterprise communications on the runtime computer with the application s settings By default the option to start FactoryTalk View ME Station when Windows starts is turned off The settings in this section apply only if you want FactoryTalk View ME Station to start automatically when Windows starts To start FactoryTalk View ME Station when Windows starts and run an application 1 Inthe FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box load the application that you want to run For details see page 15 4 2 Click Terminal Settings 3 Double click FactoryTalk View ME Station Startup FactoryT alk View HE Station Startup Do not start FactoryTalk View ME Go to Configuration Mode On Startup F1 t Run Current Application Cancel F8 4 Click Run Current Application 15 e Running applications on a personal computer This option is not available if you have not loaded an application yet 5 Click Run Options Replace RSLinx Yes Enterprise Communications F1 C No C Wes Delete Log Files F2 No Cancel F8 6 Specify whet
66. you set up in step 3 or step 4 For details see page 5 3 If you are using RSLinx Enterprise for communications you don t need to create a data server because it is created automatically when you create your application 6 If you want to use HMI tags in your application open the Tags editor and then create device tags that point to addresses in devices For details about creating HMI tags see Chapter 7 If you do not want to use HMI tags but instead want to reference addresses in devices directly skip this step 7 In objects in graphic displays or anywhere else you want access to values in tags type the tag name using the syntax for your OPC server or use the Tag Browser to select tags For details about using tags see Chapter 6 8 Create the runtime application file For details see Chapter 14 All the necessary tag information is compiled with the runtime application file 9 If you are using an OPC server other than RSLinx Enterprise or RSLinx Classic install the OPC server software on the runtime computer For applications that will run on a personal computer the OPC server can be on a different remote computer than the runtime computer but the remote computer must be on the same network as the runtime computer About data servers A data server provides a route to the physical devices on your network so you can see the values in those devices for example m programmable controller values m OPC tags a
67. 00 tags with these data types Data type Number of bits SINT g INT 16 DINT 32 Data server tags with the data types described in the previous table are displayed in the Tag Browser with the Item Canonical Data Types of Character Short Integer and Long Integer respectively RSLinx Enterprise tag syntax To create an RSLinx Enterprise array tag use this syntax to specify the length of the array tagname Larraylength For example PLC5 N7 0 L5 The tag N7 0 uses the Short Integer data type 16 bits so the array tag consists of 80 bits 16x 5 9 Setting up alarms When the tag name contains a colon put two colons before the RSLinx Enterprise device shortcut name KEPServerEnterprise tag syntax To create a KEPServerEnterprise array tag use this syntax to specify the length of the array tagname arraylength For example Chan1 Dev1 Tag1 3 The tag Tag1 uses the Long Integer data type 32 bits so the array tag consists of 96 bits 32 x 3 Alternatively you can define the tag length in KEPServerEnterprise when you create the tag and then just select the tag name in FactoryTalk View Studio For more information see KEPServerEnterprise Help Creating alarm messages in multiple languages FactoryTalk View 5 00 supports alarm messages in multiple languages When you create alarm messages they are in the current application language You can export the alarm messages for translation and then impor
68. 11 4 00 and later applications To log in the user must have an account in the Runtime Security editor in the ME Runtime 4 00 and later tab The user must have a password which is set up in FactoryTalk Security using the Users folder For details see Chapter 11 Passwords are case sensitive 3 20 and earlier applications To log in the user must have an account in the Runtime Security editor in the ME Runtime 3 20 and earlier tab User passwords are optional in RSView 3 20 and earlier If you use them they are not case sensitive To log in 1 Press the login button The Login window opens 2 Press the User button or press F2 on an external keyboard The string pop up keyboard opens For details about using the keyboard see page 17 11 17 Using your application 3 Type your user name in the string pop up keyboard or on an external keyboard and then press Enter For FactoryTalk View 5 00 applications and RS View 4 00 applications the name is not case sensitive For RS View 3 20 and earlier applications the name must use ALL CAPS 4 To enter a password press the Password button or press F3 on an external keyboard 5 Type the password in the string pop up keyboard or on an external keyboard and then press Enter For FactoryTalk View 5 00 applications and RS View 4 00 applications the password is case sensitive For RS View 3 20 and earlier applications the password is not case sensitive 6 T
69. 11 Open the application in each language to check the layout of the translated text 12 Create the runtime application specifying the startup language and the languages that the operator can switch to For details see Chapter 14 Setting up Windows for language switching Installing Windows languages We recommend that you install all the languages that your application will use on both the development and runtime computers Installing languages turns on the Windows font support features which allow applications to display characters for different languages using a single application font For details about installing languages see Windows Help Panel View Plus and Panel View Plus CE terminals are shipped with languages already installed Setting up Windows fonts For applications that will run on a Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal install the fonts that the application will use For applications that will run on a personal computer the fonts you want are generally installed when you install the languages for the application For details about choosing fonts that work well with language switching see page 20 13 Make sure that the development and runtime computers are set up to use the fonts you want for the title bar and inactive title bar Specify the font in the Windows Control Panel in the Display Properties dialog box For information about setting up fonts on a Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE termina
70. 26 Using the Property Panel 2344444 aeeewed acdsee dessa sewadoake de 20 29 Setting UP properties 5545 44405oove ob chee kiren a i ek aed 20 30 Assigning tags and expressions to an object s connections 20 31 Coloring objects using the color toolbars 0 0 0 0 cee ees 20 32 Namin objec 4 44154 454445060095 RbWAsodan pease eeeeaa hades 20 34 Testing how objects look in different states 2 0 0 0 0 000 20 35 xiii FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE XIV 21 Assigning tags and expressions to graphic objects 0 0 0 cee eee 20 36 Assigning TAGS aes a oS dane ne remuheheareRaeaedreauneayas es 20 36 Using expressions to manipulate tag values 0 0000 cece 20 38 Replacing tags using tag substitution 0 0 eee ees 20 38 Using tag placeholders 2242 isc2s etneneevebahawarbeeneanaaeda 20 39 Performing basic operations on objects n nonan ccc cee tees 20 40 Moving ODIECIS 4 0 6 0 54 602 5achn st esed eee nue irira iiaeaa iai 20 41 Copying Objects s 1 44 4024065 65 dood d ad ade a ddttir d iiite te iint 20 42 Duplicating ODjECtS s 244525 2 4846e0 444540045 4600 nes ddd ess 268 20 43 RESIZING OD CCS 6244445246654 64 essed adasi ai heehee eee as a daeS 20 44 Reshaping drawing objectS 0 0 0 0 0 ccc ce eee teens 20 45 Deleane ODOC 144545 264 0 be e650 S68 oo a dde ELSES EER eRe 20 46 Working with groups of objects 0 0 cette eens 20 47 Grouping and ungroupi
71. 7 PM Eastern Standard Time North America only except on statutory holidays When you call When you call be at your computer and be ready to give m the product serial number You ll find this number on the Activation disk label and in the About FactoryTalk View Studio dialog box available from the Help menu in FactoryTalk View m the product version number m the type of hardware you are using P 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE P 4 m the exact wording of any messages that appeared on your screen m adescription of what happened and what you were doing when the problem occurred m adescription of how you tried to solve the problem You may also be required to provide information about the FactoryTalk View add ons and updates that are installed on your computer To view the list of installed add ons and updates 1 In FactoryTalk View Studio click Help and then click About FactoryTalk View Studio 2 To view the list of installed add ons click Add Ons 3 To view the list of installed updates click Updates ER Getting Started FactoryTalk View Machine Edition is software for developing and running human machine interface applications FactoryTalk View Machine Edition is designed for monitoring and controlling automated processes and machines For information about installing FactoryTalk View Machine Edition see the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Installation Guide The parts of FactoryT
72. BAS ape 3G ea Fo ak Mae Be ee A 29 2 How the recipe system works 0 c ccc eee adatre dde 29 2 R cipe Plus selector orrs ne eee eae hs oe he See eA Aa eee ewes 29 2 Recipe PUS ADC ee mast a ois g Grn bet ats oS ete Sees Ak oe ee Be 29 2 RecipePlus DUNO esenea risate eae 64a es VASE Roe Oe ok 29 3 NUMO IOMA esaiar e pee ten ek ee aoe ee a oe ok Ge Ree 8 oo 29 4 Numere NS eere ies neti et E Red PHS A ed E E ee ee 29 4 Specifying the runtime file location 2 0 0 nes 29 5 Storing files outside the HMI project 20 00 ees 29 5 Storing recipe files with the HMI project 2 0 e eee 29 5 SeuiIne Up feCipe TCS ss cc ee oa 4 oe ee he Eben Eee ae ee eens 29 6 COMPpPaniNe TECIPES Gomis 255 04 SH eee oe OSES weed oS ROY 29 7 Tite and date TOrmats 5 05 es4Ge eed CENERI de Gabe an ENE 29 9 Panne TOCE eee nR tebe bes eee eons a hee ea eee Bees 29 9 Creating RecipePlus objects 20 cee nes 29 9 Testing RecipePlus objects 0 0 0 ccc ce eee eee eens 29 10 Using the RecipePlus_Components graphic library 0005 29 10 Using buttons with recipe objects nunana nananana ee eee eens 29 11 Viewing data values that are saved at run time 0 0 cece eee 29 13 Using macros Using macros to assign values to tags eee teens 30 1 Using the Macros editor ai enccceeac daar aeshensceoe Kehae need meen 2 4 od 30 2 When to USC MdAChOS dn sccas acaba end 92 AR ota sekeu
73. BC database is available for personal computers only ODBC logging works by periodically exporting the contents of the local log file to an ODBC compliant database FactoryTalk View supports these ODBC compliant databases m Microsoft Access m Sybase SQL Server m Oracle m Microsoft SQL Server If you have set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics to overwrite events in the local log file make sure messages are logged to the ODBC compliant database before the oldest events are deleted For information about the contents of the FactoryTalk Diagnostics ODBC tables see Appendix D 10 7 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Setting up message buffering FactoryTalk Diagnostics messages are stored in the computer s local log file and are exported to the ODBC compliant database at the interval you specify You can also specify that messages remain in the local log file for a period of time after they have been exported to the ODBC compliant database This is useful in the event of a network failure or any other reason that causes the database to be unavailable In this case the messages remain in the local log file until the buffer time expires If the ODBC compliant database becomes available during that time the buffered messages are then exported to the database Routing messages For each destination you set up you can specify how messages are routed To route messages specify m the types of messages to log m the
74. Features that are not supported in version 3 00 0 000 eee eee G 5 Contents H Importing and exporting graphics XML files ADOUL XM a5 aoa wes oo 4eus ad eae eos e owls see 2G eo ee nee weeE ee ens H 1 Creating graphics XML files by exporting 0 0 eee ee H 1 Pdu XMGHIES a cagaws ane ago ose Fe oo parinu eee ones KE ee a H 2 Saving XML files in Notepad 0 0 0 eee eens H 2 Testin AML HNCS ce ania oe eet tret OTEA ES REENT cer whe gt 65608 ceo H 2 Importing XML HIES 44 4 4e0 test dsrs tr eee OREN oho ees eee eee eee H 3 POP IOS IC i14 none now saan a ows Gow ede one ewe ce aus eeu eee Gates H 3 Importing graphics XML files 2 eee H 3 Graphics XML file structure 16 ase 551866 oe boned eew eee aos Shee Rada Re H 3 Index xxiii Preface FactoryTalk View Machine Edition is a member of the FactoryTalk View family of products It is an integrated package for developing and running automation applications Designed for use with Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 R2 and PanelView Plus and PanelView Plus CE terminals running Microsoft Windows CE 4 1 FactoryTalk View Machine Edition gives you all the tools you need to create effective machine level monitoring and control applications Product name changes Version 5 00 of FactoryTalk View Machine Edition incorporates a number of product name changes that reflect Rockwell Automation s systems oriented software
75. For FactoryTalk View version 5 00 mer files you can convert the runtime application file back to a development application This allows you to make changes to the application without losing runtime information such as passwords and RecipePlus data To convert the runtime application file use the Restore runtime application operation in the Application Manager Data logging and alarm data that occurred at run time are not restored to the development application If your application uses FactoryTalk Security you must have write backup and restore permissions to convert the runtime application to a development application For more information about FactoryTalk Security see Chapter 11 If desired you can also restore the runtime application s FactoryTalk Local Directory to the development computer The development computer s FactoryTalk Local Directory will be backed up and the runtime version will replace it If you choose this option make sure you have access to the runtime FactoryTalk Local Directory For more information about the FactoryTalk Local Directory see Chapter 11 RSLinx Enterprise device shortcuts that were edited at run time are restored when you convert the runtime application to a development application However the Runtime tab in the RSLinx Enterprise Communication Setup editor might not display the device configuration for the runtime application Make sure the Runtime tab shows the correct device configuration befor
76. INTEGRATED PRODUCTION amp PERFORMANCE SUITE LISTEN THN SONE USER S GUIDE VOLUME 1 PUBLICATION VIEWME UM004E EN E August 2007 Supersedes Publication VIEW ME UM004D EN E Rockwell ALLEN BRADLEY e ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Automation Contacting Rockwell Copyright Notice Trademark Notices Other Trademarks Warranty Customer Support Telephone 1 440 646 3434 Online support http support rockwellautomation com 2007 Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc All rights reserved Printed in USA This document and any accompanying Rockwell Software products are copyrighted by Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc Any reproduction and or distribution without prior written consent from Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc is strictly prohibited Please refer to the license agreement for details Allen Bradley ControlLogix FactoryTalk PLC 2 PLC 3 PLC 5 Rockwell Automation Rockwell Software RSLinx RSView the Rockwell Software logo and VersaView are registered trademarks of Rockwell Automation Inc The following logos and products are trademarks of Rockwell Automation Inc RSMACC RSLogix Data Highway Plus DH RSView FactoryTalk View RSView Studio FactoryTalk View Studio PanelBuilder Panel View RS View Machine Edition RSView ME Station and WINtelligent FactoryTalk Activation FactoryTalk Administration Console FactoryTalk Alarms and Events FactoryTalk Automation Platform FactoryTal
77. In the Explorer window double click Project Settings and then click the Runtime tab 2 Select Enable auto logout 3 Specify how many minutes the terminal must be inactive before the automatic logout occurs 4 If desired specify a graphic display to open after the automatic logout At run time when the inactivity period expires the current user is logged out Logout macros assigned to the current user run The DEFAULT user is logged in The DEFAULT user s login macro runs The specified graphic display opens if any 11 13 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 11 14 Preventing unauthorized users from stopping the application To prevent unauthorized users from stopping the application Donotuse a title bar on the application window because the title bar contains a Close button To turn off the title bar for the application window in the Project Settings editor in the Runtime tab clear the Title bar check box For more information about using the Project Settings editor see Chapter 4 Assign visibility animation to the shutdown button so that the button is only visible when a user who is authorized to stop the application is logged in For an example see page 11 11 Or set up security for the graphic display in which the shutdown button is located so only users who are authorized to stop the application can open the display Additional step for personal computers m Use the DeskLock tool to preven
78. M MULTI LINE Condiments Library Header ne A ne Message 7 1 31 44 PM F 4 Phy A FGHIJK LMNOPGQ RSTUYV WXYZ ABC Alarm list graphic object Ack Ack All Silence Close Buttons gt Alarm Alarms Alarms v F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 You can use the ALARM MULTI LINE display as is or modify the display For example you can select which alarm triggers alarms to display in the list The alarm list graphic object The ALARM MULTI LINE display contains an alarm list graphic object which lists the time the alarms occurred and were acknowledged as well as the alarm messages You can set up the alarm list to show any combination of active inactive acknowledged and unacknowledged alarms The alarm list in the ALARM MULTI LINE display is set up to show all alarms but you can edit it 1f desired For more information about the alarm list see page 9 32 Buttons in the ALARM MULTI LINE display The ALARM MULTI LINE display contains alarm buttons for acknowledging and silencing alarms as well as buttons for scrolling the list and closing the display For information about how the buttons work see page 9 35 9 27 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE The STATUS display The Libraries folder contains a graphic display called STATUS The STATUS display allows the operator to see the status of all the alarms that have been set up in the Alarm Setup editor The STATUS display comes in t
79. NNER a display in the Libraries folder contains an alarm banner graphic object that is set up to display the newest active alarm in the alarm log file m ALARM MULTI LINE a display in the Libraries folder contains an alarm list graphic object that is set up to display all the alarms in the alarm log file active inactive acknowledged and unacknowledged m STATUS a display in the Libraries folder contains an alarm status list graphic object that is set up to display active alarms It contains a goto display button for opening the HISTORY display This display is available in two sizes m HISTORY a display in the Libraries folder contains an alarm list graphic object and a goto display button for opening the STATUS display The alarm list is set up to display all the alarms in the alarm log file active inactive acknowledged and unacknowledged This display is available in two sizes By default the ALARM graphic display opens automatically at run time when an alarm is generated You can accept the default edit the ALARM display use one of the other alarm displays or create your own display If you elect not to automatically open a graphic 9 Setting up alarms display for alarm notification an alternative is to provide the operator with a way to open an alarm display when desired For more information about See The ALARM display page 9 25 The ALARM BANNER display page 9 26 The
80. PC server third party controller devices such as Siemens or Modicon using third party OPC servers such as KEPServerEnterprise ControlNet Scheduled DeviceNet I O and Remote I O are supported on PanelView Plus and Windows CE terminals They are not supported on personal computers Summary of steps To set up communications follow these steps l Gather information about your network and the devices that are connected to it You will need this information to set up RSLinx Enterprise RSLinx Classic or another OPC server If you want to use RSLinx Enterprise for communications install it on the development computer For information about installing RSLinx Enterprise see the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Installation Guide If you want to use RSLinx Classic as the OPC server that enables communications on your network set up RSLinx Classic on the development computer RSLinx Classic is included on the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition CD ROM For details see Getting Results with RSLinx or see Help for RSLinx 5 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE RSLinx Classic is available for personal computers only 4 If you want to use an OPC server other than RSLinx Classic for communications on your network set up the OPC server on the development computer For details see the documentation supplied with your OPC server 5 In FactoryTalk View Studio create a data server that points to the OPC server
81. RSLinx Enterprise set up communications as described in Chapter 5 If you are using RSLinx Classic as the OPC server on the runtime computer install RSLinx Classic on the runtime computer If you are using RSLinx Classic on a remote computer install RSLinx Classic on the remote computer If you are using an OPC server other than RSLinx Enterprise or RSLinx Classic install the OPC server software on the runtime computer or on another computer on the network For installation information see the documentation supplied by your OPC server vendor For information about OPC see Chapter 5 If your application uses third party ActiveX objects install and register the Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 version of the objects on the runtime computer For information about ActiveX objects see page 20 21 Install on the runtime computer all languages used by the runtime application If the runtime computer uses different time date or number formats than the development computer specify the time date and number formats to use at run time For more information see page 15 16 If desired use the DeskLock tool to prevent users from switching to another software application or using the Windows desktop at run time For more information see page 15 17 Transferring the application Move the application to the runtime personal computer For more information see page 15 3 Setting up options in Facto
82. RY display The Libraries folder contains a graphic display called HISTORY It is similar to the ALARM MULTI LINE display but the alarm list graphic object is larger to display more alarm messages at once and the HISTORY display contains more buttons The HISTORY display comes in two sizes 640x480 and 800x600 r HISTORY 640x480 Condiments Library Alarm History Header aan owledge time lessane 2 24 2007 1 32 27 PM 2 24 2007 1 32 27 PM ABCDE FGHIJK LMNOPQ RSTUY WXYZ ABC Alarm list graphic object Ack Silence Alarm Buttons Alarm Alarms A 4 A Print Status Cine Ack Clear Y y v History Sort All All Alarms You can use the HISTORY display as is or modify the display For example you can select which alarm triggers alarms to display in the list or remove buttons that you don t want to use The alarm list graphic object The HISTORY display contains an alarm list graphic object which lists the time the alarms occurred and were acknowledged as well as the alarm messages You can set up the alarm list to show any combination of active inactive acknowledged and unacknowledged alarms The alarm list in the HISTORY display is set up to show all alarms but you can edit it if desired For more information about the alarm list see page 9 32 9 29 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Buttons in the HISTORY display The HISTORY display contains alarm
83. Remote Ack connection when you want a remote acknowledgement to take place Remote acknowledgement does not take place if the hold time is in effect for the Ack connection FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 20 Example Using the Remote Ack connection This example shows how to use the Remote Ack connection to acknowledge an alarm In this example the same application is run at two different locations on the plant floor and both terminals are connected to the same programmable controller All the tags in the example refer to addresses in the programmable controller Application Location 1 Application Location 2 Fro graria ble controller 1 Create an alarm trigger for a tag called Alarm Use the Value trigger type Assign a tag called Ack to the Ack connection Assign a tag called Remote_ack to the Remote Ack connection Create an alarm message for the alarm trigger with the trigger value 1 AE a a Set up the data source to write the value at the Ack connection to the Remote Ack connection whenever the value of the Ack connection changes from 0 to a non zero value At run time when an alarm with the trigger value 1 is generated the alarm message appears at both locations simultaneously If the operator acknowledges the alarm at Location 1 FactoryTalk View writes the value 1 to the Ack connection Since the Ack connection is write only not read the acknowledgement doesn t appea
84. S GUIDE 9 38 This button Does this End Moves the highlight bar or cursor to the bottom alarm in the list Enter Acknowledges the currently selected alarm in alarm lists and alarm banners You can link key buttons to a specific alarm object or set up the buttons to work with whichever object is selected in the graphic display For more information see page 21 9 For information about creating graphic objects see Chapter 20 For information about setting up key buttons see Help Using alarm buttons to acknowledge silence clear and delete alarms Acknowledging messages does not remove them from the alarm log file You can still display acknowledged alarms in an alarm list that is set up to show acknowledged alarms Acknowledging the selected alarm When the operator presses the acknowledge alarm button an enter button or the Enter key on an external keyboard or keypad the selected alarm in the alarm list is acknowledged and the audio indicator for the alarm if any is silenced the displayed alarm in the alarm banner is acknowledged and the audio indicator for the alarm if any is silenced This is what happens when the alarm is acknowledged If assigned the alarm trigger s Ack connection is set to the alarm trigger value at the data source The value is held as long as the operator presses the button or for the hold time whichever is longer If the hold time is still in effect and the operator acknowledges a
85. Settings All Users Shared Documents RSView Enterprise Strings Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 12 13 Each time errors occur while importing text into an application the ImportErrors txt file 1s overwritten If errors occurred while importing text or if the import was canceled a message appears in the Diagnostics List and in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics log file Canceling importing If some but not all of the text in an application seems to have been modified the import might have been canceled If you cancel the import before it is complete any text strings that were changed are not restored to their original values To restore the text originally in the application import the text from the backup text file you created before importing Setting up multiple language support for graphic libraries When you create an application the graphic libraries installed with FactoryTalk View are language neutral by default This means that graphic objects in the libraries always display their text strings as shipped regardless of the current application language Since the current application language is ignored text strings never appear as undefined You can change the default for any graphic library so that it supports multiple languages instead of a single language When you do this when you open the library you can view the text strings that are defined for the current application language If the library s text strings h
86. System tags PANAUIAS 6 oS oes bt Sa ss os RESP Sew ee Sob ewe eee as ETET esses le C GIAPINCS 2 sient ae E cane ee bus beer he ethan eeos foe eee C 1 TANG EE E EE EE ee E EE A EE oe ee 2 ee ox C 2 SO E E E EE E E E EEE Ds C 3 D ODBC database schema FactoryTalk Diagnostics log table 2 0 eee D 1 E Importing and exporting alarm XML files ADOUL AIM 4 ae etwas ens noo ves et osu abana athe Heese oon ie eae e ce ee E 1 Creating alarm XML files by exporting 0 0 e eee E 1 Ciel XAMLEMICS 24 0 5 bodes Shoe ee Eirinra arae E 2 Saving XML files in Notepad 0 0 0 0 nee E 2 Westin A Mia THES c1038 cae eee ea seaeoa nd RIAN a sare E 2 Importing XML files oath 0 6 amp oc o c06 oe eee ee ou Bae Re ale eed E 2 Error log MICs 4 tieonseoene oa nnarennsee secede n are ennetet condos E 3 Importing alarm XML files 0 0 eee E 3 Alarm setup XML file structure 0 eee E 3 F RFC1766 names Mapping languages to RFC1766 names 000s F 1 G Features supported in different versions of FactoryTalk View Which versions are supported 0 ccc cee eee eee eens G 1 Creating runtime application files for previous versions 0 G 1 Features that are not supported in version 4 00 or earlier 04 G 2 Features that are not supported in version 3 20 or earlier 005 G 3 Features that are not supported in version 3 10 or earlier 05 G 4
87. Talk View Machine Edition CD Summary of steps Follow these steps to install hardware and software on a PanelView Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal transfer your application to the PanelView Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal For information about installing FactoryTalk View ME Station see the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Installation Guide Installing hardware and software on a PanelView Plus CE terminal 1 If you will be printing displays alarms reports or diagnostics messages connect a printer to the USB or Network port Panel View Plus CE terminals support printing using the Microsoft Windows CE PCL3 printer driver which is already installed on the terminal Printing is supported for most laser and ink jet printers If you have problems printing check that your printer is compatible with the PCL3 printer driver If you are using an OPC server other than RSLinx Enterprise for example KEPServerEnterprise install the OPC server software on the terminal 16 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 16 2 For installation information see the documentation supplied by your OPC server vendor For information about OPC data servers see Chapter 5 If your application uses third party Active X objects install and register the Windows CE version of the objects on the terminal For information about ActiveX objects see page 20 21 Installing printers on a PanelView Plus terminal
88. a banker s algorithm to average out the rounding over time m If the number before the decimal is 0 the value is rounded down For example 10 5 is rounded to 10 m If the number before the decimal is an odd number the value is rounded up For example 11 5 is rounded to 12 m If the number before the decimal is an even number the value is rounded down For example 12 5 is rounded to 12 m Floating point values are rounded to a maximum of six digits Therefore using a floating point data type and adding to it a value that exceeds the six significant digits will result in a rounding error For example adding any number to 999 999 will result in a rounding error 7 Using HMI tags This rounding method is also used for numeric input enable buttons that use the implicit decimal position if an integer tag 1s assigned to the button s Value connection For more information about the numeric input enable button see page 21 30 Using the Tags editor The Tags editor has these parts form area query box folder hierarchy and spreadsheet area eed ee le ES Tag Name Slarm_tags ir_dryer_on off Close Type Description iat Minimum E Scale fi Masimum 1100 Offset E Data Type Defaut New Data Source Help Type Device Memory Form area Address PLCSIN Bl Query box Alarm tags Air dryer on off Analog Alarm_tags Blend header pre Analog Alarm _tags Blend sensor onc Analog Folder Alarm
89. a dash enclose the name in curly brackets when you use it in an expression for example N33 0 For more information about using tags in expressions see Chapter 23 Using folders to group tags To organize tags create a folder to store tags that are related to one another To separate the folder name from the rest of the tag name use a backslash For example tags in the folder called Pump would start with Pump For greater organization you can nest folders For example you can organize the HMI tag database first by area then by machines in the area and finally by devices in each machine The result might be Areal Machine1 Pump 7 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE To create similar groups of tags quickly create one folder with its tags and then duplicate the folder Viewing tag statistics The Tag Statistics dialog box provides a summary of how many tags your application uses as well as other tag information such as the date the HMI tag database was last modified To view tag statistics the Tags editor must be open and have focus To view tag statistics 1 On the View menu click Tag Statistics Tag Statistics Database COADOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS ALL USERSSDOCUMENTSSASVIEW ENTERPRISESMESHMI PROJECT S PUMPHOUSESTAGSPUMPHOUSE DE ODBC Data Source PUMPHOLISE Last Modified FrAug 30 14 37 43 2002 Tag Summary Analog 25 Digital String Mm Mi Total 36 Folders 3 Help Oth
90. a runtime application 1 In FactoryTalk View Studio with the application open on the Application menu click Create Runtime Application 14 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Create Runtime Application Save irr Runtime ct Eg by Recent Documents E Desktop S My Documents zr My Computer L hy Network File name Pumphouse mer Places Save as type Runtime 5 0 Application mer Cancel Conversion to development application Help Always allow conversion C Never allow conversion Conversion protected by password Password Eontirm Password 2 Specify the folder and file name for the runtime application 3 Inthe Save as type box specify the version of FactoryTalk View ME Station for which to create the mer file 4 For version 5 00 mer files if you don t want to allow the runtime application to be converted to a development application click Never allow conversion 5 For version 5 00 mer files if you require that the user enter a password to convert the application click Conversion protected by password Type the password in the two boxes The password can be up to 100 characters long The password is case sensitive 6 Click Save 14 4 14 Creating runtime applications Create Runtime Application Wizard Select Languages Check the languages you would like to include in the runtime application up
91. about creating tags in other editors see page 7 8 Searching for HMI tags Use the Tags editor s query box to select the tags you want to display in the spreadsheet This allows you to edit tags in different folders without browsing the folder hierarchy You can m select a single tag by typing the tag name m select multiple tags by typing wildcard characters These are the wildcard characters This character Does this Matches any single character Matches any number of characters including the backslash character Use this wildcard character by itself to display all the tags in the HMI tag database For example to search for all the tags that contain the string pump in their name type pump in the Search For box When you press Enter a list of tags containing the string pump appears in the spreadsheet 7 Using HMI tags When you do searches remember that the backslash in a folder name counts as a character in the tag name Data sources When creating an HMI tag you must specify a data source The data source determines whether the tag receives its values externally or internally The data source The FactoryTalk View documentation uses the term data source as a generic term that includes all possible sources of tag data for both data server tags and HMI tags The data source can be memory or a device such as a programmable controller or an OPC server FactoryTalk View writes values to and re
92. acid in a 100 gallon tank Alarms are generated when the tank is 75 full and 90 full 1 Create an alarm trigger for the tag Acid_tank_level This tag points to an address in a programmable controller that is linked to a sensor in the tank The tag s minimum value is O and its maximum value is 100 Use this expression for the alarm trigger if Acid_tank_level gt 74 AND Acid_tank_level lt 90 then 1 else if Acid_tank_level gt 89 then 2 9 11 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE else 0 2 Use the Value trigger type for the alarm trigger 3 Specify these trigger values and alarm messages for the alarm trigger Trigger Value Message l Warning The acid tank has exceeded safe fill levels 2 Danger The level in the acid tank is too high At run time when the value of Acid_tank_level is 75 or greater Factory Talk View generates the first alarm message The second message is generated when the tag value is 90 or greater Using the expression in step 1 allows a range of values to trigger each alarm This is useful in case the tag is not being read at the exact moment it reaches a threshold level The Bit trigger type Use the Bit trigger type to generate multiple simultaneous alarm messages You can assign an array tag consisting of up to 1 024 bits to the trigger connection Each bit in the array whose value changes from 0 to triggers an alarm if a message is set up for the bit position Exam
93. acklight is set to its minimum intensity That is it will be turned off Monitoring runtime RAM usage Sometimes it is helpful to monitor runtime RAM usage for troubleshooting purposes If your application seems to be running slowly consuming too much memory or interfering with the operation of other applications on the same personal computer or terminal it is useful to monitor the exact amount of memory the applications are consuming The PanelView Plus and PanelView Plus CE terminals operating systems have a 32 MB RAM process limit On these terminals Factory Talk View ME Station has a tag connection threshold of 26 MB Screen change performance will slow down significantly as the system adds and removes tag connections from the cache Use the runtime RAM usage global connections to monitor runtime RAM usage To reduce runtime RAM usage reduce the number of displays or tags in your application and restart the application regularly for example once a week Adding more RAM to the terminal will not help For more information see Answer ID 39481 in the Rockwell Automation Knowledgebase Use these global connections in the Memory tab of the Global Connections editor to monitor runtime RAM usage This connection Provides this information in kilobytes Kb MERuntime RAM Usage The amount of memory being used by your application and by the MERuntime exe process Total RAM Usage The total amount of memory being used by all
94. acn core Gadadecbeee abana ohne ne beuan nea wetad 2 10 Viewing an editor s components s s sssaaa ee eee eens 2 11 Opening editors aoas 254666402048 Coane nest beacon nd taranan 2 11 Closing editors ycaie 02509 beech ae baw inar Ree baaa a naga sched 2 12 Entering information in spreadsheets 0 ccc cee eee eee eens 2 12 PIAS ok ee os beds OAS a ee oa ee hy FEO be a oe oes 2 13 SElCCHNG A PMINCl 4 40442 nnne Hon be Shoe be 8 se aes SS 2 14 PRINS atrun MMC 6454 odd 60 690454555 55050 oboe SS odes 2 15 3 Planning applications Understanding ie Process 4 44444 204 ice rrean aaa eedeaesn eee seus os ide ed OW CUM ALA weenie ot ash aes de a es con he ee A ee es Designing an HMI tag database aus sbe see gare denen ode bee whew ed meds Paes Collecting 1iformauion 03 o44 44t on chee cad es aaa bene eee edd wee es OF ATI NS WAS acy a sah ee ab Pe Se RE ee a ee Oe ee ee Planning graphic displays 4240 4605 heed adedew lane tacdest oceweeivne bd Developing a hierarchy of displays 0 0 0 ccc eens Creating a template to ensure consistency 0 0 Desionins displays lt 4 exeo4 od abba edad abner Goon E andes e oe SADE 2 cee ua s 6 so oe her aE See hee 8 5 et oes on oe Planiine lang Ua ES naene ot Rw Od E USSE OWE SERRE ee eee ee Plannin Alt 02400 a essen de ae he Soe A KORO ede ee E eRe ne eee Providing information for the operator 0 cece eens Local and information messages 0 0 c
95. ad can accept up to 17 digits including the decimal point leading zero and minus sign Scratchpad area ggg BAE ggg oce agg When the keypad is open no other objects in the graphic display can accept input Using the numeric pop up scratchpad The scratchpad can accept up to 17 digits including the decimal point leading zero and minus sign 17 7 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Scratchpad area The scratchpad does not contain any buttons If the runtime computer does not have an external keyboard or keypad attached the operator will be unable to enter values or close the scratchpad When the scratchpad is open no other objects in the graphic display can accept input Using buttons and keys with the numeric pop up windows You can use the following buttons and their keyboard or keypad equivalents with the numeric pop up keypad For the pop up scratchpad you can use the Keys on an external keyboard or keypad only Use this button or key To do this Decimal Type a decimal point This button is visible only if the decimal point type for the numeric input enable button or numeric input cursor point is Implicit Minus Toggle the value between positive and negative ESC Close the pop up window without writing the value to the object s Value connection Backspace Delete the right most digit in the scratchpad If no digits are left the minus sign if any is removed Enter Cl
96. ads values from the data source The data source is set up to exchange information in the form of numeric or string values between the FactoryTalk View value table and the machine that your application is controlling Device A tag with device as its data source receives its data from a source external to FactoryTalk View The data can come from a programmable controller or other device via RSLinx Enterprise or from another OPC server You can use up to 5 000 device tags For analog tags with Device as the data source the data type determines the format used when reading and writing tag data to the data server Memory A tag with memory as its data source receives its data from and stores values in the FactoryTalk View internal value table Tags with memory as the data source do not count toward the total tag limit For analog tags with Memory as the data source select the data type that matches the format of the data you will store in the tag Choosing Default is the same as choosing Floating Point Addressing syntax for device tags For device tags you must provide the address and path to the OPC server that is connected to the data source For example the OPC server could be connected to a device such as a programmable controller The syntax for OPC tag addresses 1s AccessPath Address or AccessPath Address 7 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE where indicates that the address resides in a d
97. alk View Machine Edition FactoryTalk View Machine Edition includes two products FactoryTalk View Studio is configuration software for developing machine level applications This software runs on the Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 R2 operating systems FactoryTalk View ME Station is a stand alone runtime environment for machine level applications Use FactoryTalk View ME Station to run the applications you develop in Factory Talk View Studio You can run machine level applications on PanelView Plus terminals and PanelView Plus CE terminals with the Windows CE 4 1 operating system and on personal computers Additional software The FactoryTalk View Machine Edition CD also includes three additional software products RSLinx Enterprise is a communication server built around Factory Talk technology to assist in developing and running your FactoryTalk View ME applications It is an OPC 2 05 compliant server and will run on multiple platforms ranging from PanelView Plus dedicated terminals to personal computers RSLinx Classic is software that provides communications to a wide range of communication drivers RSLinx Classic is an OPC compliant data server RSLinx Classic is available for personal computers only Adobe Reader 8 0 is software for reading the online FactoryTalk View Machine Edition User s Guide If desired you can also use the software to print the User s Guide FactoryTalk Adminis
98. alled Windows linked users The link symbol in the Explorer window indicates that a user is a Windows linked user 11 17 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 11 18 The FactoryTalk Security access you give to users determines what actions they can perform in FactoryTalk View both on the development computer and at run time To do this Allow these Common actions Open applications Read and List Children Add and edit applications or components Write and Create Children Delete applications or components Delete Assign security and create users Create Children and Configure Security You can assign different permissions to users at different levels of the application Inheriting permissions The security you set up at the top level the FactoryTalk Directory is inherited by the application and users below it unless you select Do not inherit permissions One way to set up security is to assign the Read and List Children permissions to the All Users group at the FactoryTalk Directory level and then assign permissions for writing creating children configuring security and deleting to users and groups at the application level If you deny permission for an action to a user this overrides permission the user is granted as a member of a group If you deny permission for an action to a group allowing the action to a member of the group does not override the denial The denial always takes precedence To set up users
99. alues Year 00 99 Day of Week 1 7 with 1 being Sunday Month 1 12 Day of Month 1 31 Hour 0 23 Minute 0 59 Second 0 59 Specify how frequently to update the values of the assigned connections at the data source from the terminal s internal clock by typing a time in the Date and time output interval box Updating the date and time at the terminal from the data source This option is especially useful if you have several terminals connected to the same data source Instead of the operator resetting the date and time manually on each terminal the data source can reset all internal clocks at once To update the date or time in the terminal s internal clock from the data source assign a tag or an expression to the Remote Date and Time connection Also assign a tag or an expression to one or more of these connections This connection Contains this range of values Remote Year 00 99 or 0000 9999 Remote Month 1 12 Remote Day of Month 1 31 Remote Hour 0 23 Remote Minute 0 59 Remote Second 0 59 8 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 8 4 When the Remote Date and Time connection value changes to a new non zero value the terminal resets its internal time and date to the time and date read from the individual remote date and time connections The date and time are updated at the rate specified in the Maximum update rate box but changes are not made until the Remote Date and Time
100. and Windows Server 2003 R2 users from exiting the FactoryTalk View application at run time You can use this tool to set up a customized desktop and to prevent access to Windows functions You cannot use DeskLock if you are running your application on a Panel View Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal ME Firmware Upgrade Wizard is software for installing new firmware releases on an ME terminal ME Transfer Utility is software for moving a runtime machine level application mer file from the development computer to Panel View Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminals Tag Import and Export Wizard is software for importing or exporting the FactoryTalk View tag database Diagnostics Viewer allows you to view FactoryTalk Diagnostics messages using the Windows Event Viewer 1 Getting Started To start the tools 1 On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software FactoryTalk View Tools and then click the tool to start To start the Diagnostics Viewer 1 On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software FactoryTalk Tools and then click Diagnostics Viewer These tools are also available from the Tools menu in FactoryTalk View Studio Factory Talk tools FactoryTalk tools are installed when you install FactoryTalk Services Platform They are available from the Windows Start menu To start FactoryTalk tools 1 On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software FactoryTalk Tools and then cli
101. anguage selected for the export operation For details about the schema of exported Unicode text files see page 12 11 For a list of Windows languages and the corresponding RFC1766 names see page F 1 Exporting text to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet FactoryTalk View supports Microsoft Excel versions 2000 2002 and 2003 The exported file is in Microsoft Excel 5 0 95 Workbook format with the extension xls The maximum number of characters viewable in an Excel cell depends on the version of Excel and the font size If the maximum is exceeded the cell will be blank Optimizing duplicate strings When you export text to an Excel spreadsheet you have the option of optimizing duplicate strings FactoryTalk View analyzes the text and indicates repeated instances of the same string using a reference number This way the translator only needs to translate the text once When you import the translated strings from the spreadsheet into the application FactoryTalk View copies the translated string into all the graphic objects that used the string originally Excel spreadsheet file name format The format for the exported spreadsheet file name is lt ApplicationName gt _ lt ExportVersion gt x s where m lt ApplicationName gt is the name of the application m lt amp xportVersion gt is an incremental number assigned to each successful export operation For details about the schema of exported spreadsheet files see page 12 9 For a li
102. aphic object To do this Momentary push button Start a process or action by sending one value to the tag when pressed and another value when released 17 15 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Use this graphic object To do this Maintained push button Toggle between two values by sending one value to the tag when pressed and a second value the next time the button is pressed and released This button is useful for changing a setting within a machine or process but not for starting the machine or process Latched push button Start a machine or process and remain set latched until the process is completed by sending a value to the tag when pressed and retaining this value until reset unlatched by the Handshake connection Multistate push button Cycle through a series of values Each time the operator presses the button the value for the next state is sent to the tag When the button is in its last state pressing it causes the button to change to its first state and write out the first state value This button is useful when you want the operator to see and select multiple options in sequence using a single button The button displays the current state of a process or operation by showing a different color caption or image to reflect the different states Interlocked push button Use a group of buttons to send values to the same tag When the operator presses a button in the group the button s value is
103. applications and processes on the personal computer or terminal Available RAM The remaining amount of memory available Remote RAM Usage Assign a tag or expression to this connection When it has a non zero value data is sent to the other three connections if assigned You can monitor the values of the MERuntime RAM Usage Total RAM Usage and Available RAM connections using data logging or using graphic objects such as numeric displays The connections are updated every 10 seconds as long as the Remote RAM Usage connection has a non zero value Set up the data source to set this connection to a non zero value when you want memory monitoring to occur or assign the same tag or 8 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 8 8 expression to a graphic object such as a maintained push button that the operator can use to turn memory monitoring on and off These connections are available when you run FactoryTalk View ME Station on a personal computer and on the Panel View Plus and Panel View Plus CE terminals For Panel View Plus and Panel View Plus CE terminals you can also turn on the display of RAM usage statistics at run time To do this in the Configuration Mode window select Runtime RAM Usage and then make your selections in the Runtime RAM Usage window For more information see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual This manual is available on the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition CD C9 Setting up alarms Thi
104. arm buttons for acknowledging silencing and clearing alarms as well as a button for closing the display For information about how the buttons work see page 9 35 The ALARM BANNER display The Libraries folder contains a graphic display called ALARM BANNER The ALARM BANNER display allows the operator to see a single alarm at a time fe ALARM BANNER Condiments Library Alarm banner graphic object Silence Buttons _ gt The alarm banner graphic object The ALARM BANNER display contains an alarm banner graphic object which lists the most recent alarm message You can set up the alarm banner to queue new alarms until the displayed alarm has been acknowledged or to show new alarms as they occur The alarm banner in the ALARM BANNER display is set up to display new alarms as they occur and to display active alarms only but you can edit it if desired 9 26 9 Setting up alarms For more information about the alarm banner see page 9 33 Buttons in the ALARM BANNER display The ALARM BANNER display contains alarm buttons for acknowledging clearing and silencing alarms as well as a button for closing the display For information about how the buttons work see page 9 35 The ALARM MULTI LINE display The Libraries folder contains a graphic display called ALARM MULTI LINE The ALARM MULTI LINE display allows the operator to see multiple alarms at once p ALAR
105. arms are generated for the manual stop and the overload switch but the only alarm the operator needs to see is the alarm for the manual stop 1 Create an alarm trigger for the tag Motor_starter The tag uses 16 bits and points to the programmable controller address N7 61 although only the first three bit positions are used in this example Use the LSBit Least Significant Bit trigger type Because you are using only the first three bits in a single tag element there is no need to specify a length for the array tag in this example You can use a simple tag type However if you were also monitoring bits in N7 62 you would need to add L2 to the address as follows PLC5 N7 61 L2 9 Setting up alarms 2 Specify these trigger values and alarm messages for the alarm trigger Bit in the array bit address Bit position Trigger value Message 00 l l The motor has lost power 01 2 2 The motor has stopped 02 3 3 The overload switch has lost power At run time if power to the motor is lost the programmable controller changes all three bit values from 0 to 1 but FactoryTalk View generates the first alarm message only since bit 00 is the lowest that is least significant bit in alarm If the operator acknowledges the first alarm and power is not yet restored the second alarm is generated and so on Tips for using array tags You can use these tag data types for array tags Data type Number of b
106. ata Log Models editor see Chapter 26 i datalog Objects 5 Screen Demo Data Log Models OF x Enter tag names separated by a space if more than one in the Tags to add box then click Add to add them to the list of tage in the model Tags to add 7 Tags in model mem int memini Add apgtem Second Remove Remove All Tag s in the model e Importing tags from a PLC database Use the Import PLC Tags dialog box to selectively import tags from a PLC or other database into your application s HMI tag database Tags imported in this way are copied into the database they are not shared with the source database This means changes to tags in your application do not affect the database from which they have been imported and vice versa 7 9 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE DB Browser tool in the Tags editor You can import tags from any of these databases legacy PLC databases created using WINtelligent LOGIC 5 or A I 5 with file extension dsc RSLogix 5 or RSLogix 500 saved as an external database with file extension ctd before importing explicitly export to the ctd format to be sure of including the latest changes RSLogix 5 internal database with file extension rsp RSLogix 500 internal database with file extension rss For PLC and SLC addresses the Import PLC Tags dialog box shows only addresses that are used in the symbol or address list of the PLC prog
107. ata entry methods For information about creating graphic displays see Chapter 19 Developing a hierarchy of displays A hierarchy of displays is a series of graphic displays that provide progressively more detail as users move through them Design your display hierarchy to meet the needs of the various users including managers supervisors and operators Well organized graphic displays present information clearly and consistently and guide users through the system Before designing individual graphic displays plan an overall display hierarchy and plan how users will navigate through the hierarchy For information about navigation methods and developing a hierarchy of displays see Chapter 8 Creating a template to ensure consistency It is possible to keep a consistent appearance among all the displays in an application by presenting the same pieces of information in the same place on each graphic display To ensure uniformity develop a display with common elements that acts as a template Each time you develop a new display start with a duplicate of the template For example the template could contain m your company logo m atitle m the date and time m navigational buttons 3 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 3 4 Use global object displays to create template objects You can copy the objects into your graphic displays and update all the objects at once by updating the original object in the global
108. ata server in the application The two colons are necessary when the address contains a colon for example N7 0 The square brackets are part of the syntax They do not indicate optional parameters The access path is one of the following For communications with an RSLinx Enterprise data server the access path is the name of the device shortcut in RSLinx Enterprise m For communications with an RSLinx Classic OPC server the access path is the name of an OPC topic in RSLinx Classic For communications with other OPC servers the access path might be optional For information about the syntax for the access path see your OPC server documentation Example Logix5000 addressing We recommend that you use the Tag Browser to select OPC items When you use the Tag Browser the correct syntax and data types are selected automatically However if you want to define tags before setting up communications you can type the address manually as shown in this example If you type the address manually be sure to select the data type for the tag that matches the data type used by the Logix5000 processor If you use the Default data type values are treated as floating point values This example shows you how to specify the OPC topic item name and bit level of an item that uses the integer data type in a Logix5000 processor OPC topic and item addressing Logix5000 uses this addressing syntax Device shortcut item name for RSLinx Ent
109. ault language you must re specify the trigger labels for each of the graphic objects listed above using the trigger label names in the new default language For more information about the default language see page 12 2 Alarm notification methods You can use any combination of these methods to notify the operator that an alarm condition has occurred m Open an alarm graphic display containing an appropriate alarm message m Set off an audible signal if the application is running on a personal computer 9 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 6 m Send a message to a printer m Send a message to the data source If you set up alarm messages in multiple languages make sure that the data source can either receive the message in Unicode format or convert it into ASCII characters for all the languages you will be using To use these methods select the Display Audio Print and Message to Tag options when you create your messages Be sure to select the Print option if you need to keep a permanent record of alarms You can also print the contents of the alarm log file periodically as described on page 9 10 The alarm log file is also referred to as the alarm history Displaying alarm information FactoryTalk View comes with these alarm displays m ALARM in the Displays folder contains an alarm banner graphic object that is set up to display the newest active alarm in the alarm log file m ALARM BA
110. ave not been defined for the current language the undefined strings appear as single question marks If you turn off a graphic library s multiple language support and then save the library only strings for the current application language are saved The current application language therefore becomes the language neutral language Any strings for other languages are deleted To turn on support for multiple languages in a graphic library 1 Right click an empty area in the graphic library display and then click Display Settings 2 In the General tab select Support Multiple Languages After you turn on support for multiple languages when you save the graphic library all strings that support language switching are saved in the current application language For information about saving libraries in multiple languages see page 19 17 12 Setting up language switching Using graphic libraries that support multiple languages To use the graphics libraries in an application you can add a graphic library into the Displays folder or copy objects from a graphic library into a graphic display If the graphic library supports multiple languages m when you add the graphic library into the Displays folder all strings including strings for languages that are not supported by the application are included with the display m if you copy an object from the graphic library into a graphic display only strings for languages supported by t
111. ave specified for each alarm message and whether the column headings are displayed If alarms are currently being sorted by time alarms are listed with the newest alarms on top If alarms are currently being sorted by trigger value alarms from the first trigger in the Alarm Setup editor are listed first with alarms from subsequent triggers listed after 9 Setting up alarms Alarms in the list from the same trigger are grouped together and then sorted by trigger value from lowest to highest If there are multiple instances of the same alarm these alarms are sorted by time with the newest on top If you assign a tag or expression to any of the ActiveAcknowledged ActiveUnacknowledged InactiveAcknowledged or InactiveUnacknowledged connections when a connection s value is a non zero value the related type of alarm is displayed in the alarm list The connection value overrides the setting for the list in the Alarm List Properties dialog box If you set up alarm messages in multiple languages messages are displayed in the language that they were originally logged in All alarm and acknowledgement times are displayed in the current application language How the list scrolls When a display containing an alarm list is opened the highlight bar or cursor is at the top of the list on the most recent alarm if sorted by time or on the first alarm for the first trigger if sorted by trigger value If alarms are sorted by time and
112. ay by adding a goto display button that opens the STATUS display when pressed Creating your own alarm display You can create your own graphic display for displaying and responding to alarms For example you could create a display with a static text object that notifies the operator that an alarm has occurred and a goto display button that the operator can press to open a display that lists the actual alarm message 9 30 9 Setting up alarms If you create your own graphic display use an On Top display and select the Cannot Be Replaced option For information about the graphic objects you can use to display alarm information see the information starting on page 9 32 For information about creating graphic displays and graphic objects see Chapter 19 and Chapter 20 Opening and closing the alarm display Opening the display The alarm display you specify in the Advanced tab of the Alarm Setup editor either the default ALARM display a display you copy from the library or your own display is automatically opened whenever a trigger connection s value matches a trigger value if you selected the Display option for the trigger value You can also create a goto display button that the operator can press to open the alarm display For information about setting up a goto display button and specifying the display to open see Help Closing the display The operator can close the display by pressing a close display button The di
113. bout navigating between and using the graphic objects in a display see page 21 3 Logging in to a Windows domain To log data to a network location the runtime computer must be logged in to the same domain as the computer on the network To do this the user must have access rights for the domain To log in to a domain from a personal computer 1 When Windows starts type a user name password and domain name The PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminals cannot be part of a domain However you can verify that the user who is logged in to the Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal is on a user list that is part of a domain On the Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal logging in hard codes a domain member s credentials This gives the terminal access to permissible network resources such as network folders To authenticate a user on a PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal 1 In the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Networks and Communications 3 Double click Network Connections izi FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 17 2 4 Double click Network Identification 5 Type a user name password and domain name and then click OK Logging in to the application Users log in using the Login window They must have a user account in order to log in For information about setting up user accounts and passwords see Chapter
114. buttons for acknowledging silencing and clearing alarms sorting the list of alarms printing the alarm history list and opening the STATUS display as well as buttons for scrolling the list and closing the display For information about how the buttons work see page 9 35 Using displays from the library in your application The previous four sections described the ALARM BANNER ALARM MULTI LINE STATUS and HISTORY displays that are included in the Libraries folder You can copy objects from the displays to your own display or you can copy the entire displays into your application For information about copying objects from a library into your graphic display see page 20 42 The graphic libraries are available on the development computer but do not appear at run time To use a display in the library as a graphic display at run time you must add the library display into your application s folder of graphic displays For details see page 19 16 Example Using the ALARM and STATUS displays together To use the ALARM display to alert the operator about alarms as they occur and the STATUS display to show how many times and for how long alarms have been active 1 Inthe Alarm Setup editor in the Advanced tab select the ALARM display as the display to open when alarms are triggered if it is not already selected It is selected by default 2 Add the STATUS display from the library 3 Edit the ALARM displ
115. can also send warnings about things that might go wrong if left unattended to the local log file This allows a control systems engineer to analyze system activity and performance and make corrections during scheduled maintenance times m You can send errors that require immediate action to the diagnostics list object in the DIAGNOSTICS display as well as the log file m You can set up the DIAGNOSTICS display to open automatically when system activity occurs to allow the operator to respond to problems that might stop production if they are not solved immediately Categories FactoryTalk Diagnostics categorizes messages by severity and by audience For each destination you can specify the message severity and audience Message categories Error Warning Info Audit Operator M K W M Engineer w Developer D a Secure Choosing not to log messages If messages of a particular category are not routed to any destination the messages for that category are not logged For example you might not want to log information messages or you might not want to send any messages to the Operator Message severities FactoryTalk View categorizes messages in four severities m Errors indicate that a process or action has failed For example a tag s value could not be written or a user typed the wrong password while logging on to the system m Warnings indicate that a process or action might not function correctly or mig
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117. ccess to graphic objects assign visibility animation to the objects using expressions containing the security functions For an example see page 11 11 Assigning security to graphic displays Assign security to graphic displays in the Graphics editor You can m assign security when you create the graphic display or at any time after creating the display m assign the same security code to more than one display m assign whichever codes you want in any order For example you can choose to use only the codes D and P and you can assign P before you assign D For more information about graphic displays see Chapter 19 To assign security to a graphic display 1 In the Graphics editor right click an empty area of the display and then click Display Settings FACTORY TALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 11 10 Display Settings General Behavior Display Type C Replace i OnTop W Cannot Be Replaced Display Number ll Security Code Title Bar Digable Initial Ip 2 Inthe General tab select a security code To give every security code access to the display select the asterisk The is selected by default Example Assigning security codes to prevent access to graphic displays This example shows how to set up users with access to different graphic displays 1 Assign security codes to graphic displays as follows To this display Assign this security code
118. ccess to the System folder and to all the folders in the System folder including policies groups and users You do this by specifying which groups and users have access to the folder and what actions they can perform To set up security access to policies groups and users 1 Right click the System folder or a folder in the System folder and then click Security 2 Specify which groups and users have access to the folder and what actions they can perform For details see Help Setting up security access to networks and devices You can assign security access to networks and devices in general to the development computer and to specific devices Set up security for networks and devices if you are using RSLinx Classic devices 11 Setting up security To set up security access to networks and devices 1 In the System folder right click Networks and Devices the development computer workstation or a specific device and then click Security 2 Specify which groups and users have access to the item and what actions they can perform For details see Help Specifying which users can back up and restore FactoryTalk Directory and FactoryTalk View applications You can allow users or groups of users to back up and restore the contents of the local FactoryTalk Directory including applications users groups and all security settings Users must have permission to back up and restore FactoryTalk Directory to use the Applicat
119. ck the tool to start Factory Talk Activation tools FactoryTalk Activation tools are installed when you install FactoryTalk View if you choose to install the FactoryTalk Activation Server They are available from the Windows Start menu To start FactoryTalk Activation tools 1 On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software FactoryTalk Activation and then click the tool to start A 9 Exploring FactoryTalk View Studio This chapter describes m starting and exiting FactoryTalk View Studio m opening sample applications m exploring the FactoryTalk View Studio main window m using the Explorer window m working with editors m entering information in spreadsheets m printing information in editors For information about working with editors components see Chapter 18 in Volume 2 of the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition User s Guide Starting and exiting FactoryTalk View Studio FactoryTalk View Studio is configuration software for developing machine level applications This software runs on the Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 R2 operating systems Starting FactoryTalk View Studio To start FactoryTalk View Studio 1 On the Windows Start menu select Programs and then click FactoryTalk View Studio FactoryTalk View comes with several sample applications We suggest you open the Malthouse sample application now to use while you try out the instructions in the remain
120. cleared Silencing alarms When the operator presses the silence alarms button any audible signal triggered by an alarm is silenced and the Silence connection is set to 1 for the hold time or for the duration of the button press whichever is longer Then the connection s value is reset to 0 If the hold time for any alarm is still in effect and the operator presses silence alarms the button press is ignored The audio alarm indicator is available for applications running on personal computers only Clearing and deleting messages From the alarm history When the operator presses the clear alarm history button all alarms in the system or optionally for a specific alarm trigger are deleted from the alarm log file and from all alarm lists For information about the alarm log file see page 9 10 If the Ack connection is assigned for any of the alarm triggers being cleared the operator is prompted to acknowledge the unacknowledged messages before deleting them If the operator chooses to acknowledge the alarms the Acknowledge all value if any is sent to the Ack connection before deleting the messages If the Ack connection is not assigned or if the operator chooses not to acknowledge alarms all messages are deleted immediately 9 39 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 40 From the alarm banner When the operator presses the clear alarm banner button the displayed alarm is cleared from the banner Th
121. cover all the details or variations in the equipment procedure or process described nor do they provide directions for meeting every possible contingency during installation operation or maintenance This product s implementation may vary among users This document is current as of the time of release of the product however the accompanying software may have changed since the release Rockwell Automation Inc reserves the right to change any information contained in this document or the software at anytime without prior notice It is your responsibility to obtain the most current information available from Rockwell when installing or using this product Doc ID VIEWME UM004E EN E August 2007 Contents Preface Product name changes 0 ccc ce eee eee ee eee eenees P 1 About the documentation 0 0c p 2 Finding the information you need 0 0 eee eee ene p 2 Try the User s Guide and Help first 0 0 2 0 0 0 ccc eee ees p 2 Information on the Internet 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 ccc cc eee ee eens p 3 Contacting Rockwell Automation Technical Support p 3 1 Getting Started The parts of FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 0000 000s 1 1 POU ONlal SOMUW alte a4 5 4 44 oS ken ad elbeGe ew 4 oe S504 4d adee een see Bebe l 1 FactoryTalk Administration Console 0 0 eee l 1 The FactoryTalk View Machine Edition tools 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 FactoryTalk View Studio tool
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123. ctoryTalk View if your application doesn t already have one For more information see Chapter 5 In graphic displays data log models or anywhere else you want to use a tag s value create a direct reference to the tag At run time the tag s value is passed to the graphic display or data log model FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 6 4 When to use HMI tags Use HMI tags to manipulate tag data and to store tag values in the runtime computer s memory Scaling offsetting or providing a range for data Use HMI tags if the data server you are using does not provide for m scaling or offsetting a value m setting minimum or maximum limits on a value that is providing a range of values Scale and offset The scale and offset modify the raw data that comes from and goes to the programmable controller before the data is saved in the computer s memory called the value table The scale and offset also modify the value specified in FactoryTalk View before it is written to the programmable controller The scale is a multiplication factor the value from the programmable controller is multiplied by the scale The offset is a fixed value after the value from the programmable controller is multiplied by the scale the offset amount is added Minimum and maximum HMI tags allow you to set a minimum and maximum value that can be written to the programmable controller or server These values do not af
124. cts see Chapter 28 Planning recipes When planning recipes consider how they will be used For example will recipes be used to m compare tag values to pre set data values m upload tag values to existing or new data sets download values from data sets to tags m archive tag values to ensure compliance with government regulations Based on such considerations you can determine m which tag sets and data sets to pair together in a recipe file m which RecipePlus button actions to use with the RecipePlus selector and RecipePlus table For information about using recipes and creating RecipePlus graphic objects see Chapter 29 3 Planning applications Designing a secure system When deciding on your security requirements consider whether to restrict access to every graphic display to prevent accidental changes restrict access to certain graphic displays have everyone log on use passwords and if so whether to have a minimum length and whether to require that the passwords are changed periodically allow only authorized users to shut down the application use the DeskLock tool to prevent users from switching to another application at run time for applications that will run on personal computers You can use this tool to set up a customized desktop and to prevent access to Windows functions Based on these considerations you can set up security for individual users or groups of users For example you mig
125. curity user groups and users and set up their passwords You can also add users and groups in the Runtime Security editor in the ME Runtime 4 00 and later tab as described on page 11 4 Assign user access to the computer s Factory Talk Directory If desired restrict access to the application and to networks and devices You can also restrict security access to policies user groups and users Set up policies for m backing up and restoring FactoryTalk Directory m tracking activities for audit purposes m passwords and user accounts In the Runtime Security editor add FactoryTalk Security users or user groups to FactoryTalk View and assign login and logout macros and security codes to them In the Graphics editor assign security codes to graphic displays that will have limited access Provide users with a method for logging in and out If desired prevent unauthorized users from stopping the application These steps are described in detail in the following sections You can also assign security to action groups connections and databases These topics are not discussed in this chapter For information about these topics see the FactoryTalk Security help Creating FactoryTalk Security users You can set up users in FactoryTalk Security before you add them to the FactoryTalk View Runtime Security editor FactoryTalk Security allows you to reference user accounts that have already been set up in Windows These are c
126. d system Second Remove Remove All Tag s in the model soo Using macros to assign values to tags A macro is a list of tag assignments stored in a text file Whenever you run the macro the specified values are written to the tags For more information about macros see Chapter 30 i Blend recipe Pumphouse Macros Form Tag lt E spressioni Oo l Ta Tag Diesel_blend_percent Mogas_blend_percent 3 You can also use recipes to assign values to multiple tags with a button press For information about using recipes to assign values to tags see Chapter 29 6 12 2 Using HMI tags This chapter describes m HMI tag types m using the Tags editor m data sources m addressing syntax for device tags m organizing HMI tags m viewing tag statistics m other methods for creating HMI tags m importing HMI tags HMI tag types HMI tags are tags you create in FactoryTalk View For information about when to use HMI tags versus when to use data server tags see Chapter 6 You can create and use these types of HMI tags in FactoryTalk View This tag type Analog Stores this type of data Range of values Use analog tags to represent variable states such as temperature or the position of rotary controls Digital Oorl Use digital tags to represent devices that can only be on or off such as switches contacts and relays String ASCII string series of characters
127. dd to any FactoryTalk View application You can use FactoryTalk Security features on the development computer to determine which users can view edit create and delete applications determine which users can manage users and set up security FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE m determine which users can back up and restore applications You can use a combination of FactoryTalk Security and FactoryTalk View security features at run time to m prevent unauthorized users from running the application m prevent users from opening graphic displays m prevent unauthorized users from stopping the application m prevent users from seeing and using certain parts of a graphic display m prevent users from switching to other applications This feature uses the DeskLock tool and is available for personal computers only You can use this tool to set up a customized desktop and to prevent access to Windows functions For more information about the DeskLock tool see Chapter 15 The DeskLock tool does not use FactoryTalk Security To limit the users who have access to the application or parts of the application you must set up user accounts and passwords If you set up the data source to open graphic displays remotely using global connections remote display changes occur whether or not the logged in user has security access to a given display For details about controlling display changes remotely see page 8 4 If yo
128. der of this chapter See the instructions on page 2 2 Exiting FactoryTalk View Studio To exit FactoryTalk ViewStudio 1 On the File menu click Exit If there are any unsaved changes in open editors FactoryTalk View Studio asks you whether to save the changes before exiting the program 2 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Opening sample applications The sample applications are designed for two screen resolutions 640 x 480 and 800 x 600 Select the application that matches the screen resolution of your runtime monitor When you first install FactoryTalk View sample applications are accessible to all users For information about setting up users and granting them access to applications see Chapter 11 To open the Malthouse sample application 1 Start FactoryTalk View Studio 2 Click the Existing tab Hew Open Machine Edition Application Hew Existing Application Mame Baggage b40 480 Baggage _ SU0600 BizBikes ME Malthouse Clos 6402480 Malthouse Clos 800600 Objects 5 Screen Demo zl Language English United States en US Open Cancel 3 Click Malthouse Clgx 640x480 or Malthouse Clgx 800x600 4 Specify a language for the application and then click Open FactoryTalk View Studio displays the sample application in the Explorer window 2 2 2 Exploring FactoryTalk View Studio Problems opening applications If you have trouble opening an application in Fact
129. ditor or component Workbook Mode allows you to bring forward an open item more quickly than by using the Window menu FactoryT alk View Studio Machine Edition Iof x File Edit View Objects Arange Animation Application Tools Window Help maaler o I GR yonne Aage E ROABTICOCNBAODOCISR SSS Smmm Rapa Hg Mob eMe rex ro vaz BEDANA onnee 3 Local CARBCK YREMPELO1 f Germ Dampers Malthouse Clgx 64048077 Display ffa Malthouse Clox 640x480 Malthouse Clgx 640x480 System Project Settings Runtime Security Diagnostics List Setup Global Connections h 3 Startup eee magn A S HMI Tags Germination Tank 1 Tags Sany mm H Graphics E rrij Displays ACTIVITY ALARM INFORMATION Air On TE y Air Off FanRoom Temp A k tery prem Temp FanRoomDesc N NNN deg F Germ Dampers GermDesc 1 ou GetmMachine z GermMachineControl Vat PS 60 GermStepControl 4 Kiln Status BT KilnDesc Inflow Damper Position 20 E g i N NNN deg F Kilnmachine2 Inflow Damper Position KilnMachineControl KilnStepControl eerie PV SP Overview ile C Documents and Setting Clear Clear All NUM Workbook tabs Showing and hiding items in the main window You can display or hide all the items in the main window except the menu bar by clicking the items on the View menu 2 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 2 8 G FactoryT alk Vie
130. e Importing and exporting alarm setup files The Alarm Import Export Wizard in FactoryTalk View Studio allows you to export alarm information to an XML file and to import an alarm setup XML file For example you can export an application s alarm setup information import the setup to another FactoryTalk View application and then modify it in the new application to suit your requirements Or you can modify the file before importing it into the new application You can use the Alarm Import Export Wizard to import alarm setup information that has been created using an external programming tool or editor or you can import a FactoryTalk View XML file For more information about importing and exporting alarm setup files see Appendix E How alarms work This section provides an overview of the key components of your application s alarm system and describes how the different parts work together Alarm triggers and trigger values You specify the tags and expressions also known as connections to monitor for alarm conditions by creating an alarm trigger for each connection Each alarm trigger can generate one or more alarm messages associated with different trigger connection values For each alarm trigger you specify the trigger values that will generate alarm messages and create the messages to display for the trigger values 9 Setting up alarms The trigger value can be a non zero integer value or a bit position depending on
131. e is set up to exchange information in the form of numeric or string values between FactoryTalk View and the machine that your application is controlling Tags and expressions Before setting up alarms you must set up data server or HMI tags corresponding to the addresses at the data source that will store the values you want to monitor for alarm 9 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 4 conditions You can monitor analog and digital tags for alarm conditions including both HMI and data server tags You cannot monitor string tags For information about setting up data server tags see your OPC data server documentation For information about creating HMI tags see Chapter 7 You can also use expressions to perform logical or mathematical calculations on tag values and then monitor the expression value rather than the original tag value For example you could use an expression to monitor whether a tag value has increased or decreased beyond a threshold value If Tag1 gt 90 then 1 else 2 For information about creating expressions see Chapter 23 Identifying alarm conditions Once you have identified the processes you want to monitor for alarms and the tags or expressions that will store the values representing the status of the processes you must determine the acceptable range of values for each tag or expression Then you can set up alarms to notify the operator when a value is outside the normal operating rang
132. e a description of the application If you don t type a description now you can add one later as described on page 4 17 4 Specify a language for the application For information about using different languages see Chapter 12 5 Click Create FactoryTalk View Studio creates the application s folders and files and then displays the new application in the Explorer window The application is created in the ME HMI projects directory in a folder with the same name as the application name This is the path to the ME HMI projects directory C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise ME HMI projects Windows 2000 Or C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RS View Enterprise ME HMI projects Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 Once you create the application specify the project settings These settings determine the general appearance of your runtime application and affect how your graphic displays look For more information see page 4 16 To create a new application when FactoryTalk View Studio is already open 1 On the File menu click New Application or click the New Application tool If an application is already open FactoryTalk View Studio asks you whether to close the application that is currently open Click Yes 2 Follow steps 2 through 5 in the previous procedure Importing applications You can import PanelBuilder PanelBuilder32 PanelBuilder 1400e and FactoryTalk
133. e alarm remains in the alarm log file and in all alarm lists it appears in Using alarm buttons to sort alarms and reset alarm status Sorting alarms When the operator presses the sort alarms button the sort order toggles from time to trigger value or from trigger value to time The sort order applies to all alarms in all alarm lists and in the alarm log file Resetting alarm status When the operator presses the reset alarm status button the alarm status of each alarm is reset as follows The accumulated time an alarm has been in alarm is reset to O If the alarm is still active the time begins accumulating again m The number of times the alarm has been triggered is reset to 0 If the alarm is still active the number changes to 1 If the Status Reset connection is assigned in the Alarm Setup editor it is set to 1 for the hold time or for the duration of the button press whichever is longer If a hold time from a previous reset alarm status button press is still in effect the button press is ignored Pressing the clear alarm history button can also reset the status of alarms if you select the Reset alarm status option for the button You can set the button up to clear and reset the status of all alarms or just the alarms for a specific alarm trigger Retaining alarm status The status of alarms is retained when the application is shut down When the application is restarted m if an alarm is still active the time begin
134. e correct cable Connect a Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal to the PC using the Allen Bradley serial cable 2711 NC13 To start the Transfer Utility tool 1 On the development computer do one of the following m In FactoryTalk View Studio on the Tools menu click Transfer Utility m On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software FactoryTalk View Tools and then click ME Transfer Utility Transfer Utility lel E Download Upload Compare Source file Be Be Help M Download as Destination storage type WARNING Internal Storage heer meee Include a goto configure mode button in your application if i you need to access the configuration mode screens Include a shutdown button in your application if you want to E be able to shut it down Select destination terminal RSLins Enterprise CARBCKYREMPELO1 1789 417 Backplane EtherNet Ethernet Mode Selec Not Browsing For details about using the utility see the utility s Help Uploading applications from the PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal Use the Transfer Utility to upload your runtime application from the PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal to the development computer Runtime applications have the extension mer 16 6 16 Transferring applications to a PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal Any password changes that were made while the application was running
135. e default language s strings for undefined strings in the exported file or spreadsheet Exporting text in Unicode format When you export text in Unicode format these text strings are also exported m text descriptions and error messages for the Change Password window These strings are exported if you use a password button in your application You can translate these strings but you cannot change their language dynamically at run time the way you can for graphic object strings For the Change Password window the runtime application will use the strings that are in the application when the runtime application is created For example if the current application language is French and you have imported French text strings for the Change Password window then the French strings will be compiled in the runtime application If the operator opens the window the strings will be displayed in French If the operator changes to another language the strings will still be displayed in French 12 Setting up language switching Unicode file name format The format for the exported Unicode text file name is lt ApplicationName gt lt HMIServerName gt lt RFC1766 gt txt where m lt ApplicationName gt is the name of the application m lt HMI ServerName gt is the name of the HMI server containing the text strings you exported This is always the same name as the application name m lt RFCI 766 gt is the RFC1766 name associated with the l
136. e making any changes to the shortcuts RSLinx Enterprise device shortcuts that were valid on the runtime terminal might not exist or might be invalid on the development computer Review all device and tag file shortcut assignments in the RSLinx Enterprise Communication Setup editor before you edit test or transfer the application To convert a runtime application to a development application 1 In FactoryTalk View Studio on the Tools menu click Application Manager 2 When prompted to select the application type click Machine Edition and then click Next 3 Click Restore runtime application and then click Next 14 Creating runtime applications p Application HM anager Specity the runtime application to restore things W4ll Users Documents ASview EnteronzesME SAuntimePumphouse me Restore the runtime application C Restore the runtime application and FactoryT alk Local Directory Specity the password if the runtime application it protected with a password i oomaeoneow Back Cancel Help Specify the folder and file name of the runtime application to convert To restore the runtime application s FactoryTalk Local Directory to the development computer click Restore the runtime application and FactoryTalk Local Directory If you created a password for the file when you created the runtime application type the password Click Next Type a name for the converted application and then clic
137. e products to your users For example you can specify which users are allowed to browse the network for RSLinx Enterprise devices 11 15 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Setup access to the FactoryTalk Directory Setup access to the application Explorer Condiments Er Local CARBCKYrREMFELOT 4 Condiments Condiments System HMI Tags 9 Graphics C Alarme lnformatior Logic and Control CJ Data Log RecipePlus 4 ASLing Enterprise System CJ Action Groups 9 Policies 9 Product Policies 9 System Policies 9 FactoryT alk Alarms and Events User Rights Assignment Audit Policy Securty Policy a gt Networks and Devices Users and Groups User Groups Authenticated Users Windows Administrators Group Administrators Users f Administrator of Anonymous Logon maintenance f operator 3 Connections CJ Databases T You can assign security to all the folders in the System folder Setup policies Setup access to devices Add users and groups and assign passwords The link symbol indicates Windows linked groups and users gt gt Application Communications 11 16 11 Setting up security Summary of steps Follow these steps to set up security using FactoryTalk Security and FactoryTalk View security features 1 7 8 In the Explorer window in the System folder underneath the HMI server add FactoryTalk Se
138. e quotes If a text string contains double quotes the whole string definition must also be enclosed in double quotes For example Call Duty Manager must be entered in the string file as Call Duty Manager Importing text containing multiple sets of double quotes If the string definition contains an odd number of double quotes the number of double quotes is rounded down to an even number and then each pair is imported as one double quote For example the string Call Duty Manager appears in the application as Call Duty Manager Working with backslashes and new line characters To force text to begin on a new line precede the text with the characters n For example Motor nStopped appears in the application as Motor Stopped To make the characters n appear as part of the text type n To make a backslash appear in the application type two backslashes Importing text containing multiple backslashes If the imported text file contains an odd number of backslashes next to each other one of the backslashes will be ignored For example the string Seven Kight is imported into the application as Seven Eight 12 Setting up language switching Importing text You can import text strings saved in Unicode text format or in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format If your text strings are in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format only text strings that exist in the spreadsheet are imported This means
139. e steps for setting up remote display changes For more detailed information about the Global Connections editor see Help 8 Setting up global connections To set up remote display changes 1 In the Graphics editor in the Display Settings dialog box assign a unique display number to each Replace display By default every Replace display is assigned the number 1 Therefore to use remote display changes you must assign a unique display number to every Replace display even if you don t plan to open a particular Replace display remotely Another option is to avoid using the display number 1 for remote display changes Then you only need to assign display numbers to the displays you want to change remotely For more information about graphic displays see Chapter 19 2 Inthe Global Connections editor assign a tag or an expression to the Remote Display Number connection 3 If you assign a tag to the Remote Display Number connection set up the data source to send a display s number to the connection when you want the display to open If you assign an expression to the Remote Display Number connection FactoryTalk View monitors the values of the tags used in the expression and uses the expression result to determine which display to open Printing displays Use these global connections in the Display tab of the Global Connections editor to monitor and control display printing m Display Print Active notifies the data
140. east significant bit has been set to 1 m If you set up alarm messages in multiple languages all messages and trigger labels are displayed in the current application language regardless of what language they were originally logged in What happens when the display is opened m The first time a display containing the alarm status list is opened the first page of alarms is displayed m If the list is set up to display active alarms only and alarms that were visible when the display was closed are no longer active the alarms are removed from the list m If alarms have been reset since the display was last opened the first page of alarms is displayed Using buttons with the alarm history and alarm objects Alarm buttons You can use these alarm buttons to interact with the alarm list alarm banner or alarm status list and to clear and sort the alarm history With this graphic Use this button object To do this Acknowledge alarm Alarm list Acknowledge and silence the selected Alarm banner alarm 9 35 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 36 Use this button Acknowledge all alarms Alarm status mode Clear alarm banner Clear alarm history Print alarm history Print alarm status With this graphic object Alarm status list Alarm banner To do this Acknowledge and silence all currently unacknowledged alarms or the currently unacknowledged alarms for a specific alarm trigger Change the
141. eck mark appears Viewing FactoryTalk Diagnostics log files Use the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer tool to view the contents of FactoryTalk Diagnostics local log files You can open the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer from within FactoryTalk View Studio or from the Windows Start menu The FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer is available on personal computers You can also set up personal computers to accept messages from Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminals and then display the messages in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer or in the Diagnostics List For information about sending messages from Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminals to personal computers see page 10 8 To open the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer do one of the following m In FactoryTalk View Studio on the Tools menu click Diagnostics Viewer m On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software FactoryTalk Tools and then click Diagnostics Viewer For information about setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics to send messages to the local log see Help for the Diagnostics Setup tool For additional information about setting up and using the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer see the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer Help 10 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 10 6 Using the Diagnostics Setup tool Use the Diagnostics Setup tool to set up destinations and message routing on the development computer including logging to the
142. elete the log file from the runtime computer at application startup For information about deleting the log file see page 15 15 If you download a newer version of an application to the runtime computer the alarm log file for the older version is deleted automatically Alarm trigger data types When you create alarm triggers you must specify the type of data the trigger s tag or expression uses The type of data affects how alarms are triggered The Value trigger type To trigger alarms based on integer or floating point values use the Value trigger type When the value of the trigger connection equals the trigger value of a message an alarm is generated If you use an analog tag either an HMI tag or a data server tag or an expression you can use any non zero integer or floating point value to trigger an alarm Floating point values are rounded to the nearest integer For information about how values are rounded see page 7 2 Trigger values cannot be 0 Digital tags have two possible values 0 and 1 Therefore if you use a digital tag either an HMI tag or a data server tag you can only use the value 1 to trigger a message If you want to use a digital tag to trigger two different messages create an expression that adds to the digital tag s value That way you can use the trigger values 1 and 2 Example Integer trigger values This example shows how to set up alarms using integer trigger values to monitor the level of
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144. empty until you start setting up your application When you finish developing the application FactoryTalk View uses the information in the various folders and files to create the runtime application 4 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE HMI project file The HMI project file has the extension med The HMI project file is located in this directory C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise ME HMI projects Windows 2000 or C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RS View Enterprise ME HMI projects Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 Runtime application file The runtime application consists of a file with the extension mer For information about creating the runtime application see Chapter 14 Component files Component files are located in folders in the HMI project folder as described in the following table For example graphic display component files with the extension gfx are stored in the Gfx folder You might need to navigate to the location of these files for example if you are adding a component from one application into another application This folder Contains File extensions Application name HMI project file and the folders described below med DLG Data log models component files mdf Gfx Graphic display component files gfx Global Objects Global object display component files ggfx Images Image files bmp or jpg Informati
145. en the diagnostics display For information about setting up a goto display button and specifying the display to open see Help Closing the display The operator can close the display by pressing a close display button How the diagnostics list graphic object works At run time when a severity of system activity occurs that you ve set up to log a message about the activity is added to the diagnostics list The diagnostics list can be in the DIAGNOSTICS display in a diagnostics display you have created or can be placed on any display in your application You can use multiple diagnostics lists in the same display or in different displays Each diagnostics list displays the same information For information about setting up diagnostics lists see Help 10 11 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE What is displayed m If the message is too long to fit in the list the last displayed character is replaced with an asterisk The number of diagnostics messages that is visible at one time depends on the height of the diagnostics list and the list s font size m Messages are listed with the newest diagnostics message on top Using buttons with the diagnostics list Diagnostics buttons You can use these diagnostics buttons to interact with the diagnostics list This button Does this Diagnostics clear Clears the selected message from all diagnostics lists in the application Diagnostics clear all Clear
146. er methods for creating HMI tags aaa Browse button in the Tag column In addition to creating tags in the Tags editor you can m create tags as needed in other editors using the Tag Browser import tags from a PLC or SLC database For details see page 7 9 Creating tags as needed in other FactoryTalk View editors You can create tags as needed in any editor or dialog box that uses tags You can add a tag to the database by doing one of the following m Click the Browse button in the Tag column to open the Tag Browser and create the tag For information about using the Tag Browser see page 6 5 m Type a new tag name in the Tag or expression column Keep track of the tag name and add the tag in the Tags editor when convenient 7 Using HMI tags Creating tags as needed in the Data Log Models editor In the Data Log Models editor in the Tags in Model tab you can add a tag to the database by doing one of the following m Click the Browse button beside the Tags to add box to open the Tag Browser and create the tag For information about using the Tag Browser see page 6 5 Browse button inthe Type a new tag name in the Tags to add box and then click Add You are warned Data Log Models editor that the tag does not exist Click Yes to add the tag to the list of tags in the datalog model Keep track of the tag name and add the tag in the Tags editor when convenient For more information about the D
147. erprise OPC topic name item name for RSLinx Classic In this example the RSLinx Enterprise device shortcut name for the Logix5000 processor is CLGX To connect to an OPC item called Motor type this address CLGX Motor Bit level addressing You can gain access to the bit level of an item that uses the integer data type by appending to the end of the tag address where is the number of the bit you want access to 7 Using HMI tags For example to gain access to the first bit of the integer item Motor type this address CLGX Motor 0 Organizing HMI tags Organizing tags makes finding and using tags faster and simpler To organize your tags try these tips m Establish naming conventions Naming conventions enable you to use wildcard characters most effectively when searching for and displaying tags during development m Use folders to group related tags Naming tags Tag names can be up to 255 characters long including folder name If you create a folder the folder name becomes part of the tag name The backslash after a folder name counts as a character The tag name can contain these characters a AtoZ m Oto9 m underscore _ and dash Tag names cannot contain spaces The tag name can be mixed case Tag names preserve upper and lower case for readability but are not case sensitive For example the tag name MixerValvel is the same as mixervalvel When a tag name starts with a number or contains
148. es dialog box and then click the Connections tab Momentary Push Button Properties General States Common Connections Ea a E E r ee Type the tag name here Or Click the Browse button to open the Tag Browser m Select the object and then assign tags in the Connections tab of the Property Panel Property Panel HMomentaryPushButtont Momentary Pus Properties Connections Ee E T ET Walue lt E Indicator ae ee E Or click the Browse button to open the Tag Browser Type the tag name here Yalue Type Long Returns the control state value of the object 6 10 6 Working with tags Using expressions to manipulate tag values Many of the connections to which you can assign a tag also permit the use of expressions to perform logical or mathematical calculations on tag values If you assign an expression FactoryTalk View monitors the expression value rather than the original tag value For example your machine might send values to the data source in the form of temperature in degrees Celsius You could use an expression to convert the value to degrees Fahrenheit and then monitor the expression result rather than the original tag value If you can assign an expression a Browse button is present in the Exprn column in the editor or Connections tab Trigger Type the expression here Or Click the Browse button to open the Expression editor To assign an expression d
149. es for these messages as described in this chapter When you create a new application the language you specify for the application is the default language You can change the default language at any time The default language can be any of the languages in the application You can display undefined strings in the default language during application development If you do not select this option undefined strings are displayed as a question mark character If you select this option but do not include the default language with the runtime application undefined strings are displayed as a question mark character at run time Alarm trigger labels are displayed in the Trigger Label Selector list using the default language If you change the default language you must re specify the trigger labels for every graphic object that filters alarms To do this specify the trigger label names in the new default language For more information about filtering alarms when your application uses multiple languages see page 9 5 To change the default language 1 On the Tools menu click Languages 12 Setting up language switching Language Configuration General Language I English Canada en CA The checkmark phf French Canada fr CA indicates the default language Current application language gt Current language English Canada en A Add Remove Esport Import Set As Default 0 Disp
150. es which messages You can specify which types of messages are sent to the Operator Engineer and Developer audiences FactoryTalk View automatically sends audit messages to the Engineer and Secure audiences Audit messages allow auditing tools such as those required for US Government 21CFR Part 11 compliance to track system activity Displaying diagnostics messages during application development During application development diagnostics messages are displayed as you create modify and delete components and when you test your graphic displays The messages are displayed in the Diagnostics List at the bottom of the FactoryTalk View Studio window You can also view the messages in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer as described in the next section 10 Setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics By default all warning and error messages are displayed in the Diagnostics List To change what is displayed in the Diagnostics List use the Diagnostics Setup tool as described on page 10 6 For information about testing graphic displays see page 19 10 To display the Diagnostics List 1 Onthe View menu click Diagnostics List A check mark beside the menu item indicates the Diagnostics List is displayed For information about moving resizing and clearing messages in the Diagnostics List see page 2 5 If you don t want to display diagnostics messages 1 On the View menu click Diagnostics List The option is turned off when no ch
151. ettings Use the Startup editor to specify which application processes and components to start when the application starts at run time You can specify startup settings once you ve set up all the parts of the application or you can specify processes and select components in the Startup editor as you create them Startup Pumphouse Of x Start when project is run W Alarms W Infomation messages Batalogging Blend inputs El W Startup macro Blend recipe Shutdown macro Initial graphic Login E Parameter file for C O the initial graphic OF Cancel Help For detailed information about the options in the Startup editor see Help 14 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Testing your application a Test Application tool You can test your application in FactoryTalk View Studio at any time during the development process to make sure that everything works the way you intend If the development computer is connected to the data source you can test all functions of the application including security settings language switching communications and alarm monitoring A FactoryTalk View ME Station emulator opens on the development computer and runs the application This runtime version of the application is a temporary version for testing use only You cannot run it on another computer There is a two hour time limit for test running the application in FactoryTalk View Studio
152. eturns the string value of the Account ID user name for the user who is currently logged in The CurrentUserName function is case sensitive All RS View 3 20 and earlier user names use uppercase letters When the application starts the DEFAULT user is logged in The DEFAULT user is also logged in when a user logs out To assign visibility animation to the goto display button 1 Right click the goto display button select Animation and then click Visibility 2 Inthe Animation dialog box in the Expression box type this CurrentUserName lt gt DEFAULT 3 For the Expression True State click Visible 4 Click Apply Example Assigning visibility animation to the shutdown button This example shows how to assign visibility animation to the shutdown button so that only the ADMIN user can stop the application To assign visibility animation to the shutdown button 1 Right click the shutdown button select Animation and then click Visibility 2 Inthe Animation dialog box in the Expression box type this CurrentUserName ADMIN 3 For the Expression True State click Visible 11 Setting up security 4 Click Apply Example Assigning visibility animation to the shutdown button This example shows how to assign visibility animation to the shutdown button so that only users assigned code G or code H can stop the application To assign visibility animation to the shutdown button 1 Right click the
153. fect what is read from the programmable controller or server For example if you specify a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 100 FactoryTalk View would be able to read a value of 200 from a programmable controller and store it in the value table but would not be able to write this value to the programmable controller For more information about minimum and maximum and scale and offset see Help Storing values in FactoryTalk View memory A memory tag can be used to store values without the need for an attached or accessible device For example you might need to store a value in memory m to store the result of a calculation m temporarily for example a counter or index 6 Working with tags to maintain information about the system s current state for example which graphic display was last displayed For information about creating HMI memory tags see Chapter 7 Steps for using HMI tags To use HMI tags complete two basic steps 1 In the Tags editor in FactoryTalk View create a tag and map the tag name to an OPC tag or device address For more information see Chapter 7 2 In graphic displays alarm triggers or anywhere else you want to use a tag s value assign the tag At run time the tag s value is passed to the graphic display or alarm system Browsing for tags You don t have to remember the path and name of a tag to use it in your application Whenever you need to use a tag you can open the Tag Br
154. for all graphic displays of the Replace type If you change the window size after you have already created graphic displays you have the option of scaling graphic displays If you choose to scale graphic displays all Replace and On Top displays are resized and the objects in them are scaled to fit the new size You can also specify whether to scale the font size and border size of the graphic objects and the size of graphic images in the Images folder If you choose not to scale displays when you change the project window size Replace displays are resized but any objects in the displays remain the same size and in the same position as before On Top displays are not resized FactoryTalk View sizes the pop up window to occupy the center of th screen 4 Working with applications For more information about Replace and On Top displays see page 19 12 For more information about scaling displays see Help How the runtime screen resolution affects the pop up windows FactoryTalk View comes with a pop up Login window as well as numeric and string pop up windows for runtime data entry and a Change Password window for changing user passwords at run time Rociwvell Automation tea il a organ toed raed bo a irortelled bo dapi ay Borse heiet mare Pah buttons inputs x Murane w E on C ME C E vot CRECI perry wi EE How the project window size affects the default message displays Your application comes with p
155. formation see page 19 19 Default log file locations for PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE applications On the PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal alarm and data log folders are located by default in this directory Storage Card Rockwell Software RS ViewME Logs 4 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 4 4 Data log file locations You can also store data log files in a different location on the runtime computer on a networked computer or on a PC card For more information see Chapter 26 Naming files File names including the path can be up to 200 characters long file names can contain spaces For example the following path and file name contains 114 characters C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise ME HMI projects Malthouse Clgx 640x480 Gfx Steeping gfx Creating importing opening and closing applications Creating applications You can create a new application when you start FactoryTalk View Studio or once FactoryTalk View Studio is already open To create a new application when you start FactoryTalk View Studio 1 Start FactoryTalk View Studio Hew Open Machine Edition Application New E sisting Application name Description Language C New Application 4 Working with applications 2 In the New tab in the Application name box type a name for your application up to 32 characters long 3 If desired typ
156. formation about opening a sample application see page 2 2 To open an existing application when you start FactoryTalk View Studio 1 Start FactoryTalk View Studio Hew Open Machine Edition Application Hew Existing Application Name B aggage_b40s450 Baggage _SU0 600 Malthouse Clos S00 600 Objects 5 Screen Dema x Language English Canada en CA k Opern Cancel 2 Click the Existing tab and then click the application to open 4 7 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE al amp Open Application 4 8 3 Specify a language for the application and then click Open For information about using different languages see Chapter 12 If this is the first time you are opening an application that was created in RS View Machine Edition 4 00 you are prompted to select a default language Select a language and then click OK For information about the default language see page 12 2 FactoryTalk View Studio displays the application in the Explorer window To open an existing application when FactoryTalk View Studio is already open 1 2 On the File menu click Open Application or click the Open Application tool If an application is already open FactoryTalk View Studio asks you whether to close the application that is currently open Click Yes Follow steps 2 through 4 in the previous procedure To open an application you used recently l On the File menu select Recent
157. formation about setting up alarm banners see Help What is displayed m If you set up the banner to show the alarms for specific alarm triggers only alarms for those triggers are displayed m You can set up the banner to queue new alarms until the operator clears the current alarm or to always display the most recent alarm m When a display containing an alarm banner is first opened the alarm banner is blank unless the display is the alarm display specified in the Alarm Setup editor and it was opened in response to an alarm m When the displayed alarm is acknowledged it is removed from the alarm banner If there are no newer alarms the banner is blank m If the operator presses a clear alarm banner button the banner is blank m If the operator presses a clear alarm history button or if all alarms are acknowledged the banner is blank m Ifthe banner is set up to show both active and inactive alarms when an alarm is active an asterisk appears beside the message m If you set up alarm messages in multiple languages messages and trigger labels are displayed in the language that they were originally logged in All alarm times are displayed in the current application language How the alarm status list graphic object works The alarm status list graphic object displays the status of alarms including whether an alarm has been triggered how many times an alarm has been triggered and for how long The alarm status list can
158. fy and set up a serial driver for the transfer 1 In the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Networks and Communications 3 Inthe Networks and Communications dialog box double click RSLinx Enterprise Communications RSLinx Enterprise Configuration E virtual Backplane lt No Devices gt El Ethernet lt No Devices gt Serial DF 1 lt No Devices gt Edit Device Edit Driver Restore Default F1 F2 E FactoryTalk View ME Station ve LJ 33 08pm E 4 Click the Serial DF1 driver and then click Edit Driver 5 Select Use Auto Configuration and then click Edit 6 Inthe dialog box that opens select Yes and then click OK 16 4 16 Transferring applications to a PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal Auto configuration works with most devices including Logix5000 and PLC 5 If auto configuration is not successful for your device return to these steps select No and continue to step 7 7 Set up the driver and then click OK If you are using auto configuration skip this step Setting up a driver for the transfer on the development computer On the development computer set up the RSLinx Enterprise driver that you will use to download your application to the Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal Use one of these drivers for the transfer m Serial DF1l Use for a serial transfer m Ethernet Use with an Ethernet connectio
159. g in the folder This is useful for applications that use process faceplates It is also useful when you use global object parameters Folders of tags are also known as backing tags or structured tags For information about global object parameters and process faceplates see Chapter 25 You cannot select backing tags when you open the Tag Browser from the Data Log Models editor m create and edit HMI tags 6 Working with tags m create new folders for HMI tags import tags from a PLC or SLC database For more information about using the Tag Browser see Help Showing server names By default the folder pane in the Tag Browser shows folders but not the servers they belong to You can show the names of servers that have been set up in the application To display server names 1 Right click a blank area of the folders pane and then click Show Server Names Folders Folders wal Pumphouse al Pumphouse J EEDEN Al kepere Channelkep ChannelKep System H System Devicekep Devicekep _Hints Hints HE _Systern _ System ChannelSiemens ChannelSiemens System System DeviceSiemens 9 DeviceSiemens PLCS ASLine Server J Offline PLCS E system Ed Pumphouse E EJ system The folders list with server names shown The folders list with server names hidden In the example on the left folders are listed alphabetically by name In the example
160. g startup settings 0 eee ence eee eee 14 1 Testing your application 0 eee eee cent eee ees 14 2 Creating runtime application files 20 0 0 0 ccc eee eee ee 14 2 Creating mer files for previous versions 0 00 cece eee ee ees 14 2 Converting mer files to development applications 4 14 3 Converting runtime application files to development applications 14 6 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 15 Running applications on a personal computer SUMMA Ol SUC DS a2 225 nce as o 2 ue ee 2G bea gee Sad eee ee eee E R Moving applications to the runtime computer 0 0 0 c cece Starting FactoryTalk View ME Station 0000 cc eee eee Loading and running applications 0 ccc ccc cece ete eens Shutting down applications 0 0 eee eee eens What happens when the application shuts down 0000 Changing application settings 0 0 ccc ccc eee ee ee eee eens Editing device shortcuts 2 0 02 0544004464 e4neoe eGo sees 4 ceweeeras Looking up contact information for technical support 4 Setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the runtime computer Setting up serial ports for use with KEPServerEnterprise Setting up RSLinx Enterprise communication drivers 000005 Specifying the printers to use at run time 0 cee eee Specifying startup options for
161. g the latest changes To start the wizard do one of the following m In FactoryTalk View Studio on the Tools menu click Tag Import and Export Wizard m On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software FactoryTalk View Tools and then click Tag Import and Export Wizard For details about using the wizard see the wizard s Help 7 11 C8 Setting up global connections This chapter describes what global connections are updating the date and time changing displays controlling display changes remotely printing displays running macros setting up the backlight intensity remotely monitoring runtime RAM usage About global connections Global connections are connections that apply to your entire runtime application Global connections allow the data source to control or interact with your application at run time You can use global connections to update the date and time at the data source using the runtime terminal s date and time update the date and time on the runtime terminal using the data source date and time notify the data source of the current display number notify the data source when a display is printed change the display on the runtime terminal remotely from the data source print the current display from the data source run up to five macros from the data source when a tag or expression result changes set the intensity of the backlight on a PanelView Plus terminal m
162. gn a tag to this connection to notify the data source that all alarms have been silenced for applications that will run on a personal computer only m Remote Silence Assign a tag or an expression to this connection to allow the data source to silence all alarms for applications that will run on a personal computer only m Remote Ack All Assign a tag to this connection to allow the data source to acknowledge all alarms at once m Status Reset Assign a tag to this connection to notify the data source that the alarm status has been reset m Remote Status Reset Assign a tag or expression to this connection to allow the data source to reset the alarm status m Close Display Assign a tag to this connection to notify the data source that the alarm display has closed 9 23 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 24 m Remote Close Display Assign a tag or expression to this connection to allow the data source to close the alarm display Assign tags or expressions to these connections in the Advanced tab of the Alarm Setup editor For more detailed information about how these connections work see the next sections How the Silence connection works When the application starts this connection has a value of 0 When alarms are silenced this connection is set to 1 for the hold time and the internal beeper is turned off At the end of the hold time the connection is reset to 0 If the silence event is triggered b
163. graphic display closes no other display is open and there is no way to continue using the application For information about testing your application see page 14 2 Using graphic objects to navigate Use these graphic objects to navigate through the displays in the application Use this object To do this Goto display button Open the specified graphic display Goto configure mode button Stop the application and open the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box Return to display button Close the current display and open the previous display Close display button Close the current display Can send a value to a tag when the display closes Display list selector Provide a list of graphic displays so the operator can select which display to open Shutdown button Stop the application and exit FactoryTalk View ME Station The behavior of these graphic objects depends on which types of graphic displays are used See the following sections for details For detailed information about setting up graphic objects see Help Switching languages If the application uses multiple languages and operators will be switching languages at run time place language switch buttons in a display that the operators have access to For example put the buttons in the display that opens when the operators log in Create a language switch button for each language that the operators will be using For more information about setting up mult
164. h a trigger value to the data source 9 Setting up alarms The message is sent only if the alarm message s Message to Tag option is selected If you are going to generate text alarm messages in multiple languages make sure the tag assigned to this connection can accommodate the string length of the messages in each language For information about using multiple languages see Chapter 12 How the Message Notification connection works This connection is used to notify FactoryTalk View that an alarm message has been sent to the data source and FactoryTalk View must wait to send another message When the application starts the Message Notification connection is set to 0 When a message is written to the Message connection the Message Notification connection value changes to 1 When the hold time expires or the Message Handshake connection changes to anew non zero value the Message Notification connection value changes from 1 to 0 Messages for an alarm trigger are queued if the Message Notification connection is set to 1 How the Message Handshake connection works Use the Message Handshake connection to reset the Message Notification connection when the data source has read the alarm message Set up the data source to send a new non zero value to the Message Handshake connection when it has read the message at the Message connection Connections that apply to all alarms These connections apply to all alarms m Silence Assi
165. has stopped 01 2 2 Line 1 Power failure 02 3 3 Line 2 Conveyor has stopped 03 4 4 Line 2 Power failure 31 J2 32 Oven door open The Least Significant Bit LSBit trigger type Use the Least Significant Bit trigger type to generate alarm messages based on a priority sequence that is determined by bit position You can assign an array tag consisting of up to 1 024 bits to the trigger connection When multiple bits in the array change from 0 to 1 only the alarm with the lowest bit position is generated Example Trigger values using least significant bits This example shows how to use the Least Significant Bit trigger type to prioritize which alarm is generated when multiple alarm conditions occur In this example a programmable controller monitors a motor s power manual stop and overload status The diagram indicates the location of sensors that are linked to an array tag in the programmable controller FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 14 L1 L2 Pomer loss Bit OO atop Cvenoad OR Ovenoad Bit 02 banyal stop Bit 01 If power to the motor is lost the manual stop and overload switch also lose power generating alarms for all three motor parts The only alarm the operator needs to see is the alarm for the motor since the cause of the alarm is power loss to the motor not a problem with the other two motor parts If someone stops the motor manually power to the overload switch is lost Al
166. he application are copied For more information about using graphic libraries see Chapter 19 12 15 C13 Setting up display navigation This chapter describes what display navigation is developing a hierarchy of displays testing display navigation using graphic objects to navigate controlling display changes remotely This chapter describes methods for navigating between graphic displays For information about navigating between objects in a graphic display see page 21 7 About display navigation The term display navigation refers to the way the operator moves between the graphic displays that make up an application Use these methods to set up display navigation for your application Develop a hierarchy of graphic displays to chart how users will navigate the application Determine which users will have access to which parts of the application Create graphic objects that the operator can use to navigate the application Use the Remote Display Number connection to automatically control display changes The use of this connection is optional Assign it in the Global Connections editor In the Startup editor specify the graphic display to open when the application starts Set up security so that only authorized users have access to the application or parts of the application For information about setting up security see Chapter 11 Developing a hierarchy of displays A display hierarchy is a series of grap
167. he numeric input cursor point When the operator presses the button or activates the cursor point the numeric pop up keypad or scratchpad opens If you set up the button or cursor point to ramp pressing the object gives it focus but does not open a pop up window To use the numeric pop up scratchpad a keyboard must be attached to the runtime computer or the terminal must be a keypad terminal For information about setting up the numeric input enable button and numeric input cursor point see Help You can also use a ramp button to ramp numeric values For details see Help for the button Activating the cursor point When the numeric input cursor point has focus the operator can activate the cursor point by pressing any of these keys on the keyboard or keypad numbers from 0 to 9 17 Using your application m the minus sign or decimal point m the Enter key or an enter button m the Backspace key or a backspace button When the operator activates the numeric input cursor point the numeric pop up keypad or scratchpad opens Ramping numeric values If you set up the numeric input enable button or numeric input cursor point to ramp values the operator presses the object to give it focus When the object has focus the operator can press a move up or move down button or the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key on a keyboard or keypad to ramp the value at the Value connection Using the numeric pop up keypad The keyp
168. hen to use HMI tags cum ct an acodad goo Onna tao ebedeecamedeneasaeakeda 6 4 Scaling offsetting or providing a range for data 0 0000 6 4 Storing values in FactoryTalk View memory 0000ee eens 6 4 Steps for using HMI tags 0 0 cee eee eee 6 5 Browsing for tags 3 4 4 4 00 55 be ane ok Osan do Ae NSH aOR Oe eee eh eee ae 6 5 Using the Tag Browser ww ce eee ee ee eee eee ees 6 6 Showing server NAMES 1 eee ee ee eee eee 6 7 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Browsing for off line tags 244 a0 ck ccabaade brah ooeedcdeaeedageweeaeaeads 6 7 Using tags and expressions in your application 0 0 0 cece eee eee ee 6 8 Assigning ACS cg onc oases bbe oo ewe nee PE RORR ORE e EEE ERR E SERA S 6 9 Assigning tags to graphic objectS 1 0 cece eens 6 9 Using expressions to manipulate tag values 000 c eee eae 6 11 Substituting tag names used in graphic objects 0 0 0 6 11 Logging tag values 3 65 bass dae ook eens HARASS ee bbe dae oe FAS 6 12 Using macros to assign values to tags 6 nananana aana 6 12 7 Using HMI tags AVA RAG CS ica 8 ooo ee 6 oe ede a oe oo Ak oe ee Ae 7 1 Analog tags that use floating point values 0 000s 7 2 How Vallles are rounded 64 s no es4446d4 rin EESE E EEE IERE 7 2 oime the TIS Canon so oaeen rour raar oe eee ea a es de ees 7 3 Updating the contents of the Tags editor 0 0 0 0 0 00 7 4 Search
169. her to replace the RSLinx Enterprise communication settings on the runtime computer with the application s settings when the application starts 7 Specify whether to delete the application s log files on startup To start FactoryTalk View ME Station when Windows starts without running an application 1 In the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click FactoryTalk View ME Station Startup 15 13 FACTORY TALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE FactoryT alk View WHE Station Startup Do not start FactoryTalk View ME Go to Configuration Mode On Startup F1 t Run Current Application Cancel F8 3 Click Go to Configuration Mode 4 Click Configuration Mode Options 15 14 15 Running applications on a personal computer Configuration Mode Options Yes Load Current Application F1 C No Replace RSLinx C Yes Enterprise Communications 5 Specify whether to load the current application when FactoryTalk View ME Station starts This option is not available if you have not loaded an application 6 Specify whether to replace the RSLinx Enterprise communication settings on the runtime computer with the application s settings when the application starts This option is not available if you have not loaded an application Deleting log files on the runtime computer When you run your application FactoryTalk View ME Station stores
170. hic displays that provide progressively more detail as users move through them Design your display hierarchy to meet the needs of the various users including managers supervisors and operators If you plan to use security determine which groups of users need access to which displays and decide where in the hierarchy to locate login logout password and shutdown buttons For information about setting up security see Chapter 11 13 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE A display hierarchy could include m an initial graphic display for logging in m a graphic display that serves as a menu m an overview of the plant m acomprehensive display of each process being monitored m process specific displays that provide more detail m management summary displays m trend displays of historical and current data The following illustration shows a sample display hierarchy Main Menu Alarm Process Management Summary Overview Summary Historical Data Trand Display Process Process Process Monitoring 1 Monitoring 2 Monitoring 3 Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Trend Display Trand Display Trend Display 13 2 13 Setting up display navigation Testing display navigation Once you set up display navigation for your application test the application to make sure that navigation flows smoothly and that you have avoided problems like these m A graphic display contains no buttons for moving forward or back m When a
171. ht eventually fail if preventive action isn t taken For example if an ActiveX control 10 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 10 4 used in a graphic display is a different version than the one installed on the runtime computer a warning is logged to indicate the mismatch Mismatched ActiveX controls might not behave as expected at run time m Information indicates that a process or action has completed successfully For example a user logged on to the system or a tag value has been written to the data source m Audit indicates that the system configuration has been changed FactoryTalk View records the creation modification and deletion of components such as graphic displays as audit messages Other Rockwell Automation products also use audit messages For example if you set up an audit log in RSMACC FactoryTalk View s audit messages will be sent there as well as to FactoryTalk Diagnostics In the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer the message severity is shown in the Severity column indicated by the symbol The content of the messages is provided by the system you don t need to do anything to set up message content Audiences FactoryTalk Diagnostics allows messages to be categorized differently for the various people for whom the messages are relevant You can sort the messages in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer so that those relevant to a particular person are grouped together Who receiv
172. ht want to set up groups of users such as a manager group and an operator group For more information about setting up security see Chapter 11 3 a AA Working with applications What This chapter describes m application files m creating importing opening and closing applications m renaming copying deleting backing up and restoring applications m specifying project settings m viewing application properties m viewing HMI server properties is an application An application is the software application you create in FactoryTalk View Studio to monitor and control your plant processes An application consists of one or more data servers and an HMI project also known as an HMI server The data servers provide communications for the project The project or HMI server consists of graphic displays alarm information user information and other settings For information about viewing the application properties see page 4 17 For information about viewing the HMI server properties see page 4 17 Application versus project This manual generally uses the term application to refer to both application level and project level procedures An exception is the section on using the Project Settings editor which begins on page 4 11 In that section the term project is used When you create an application FactoryTalk View creates folders and files in various locations on the development computer Some of the folders are
173. i Error occurs k Warning occurs Il Information occurs W Audit occurs Masimum number of messages 200 coed tte For details about using the Diagnostics List Setup editor see Help Printed messages list the date and time the category of system activity and the message text By default messages are not printed at run time By default your application is set up to display diagnostics messages automatically at run time If you want to use the default settings you don t need to do anything further to set up diagnostics messages for print and display in FactoryTalk View ME Station The messages that are printed and displayed depend on how you set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the runtime computer m For applications running on personal computers use the Diagnostics Setup tool to set up diagnostics message logging For information about using the Diagnostics Setup tool see Help m For information about setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the PanelView Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual For applications running on personal computers you can also view the runtime messages in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer as described on page 10 5 10 9 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 10 10 If you don t want to display diagnostics messages in Factory Talk View ME Station 1 In FactoryTalk View Studio in the Diagnostics List Setup editor clear the Displa
174. ications Title bar for On Top displays For On Top displays you can specify a different name to use in the title bar Use the Display Settings dialog box to specify the name for details see Help The title you specify in the Project Settings editor applies to all replace displays pte Line 1 You can specify a different ETA gt PE title for each On Top display using the Display Settings dialog box in the Graphics Sul aa editor f Plant Display Iof x Shipping Receiving security 4 15 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Specifying project settings To specify project settings use the Project Settings editor For details about selecting options in the editor see Help Sy System i Project Settings Pumphouse _ 0 Project Settings Runtime Security General Runtime a Diagnostics List Setup Global Connections i Startup Project window size 640480 Width Height Cancel Help 4 16 4 Working with applications Viewing application properties You can view this information about your application m application name m application description if any To view application properties 1 On the Application menu click Application Properties Malthouse Clox 6402480 Properties General Name Malthouse Clos 6404480 Description E Cancel Help Viewing HMI server properties You can use the Explorer window to
175. ill be hosted on local computer C Server will be hosted on remote computer Bons OPC Server name ProglD Browse Cancel Help 5 e Setting up communications For details about selecting options in the OPC Data Server Properties dialog box see Help For information about editing and removing data servers see Help Updating data server caches If tags are added modified or deleted on the data server you must update synchronize the cache manually For information about updating the data server cache periodically after you create it see Help 9 5 gt C6 Working with tags This chapter provides general information about working with all kinds of tags This chapter describes m types of tags m when to use data server tags m steps for using data server tags m when to use HMI tags m steps for using HMI tags m browsing for tags and offline tags m using the Tag Browser m using tags and expressions in your application m logging tag values m using macros to assign values to tags For information about creating HMI tags see Chapter 7 Types of tags A tag is a logical name for a variable in a device or in local memory RAM For example a tag can represent a process variable in a programmable controller Data server tags FactoryTalk View conforms to the OPC Data Access DA 2 0 specification for information exchange among automation or control applications field s
176. ine eight and includes the following columns Component type Component name String reference String definition po Graphic Display Pump station l Stop motor The file is sorted alphabetically by component name and then numerically by string reference number Each string reference number refers to a different object in the component In the example shown above string reference 1 might refer to a momentary push button in the graphic display called Pump station The string definition is enclosed in quotes in Notepad but not in the spreadsheet column in Excel In the translated text file the only text that can be modified is the text inside the quotation marks in the string definition column For example translated into German the file would contain these changes Component type Component name String reference String definition en Graphic Display Pump station l Motor abschalten Do not change the entries in the component type or component name columns unless the component was renamed in the application after the text was exported Do not modify the string reference number The string reference number is a unique number that is assigned to an object by FactoryTalk View Modifying the string reference number prevents FactoryTalk View from identifying the object correctly when you import the text 12 11 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 12 12 Working with pairs of doubl
177. information about importing applications see page 4 5 For information about the features supported in different versions of FactoryTalk View and RS View see Appendix G For information about using multiple languages see Chapter 12 For information about using global objects see Chapter 19 4 9 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE XE Close button 4 10 Closing applications To close an application 1 On the File menu click Close Application If there are any unsaved changes in open editors FactoryTalk View Studio asks you whether to save the changes before closing the application To close an application and exit FactoryTalk View Studio at the same time 1 Click the Close button at the right end of the FactoryTalk View Studio title bar If there are any unsaved changes in open editors FactoryTalk View Studio asks you whether to save the changes before closing Renaming copying deleting backing up and restoring applications Use the Application Manager tool to m rename applications m copy applications m delete applications m create a compressed backup copy of an application with the file extension apa m restore an application from the backup file with the file extension apa m restore a legacy project backup file with the file extension mea from an earlier release of FactoryTalk View Studio and convert it to version 5 0 m restore a runtime application file with the file extension me
178. ing the button gives the display focus The operator cannot use the goto display button to open Replace displays if display change is currently controlled remotely using global connections But the operator can still open On Top displays Goto configure mode buttons When the operator presses a goto configure mode button at run time the current application stops running and the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box opens While in configure mode the operator can use FactoryTalk View ME Station to change applications application settings and terminal settings The operator can also delete log files For more information about the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box see Chapter 15 13 Setting up display navigation Return to display buttons When the operator presses a return to display button at run time the graphic display that the button is on closes and the display that was previously open reopens The current display does not close if m the display change is currently controlled remotely using global connections m there were no previously opened Replace displays m the operator does not have security access for the previous display This can only occur if a new user logs in using a login button in the current display The return to display button only goes back to the most recent display It doesn t go back through a series of displays For information about setting up return to display buttons see Help Ho
179. ing TOP AMI TAGS 5 05 ase 025 aoe oe bd ee A ee eee ee ee 7 4 ala SOUICES 4 4 4 o6a0veantian se ube ton akan 6 SS deems eee ea bs 7 5 The Cats SOUT CSc ies 0 545s E hee oe G54S EEE eH eS 7 5 DEVICG 565 teveunte ano neosas eee ed 6 OHSS 44S eee eK she ce bs 7 5 MEMO rere gea a be EEA ob oe ee ee eae hoe 7 5 Addressing syntax for device tags 0 cee eens 7 5 Orcamizine HMI TAGS hice sires outs oe 4 tebe eee oan ae 2 tase 7 7 IAC LASS a cic a naw noo wee oe ee ee ee een eae eer ee 7 7 Using folders to group tags 0 ce eee ee eee eens 7 7 Viewing tag SlAUSUCS se ssis ce dea E Sod es REE wS KOR REE eS DS OH dada ee 7 8 Other methods for creating HMI tags 0 0 ccs 7 8 Creating tags as needed in other FactoryTalk View editors 7 8 Creating tags as needed in the Data Log Models editor 7 9 Importing tags from a PLC database 0 0 0 ccc ce ee ees 7 9 Using the Tag Import and Export Wizard 0 c cece eee ees 7 11 8 Setting up global connections About global connections 0 0 ce eee aaae 8 1 Setting up global connections 0 0 00 eee eee eee 8 2 Updating the date and time 0 cee cence eens 8 2 Changing displays sk wrnsrrotace dene aden nnooe eatde ae eetannecee Gaaese 8 4 Controlling display changes remotely 0 0 cece cece ees 8 4 Remote display changes and security 0 cee ees 8 4 Setting up remote display changes
180. instructions to create a new configuration or use an existing device configuration Once you make a choice and click Finish the Communication Setup editor opens In an existing application double clicking Communication Setup opens the Communication Setup editor with its two tabs The Design Local tab is for establishing the location of the tags addresses for editing The tags addresses can be online with a controller or other data server or an offline controller file This will enable the Tag Browser to find the tags addresses FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 5 4 The Runtime Target tab is for identifying the connection from the run time computer or terminal to the controller or other data server If the paths are the same use the Copy button to copy the Design configuration to the Runtime tab For more information see Help for RSLinx Enterprise Setting up an OPC data server Use an OPC data server if you want to use RSLinx Classic instead of RSLinx Enterprise or if you want to use a third party OPC data server You can set up a cache for tags on the data server A cache allows you to view tag names when you are not connected to the data server To create an OPC data server 1 In the Explorer window right click the application select Add New Server and then click OPC Data Server OPC Data Server Properties Ei General Advanced Name Description Computer hosting the server Server w
181. int would cause the value at the Value connection to exceed the maximum value or be less than the minimum value a message is written to the Diagnostics List and the value at the Value connection is not changed How values are calculated When the pop up keypad or scratchpad has focus and the operator presses the Enter button the value that is sent to the Value connection depends on how the button or cursor point is set up m The value the operator enters is compared to the minimum and maximum range for the object If the value is within the range the value is written to the Value connection If the Optional Expression connection is assigned and the original value is within the range but the expression result is a value outside the range the value is still written to the Value connection m If the decimal point type is Fixed Position with a Digits after decimal value that is greater than O the decimal point is stripped from the value before comparing it to the minimum and maximum range For example if the entered value is 9 25 the stripped value is 925 If the stripped value is within the range the stripped value is sent to the Value connection or substituted for the in the Optional Expression m If the decimal point type is Implicit and the tag assigned to the Value connection uses an integer data type floating point values are rounded If the Optional Expression connection is assigned the floating point value is
182. inting alarm messages page 9 10 Printing diagnostics messages page 10 8 Specifying the printers to use at run time for page 15 10 Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 applications The type of printer to use with a PanelView page 16 1 Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal 2 15 C3 Planning applications A well designed application requires planning To help you plan this chapter describes understanding the machines and processes you re automating collecting data designing an HMI tag database planning graphic displays and navigating between them planning languages planning alarms providing information for the operator planning trends planning recipes designing a secure system FactoryTalk View comes with several sample applications that can give you guidance when planning your application For instructions on opening the sample applications see page 2 2 Understanding the process Gather information from a variety of sources so you have a complete and detailed understanding of the machines and processes you re automating To gather information Talk to machine operators and other experts who are going to use the system Find out what information they need to optimize machine operations and processes Talk to management and management information systems staff to find out what information they need to support planning decisions Break up each section of the process into its con
183. ion The Print Setup menu item in FactoryTalk View Studio applies to your development computer only To print at run time set up a printer on the computer you ll be using to run your application For more information about printing at run time see page 2 15 To select a printer 1 On the File menu in any editor or component click Print Setup Print Setup Ei Printer Name HF 2000C Properties Status Ready Type HP 2000C Wher 1P_137 200 13 250 Comment Faper Orientation Size Letter fe Portrait Ls SOLUCE Automatically Select C Landscape Network Cancel 2 If you don t want to use the default printer specify another printer 3 Choose the appropriate paper and orientation options 4 Click OK Selecting printer setup options For detailed information about printer options refer to your Windows documentation Selecting a network printer FactoryTalk View Studio can print to a network printer For detailed information about setting up network printers refer to your Windows documentation Printing at run time 2 Exploring FactoryTalk View Studio You can print graphic displays at run time using the display print button or using a remote display print You can also send diagnostics and alarm messages to a printer at run time For information about See Display print buttons page 19 30 Printing graphic displays page 19 30 Printing displays remotely page 8 5 Pr
184. ion How the Message Notification connection is reset to 0 depends on how you set up alarm message handshaking There are two ways you can use alarm message handshaking m to hold the message at the data source for a specific period of time m to hold the message at the data source until the data source notifies FactoryTalk View that the message has been read Choose the method that best suits your application needs and communication system Holding the message for a specific period of time To set up an alarm trigger s alarm message handshaking so that the message at the Message connection is held for a specific period of time assign a tag to the Message Notification connection and specify a hold time in the Advanced tab of the Alarm Setup editor How handshaking works This method of alarm message handshaking works as follows 1 When an alarm occurs the alarm message is sent to the Message connection 2 The Message Notification connection is set to 1 9 21 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 22 As long as the Message Notification connection is set to 1 FactoryTalk View cannot send new messages to the data source 3 The hold time timer begins timing 4 When the hold time has expired the Message Notification connection is reset to 0 and FactoryTalk View can send a new message to the Message connection Holding the message until the data source acknowledges that it has read the message To set up
185. ion Manager tool to back up and restore applications For information about using the Application Manager see page 4 10 To specify which users can back up and restore FactoryTalk Directory and FactoryTalk View applications 1 Inthe System Policies folder double click User Rights Assignment 2 Set permissions for users For details see Help Specifying activities to track for audit purposes You can keep an audit trail of activities such as changing the setup of the FactoryTalk Directory and whether security access is denied or granted to users To specify which activities to track for audit purposes 1 In the System Policies folder double click Audit Policy 2 Set up audit policies For details see Help Specifying policies for passwords accounts and FactoryTalk sign on You can use the FactoryTalk Directory Security Policy to specify how to manage passwords and user accounts including how long passwords must be how often they must be changed if ever and whether to keep a record of deleted user accounts Remember that any changes that you make to system security policies will be included as part of the run time application It is therefore very strongly recommended that you do not alter the default settings in the Security Policy Properties dialog box unless absolutely necessary and unless you are aware of the full implications of the changes Always test the run time application to make sure the results are what you intended
186. iple languages see Chapter 12 13 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 13 4 Display type The display type you use gives you additional control over how the operator navigates between displays For example use the On Top type to keep a graphic display on top at all times even when another display has focus Or use the Replace type if you want a display to replace all other open displays when it opens For more information about display types see page 19 12 Goto display buttons When you set up a goto display button specify the graphic display to open when the operator presses the button at run time The specified display doesn t open if the operator does not have security access for the display You can also assign a parameter file that assigns tags to tag placeholders in the display when the display opens For more information about parameter files see page 25 3 For information about setting up goto display buttons see Help How display types affect the button s behavior The goto display button s behavior at run time also depends on which types of graphic displays are already open and which type of display it is opening m Ifthe graphic display assigned to the button is a Replace display it closes any open On Top or Replace displays It does not close any On Top displays that use the Cannot Be Replaced option m If the display assigned to the button is already open but does not have focus press
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189. its Byte 8 Integer 16 Word 16 Long Integer 32 Double Word 32 The right column shows the number of bits for each data type This is useful for helping to determine how many data elements to address to achieve the required number of bits To create an array tag specify how many elements to use beginning with the first element at the tag s address For example if you want to monitor 128 bit positions for an alarm trigger and you are using the Long Integer data type you would append the modifier 4 to the tag name because 4 x 32 128 For detailed information about tag syntax see page 9 16 You cannot use HMI tags for array tags You must use data server tags for array tags 9 15 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 16 Equivalent data types Different processors and OPC servers use different terminology for tag data types This section provides information about equivalent data types that you can use for array tags with the associated number of bits for each PLC and SLC tags When creating array tags you can use PLC and SLC tags with this data type Data type Number of bits Short Integer 16 Data server tags with the Short Integer data type are displayed in the Tag Browser with the Item Canonical Data Type of Integer To view a tag s Item Canonical Data Type 1 In the Tag Browser right click the tag and then click Properties Logix5000 tags When creating array tags you can use Logix50
190. iver node for example 131 200 13 128 If these steps are not followed in this order the topics generated by the import code will be invalid and will need to be fixed using the Topic Editor in RSLinx To import an application 1 Start FactoryTalk View Studio 2 In the New tab in the Application name box type a name for the imported application up to 32 characters long 3 If desired type a description of the application If you don t type a description now you can add one later as described on page 4 17 4 Specify a language for the application For information about using multiple languages see Chapter 12 5 Click Import The Machine Edition Import Wizard opens 6 Follow the directions in the Machine Edition Import Wizard 4 Working with applications For more information about importing PanelBuilder 1400e applications see Appendix A For more information about importing PanelBuilder and PanelBuilder32 applications see Appendix B Opening applications You can open an application when you start FactoryTalk View Studio or once FactoryTalk View Studio is already open Older RS View Machine Edition application files are converted to the current version of FactoryTalk View when you open them However you can still use the current version of FactoryTalk View Studio to create older version runtime files For information about the features supported in different versions of FactoryTalk View see Appendix G For in
191. ixels ee Z ar LP Param Fe Polion auth J keighi 1 Cieni Jasa DOO Ve Usually an application is designed to completely fill the runtime terminal or computer screen If you want your application to do this set the project window size to the resolution of the screen in pixels For information on setting the project window size see page 4 16 4 11 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 4 12 Screen resolution for PanelView Plus and PanelView Plus CE terminals If you are going to run your application on a Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal select one of these project window sizes For this terminal or monitor Select this project window size PanelView Plus 400 or 600 320x240 PanelView Plus 700 or 1000 640x480 PanelView Plus CE 700H or 1000H PanelView Plus 1250 800x600 PanelView Plus CE 1250H PanelView Plus CE 1200P 1200M or 1200W PanelView Plus 1500 1024x768 PanelView Plus CE 1500H PanelView Plus CE 1500P 1500M or 1500W PanelView Plus CE 1700M 1280x1024 PanelView Plus CE 2000M 1600x1200 Custom size If you are creating an application for a Panel View Plus 400 or 600 terminal m Resize the default message displays so that the entire message is visible m Reposition the ALARM display from the default position 0 0 as this position is below the viewing area of the terminals Changing the project window size after creating graphic displays The project window size is used
192. ixels wide by 44 pixels high the pop up scratchpad cannot open m If the string pop up window is set up to accept more characters than the Value connection tag length the pop up window remains open and the string is not written to the connection The scratchpad area changes to red to alert the operator of the error m If Enter key handshaking is still in effect the pop up window closes but the value is not written to the connection Changing tag values This section gives an overview of the graphic objects you can use to change tag values For information about setting up the objects see Chapter 21 and Help The operator uses these objects to start and stop plant operations and to control machines and processes Choose the objects that best suit your process Set up the data source to carry out the desired actions in response to the changes in tag values The operator can use function keys with all of these objects except control list selectors third party ActiveX objects and drawing objects with slider animation The last three types of objects can be pressed using a mouse or touch screen For information about assigning function keys to graphic objects see page 21 5 Do not use push buttons for emergency stops Emergency stop buttons must be hard wired You can also use macros to assign values to tags For more information see Chapter 30 The operator can change tag values at run time using these graphic objects Use this gr
193. ject which lists the diagnostics messages For more information about the diagnostics list see page 10 11 10 Setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics Buttons in the DIAGNOSTICS display The DIAGNOSTICS display contains diagnostics list buttons for clearing the messages as well as buttons for scrolling the list and closing the display For information about how the buttons work see page 10 12 Creating your own diagnostics display You can create your own graphic display for displaying diagnostics messages containing a diagnostics list graphic object and the buttons the operator needs for using the display If you create your own graphic display use an On Top display and select the Cannot Be Replaced option For more information about the diagnostics list see page 10 11 For information about the buttons you can use with the list see page 10 12 For information about creating graphic displays and graphic objects see Chapter 19 and Chapter 20 Opening and closing the diagnostics display Opening the display The diagnostics display you specify in the Diagnostics List Setup editor either the default DIAGNOSTICS display or a display you create is automatically opened whenever a diagnostics message of the specified severity occurs The display remains open until the operator closes the display If you decide not to open the diagnostics display automatically you can create a goto display button that the operator can press to op
194. k Finish 14 7 C15 Running applications on a personal computer This chapter describes m moving applications to the runtime computer m starting FactoryTalk View ME Station m loading and running applications m shutting down applications m editing device short cuts looking up contact information for technical support m setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics at run time m setting up serial ports for KEPServerEnterprise m setting up RSLinx Enterprise communication drivers m specifying the printers to use at run time m specifying startup options for FactoryTalk View ME Station m deleting log files on the runtime computer m specifying the time date and number formats to use at run time m using the DeskLock tool Summary of steps Follow these steps to m install the necessary hardware and software on the runtime computer m transfer your Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 application to the runtime computer m set up options in FactoryTalk View ME Station For information about installing FactoryTalk View ME Station see the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Installation Guide 15 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 15 2 Installing hardware and software on the runtime computer l If you will be printing displays alarms or diagnostics messages set up printer connections on the runtime computer For more information see page 15 10 If you are using
195. k Services Platform FactoryTalk Diagnostics FactoryTalk Directory FactoryTalk Live Data RSAssetSecurity and FactoryTalk Security PanelView RSLinx Classic RSLinx Enterprise SLC 5 and SLC 500 ActiveX Microsoft Microsoft Access SQL Server Visual Basic Visual C Visual SourceSafe Windows Windows ME Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Adobe Acrobat and Reader are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries ControlNet is a registered trademark of ControlNet International DeviceNet is a trademark of the Open DeviceNet Vendor Association Inc ODVA Ethernet is a registered trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation Intel and Xerox Corporation OLE for Process Control is a registered trademark of the OPC Foundation Oracle SQL Net and SQL Plus are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged This product is warranted in accord with the product license The product s performance may be affected by system configuration the application being performed operator control maintenance and other related factors Rockwell Automation is not responsible for these intervening factors The instructions in this document do not
196. l see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual This manual is available on the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition CD Windows locale settings Windows locale formatting determines how the application displays time date and floating point values at design time and runtime 12 Setting up language switching When the application language is switched the locale settings for the new language are used even if that language has not been installed You do not need to edit the default locale settings Adding languages to the application Use the Language Configuration dialog box in FactoryTalk View Studio to add up to 40 languages to the application Add languages before you m create language switch buttons m create the runtime application To add languages to an application 1 On the Tools menu click Languages Language Configuration General RFC1766 name for each language Langaas I Arabic Kuwait ar KA Chinese PRC zh CN Languages added English Canada en A to the application English United States en LIS French Belgium fr BE Ti French Canada fr CA French Switzerland fr CH German Switzerland de CH Current application Current language English Canada en A language Remove E sport Import Set As Default T Display undefined strings using the default language OF Cancel Apply Help 2 Add languages For details see Help Removing languages You can al
197. l warns that the file may contain features that are not compatible with Unicode text 2 When prompted to keep the workbook in Unicode format that leaves out incompatible features click Yes 3 Close the file 4 When prompted to save changes click Yes 5 When prompted again to keep the workbook in Unicode format that leaves out incompatible features click Yes Differences in file format for files saved in Excel If you use Notepad to open a Unicode text file that was saved in Excel you will notice some differences from a file edited and saved in Notepad You do not have to change the format of the file before you import it into Factory Talk View The differences are Double quotes surrounding the string definitions are removed for most strings m String definitions containing embedded double quotes or other characters that Excel treats as special characters such as commas are enclosed within double quotes m Any embedded double quotes are converted to a pair of double quotes 12 Setting up language switching Saving the Unicode text file in Notepad When saving the file save it using the Unicode encoding option in the Save As dialog box File schema Comments The text file uses the symbol as a comment delimiter if it is the first character on a line Header The first seven lines of the text file contain header information that must not be translated or modified Body The body of the text file starts on l
198. lay undefined strings using the default language Cancel l Help 2 Select the language to use for the default language 3 Click Set As Default A large checkmark to the left of the selected language indicates that it is now the default language 4 To use this language for all undefined strings in the application select Display undefined strings using the default language Summary of steps Follow these steps to set up language switching for an application 1 For applications that will run on a personal computer install the Windows languages that the application will use 2 For applications that will run on a PanelView Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal set up the fonts that the application will use 3 Create open or import the application in the language of your choice For details see Chapter 4 Add languages to the application For details see page 12 5 Create graphic objects and specify the text strings that they will use Create alarm information and local messages A oY Me Create a language switch button for each language you plan to use at run time For details see Help 12 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 12 4 8 Export the application text strings for translation For details see page 12 6 9 Translate the text strings For details see page 12 9 10 Import translated text strings for each of the translation languages For details see page 12 13
199. lider animation 0 0 0 cece 22 13 Setting up vertical slider animation 0 0 cc cece eee eee 22 14 Applying animation to groups 0 cc ee ee nee eens 22 14 Checking the animation on objects 0 0 ccc cece cette tenes 22 15 Copying or duplicating objects with animation 0 0 00 cece eee 22 16 Contents Copying animation without copying objects 0 eee eee 22 16 Setting up animation for global objects 0 0 0 cece eee 22 17 Using expressions About EXDICSSIONS 34546440455 234942 rerai et baid ii aaeain 23 1 Expressions that result in floating point values 00000 23 1 Expression components sses 0 cece eee eee e eens 23 2 Using the Expression editor 4440404404 sitevewbbGecekiGadsiestsunkutod 23 2 Using the Expression editor versus typing expressions directly 23 2 About the Expression editor 0 cee teen eect nees 23 4 Where you can use expressions 1444444520404 04 be bed eee eea eed sed aaes 23 4 PORMaAtIiS Cx PreSSIONS eros 444404 26ue bees E a ee ee eae Lae es 23 5 Using tag names and tag placeholders 0 0 ccc eee eee 23 5 Using tag placeholders instead of tag names 0000 eee eee 23 6 COMSIQMRS 24 6 a tretea eee Pea oh en ee he ape eee a eee ae 23 6 APL NIMCTHCODET NOLS ia 3 seed an Gok oe ee owe ee Seed a 23 7 Stl Operands 4 2445446 eke od eens Gd 5 oud ae oka a 23 7 Relational 0peralOrs
200. log file For more information about clearing and deleting alarms see page 9 39 Methods for silencing alarms The audio alarm indicator is available for applications running on personal computers only 9 Setting up alarms All alarms are silenced when m the operator presses the silence alarms button m an alarm whose Audio property is turned on is acknowledged m the Remote Silence connection s value changes to a new non zero value m the operator presses the clear alarm history button Method for sorting alarms When the operator presses the sort alarms button the sort order toggles from time to trigger value or from trigger value to time The sort order applies to all alarms in all alarm lists and in the alarm log file Methods for resetting alarms Resetting alarms affects how alarms are displayed in the alarm status list When alarms are reset m the accumulated time an alarm has been in alarm is reset to 0 If the alarm is still active the time begins accumulating again m the number of times the alarm has been triggered is reset to 0 If the alarm is still active the number changes to 1 m the date and time are sent to the system tag AlarmResetDateAndTimeString The alarms for a specific alarm trigger are reset when m the operator presses a clear alarm history button that has been set up to clear and reset alarms for a specific alarm trigger All alarms are reset when m the operator presses a reset alar
201. m status button m the operator presses a clear alarm history button if the button has been set up to clear and reset all alarms m the Remote Status Reset connection s value changes to a new non zero value For more information about resetting alarms see page 9 40 9 9 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 10 Methods for printing alarm information In addition to automatically printing each alarm message as it occurs you can keep a printed record of alarms m using the print alarm history button When the operator presses the button a report is printed of the contents of the alarm log file The report can include the time alarms occurred and were acknowledged You can set up this button to print the alarm history for a selected alarm trigger or for all alarms If you set up alarm messages in multiple languages messages and trigger labels are printed in the language that they were originally logged in Messages are logged in the application language that is current at the time the message is triggered All alarm times and acknowledge times are printed in the current application language m using the print alarm status button When the operator presses the button a report is printed of the status of alarms The report can include active alarms past alarms or all alarms that have been set up in the Alarm Setup editor The report can include how many times each alarm was triggered and the accumulated time in
202. mentation Once the driver is set up FactoryTalk View ME Station automatically starts the driver software when you run the application 15 9 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 15 10 Specifying the printers to use at run time You can use local or network printers to print alarm messages reports diagnostics messages and graphic displays at run time If desired you can use a different printer for each type of printing To specify the printers to use at run time 1 In the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Print Setup Alarm Print Setup Diagnostics Print Setup Display Print Setup 3 Double click the type of printing to set up 15 e Running applications on a personal computer Print Setup E Faper Size z Source Automatically Select Orientation Margins Inches f Portrait Lett fi Bight i C Landscape Top fi Bottom fi Cancel Printer 4 Click Printer Print Setup Printer Name Brother OCP 1300 USB Printer Status Ready Type Brother OCP 1300 USB Printer Where LUSBODI Comment Brother DCP 130C USE Network AES Properties Cancel 5 Modify the print options as required For detailed information about printer options refer to your Windows documentation Specifying startup options for FactoryTalk View ME Station This section describes how to start FactoryTalk View ME Station automatically
203. mulated time in alarm to 0 for all alarms If the alarm is still active the number changes to 1 Silence alarms Silence the audio indictor for all alarms for applications that will run on a personal computer only Sort alarms Toggle between sorting alarms in alarm lists and the alarm log file by time and by trigger value You can assign any caption you choose to the labels on the alarm buttons Linking buttons to objects You can link the acknowledge alarm button to a specific alarm list or alarm banner or set up the button to work with whichever alarm list or alarm banner is selected in the graphic display Similarly you can link the clear alarm banner button to a specific alarm banner This option is useful if you have multiple alarm banners in the same graphic display And you can link the alarm status mode button to a specific alarm status list For more information about linking buttons to objects see page 21 9 Key buttons You can also use these key button graphic objects to interact with the alarm list alarm Status list or alarm banner This button Does this Move up Scrolls up one row in the list Move down Scrolls down one row in the list Page up Moves the highlight bar or cursor up one page in the list Page down Moves the highlight bar or cursor down one page in the list Home Moves the highlight bar or cursor to the top alarm in the list 9 37 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER
204. n For information about setting up drivers in RSLinx Enterprise see RSLinx Help Downloading applications and Windows TrueType fonts Use the Transfer Utility to download your runtime application and Windows TrueType font files from the development computer to the Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal Runtime applications have the extension mer Windows TrueType font files have the extension ttf or ttc For information about creating the runtime application file see Chapter 14 About the download You can use a serial or Ethernet connection between the development computer and the Panel View Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal destination You must use one of the drivers listed in the previous section for the download You can download while an application is running on the runtime computer You can download multiple applications one at a time to the same runtime computer m anew copy of the application currently running on the runtime computer for use the next time the application is started If the download process fails or is cancelled the application file will be deleted from the destination directories Make a copy of the application file before you begin and make sure there is enough storage space on the destination computer 16 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Serial downloads To perform a serial download make sure the terminal is connected to the development computer using th
205. n they occur in a log file called ExportErrors txt which is saved at this location C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise Strings Windows 2000 Or C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RS View Enterprise Strings Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 Existing error log files are overwritten for each subsequent export operation that generates errors 12 Setting up language switching Translating application text in Excel spreadsheet files This section contains information about the format and schema of the exported Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file The spreadsheet contains a header row followed by a row for each text string in the application There is a column for each language defined in the application The default language is first followed by the remaining languages in alphabetical order by RFC1766 name All cells use the text format Do not delete the header row in the spreadsheet FactoryTalk View requires this information when you import the translated text into your application Similarly do not change the cell formats If you select the option to optimize duplicate strings there is a reference column to the left of each language column Do not change the information in the reference columns Translating application text in Unicode files This section contains information about the format and schema of the exported Unicode text file It also contains information about using
206. nd their value or status information m named variables in a Logix5000 processor 5 2 5 e Setting up communications Creating data servers An RSLinx Enterprise data server is created automatically with a new application It is located under the application s HMI server in the Explorer window just above the FactoryTalk System folder E a Ta Objects 5 Screen Demo a Ai Objects 5 Screen Demo ASLing Enterprise sa E You can create additional OPC data servers for your application For example you might want to use an RSLinx Enterprise data server and a KEPServerEnterprise data server If you use RSLinx Enterprise you cannot use Logix5000 with an Ethernet connection to connect to other Allen Bradley devices or bridge to DH or Remote O networks If you need to do this use RSLinx Classic Setting up RSLinx Enterprise data servers Use an RSLinx Enterprise data server when you want to use RSLinx Enterprise communications You can use the Communication Setup editor to add drivers add devices set up driver and device properties and set up device shortcuts To set up communications in RSLinx Enterprise 1 In the Explorer window open the RSLinx Enterprise data server rig Object 5 Screen Demo Eb Objects 5 Screen Demo ASLin Enterprize al 2 Double click the Communication Setup editor Communication Vetup 3 In anew application the RSLinx Enterprise Configuration Wizard opens Follow the
207. new instance of the same alarm the new acknowledgement is ignored If the alarm list is set up to display unacknowledged alarms only the alarm is removed from the list The highlight bar or cursor moves up to the next unacknowledged alarm unless it is already on the top unacknowledged alarm If the highlight bar or cursor is on an acknowledged alarm when the operator presses the acknowledge alarm button the button press is ignored The alarm is removed from the alarm banner 9 Setting up alarms Acknowledging all alarms When the operator presses an acknowledge all alarms button all unacknowledged alarms in the system or optionally for a specific alarm trigger are acknowledged This is what happens when the alarms are acknowledged m For each alarm trigger to which an Acknowledge all value is assigned the specified Acknowledge all value is sent to the trigger s Ack connection The value is held as long as the operator presses the button or for the hold time whichever is longer Then the connection s value is reset to Q If the Acknowledge all value is not assigned for a trigger no value is sent to the trigger s Ack connection If the hold time for any alarm is still in effect and the operator presses acknowledge all alarms the button press is ignored m If the alarm list is set up to display unacknowledged alarms only all acknowledged alarms are removed from the list m The alarm banner is
208. ng objects 0 eee eee 20 47 Editing groups of objects 2 0 0 ce eee eee eens 20 48 Editing objects within a group 1 teens 20 48 PIP AMOM ODEO ond token ds dn cs iddarteanthesehnte ta kates ahanse sa 20 49 ay CMe ODICCS eec baa toe en i tenoeeeu ese adeastioss sen cecead 20 49 PIM ODES ste caneee es cea deaetest ee obuw tie Coders heese se 20 50 aC Mi ODICCS se a aad 6 vt beer os a ed Ve a ees oe ee 20 53 Plippine drawing ODJECiS 3 lt side ide ee eo ndeud 6 4 Sed ee tee tess Sees 20 54 Rotating dra wit ODjCCtS srce Cie ee oe pee dd ead eae eee Fad ed dees 20 55 Locking objects into position 0 cc te eee eens 20 56 Setting up graphic objects Setting up objects spatial properties names and visibility 21 1 Tips for setting up objects with states 0 ee ee eee 21 2 Copying and pasting properties from one state to another 21 3 Adding and removing StateS 0 tet e en ees 21 3 Setting up how objects are used atruntime 0 0 cece ees 21 3 Positioning objects for touch screens 0 0 cee eee 21 4 Using touch Marins 4 0 4 4 240 oon aes e040 0480 b son eee bane eSeOR 21 4 Assigning function keys to buttons 20 0c cece ccc teens 21 5 Function key equivalents 0 ccc ccc cece cece eee n eee neenes 21 6 Using the keyboard to navigate to and select objects 0000005 21 7 What input focus looks like 0 ce cee eens 21 7
209. ng passwords You can use the password button to change your password at run time Any password changes that are made at run time are saved in the mer file When passwords are changed at run time be sure to change the passwords on the development computer as well Otherwise the next time you create the mer file the password changes will be lost For version 5 00 applications you can convert the runtime application file to a development application in order to save password changes For more information see page 14 6 If you are logged in to Windows as an Administrator user you can use the password button to change passwords for Windows linked users If you are not logged in as an Administrator user or if your application is running in Windows CE the passwords for Windows linked users must be changed in Windows For version 3 20 and earlier applications you cannot change passwords in FactoryTalk View ME Station To change a password for a FactoryTalk View user use the Runtime Security editor in Factory Talk View Studio then recreate the runtime application and download the mer file again To change a password for a Windows user use the Windows Control Panel To change your password 1 Press the password button 17 Using your application The Change Password window opens Change Password User Name FactoryTalk Service Old Password F2 New Password F3 Confirm Password F 4 2 Press the Old Password button
210. ning the application s mer file and then click the file name 3 Click Open 4 To replace the runtime computer s communication settings with the application s communication settings click Yes To keep the runtime computer s communication settings click No You are notified that the application s FactoryTalk System Directory of users and security policies will be loaded on this computer This is the set of users and policies that have been set up for the application and are contained in the mer file The computer s existing FactoryTalk System Directory will be archived and will be restored when you stop the application To turn off this warning see page 15 16 5 To continue click Yes To stop loading the application click No If you continue the application name is displayed in the Current application box in the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box 6 Torun the application click Run Application The DEFAULT user is logged in If a macro is assigned to the DEFAULT user the macro runs Shutting down applications To shut down an application use one of these methods m Press a shutdown button in a graphic display 15 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 15 6 m If the application is set up to use a title bar with a Control box click the Close button at the right end of the title bar m If the application is set up to use a title bar with a Control box on the Control menu at the lef
211. nnare cae 30 2 Running macros when tags or expressions change value 006 30 3 Where to assign Macros eds nach oom eg dena a Mae Re ala a edw me ck wee 30 4 Contents APPENDICES A Converting PanelBuilder 1400e applications TeHMNOlOCY oa ha neer S has FKP OEE Soe en ae eww ae ee A 1 SUMMIALY OF STEPS orses ed we eects ude s OA EEEE A 2 Converting PanelBuilder 1400e application files 000005 A 3 Equivalent graphic objects 0 0 0 ccc ce eee e A 5 Unsupported graphic objects 0 0 ccc eee eee eee A 8 Unsupported settings and controls 2 0 eens A 8 Controls for transferring runtime application files 040 A 8 Settings and controls for alarms 0 0 0 eee eens A 8 Invalid characters in screen naMeS 2 eee eee A 9 Screen security SCUINGS cna 045448 s os abe oe hud 06 S054 bee oes HOES SEES A 9 BIOR 406 4464044 oo 550s 65454 o5e see 056s 850604 arenes oe eee Se A 9 Converting non RIO communications 0 0 00 e cee eee A 9 Unsupported tag data types 6 ce ee eee eens A 9 Unsupported initial values 2 0 0 ce ee eens A 10 Converting RIO communications 0 0 0 cc ccc cece eects A 10 Unsupported PanelBuilder 1400e RIO tags 0005 A 11 Unsupported graphic object features 0 ccc eee eee A 12 Converting expressions n 04 cases teens bee eead bese tewas des dsade ee A 13 Equivalent expression syntax
212. o one of the following m Inthe Exprn column click the Browse button and then create an expression in the Expression editor Use this method if you want to check the expression syntax m Inthe Tag or expression column type the expression The expression syntax is not checked if you use this method For more information about expressions see Chapter 23 Substituting tag names used in graphic objects You can use tag substitution to replace tag names and expressions assigned to the connections for graphic objects For example if you assign a tag to multiple objects in a graphic display and then decide to use a different name for the tag you can create a new tag and then use tag substitution to search for all tag references with the old name and replace them with the new tag name You can also use tag substitution to replace the tags contained in embedded variables For more information about tag substitution see page 20 38 6 11 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Logging tag values Analog and digital tag values can be logged including both HMI and data server tags To set up data logging use the Data Log Models editor For more information see Chapter 26 i datalog Objects 5 Screen Demo Data Log Models Iof x Enter tag names separated by a space if more than one in the Tags ta add bow then click Add to add them to the list of tags in the model Tags to add Tags in model Ad
213. object display For information about creating global object displays see page 25 7 Designing displays When designing displays applying good visual design principles helps users and increases their efficiency Remember these important design principles Consistency Be consistent with your use of symbols and color Be consistent with button labels and button placement When you design several displays place the same kinds of buttons in the same positions For example if you have a Start button in a certain position in one display don t put a Stop button in the same position in the next display Clarity m Use symbols that are easily recognizable For example use the conventional ISA symbols for tanks and valves Don t overload the screen with information m Use standard clear terminology and avoid abbreviations or acronyms that the user might not understand m Use colors with recognizable meanings For example in North America the colors red and green usually mean stop and start Keep color meanings consistent by assigning red only to Stop buttons and green only to Start buttons Some people are color blind to red and green so don t rely on color alone to establish meaning m Use high contrast color combinations such as yellow on blue Usability m If you re designing for a touch screen don t place important buttons where they ll be blocked by an On Top display The user can t press a covered button
214. oclose the Login window and complete the login press Enter What happens when a user logs in When a user logs in m Ifthe previous user did not log out the previous user is logged out now If a logout macro is set up for the previous user the logout macro runs assigning values to tags If the previous user belongs to a group and a logout macro is set up for the group the logout macro runs m The new user is logged in 17 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 17 4 m Ifalogin macro is set up for the new user the macro runs assigning values to tags If the new user belongs to a group and a login macro is set up for the group the login macro runs Problems with logging in Login is unsuccessful under these circumstances m If the graphic display changes remotely before the user has finished logging in the login is cancelled m Ifthe user name doesn t match the settings in the Runtime Security editor the user is not logged in m Ifthe user password doesn t match the password set up in FactoryTalk Security in the Users folder 4 00 or 5 00 applications or the password set up in the Runtime Security editor for 3 20 and earlier applications the user is not logged in m If the screen resolution is smaller than 280 pixels wide by 84 pixels high the Login window cannot open m If the screen resolution is smaller than 236 pixels wide by 208 pixels high the string pop up keyboard cannot open Changi
215. offerings Systems oriented products are part of the company s Integrated Architecture solution Here is an overview of some of the name changes you might need to be aware of This product RSView RSView Enterprise Has been renamed FactoryTalk View RSView Supervisory Edition FactoryTalk View Site Edition RSView SE Distributed FactoryTalk View SE Network RSView SE Client FactoryTalk View SE Client RSView SE Stand alone FactoryTalk View SE Local RSView Machine Edition FactoryTalk View Machine Edition RSView ME Station FactoryTalk View ME Station RSView Studio FactoryTalk View Studio RSAssetSecurity FactoryTalk Security FactoryTalk Automation Platform FactoryTalk Services Platform ControlLogix Logix5000 VersaView CE PanelView Plus CE P 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE About the documentation The FactoryTalk View Machine Edition documentation set includes m Release Notes Information to read before you begin installing or working with the software The Release Notes are available on the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition CD as well as from the Help menu in FactoryTalk View Studio m FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Installation Guide A guide to installing and activating the various components of FactoryTalk View Machine Edition The Installation Guide is a
216. omized desktop The customized desktop is intended to prevent operators from having access to other applications and operating system functions such as restarting Windows or shutting down tasks You can also use the tool to set up an automatic Windows logon and to specify options such as which software applications are allowed or not allowed to run on the computer Before using the tool read the DeskLock Help completely To open the DeskLock tool 1 On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software FactoryTalk View Tools and then click DeskLock For details about using the tool see the tool s Help 15 17 C16 Transferring applications to a PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal This chapter describes starting FactoryTalk View ME Station setting up communication drivers to use to transfer applications to a Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal transferring applications and TrueType fonts to Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminals uploading applications from a terminal to the development computer comparing applications on the development computer with applications on the terminal For information about using your application at run time see Chapter 17 For information about using FactoryTalk View ME Station on the terminal including setting up communications printers and input devices see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual This manual is available on the Factory
217. on Information message component files ifm Local Local message component files loc Macros Macro component files mcr PAR Parameter component files par RecipePlus RecipePlus component files pp External folders The following table lists some FactoryTalk View folders that are external to the HMI project folder and the types of files they contain 4 Working with applications The folders are located in this directory C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise Windows 2000 or C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RS View Enterprise Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 This folder Contains File extensions Images Image files for use on graphic objects bmp ME Libraries Graphic library component files and image files gfx used in the library displays bmp ME Logs Runtime Data log files for applications that have run on log Application Name the development computer tag Diglog Data Log Model Name ME Logs Runtime Alarm log file for applications that have run on alm Application Name the development computer M_Alarms ME Runtime Runtime application files mer ME HMI projects Sample application folders including all files and folders needed for the sample ME Faceplates Graphic displays and global object displays for gfx Logix5000 faceplates ggfx bmp If desired you can specify a different directory in which to store graphic library component files For more in
218. on the right there are two data servers named KepServer and RSLinxServer Folders of data server tags are listed under the data server to which they belong Below the data servers the application is listed as an HMI server with folders of HMI tags under the application name Browsing for off line tags For each RSLinx Enterprise device shortcut or each RSLinx Classic OPC topic in your application an Offline and an Online folder is displayed in the Tag Browser 6 7 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 6 8 In RSLinx Enterprise you can use the Offline folder to browse tags in an RSLogix 5000 RSLogix acd file For details about making the acd file available to browse offline see RSLinx Enterprise Help In RSLinx Classic you can use the Offline folder to browse tags in a PLC program stored on disk If the OPC topic in RSLinx Classic has access to symbols you can browse for them in the Offline folder For details about adding symbols to the OPC topic in RSLinx Classic see RSLinx Classic Help Folders 5 Tags thatare available when EER Waste Water you are not connected to the H 2 Chlorinator ath Count_up controller are located in the HL Offline lt __ Offline folder BE Online nline __ E Stealth Tags thatare available when system you are connected to the controller are located in the Online folder Using tags and expressions in your application Once you ve created tags either
219. onitor runtime RAM usage for troubleshooting purposes The use of each global connection is optional 8 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Setting up global connections Use the Global Connections editor to set up global connections ng Global Connections CPRIDI16 Date and time output interval seconds Masimum Update rate 1 seconds Date and Time Display Macro Backlight Memory ee a ce se foe eee fo oe me O e For detailed information about the options in the Global Connections editor see Help Updating the date and time Use the date and time connections in the Date and Time tab of the Global Connections editor to update the date and time You can assign any or all of the date and time connections or leave them unassigned Normally you would assign only one set of date and time connections either to update the date and time at the data source from the terminal or to update the terminal s internal clock from the data source The values of assigned date and time connections are updated in the order in which the connections are listed in the Global Connections editor 8 2 8 Setting up global connections Updating the date and time at the data source from the terminal To update the date or time at the data source from the terminal s internal clock assign a tag to one or more of these connections This connection Contains this range of v
220. op up keyboard or scratchpad the string that is sent to the Value connection depends on how the string input enable button is set up m Ifa fill character is set up for the button and the operator enters fewer than the maximum number of input characters the fill characters are placed after the string the operator enters Spaces have a hex value of 20 Zeroes have a hex value of 30 FF characters have a hex value of FF Null characters have a hex value of 0 The null character indicates the end of string input It does not add to the actual string length m If the number of input characters is fewer than the number of characters in the length of the string tag assigned to the Value connection the remaining spaces are padded with the null character When the string is written to the Value connection the first character is placed in the high order byte of the first word at the tag address the second character is placed in the low order byte of the first word and so on 17 Using your application Problems with the string pop up windows Problems with the string pop up keyboard and scratchpad occur under these circumstances m If the graphic display changes remotely before the user has pressed the Enter button the pop up window closes without writing out a string m If the screen resolution is smaller than 236 pixels wide by 208 pixels high the pop up keyboard cannot open m If the screen resolution is smaller than 236 p
221. or After changing passwords recreate the application and download the mer file Adding 3 20 and earlier users or groups from a Windows domain In RS View 3 20 and earlier applications there are two possible types of user accounts m users or groups from a Windows domain m users you create in FactoryTalk View You cannot use both user account types in the application at the same time Before you can make use of Windows user accounts in FactoryTalk View you must first create the user accounts in your Windows domain To do this in a Windows network domain your network must have at least one Windows server acting as a domain controller You cannot use Windows Workgroups When you use Windows users or groups the user password is the Windows domain password To add users from a Windows domain to FactoryTalk View 1 Open the Runtime Security editor and then click the RS View 3 20 and earlier tab 2 On the Setup menu click Windows Security Options FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Windows Security Options Use Windows Accounts as source for Factory alk View User 4ccounts Windows Domain CARBCKYREMPELOT z Windows Users or Groups Factory T alk View User G default G supervisor gt HelpServicesbroup ry Network Configurat mt Power Users Remote Desktop Use ital l E ews Cancel Help 3 Inthe Windows Security Options dialog box specify the users and groups to use For de
222. or press F2 on an external keyboard The string pop up keyboard opens For details about using the keyboard see page 17 11 BS ooRo one jeeleie le efi fel leis a ies se ee son ODE a BE 3 Type your old password in the string pop up keyboard or on an external keyboard and then press Enter The password is case sensitive 4 Press the New Password button or press F3 on an external keyboard 17 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 17 6 5 Type the new password in the string pop up keyboard or on an external keyboard and then press Enter 6 Press the Confirm Password button or press F4 on an external keyboard 7 Type the new password again and then press Enter 8 To close the Change Password window and complete the change press Enter Logging out When the current user logs out if a logout macro is assigned to the user the macro runs If the user belongs to a group and a logout macro is set up for the group the logout macro runs After the current user is logged out the DEFAULT user is logged in If a login macro is assigned to the DEFAULT user the macro runs You can also set up the application to automatically log out the current user after a specified period of inactivity For more information see page 11 13 To log out 1 Press the logout button Entering numeric values The operator can enter or ramp numeric values at run time using the numeric input enable button or t
223. or whole words maximum of 82 characters Use string tags to represent devices that use text such as a bar code scanner that uses an alphanumeric product code 7 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 1 2 This tag type Stores this type of data System Information generated while the system is running such as the name of the logged in user system time and date and so on FactoryTalk View creates system tags when you create an application The system tags are stored in the folder called system in the HMI tag database You cannot edit system tags You can use system tags anywhere you would use any other type of tag For a list of system tags see Appendix C Analog tags that use floating point values You can assign analog tags to most of the connections in FactoryTalk View including both HMI and data server tags If the analog tag uses a floating point data type but an integer value is required the floating point value is rounded For information about the data types available for analog tags see Help How values are rounded When a floating point value must be rounded to an integer this 1s how the value is rounded m If the number after the decimal is 4 or less the value is rounded down For example 8 495 is rounded to 8 m Ifthe number after the decimal is 6 or more the value is rounded up For example 8 6 is rounded to 9 m Ifthe number after the decimal is 5 the value is rounded using
224. oryTalk Security users or user groups to the FactoryTalk View Runtime Security editor For details see page 11 4 3 Inthe FactoryTalk View Runtime Security editor if desired assign login and logout macros and security codes to users or user groups For details see Help for the editor 4 Inthe Graphics editor assign security codes to graphic displays that will have limited access 5 Provide users with a method for logging in and out 6 If desired prevent unauthorized users from stopping the application These steps are described in detail in this chapter Working with the Runtime Security editor Use the Runtime Security editor to m add FactoryTalk Security users and assign security codes and login and logout macros for each user or group of users that will have access to the application at run time m migrate users from RSView 3 20 and earlier to FactoryTalk View version 5 00 m assign user passwords version 3 20 and earlier applications only m add Windows users or groups version 3 20 and earlier applications only The method for adding users and assigning security codes to them depends on whether you are setting up users for FactoryTalk View 5 00 or RS View 4 00 applications or for RS View 3 20 and earlier applications There is a separate tab for 4 00 and later applications and for 3 20 and earlier applications The Runtime Security editor has special items on the View menu to control the appearance of the editor I
225. oryTalk View Studio the problem could be a Microsoft Windows security setting You must have read and write access to the folder that contains the HMI projects For example if you belong to the Windows user group called Power Users and the group does not have write access to the HMI projects folder you won t be able to open applications in FactoryTalk View The default location for the HMI projects folder is C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise ME Windows 2000 or C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RS View Enterprise ME Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 For more information about security see Chapter 11 To set up write access for Power Users 1 Right click the HMI projects folder and then click Properties 2 Inthe Security tab of the Properties dialog box select Power Users from the list of groups and user names 3 Inthe Permissions box below the list select Full Control and then select Allow 2 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 2 4 Exploring the FactoryTalk View Studio main window Title bar n FactoryT alk Yiew Studio Machine Edition Menu bar File View Application Tools Window Help Toolbar ____ lausar Explorer Pumphouse lt Local CARBCKYREMPELO1 fy Pumphouse B Pumphouse O BS System i b E Project Settings Runtime Security ps Diagnostics List Setup PoP og Global Connections
226. ose button that you can click to close the editor Entering information in spreadsheets Some editors contain spreadsheets for entering information You can enter information in the white columns Gray columns display information you cannot enter information in them E Alarm Setup Objects 5 Screen Demo oj Xx Select trigger Trigger settings if memsLastDisp_ 1 lt 14 4 Nicer Hie Triager label if mem LastDisp_x1 gt 13 AN A Ga gger lab if mem LastDisp_y1 gt 13 AN Value F Use ack all value Optional trigger connections O Tamamen Teo Expr m gt j andshake Add emote Ack emote Ack Handshake Edt Message Message Notification Remove MessacfiHandshake This column is for display Enter information in this purposes only column These editors contain spreadsheets Tags Runtime Security formerly User Accounts Global Connections Local Messages Alarm Setup Information Setup Information Messages Macros RecipePlus Editor 2 12 2 Exploring FactoryTalk View Studio You cannot make changes in the spreadsheet section of the Tags editor In this editor you must use the Form section of the editor to create and edit tags The Runtime Security editor has two tabs You can use the spreadsheet in the ME Runtime 3 20 and earlier tab but not in the ME Runtime 4 00 and later tab Use this editor to add user accounts In the Graphics edito
227. ose the pop up window and write the value to the object s Value connection If the Optional Expression connection is assigned to the button or cursor point FactoryTalk View calculates the value of the expression and writes the result to the Value connection For details see page 23 19 If Enter key handshaking is set up for the button or cursor point the object s Enter connection is set to 1 and the handshaking timer begins timing For details see page 21 13 Delete Clear the scratchpad There is no Delete button in the pop up keypad but you can use the Delete key on an external keyboard or keypad 17 8 17 Using your application How values are ramped If the button or cursor point is being used to ramp a value at the Value connection m When the tag assigned to the Value connection is an integer tag but the ramp value is a floating point value the ramp value is added to or subtracted from the Value connection value and then the result is rounded and written to the Value connection For information about how values are rounded see page 7 2 m If the operator presses and holds down the move up or move down button or the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key on the keyboard or keypad the button or key goes into auto repeat mode The ramp value is added to or subtracted from the last value sent to the Value connection For more information about auto repeat mode see page 21 13 m If ramping the button or cursor po
228. ote Status Reset connection changes to a new non zero value and remains set for the hold time 9 Setting up alarms While the hold time is in effect the alarm status cannot be reset again The status of alarms keeps updating during the hold time How the Remote Status Reset connection works When this connection changes to a new non zero value the status of all alarms is reset as described on page 9 9 Alarms can be reset using other methods regardless of this connection s value Set up the data source to send a new non zero value to the Remote Status Reset connection each time you want a remote resetting of alarm status to take place How the Close Display connection works When the application starts this connection has a value of 0 If the alarm display assigned in the Alarm Setup editor closes this connection is set to 1 for the hold time At the end of the hold time the connection is reset to 0 If subsequent alarms are generated the alarm display opens again regardless of the Close Display connection value or hold time status How the Remote Close Display connection works When this connection changes to a new non zero value the alarm display closes The alarm display can be closed using other methods regardless of this connection s value Set up the data source to send a new non zero value to the Remote Close Display connection each time you want a remote closing of the alarm display to take place The ALARM dis
229. out FactoryTalk Diagnostics 0 0 0 0 000s Browsing diagnostics messages ccc ce eee eens How to set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics 0 0 0 0 0 cee BE E icy 2s tees ee so She Se FEA Ae ow ees M ssa e TOUDE Syncs vee Gears paa Pee Ee eee a a Cole POMCG ee a p5 na Gand E Boek VG hee Boe ee WeSssaec SCVCMUCS sena see buhekaw a RE OE ae oe Reds AAN e e sc pep oe ih 6 oe EE EEN EEEE KS Gee a ee Displaying diagnostics messages during application development Viewing FactoryTalk Diagnostics log files 00005 Using the Diagnostics Setup tool 0 0 ee eee Logging to an ODBC database 0 0 0 0 es ROUNMS IMCSSALCS ccnk ox ctesoetade ce eee od nde bohen A eae ds Receiving messages from a Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE CCtMOINAD oc peewee 1555554 en aeeenes awk E ee eeweueoss Displaying and printing diagnostics messages at run time Using the Diagnostics List Setup editor 00000 Setting up how messages are displayed and printed at runtime The DIAGNOSTICS display 0 0 0 0 cece eee Creating your own diagnostics display 0 0 0 0 eee Opening and closing the diagnostics display 000 0000s Openitie the display is 43 deco etedoaereetedureeeneeemnrs es Closing the display lt 1 lt 0 wes v0 04 ou eduln ooo be oo owes oe Kee How the diagnostics list graphic object works 0000005 What is displayed sese
230. owser and select the tag to use To open the Tag Browser In most editors click the Browse button in the Tags column m Inthe Expression editor position the cursor where you want to insert a tag name and then click Tags m Inthe Parameters editor double click where you want to insert a tag name 6 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 6 6 Using the Tag Browser amp Tag Browser Select Tag Folders Contents of Alarm bags Root folder Pumphouse a Alarm_tags Air diper _on off J Eo amp Butane_flowy P m 5 4 s Butane_mode 7 m T BP Compressor _on off Folders pane cca ns Diesel_blend_orr H _Syst nay ENER petem amp Diesel_blend_pa 3 63 Channelsiemens Diesel blend Sa System amp F ESAN E CJ DeviceSiemens es 29 PLCS E lsobutane_mode HEHH iie 2 hhogas_blend_on system Mogas_blerd_pa Mogas_blend_pe amp Propane fow Propane_mode RWP _analyzer_o Tags pane For a better view of the folders or tags drag this bar to the left or the right Tonite Nornes Selected Tag ee Home area f mea O e In the Tag Browser you can m selecta single tag or multiple tags The ability to select multiple tags is available in the Data Log Models editor only In the illustration above only a single tag can be selected m select data server tags and HMI tags m select a folder of tags without selecting a specific ta
231. p scratchpad you can use the keys on an external keyboard only The string pop up character input doesn t have a SHF or CAP key and it has additional arrow keys for selecting the characters to input Use this pop up Or this keyboard keyboard button equivalent To do this SHF none Capitalize a single letter or type a shifted character such as CAP none Capitalize multiple letters INS Insert Toggle between insert and overstrike modes SPACE Spacebar Insert a space lt lt Left Arrow Move the cursor to the left gt gt Right Arrow Move the cursor to the right 17 13 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 17 14 Use this pop up Or this keyboard keyboard button equivalent ESC Esc CLR Delete Backspace Backspace Enter Enter To do this Close the pop up window without writing the string to the Login dialog box the Change Password dialog box or the string input enable button s Value connection Clear the scratchpad Delete the character in front of the cursor Close the pop up window and write the string to the Login dialog box the Change Password dialog box or the string input enable button s Value connection If Enter key handshaking is set up for the string input enable button the button s Enter connection is set to 1 and the handshaking timer begins timing For details see page 21 13 What is written to the Value connection When the operator presses the Enter button in the p
232. p the button To use the string pop up character input on a personal computer 1 In FactoryTalk View Studio on the Tools menu select Options 2 Click the String Pop Up tab 3 Select Use the string pop up character input To use the string pop up character input on a PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal 1 In FactoryTalk View ME Station click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Input Devices 3 Select String Pop Up and then click Enter 17 Using your application 4 Specify whether to invoke the pop up character input instead of the pop up keyboard and then click OK Using the string pop up scratchpad If the operator opens the string pop up scratchpad by pressing a string input enable button the number of characters the scratchpad accepts depends on how you set up the string input enable button The scratchpad does not contain any buttons If the runtime computer does not have an external keyboard attached the operator will be unable to enter characters or close the scratchpad unless the runtime terminal is a keypad terminal If the runtime terminal is a keypad terminal the operator can enter numbers not letters in the scratchpad and close the scratchpad When the scratchpad is open no other objects in the graphic display can accept input Using buttons and keys with the string pop up windows You can use the following buttons and their keyboard equivalents with the string pop up keyboard For the pop u
233. play When you create an application it comes with a graphic display called ALARM The ALARM display is the default display for showing alarm messages at run time It contains an alarm banner graphic object that is set up to display a single active alarm P ALARM Condiments Display Alarm banner graphic object Silence Buttons p Alarms F2 9 25 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE You can use the ALARM display as is or modify the display For example you can change the color of the objects or add and remove buttons Another option is to create your own graphic display to use when an alarm occurs as described on page 9 30 Or you can use one of the alarm displays in the graphic library These displays are described in the next four sections A copy of the ALARM display is included in the graphic library with the name ALARM BANNER The alarm banner graphic object The ALARM display contains an alarm banner graphic object which lists the most recent alarm message You can set up the alarm banner to queue new alarms until the displayed alarm has been acknowledged or to show new alarms as they occur The alarm banner in the ALARM display is set up to display new alarms as they occur and to display active alarms only but you can edit it if desired For more information about the alarm banner see page 9 33 Buttons in the ALARM display The ALARM display contains al
234. ple Trigger values using bit positions This example shows how to use bit positions to generate multiple simultaneous alarms The array tag uses 32 bits from N7 0 00 to N7 1 15 This diagram shows the bit addresses and bit positions for the array tag Bit address e 15 14 13 1211 10 09 08 OF Ob Os 04 O3 02 01 OO N70 OOOO T OfO lO lO lO 10 oO Oj 10 Bit postion 16 1514131211109 87654321 Bit address m 15 141312111009 08 OF 06 05 0403 02 01 00 Nat OPO TOPOLO AOL LOL TOF Ofojo Bit position e 32 31 30 29 20 27 26 25 44 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 9 Setting up alarms The tag is currently generating alarms at bit positions 2 6 12 21 22 26 and 30 To set up alarms for this array tag 1 Create an alarm trigger for the array tag Use the Bit trigger type You must use a direct reference for the array tag The tag uses the Integer data type 16 bits per element Append L2 to the tag s starting address to indicate that the trigger will monitor 2 tag elements 32 bits as follows PLC5 N7 0 L2 PLCS is the RSLinx Enterprise device shortcut name The two colons at the beginning are necessary when the tag reference contains a colon 2 Specify trigger values and alarm messages for the alarm trigger Each trigger value corresponds to a bit position not a bit address Bit in the array bit address Bit position Trigger value Message 00 l l Line 1 Conveyor
235. pop up keyboard or scratchpad opens depending on how you set up the button To use the scratchpad a keyboard must be attached to the runtime computer For information about setting up the string input enable button see Help 17 Using your application Using the string pop up keyboard The string pop up keyboard opens when the operator presses a string input enable button or the User or Password button in the Login dialog box The pop up is also used with the password button graphic object Scratchpad area If the operator opens the pop up keyboard by pressing a string input enable button the number of characters the keyboard accepts depends on how you set up the button When the keyboard is open no other objects in the graphic display can accept input Using the string pop up character input You can use a string pop up character input instead of the string pop up keyboard With the string pop up character input you use the arrow keys to select the characters to input 17 11 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Scratchpad 17 12 The string pop up character input opens when the operator presses a string input enable button or the User or Password button in the Login dialog box The pop up is also used with the password button graphic object If the operator opens the string pop up character input by pressing a string input enable button the number of characters the input accepts depends on how you set u
236. r many of the Properties dialog boxes for setting up graphic objects contain spreadsheets for assigning tags or expressions to the objects To enter information in a cell in a spreadsheet 1 Click the cell and then type the information If the cell already contains text the new information is added after the current text In the Property Panel double click the cell and then type the information If the cell already contains text double clicking highlights the text and typing replaces the highlighted text To move to the next cell in the row 1 Press Tab or Enter The method to use depends on which editor you re working in To move to the first cell in the next row 1 Press Enter or Down Arrow The method to use depends on which editor you re working in To delete a cell s contents 1 Click the cell and then press Delete or Backspace Pressing Backspace removes the characters one by one The method to use depends on which editor you re working in To delete rows 1 Select one or more rows right click the selection and then click Delete Rows Printing Each editor has a Print item on its File menu To print an editor s contents 1 Open the editor 2 On the File menu click Print 2 13 FACTORY TALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 2 14 3 Click OK Selecting a printer You must install a printer before you can select it For information about installing a printer see your Windows documentat
237. r to a development application with the file extension med For more information see page 14 6 To start the Application Manager tool do one of the following m In FactoryTalk View Studio on the Tools menu click Application Manager m On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software FactoryTalk View Tools and then click Application Manager For details about using the tool see the tool s Help 4 Working with applications About project settings Project settings determine the general appearance of your runtime application such as the size of the project window and whether a title bar appears in the project window Since project settings affect how your graphic displays look specify the settings before creating graphic displays Project window size and runtime screen resolution This section describes the difference between project window size and runtime screen resolution and describes how these two settings can affect the behavior of your application at run time The project window size is the amount of room your application occupies on the runtime terminal or computer screen in pixels The runtime screen resolution is the actual size of the runtime terminal or computer screen in pixels Therefore the project window size must be less than or equal to the runtime screen resolution Project window size 640 x 480 pixels Fiksa cick cove of thee T butions recoded hip Screen resolution 1024 x 728 p
238. r at Location 2 However the programmable controller writes the value from the Ack connection 1 to the Remote Ack connection and the alarm at Location 2 is acknowledged How the Remote Ack Handshake connection works This connection is used to notify the data source that the remote acknowledgement has been detected by FactoryTalk View 9 Setting up alarms When the application starts the Remote Ack Handshake connection has a value of 1 When the Remote Ack connection value changes the Remote Ack Handshake connection s value toggles from 1 to 0 The next time the Remote Ack value changes the Remote Ack Handshake value toggles from 0 to 1 The Remote Ack Handshake value toggles whether or not the new Remote Ack value matches a trigger value Ensuring alarm messages are read by the data source before sending new messages This section explains how the Message Message Notification and Message Handshake connections work To ensure an alarm message is read by the data source before FactoryTalk View sends a new message use message handshaking While message handshaking is in effect for an alarm message FactoryTalk View cannot send a new message to the alarm trigger s Message connection Methods of alarm message handshaking Alarm handshaking works by setting the alarm trigger s Message Notification connection to 1 As long as the Message Notification connection is set to 1 new messages cannot be sent to the Messages connect
239. r is always on top of other windows that it overlaps but you can move it to different locations in the middle of the main window m Asa child window When the explorer is in child mode you can minimize the explorer or position other windows in front of it This mode is particularly useful when you are working in multiple editors or working with the Help open To put the explorer in child mode right click the Explorer window title bar and then click MDI Child Moving the Explorer window You can move the Explorer window in a number of ways m Click the title bar and drag m Right click the title bar then select a new docking location floating or child mode w Docked Floating MOI Child Docked to d Top MOI Child as Left Bottom Right Working with editors When developing an application you will use many different editors but they have many similar features and often require similar information Knowing how to use these features saves time For information on working with particular editors see the chapters later in this guide Locating editors The editors are grouped in folders in the Explorer window see the illustration on page 2 9 Each editor is displayed with an icon to the left of the editor name 2 Exploring FactoryTalk View Studio To open a folder in the Explorer window 1 Click the symbol to the left of the folder icon or double click the folder name Viewing an editor s components
240. r the mer file If the application contains features that are not supported by the version you select FactoryTalk View displays a validation report that lists the unsupported features The 14 Creating runtime applications runtime application file is not created You must remove or turn off the unsupported features before you can create the runtime application file For information about the features supported in different versions of FactoryTalk View and how to remove or replace them see Appendix G Converting mer files to development applications For FactoryTalk View version 5 00 mer files you can convert the runtime mer file back to a development application med file This option is useful if m you lose or don t have access to the original med file and you need to make a change to the application m you make changes to the mer file at run time such as adding passwords updating RSLinx Enterprise device shortcuts or saving recipes and you need to make a change to the application but don t want to lose this runtime information m you need to extract information that was generated at run time such as updated RecipePlus files When you create the mer file you can specify whether or not to allow conversion of the runtime mer file and whether to require a password to convert the runtime application For more information about converting mer files to development applications see page 14 6 To create
241. ramming software To open the Import PLC Tags dialog box do one of the following In the Tag Browser right click the right pane and then click Import PLC Tags For information about using the Tag Browser see page 6 5 In the Tags editor on the Edit menu click Other Databases or click the DB Browser tool Import PLC Tags Pumphouse x Import Tags into Folder oe ASLine Topic Cancel Help Click on Search to mitate query of FLE A oO PLC Symbol and Addresses ELC Databaze Browse Filter Search database C Symbols C Use Symbol Name as Tag Address For more information about using the Import PLC Tags dialog box see Help 7 Using HMI tags Using the Tag Import and Export Wizard You can also import PLC or SLC databases into FactoryTalk View using the Tag Import and Export Wizard You can use the wizard to m export your application s tags to a csv file import tags from another FactoryTalk View application s tag csv file m merge tags from another FactoryTalk View application that is import them directly from the application without first creating a tag csv file m import tags from legacy PLC databases created using WINtelligent LOGIC 5 or A I 5 with file extension dsc m import tags from RSLogix 5 or RSLogix 500 saved as an external database with file extension ctd before importing explicitly export to the ctd format to be sure of includin
242. rator presses the acknowledge alarm button A single alarm for a particular trigger is acknowledged when m the trigger s Remote Ack connection value changes to the alarm s trigger value or bit position for bit triggers All alarms for a particular trigger are acknowledged when m the trigger s Remote Ack connection value changes to the Acknowledge all value The Acknowledge all value is specified in the Use ack all value box in the Alarm Setup editor m the operator presses an acknowledge all alarms button that is set up to acknowledge the alarms for a specific alarm trigger All alarms in the alarm log file are acknowledged when m the operator presses an acknowledge all alarms button that is set up to acknowledge all alarms m the Remote Ack All connection s value changes to a new non zero value For more information about acknowledging alarms see page 9 38 The operator can send button presses to objects that do not have focus For information about linking buttons to objects see page 21 9 Methods for clearing and deleting alarms Alarms are deleted from the alarm log file and cleared from all alarm lists and alarm banners when the operator presses the clear alarm history button You can set up the button to clear alarms for all alarms or for a specific alarm trigger The alarm in the alarm banner is cleared when the operator presses the clear alarm banner button It is not deleted from the alarm
243. reconfigured default graphic displays for diagnostics alarm and information messages If the project window size is smaller than the default displays the edges of the displays are cut off at run time These are the sizes of the default displays Graphic Display Width in pixels Height in pixels DIAGNOSTICS 640 160 ALARM 640 210 INFORMATION 640 80 4 13 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE If your project window size is smaller than the default message display sizes you can resize the default displays or use your own displays instead Title bar If you select this option a title bar is used for all Replace graphic displays For information about graphic display types see page 19 12 If desired you can also use a Control box Minimize button and Close button on the title bar The Close button appears only if you select the Control box in the Project Settings editor Fs Refinery A Pumphouse Login ii Es Title Graphic display name Minimize button J Control box Close button If you plan to set up security for your application and want to prevent unauthorized users from stopping the application do not use a title bar For information about setting up security see Chapter 11 Changing the Title bar or Border setting If you change the Title bar or Border setting you have the option of scaling graphic displays to accommodate the new display size For details see Help 4 Working with appl
244. rms to display in the lists For more information see page 9 32 Connections that work with a specific alarm trigger You can assign a different set of these connections to each alarm trigger or to only one or some alarm triggers m Handshake Assign a tag to this connection to notify the data source when the trigger s value changes m Ack Assign a tag to this connection to notify the data source when the operator acknowledges an alarm or all alarms m Remote Ack Assign a tag or an expression to this connection to allow the data source to acknowledge alarms m Remote Ack Handshake Assign a tag to this connection to notify the data source when a remote acknowledgement occurs m Message Assign a tag to this connection to send alarm messages to the connection Make sure the tag supports the type of data sent in the alarm message For example if the message is a string of text assign a string tag to the Message connection m Message Notification Assign a tag to this connection to notify FactoryTalk View that an alarm message has been sent to the connection and FactoryTalk View must wait before sending a new message m Message Handshake Assign a tag to this connection if you want the data source to notify FactoryTalk View when it has read the message Assign tags or expressions to these connections when you create your alarm triggers For more detailed information about how these connections work see the next sections
245. rs in the display when the display opens For more information about parameter files see page 25 3 For information about setting up display list selectors see Help 13 Setting up display navigation How display types affect the selector s behavior The display list selector s behavior at run time also depends on which types of graphic displays are already open and which type of display it is opening m Ifthe selected graphic display is a Replace display it closes any open On Top and Replace displays It does not close On Top displays that use the Cannot Be Replaced option m If the selected display is an On Top display it opens on top of the current display The current display does not close The operator cannot use the display list selector to open Replace displays if display change is currently controlled remotely But the operator can still open On Top displays with or without the Cannot Be Replaced option Selecting the display to open The operator can scroll through the list and select displays using the key button graphic objects or if the list has the input focus by using the arrow keys and Enter key on a keypad or external keyboard You can link key buttons to a specific display list selector or set up the buttons to work with whichever object is selected in the graphic display For information about input focus see page 21 7 For information about linking buttons to the display list selector see page 21 9
246. ryTalk View ME Station l On the runtime computer start Factory Talk View ME Station For more information see page 15 4 15 e Running applications on a personal computer 2 Load the application For more information see page 15 4 3 Edit device shortcuts if necessary For more information see page 15 6 4 Set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the runtime computer if you have not already done SO For more information see page 10 6 5 If you will be using KEPServerEnterprise specify serial port IDs For more information see page 15 8 6 If you will be using RSLinx Enterprise set up communication drivers if you have not already done so For more information see page 15 9 7 Specify the printers to use For more information see page 15 10 8 Specify startup options for FactoryTalk View ME Station For more information see page 15 11 Once you ve completed these steps you re ready to run the application For information about running your application see Chapter 17 Moving applications to the runtime computer The runtime application file has the extension mer You can use any standard file transfer method to copy your runtime application from the development computer to the runtime computer You can m copy the application file from the development computer to a floppy disk and then from the floppy disk to the runtime computer m if the application file is too large to fit on a floppy disk
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249. s accumulating again m if an alarm is still active the number of times the alarm has been triggered is increased by 1 Changing the alarm status displayed in the alarm status list When the operator presses the alarm status mode button the type of alarms displayed in the alarm status list changes as follows m If the current type displayed is all alarms the list changes to display active alarms only 9 Setting up alarms m If the current type displayed is active alarms the list changes to display past alarms only m If the current type displayed is past alarms the list changes to display all alarms The change affects the linked or selected alarm status list only not all alarm status lists 9 41 C10 Setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics This chapter describes m FactoryTalk Diagnostics m displaying diagnostics messages during application development m viewing FactoryTalk Diagnostics log files m using the Diagnostics Setup tool m displaying and printing diagnostics messages at run time m the DIAGNOSTICS display m creating your own diagnostics display m opening and closing the diagnostics display m how the diagnostics list graphic object works About FactoryTalk Diagnostics FactoryTalk Diagnostics records information about various types of system activity including m macro usage m operator comments m system messages and errors m errors from the communication network m tag read and write
250. s all diagnostics messages from all diagnostics lists in the application You can assign any captions you choose to the labels on the diagnostics buttons You can link the diagnostics clear button to a specific diagnostics list When the operator presses the button the selected message is deleted from the linked diagnostics list and also from any other diagnostics lists in the application For information about linking buttons to objects see page 21 9 Key buttons You can also use these key button graphic objects to interact with the diagnostics list This button Does this Move up Scrolls up one row in the list Move down Scrolls down one row in the list Page up Moves the highlight up one page in the list Page down Moves the highlight down one page in the list Home Moves the highlight to the top message in the list End Moves the highlight to the bottom message in the list 10 12 10 Setting up Factory Talk Diagnostics You can set up the key buttons to work only with the specified diagnostics list or to work with whichever object is selected in the graphic display For information about linking buttons to objects see page 21 9 For information about creating graphic objects see Chapter 20 For information about setting up specific buttons see Help 10 13 17 Setting up security This chapter describes using FactoryTalk Security steps for setting up security without FactoryTalk Securi
251. s chapter describes m steps for setting up alarms m preparing to set up alarms how alarms work m alarm trigger data types m tips for using array tags m optional alarm connections m creating alarm messages in multiple languages m the ALARM ALARM BANNER ALARM MULTI LINE STATUS and HISTORY displays m using displays from the library in your application m creating your own alarm display m opening and closing the alarm display how the alarm list alarm banner and alarm status list graphic objects work m using buttons to acknowledge silence clear and delete alarms m using buttons to sort alarms and reset alarm status About alarms An alarm occurs when something goes wrong or is about to go wrong Alarms can signal that a device or process has ceased operating within acceptable predefined limits and can indicate breakdown wear or process malfunctions Alarms are also used to indicate the approach of a dangerous condition Alarms are an important part of most plant control applications because an operator must know the instant something goes wrong It is often equally important to have a record of the alarm and whether the alarm was acknowledged Multiple language alarm messages A key component of any alarm system is the messages that appear when alarms occur FactoryTalk View supports alarm messages in multiple languages For information about setting up alarm messages in multiple languages
252. s the trigger s Acknowledge all value to this connection and holds the value as long as the operator presses the button or for the duration of the hold time whichever is longer Then the connection s value is reset to 0 m When the Remote Ack connection changes to a new non zero value that matches the trigger value of an unacknowledged alarm FactoryTalk View sends the trigger s value or bit position for bit triggers to this connection and holds the value for the duration of the hold time Then the connection s value is reset to Q To avoid confusion about whether a specific trigger s alarm individual alarm has been acknowledged or all alarms for the trigger have been acknowledged make sure the Acknowledge all value is not the same as one of the trigger values How the Remote Ack connection works The Remote Ack connection allows for the remote acknowledgement of alarms The data source writes the alarm s trigger value or bit position for bit triggers to this connection and the unacknowledged alarm with this trigger value is acknowledged If you assign this connection and specify an Acknowledge all value for the trigger when the data source sends the Acknowledge all value to this connection all unacknowledged alarms for the trigger are acknowledged Make sure that the Acknowledge all value is not the same as one of the trigger values Set up the data source to send the correct value to the
253. see page 9 17 9 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 2 Other multiple language alarm features FactoryTalk View supports using multiple languages for all captions on alarm objects In addition these alarm features can be translated into multiple languages m title of the alarm history report m title of the alarm status report Alarm objects and reports use the time formats for the current application language For more information about using multiple languages see Chapter 12 Summary of steps Follow these steps to set up alarms 1 Inthe Alarm Setup editor set up alarm triggers the tags or expressions to monitor define the alarm messages and their trigger values and specify the graphic display to open when alarms occur if any Also use this editor to specify trigger types Acknowledge all values the maximum alarm log file size the hold time and optional connections 2 Inthe Startup editor ensure that the Alarms box is checked it is checked by default See Help 3 If desired in the Graphics editor modify the default ALARM display or create your own graphic display to use for alarms For example if you won t be using audible alarm signals edit the default display to remove the silence alarms button For information about graphic displays see Chapter 19 4 Test alarms on the runtime system 9 Setting up alarms Setting up alarms Use the Alarm Setup editor to set up alarms
254. select Allow Opening multiple applications To open two applications at the same time for example to copy images and graphic objects between applications start two instances of FactoryTalk View Studio To view a graphic display in different languages at the same time open the application multiple times selecting a different language each time you open it Opening and editing applications from earlier versions of RSView You can open and edit applications from RS View 3 00 3 10 3 20 and 4 00 When you are finished editing you can create runtime application files for RS View ME Station version 3 00 3 10 3 20 or 4 00 This allows you to continue running your applications on existing terminals without upgrading all your software The application is converted to FactoryTalk View 5 00 when you import it but when you create the runtime application file you can save it back to the earlier version You can even use FactoryTalk View 5 00 global objects and create multiple language versions of your older applications When you create the runtime application file it uses the application s current language You can create as many different runtime application files in as many different languages as you want However the language switch feature is not available at run time for version 3 00 3 10 and 3 20 applications Global objects are converted to regular objects in the runtime application file for versions 3 00 3 10 and 3 20 For
255. sers from stopping the application 11 14 Additional step for personal computers 0 00 e eee eee eee 11 14 Additional step for Panel View Plus CE applications 11 14 Setting up FactoryTalk Security for your application 0 11 14 Summary Of SEPS needis nri punai sss badness eteesttoweesene tend 11 17 Creating FactoryTalk Security users 0 0 0 cc cece ee ee eens 11 17 Creating FactoryTalk Security user groups 0 0 ce eee eee 11 19 Setting up security access to the FactoryTalk Directory 11 19 Setting up security access to the application 0 000s 11 20 Setting up security access to System policies groups and users 11 20 Setting up security access to networks and devices 0005 11 20 Specifying which users can back up and restore FactoryTalk Directory and FactoryTalk View applications 00 cee eee eee 11 21 Specifying activities to track for audit purposes 00 000 ee 11 21 Specifying policies for passwords accounts and FactoryTalk sign on 11 21 Summary of security features in a sample startup display 11 22 12 Setting up language switching About language switching 0 0 eee eee eee 12 1 The default languag san osceut eres sso ndee e9GhN ode we takanahan 12 2 Summary of steps 240 00 64044 ode 066 Foodies oH 2 ow eens Fondant ee 12 3 Setting up Windows for
256. so use the Language Configuration dialog box to remove languages When you remove a language all the strings for the language are deleted the next time you save the application Saving a component deletes strings for the removed language from the component 12 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 12 6 Exporting application text strings for translation There are two options for exporting text strings m one language at a time saving the text in a tab delimited text file in Unicode format The file can be translated and then imported back into the application m all languages at once exporting into a single Microsoft Excel spreadsheet The strings in the spreadsheet can be translated and then imported back into the application These text strings allow language switching and are exported for translation m display titles for On Top displays defined in the Display Settings dialog box m text graphic objects m captions that you define for graphic objects including objects in global object displays m alarm local and information messages m alarm trigger labels m embedded time date and numeric variables Undefined strings are exported as undefined strings regardless of whether you select the option in the Language Configuration dialog box to display undefined strings using the default language That option is used only for displaying strings during application development and at run time It does not substitute th
257. source that a display print is in progress m Remote Display Print allows the data source to trigger a display print The operator can also print the current display by pressing the display print button For information about setting up this button see Help When the data source or the operator prints a display everything on the screen is printed including the current display pop up windows and any visible background applications If you plan to print graphic displays remotely turn off the screen saver If the screen saver is on when a remote display print is triggered only the screen saver image is printed For information abut turning off the screen saver on personal computers see your Windows documentation For information about turning off the screen saver on a PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual 8 5 FACTORY TALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 8 6 Running macros Use these global connections in the Macro tab of the Global Connections editor to run macros This connection Runs this macro Remote Macrol Macrol Remote Macro2 Macro2 Remote Macro3 Macro3 Remote Macro4 Macro4 Remote Macro5 Macro5 Create the macros in the Macros editor Make sure you name them exactly as shown in the right column of the preceding table with no space in the name When the tag or expression assigned to one of these connections changes to a new non zero value
258. splay closes automatically under these circumstances m when the operator presses an acknowledge all alarms button and causes the newest alarm in the alarm history to be acknowledged m when the operator presses a clear alarm history button and causes the newest alarm in the alarm history to be deleted m when the Remote Close Display connection changes to a new non zero value m when the Remote Ack All connection changes to a new non zero value m when the newest alarm is acknowledged If you don t want the display to close when the newest alarm is acknowledged you can turn off this option in FactoryTalk View ME Station To change how the display closes 1 In FactoryTalk View ME Station click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Alarms 3 Specify how you want the display to close 9 31 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 32 How the alarm list graphic object works The alarm list graphic object displays the time an alarm was triggered and the time it was acknowledged if you set up the object to display acknowledged alarms At run time when a trigger connection at the data source matches a message s trigger value an alarm appears in the alarm list The alarm list can be in the ALARM MULTI LINE or HISTORY display in an alarm display you have created or can be placed on any display in your application You can use multiple alarm lists in the same display or in different displays Each alarm list
259. st of Windows languages and the corresponding RFC1766 names see page F 1 12 7 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 12 8 Exported language string file locations Exported language files are saved at this default location C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise Strings Windows 2000 Or C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RS View Enterprise Strings Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 You can specify another location if desired To export application text 1 On the Tools menu click Languages 2 In the Language Configuration dialog box select the application language for which to export text strings If you are going to export strings for all languages defined for the application it does not matter which language is selected in the Language Configuration dialog box 3 Click Export 4 Follow the instructions in the String Import Export Wizard For details about options in the String Import Export wizard click Help If you export to a Unicode text file multiple times to the same location previously exported versions are overwritten Problems exporting You do not have to check every text file created during an export to verify that text strings were exported correctly If errors occur or if you cancel the export while it is in progress a message appears in the Diagnostics List and in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics log file In addition errors are displayed whe
260. stem activities Before setting up information notification plan what system activity the operator needs to be informed about m what conditions will trigger information messages m what information you want the messages to contain Local and information messages Use local messages to give the operator information in a specific graphic display while the display is open Use information messages to give the operator information no matter which display is open 3 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 3 6 For information about setting up local messages see page 19 25 For information about setting up information messages see Chapter 27 Diagnostics messages Set up diagnostics messages to notify the operator of system activity such as tag reads and writes running macros communication problems or problems opening displays For information about setting up diagnostics messages see Chapter 10 Planning trends When planning trends consider how they will be used For example will the trend be used to m analyze process trends monitor production efficiency m archive process variables to ensure compliance with government regulations Based on such considerations you can determine m which tags need to be plotted on the same trend m which tags need to be logged by using a data log model For information about setting up data logging see Chapter 26 For information about creating trend graphic obje
261. stituent parts Determine what type of communications you ll be using which network types data servers and devices Determine which process variables you need to have access to and identify their locations in the programmable controllers For information about setting up communications see Chapter 5 3 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 3 2 Collecting data When planning data collection design your system so only essential data is collected Limiting data collection is important because collection activities require substantial processing power and generate a lot of traffic on the network Keep data collection requirements in mind when designing the layout of the programmable controller data tables and the HMI tag database Ideally tag addresses reference contiguous blocks of programmable controller data tables to reduce highway traffic and optimize system response If you re going to use data from an OPC server read the server documentation to find out how to optimize traffic Designing an HMI tag database Take the time to plan your HMI tag database A good design helps reduce the time required for maintenance and can improve programmable controller to FactoryTalk View response time For information about creating HMI tags see Chapter 7 If you are going to use direct referencing for all your tags you don t need to create HMI tags in FactoryTalk View Direct reference tags usually update fas
262. swer use the table of contents and the index in the User s Guide and Help PREFACE You can also perform a full text search on both the Help and the User s Guide For information about using Help see Chapter 5 Getting the information you need in the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Installation Guide For information about performing searches on the User s Guide see Adobe Reader Help Information on the Internet If you can t find the answer to your question or problem in the User s Guide or Help you can find information on the World Wide Web You can connect to the Rockwell Automation web site from within FactoryTalk View Studio To do so you must have a web browser installed on your computer and you must have an active Internet connection To connect to web sites from FactoryTalk View Studio 1 On the Help menu select Rockwell Automation on the Web and then click the name of the web page you want to view The Rockwell Automation Knowledgebase The Knowledgebase web page leads to a comprehensive searchable database of support information for all Rockwell Automation products Contacting Rockwell Automation Technical Support If you can t find the answer to your question using any of the resources suggested above contact Rockwell Automation Technical Support at Telephone 440 646 3434 World Wide Web http support rockwellautomation com Support staff are available Monday to Friday from 8 AM to
263. t also has items on the Setup menu and extra tools on the toolbar FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE The DEFAULT user The first account in the editor is the DEFAULT user account The DEFAULT account is used when no one is logged in The DEFAULT user initially has access to each security code Unless you want everyone to have access to all parts of the application at run time without logging in turn off the DEFAULT user s access to the security codes you plan to use You cannot delete the DEFAULT user account Assign the security code for the startup display to the DEFAULT user or else the startup display won t open If the startup display uses the security code you can assign any code from A to P to open the display For more information see page 11 9 Setting up users for 4 00 and later applications Runtime Security Condiments ME Runtime 4 00 and later ME Runtime 3 20 and earlier Use this tab to specify the FactorT alk Securite accounts for Machine Edition Runtime MER versions 4 0 and later Select a Factory T alk Securty account with the Add button and then assign 4 P security codes Click the browse buttons to select optional Login and Logout macros for the account Secunty Codes Close WA hw Bw C hw OD Prev WE fF i G I H iw wd ow eR lL Next WY M hw A hw Oo KP Hel Help Se CSO EE RDO SEE NORE Form area AccountID ADMINISTRATOR Login Maco O Logout Mace
264. t end of the title bar click Close Control box F Condiment Line Low Level Tag Read Write Move Control menu gt ir Minimize O Cose Close button For information about using a title bar in graphic displays see page 4 14 For information about preventing unauthorized users from shutting down applications see page 11 14 What happens when the application shuts down When the application shuts down m if you assigned a shutdown macro in the Startup editor the macro runs assigning values to tags and then the application stops For information about the Startup editor see Chapter 14 m FactoryTalk View ME Station closes m The computer s FactoryTalk System Directory is restored Changing application settings Editing device shortcuts You can use FactoryTalk View ME Station to edit device shortcuts that have been set up in the application Before editing device shortcuts load the application containing the device shortcut as described on page 15 4 To edit device shortcuts 1 In the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box click Application Settings 2 Double click Device Shortcuts 15 Running applications on a personal computer 3 Double click the name of the shortcut to edit Edit ShortCuts Backplane lt No Devices gt Ethernet 1788 ENBT A 10 85 134 104 YB17SL FlexLogix L34 Processor 0 DF1 Point to Point 1756 ENBT A 10 85 134 106 1756 A10 A 1756 CNBjD 1 1756 ENETSA
265. t report on the state of a process or operation or that provide the operator with instructions about what to do next 17 17 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 17 18 Use this graphic object To display this Bar graph Numeric values in bar graph format The bar graph increases or decreases in size to show the changing value Gauge Numeric values in dial format The gauge s needle moves around the dial to show the changing value Multistate indicator The state of a process on a panel that changes its color image or caption to indicate the current state Each state is set up to correspond to a numeric tag value or least significant bit Symbol The state of a process using a monochrome image that changes color to indicate the current state Each state is set up to correspond to a numeric tag value or least significant bit This object is useful for showing the state of a process or operation at a glance List indicator The state of a process using a list of possible states with the current state highlighted Each state is represented by a caption in the list and is set up to correspond to a numeric tag value or least significant bit This indicator is useful if you want to view the current state but also want to see the other possible states For sequential processes the list can alert the operator about what happens next in the process Trend Historical or current numeric tag val
266. t them back into the application For details see Chapter 12 Language switching alarm messages in RSView ME Station 4 00 For applications that will run in RSView ME Station version 4 00 use the CurrentLanguage expression function to specify offsets for each trigger s messages in the Alarm Setup editor In the editor divide the messages for each trigger into sections for each language For information about the CurrentLanguage function see page 23 15 Optional alarm connections When an operator acknowledges an alarm the acknowledge time is recorded in the alarm log file and the alarm is silenced This might be all you require of your alarm system However you can use the optional alarm connections in the Alarm Setup editor to set up more sophisticated interactions with the data source when alarms are triggered acknowledged silenced and reset For example you can set up the data source to acknowledge silence and reset alarms You can also use optional alarm connections to close the alarm display or to allow the data source to close the alarm display There are two sets of optional alarm connections m connections that work with a specific alarm trigger You can assign a different set of connections to each alarm trigger FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 18 m connections that apply to all alarms You can also assign connections to alarm lists to allow the data source to determine which types of ala
267. t users from having access to the Windows desktop This will prevent access to operating system functions such as restarting Windows or shutting down tasks For more information see page 15 17 Additional step for PanelView Plus CE applications m Hide the Windows Taskbar to make it inaccessible To hide the Windows Taskbar 1 On the Windows Start menu select Settings and then select Taskbar 2 Clear the Always on top check box 3 Select Auto hide 4 When you are finished click OK 5 At the Command prompt or in the Run box run Regflush exe to save your changes to persistent internal flash memory Otherwise the changes will be lost when you reboot Setting up FactoryTalk Security for your application In the Explorer window of FactoryTalk View Studio you can m create FactoryTalk Security users and groups of users and assign passwords to users m setup access to the Factory Talk Directory m setup access to the application m assign security access to action groups policies groups and users 11 Setting up security m set up access to network devices connections and databases m specify which users can backup and restore FactoryTalk Directory m specify the types of activities to track for audit purposes m specify policies for passwords and user accounts such as how often passwords must be changed Depending on what other products are installed on the computer you can also assign security access for thos
268. tags Butane_flow Analog hierarchy Alarm_tags Butane_mode Analog Alarm_tags Compressor on off Analog Alarm _tags Diesel blend on o Analog Alarm _tags Diesel blend pacii Analog Alarm_tags Diesel blend perc Analog Alarm_tagsilsobutane_flow Analog Alarm_tagsilsobutane_mode Analog The information you enter in the form area is displayed in the spreadsheet area The folder hierarchy displays all the folders that you and FactoryTalk View create The Tags editor has special items on the View menu to control the appearance of the editor and extra tools on the toolbar Use the Tags editor to m create folders m duplicate nest and delete folders 1 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE A Refresh tool m create and view tags m edit duplicate and delete tags For details about using the Tags editor see Help Updating the contents of the Tags editor You can create tags in the Tags editor but you can also create them as you work in other editors and you can import them from an existing tag database To see the result of changes to the database you make in other editors while the Tags editor is open update the contents To update the contents of the editor 1 Onthe View menu click Refresh or click the Refresh tool When you click Refresh the undo buffer is cleared and recent changes can t be automatically reversed Refresh is not available if you haven t accepted the current tag For information
269. tails see Help 4 Inthe Runtime Security editor specify login and logout macros and assign security codes to the users For details see Help You cannot change the user or group name Account ID and password To change the password use the Windows Control Panel Removing 3 20 and earlier users or groups You can also use the Windows Security Options dialog box to remove users or groups When you remove a user or group from the FactoryTalk View User list the user or group s name is deleted from the FactoryTalk View Runtime Security editor The user or group is not deleted from the Windows domain If you remove users from the Windows domain they are not removed automatically from the FactoryTalk View Runtime Security editor You must remove the users from the Runtime Security editor manually using the Windows Security Options dialog box 11 Setting up security How user accounts and security codes work When you assign a security code to a graphic display only the users and groups who are assigned that security code have access to the display There are 16 security codes A through P The asterisk symbol is used in displays and represents any code Users must have at least one code assigned to open displays that use the code You can assign combinations of security codes to users and groups to allow each user or group access to a different set of displays or graphic objects To use security codes to restrict user a
270. ter than HMI tags To obtain the best system performance for your application use direct reference tags where possible For information about creating direct references to data server tags see Chapter 6 Collecting information Before you begin creating the tag database collect m flowcharts of your processes or process and instrument diagrams m alist of programmable controller data table or register addresses your application will have access to m machinery systems documentation m alarm requirements for more information see page 3 5 Organizing tags Before creating tags m Develop naming conventions for tags choosing names that are familiar and logical to everyone This makes troubleshooting easier Group related tags 3 Planning applications Group tags in the way that makes the most sense for your application For example group all similar devices or group related areas of the plant floor When creating tags place related tags into folders For greater organization nest folders Planning graphic displays When planning displays determine the best way for users to navigate through your displays and develop a template to establish a common look and feel for your displays Also consider factors about the runtime terminal that affect how the application is displayed and used such as m screen Size m whether the operator will be using a keyboard touch screen mouse or combination of navigation and d
271. that existing strings in the application are not deleted during the import if they are not in the spreadsheet Back up the text in your application before importing You can do this by exporting the text Save the backup file in a different location than the translated file you are about to import To import text into your application from a text file 1 On the Tools menu click Languages 2 In the Language Configuration dialog box select the application language for which to import text strings If you are going to import strings for multiple languages defined in an Excel spreadsheet it does not matter which language is selected in the Language Configuration dialog box 3 Click Import 4 Follow the instructions in the String Import Export Wizard For details about options in the String Import Export wizard click Help If you cancel the import before it is complete any text strings that were changed are not restored to their original values To restore the text that was originally in the application import the text from the backup file you created Problems importing You do not have to check every graphic display in your application to verify that text was imported correctly If errors occurred while importing text they are displayed automatically from a log file called ImportErrors txt in the following folder C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise Strings Windows 2000 or C Documents and
272. the ME Runtime 4 00 and later tab Users are not migrated if they already exist in the ME Runtime 4 00 and later account list 2 If desired edit the users security codes and login and logout macros 3 To edit the users passwords see page 11 18 Setting up users for 3 20 and earlier applications Runtime Security Condiments ME Runtime 4 00 and later ME Runtime 3 20 and earlier Use this tab to specify the accounts for Machine Edition Runtime MER versions 3 20 and earlier The accounts defined in this tab are specific to this application 5 ity Cod Form area Aecount ID SUPERVISOR A a Close Vow eo hw Cc lw OD Login Macro LOGIN FERFRGRH Accept Logout Macro E wi WJ MEMEL Discard Password M MNR Help Spreadsheet e PYPE S PII a area gt YYYY ee YY ee Ye ee YY 2 SUPERVISOR Ylli ir rre r YY Double click in the security code columns to toggle between Yes and No To add users to RSView 3 20 and earlier applications and assign security codes to them 1 Open the Runtime Security editor and click the RSView 3 20 and earlier tab 2 Add users and then assign macros passwords and security codes to them 11 Setting up security For details about using the Runtime Security editor see Help Changing RSView 3 20 and earlier user passwords For RS View 3 20 and earlier applications users cannot change passwords at run time You can only change passwords in the Runtime Security edit
273. the displays to open when an operator presses a goto display button or selects a display in the display list selector 17 19 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 17 20 The operator can acknowledge alarm and information messages The operator can clear alarm and diagnostics messages The operator can sort alarms and reset their status Viewing information about runtime communication errors To display communication errors in the diagnostics list object set up message routing so that messages are sent to the FactoryTalk View Diagnostics List For information about setting up diagnostics message routing see Chapter 10 Changing languages You can change languages at run time The languages available depend on what has been set up for the runtime application There is a separate language switch button for each language that you can change to For information about setting up language switching see Chapter 12 To change languages 1 Press a language switch button Text strings in the application change to the language specified by the button
274. the top alarm is selected as new alarms occur the old alarms scroll down but the highlight bar or cursor remains at the top If alarms are sorted by time when the operator selects an alarm other than the top one in the list by using the move down button and new alarms occur they are added above the visible area if the list is full The currently selected alarm continues to be selected and maintains its position in the displayed portion of the list If alarms are sorted by trigger value as new alarms occur the currently selected alarm continues to be selected and maintains its position in the list If the sort order changes the selected alarm continues to be selected but it might be displayed in a different position in the list How the alarm banner graphic object works The alarm banner graphic object displays a single unacknowledged alarm At run time when a trigger connection at the data source matches a message s trigger value an alarm appears in the alarm banner The alarm banner can be in the ALARM display or ALARM BANNER display in an alarm display you have created or can be placed on any display in your application You can use multiple alarm banners in the same display or in different displays You can set up different banners so that one displays the most recent alarm and the other queues alarms until the displayed alarm is acknowledged 9 33 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 9 34 For in
275. tion s text strings in multiple languages into a single Microsoft Excel spreadsheet import text strings in multiple languages from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet into your application in a single operation use the same application in different countries allowing operators in each location to view the application in their own language allow operators in multilingual countries to use the language of their choice 12 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 12 2 m import application components developed in different countries into a single application that supports multiple languages The default language For applications that use multiple languages you can specify one of the languages as the default language Any undefined text strings in the other languages can be displayed in the default language The default language is also used for RS View Machine Edition 4 00 applications When you open or import the application into FactoryTalk View 5 00 the application s alarm information and local messages are associated with the language that you select to be the default language For example if you open an RS View Machine Edition 4 00 application that contains local messages and you select French for the default language the local messages will be treated as if they are French when you export the application s strings for translation That is they will appear in the French language column You can add other languag
276. tration Console The FactoryTalk Services Platform includes software called the FactoryTalk Administration Console This software allows you to set up FactoryTalk Security FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 1 2 FactoryTalk Security is a method for setting up security for users and computers for multiple Rockwell Automation products in one place FactoryTalk Security is intended to improve the security of your automation system by limiting access to those with a legitimate need FactoryTalk Security authenticates user identities and authorizes user requests to access a FactoryTalk enabled system These security services are fully integrated into the FactoryTalk Directory and are included as part of the FactoryTalk Services Platform that installs with many products You can also set up FactoryTalk Security in FactoryTalk View Studio For more information see Chapter 11 To open the FactoryTalk Administration Console 1 On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software and then click FactoryTalk Administration Console For information about using the FactoryTalk Administration Console see FactoryTalk Help The FactoryTalk View Machine Edition tools FactoryTalk View Studio tools These tools are installed with FactoryTalk View Studio Application Manager is software for renaming copying deleting backing up and restoring applications DeskLock is software that prevents Windows 2000 Windows XP
277. ts see Chapter 20 For information about setting up graphic objects see Chapter 21 or Help Displaying the date and time To display the current date and time create a time and date display This object uses the operating system s date and time in the format of the application s current language and therefore does not require tags or expressions Viewing alarms and messages The operator can view alarms and other messages at run time using these graphic objects and graphic displays Appears in this In this default graphic This information object display For details see Alarm messages Alarm banner ALARM page 9 26 Alarm messages Alarm list No default although this page 9 25 object appears in the page 9 27 and ALARM MULTI LINE and page 9 29 HISTORY graphic libraries Alarm messages Alarm status list No default although this page 9 28 object appears in the STATUS graphic library System activity Diagnostics list DIAGNOSTICS page 10 11 Information messages Information message INFORMATION page 27 7 display Local messages Local message display No default page 19 29 The default alarm and information displays open automatically when the assigned tags match messages trigger values The default diagnostics display opens automatically when system activity occurs If desired you can set up your own graphic displays to open automatically instead of the default displays You can also set up any of
278. ty using the Runtime Security editor how user accounts and security codes work assigning security to graphic displays providing a way for users to log in and log out preventing unauthorized users from stopping the application setting up FactoryTalk Security in FactoryTalk View Studio including m adding FactoryTalk Security user groups and users and setting up passwords m assigning user access to the computer s FactoryTalk Directory FactoryTalk View Machine Edition uses the local FactoryTalk Directory m setting up security access to the application action groups policies networks and devices user groups users and other resources m setting up policies for passwords and user accounts for backing up and restoring FactoryTalk Directory and for tracking activities for audit purposes a sample startup display that uses all the FactoryTalk View security features Using security with your application FactoryTalk Security works together with FactoryTalk View security features to provide secure access to applications during development and at run time FactoryTalk Security is installed as part of the FactoryTalk Services Platform and uses FactoryTalk Directory to manage user accounts and policies FactoryTalk Security applies to all applications and all Rockwell Automation products installed on the development or runtime computer For example when you add a FactoryTalk Security user the user is then available to a
279. u don t want to use FactoryTalk Security If you don t plan to use security for your application you can eliminate or minimize the use of FactoryTalk Security During installation users are set up as follows m an administrative user named Administrator is created m all users are granted initial access permissions m a Windows linked user group named Authenticated Users is created and added to the User Groups folder in the FactoryTalk Directory This means that any user who is authenticated by Windows that is has a password that allows access to the development computer can open FactoryTalk View Studio without providing a user name or password Authenticated users are not supported on Windows CE On Windows CE terminals Windows linked users must be added to FactoryTalk Directory before they can be logged in 11 Setting up security If you don t use FactoryTalk View user accounts FactoryTalk View creates a user named DEFAULT and this user is automatically logged in when you start applications at run time You don t need to set up any other users and users don t need to log in to use the applications you create If you use FactoryTalk View user accounts If you want to use FactoryTalk View user accounts for example to run login and logout macros but you don t want to use FactoryTalk Security follow these steps 1 Add users or user groups to FactoryTalk Security For details see page 11 17 2 Add the Fact
280. u to send diagnostics messages to multiple destinations During application development During application development you can send diagnostics messages to m the Diagnostics List at the bottom of the FactoryTalk View Studio window m a local log which is viewable using the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer tool m an ODBC database At run time At run time you can send diagnostics messages to m diagnostics list graphic objects either in the default DIAGNOSTICS display or in a display you create m aprinter m a local log available on personal computers only which is viewable using the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer m aremote log PanelView Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminals only m an ODBC database The FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer is available on personal computers only However if you send diagnostics messages from a Panel View Plus or Panel View Plus CE terminal to a personal computer you can view the messages in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer The destinations available on your computer might vary depending on which Rockwell Automation products you have installed 10 Setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics Message routing You can decide which destinations receive which kinds of messages This allows you to make the right information available to the right person in the right place For example m You can send messages that contain information about what the system is doing to the local log file You
281. ues plotted against time or displayed in an XY plot where one or more tags values are plotted against another tag s values to show the relationship between them RecipePlus table Current tag values and data set values of the ingredients in the selected recipe and the number of ingredients in the recipe The table works with the RecipePlus button and RecipePlus selector graphic objects Drawing object with rotation width height fill color or horizontal or vertical position animation ActiveX object Display the value of a tag using a pictorial representation that shows the current value in relation to a range of possible values For example use rotation animation to show the tag value as a needle s position on a dial For color animation assign different colors to represent different values A third party object connected to an analog digital or string tag including both HMI and data server tags The data displayed depends on the object 17 Using your application Many of these objects can be set up to manipulate tag values using expressions and display the expression result rather than the original tag value For information about expressions see Chapter 23 You can also attach visibility animation to these graphic objects to display or hide the objects based on changes in tag or expression values For information about visibility animation see page 22 8 For information about creating graphic objec
282. uotes 0 0 cece ees 12 12 Working with backslashes and new line characters 12 12 apoa Texte o dsos eee dae tite otek bosdaseaddastaeseescee seed 12 13 Problems Importing 4 040550 865 084 ta toweedbus het idasttouvewsoun eed 12 13 Canceling Importing 22 644556 80 06 Behe deans ati phre beeakans 12 14 Setting up multiple language support for graphic libraries 12 14 Using graphic libraries that support multiple languages 12 15 Setting up display navigation About display navigation 0 ee ee ete teen ee eee nes 13 1 Developing a hierarchy of displays nonon nananana 13 1 Testing display navigation 0 00 13 3 Using graphic objects to navigate cect eens 13 3 SWiChiN ET ATE e oso sce daden ae She See DEE Ren eae sheeteee anne 13 3 Pispa WPS ntcaseeacr ese dasanancsaesen eae das eunaeeeeeen swore 13 4 Goto display DUNONS 0506004240088 serdes ed ddaker ede eur sed dou EE 13 4 Goto configure mode buttons 0 0 0 ccc ee eee tenes 13 4 Return to display buttons 0 0 ccc ccc ee eee eens 13 5 Close display DUUMONS 4 0 50242000see euen ebbdd eae seu ee Heed eeeus 13 6 Display list selectors oon 0044420200 5e uh be9 TERR oOo we Seed ORS ER EX 13 6 PHUTIOWM DULONS ss lt 2 os4 05 45450302544 oues 36 28s ld owe Sew SNIS 13 7 Controlling display changes remotely 0 0 0 eee eee eens 13 7 Creating runtime applications Specifyin
283. use a larger storage device such as a Zip disk m if the development and runtime computers are on the same network use Windows Explorer or My Computer to move the file For information about creating the runtime application file see Chapter 14 15 3 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Starting FactoryTalk View ME Station If you are running an application on the development computer we recommend that you exit FactoryTalk View Studio before starting FactoryTalk View ME Station To start FactoryTalk View ME Station 1 On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software FactoryTalk View and then click FactoryTalk View ME Station The FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box opens FactoryT alk View ME Station Current application Load Application Terminal Settings For information about specifying startup options for when FactoryTalk View ME Station starts see page 15 11 Loading and running applications You can run any runtime application that is on the runtime computer Runtime applications have the extension mer To load and run the application 1 In the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box click Load Application or press F1 15 4 15 e Running applications on a personal computer Select Application Ei Look in E Runtime e E ENT Pumphouse mer File name Files of type Runtime Files mer Cancel 2 Navigate to the folder contai
284. uter s existing FactoryTalk System Directory is archived while you run the application It is restored when you stop the application You can turn off this notification warning To turn off the overwrite warning 1 In the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click System Directory Overwrite Warning 3 Click No Specifying time date and number formats Time date and number formats are used by these graphic objects m numeric display m gauge m time and date display m trend m alarm banner m alarm list 15 e Running applications on a personal computer The time and date formats are also used when printing the alarm history report using the print alarm history button The numeric and time and date embedded variables also use number time and date formats All objects use the time date and number formats of the current application language For example if the application language uses a comma for the decimal symbol numeric variables use a comma for the decimal symbol For information about using multiple languages see Chapter 12 Using the DeskLock tool Use the DeskLock tool to prevent users from switching to another software application or having access to the desktop at run time This tool can have far reaching effects on your operating system The DeskLock tool can replace the standard Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 R2 non configured desktop with a cust
285. utomatically while you move it across the screen hold down the Ctrl key on the keyboard while you move the Diagnostics List 2 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 2 6 When the Diagnostics List is undocked you can make it any size you want for example to view more than one message at a time To resize the bar drag an edge or corner until the bar is the size you want To re attach the Diagnostics List double click its title bar To clear the selected message in the Diagnostics List click Clear To clear all the messages in the Diagnostics List click Clear All Messages in the Diagnostics List The types of messages that appear in the Diagnostics List depend on how you set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the development system For information about specifying the types of messages to display see page 10 3 zie The item tagl does not exist on any server Clear Clear All The status bar The status bar displays information about the active window or about the selected tool or menu item The information that is displayed depends on where the mouse pointer is For example when you select a graphic object in the Graphics editor the status bar displays information about the selected object 4 60 Y 62 Width 107 Height 233 BarGraphi NUM 2 Exploring Factory Talk View Studio Workbook tabs If you select Workbook Mode on the View menu the workspace displays tabs at the bottom for each open e
286. vailable on the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition CD as well as from the Help menu in FactoryTalk View Studio m FactoryTalk View Machine Edition User s Guide Volume I and FactoryTalk View Machine Edition User s Guide Volume 2 Comprehensive information about FactoryTalk View Machine Edition procedures for creating and running an automation application and reference information For ease of printing the User s Guide is divided into two parts available from the Help menu in FactoryTalk View Studio Volume 1 contains information about setting up and using applications and application wide functions such as security and alarms Volume 2 contains information about setting up application components such as graphic displays and data log files For detailed information about the contents of each guide see the Bookmarks tab in the online guides m Help Online procedures and reference information Help is available from the Help menu in FactoryTalk View Studio The FactoryTalk View Machine Edition CD also includes this manual a PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual Finding the information you need You have many options for finding information about how to use FactoryTalk View or how to solve problems with FactoryTalk View Try the User s Guide and Help first The User s Guide and Help provide comprehensive information about typical uses of FactoryTalk View Chances are your question is answered in the documentation To find the an
287. values between the FactoryTalk View value table and the machine that your application is controlling Basic steps for using tags To use tags follow these basic steps 1 Ifthe tag does not already exist create the tag To use a data server tag you can use an existing tag in the processor for example a programmable controller or you can create a new one in the processor or OPC server For example in a Logix5000 processor you could create the tag using your RSLogix 5000 programming software To use an HMI tag you must first create it in the Tags editor For details see Chapter 7 2 Browse for or type the name of the tag anywhere you want to connect an object to data at run time For example to make a push button change a tag value when it is pressed connect the push button to a tag by typing the tag name in the Connections tab of the push button s Properties dialog box Browsing for tags If you don t know the names of tags you can browse for them You can browse while online and connected to a device or you can browse for tags from an offline file for example a Logix5000 program file To browse for tags use the Tag Browser For details see page 6 5 6 Working with tags Using tag names that don t exist You can type the name of a tag that doesn t yet exist If you do this ensure that you spell every instance of the tag name consistently and that when you do create the tag you spell it the same
288. w Studio Machine Edition The Status ba r Explorer File Yiew Application Tools Window Help window Diagnostics List ppv Status Bex and Standard toolbar are __ Workbook Made visible Workbook Mode is E Beta non turned off ae EZE Graphics Objects Alignment Back Style Pattern Style Foreground Color Background Color To hide or display the Explorer window 1 On the View menu click Explorer Window or click the Explorer Window tool on the toolbar Using the Explorer window The Explorer window is the main tool for working with FactoryTalk View Studio It lists the editors you use to develop your application as well as the components such as graphic displays you ve created The Explorer window also allows you to set up security for your application You can use the window to set up users and user groups and to assign security access to FactoryTalk Directory to the application and to networks and devices For information about setting up security see Chapter 11 An application consists of one or more data servers and an HMI project also known as an HMI server The data servers provide communications for the project The project consists of graphic displays alarm information user information and other settings 2 Exploring FactoryTalk View Studio This manual generally uses the term application to refer to both application level and project level procedures Explorer Malthouse Clogs 640x480
289. w display types affect the button s behavior Both the current display and the previous display must be Replace displays When the operator presses the return to display button m Ifthe graphic display that is closing is a Replace display the display closes and the previously opened Replace display opens Any On Top displays that were previously open with the Replace display are not reopened m If the graphic display that is closing is an On Top display the display closes but no display is reopened We therefore recommend that you use return to display buttons in Replace displays only Example Navigating through displays This example uses the display hierarchy illustrated on page 13 2 and shows what happens as the operator navigates through the hierarchy The graphic displays are all Replace displays 1 Inthe Main Menu display the operator uses a display list selector to open the Process Overview display 2 Inthe Process Overview display the operator presses a goto display button to open the Process Monitoring 1 display 3 After viewing the state of the process the operator presses a return to display button to close the current display and reopen the Process Overview display 13 5 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 13 6 4 Inthe Process Overview display the operator presses a return to display button Which display opens The Process Monitoring 1 display because this was the previously opened display
290. which trigger data type you assign For more information about trigger data types see page 9 11 Filtering alarm triggers in multiple languages FactoryTalk View 5 00 supports alarm triggers in multiple languages When you create an alarm trigger its name is in the current application language You can export alarm triggers for translation and then import them back into the application For details see Chapter 12 Various graphic objects allow you to specify the alarm triggers to which the object s action applies using the name of the alarm trigger This is called filtering alarms When you translate trigger names into other languages the default language is used to display the trigger name in the object s selection list These graphic objects allow you to specify alarm triggers using a selection list called the Trigger Label Selector m alarm list m alarm status list m alarm banner m clear alarm history button m acknowledge all alarms button m print alarm history button m print alarm status button If the trigger label name has not been set up in the default language the Trigger Label Selector displays a question mark instead of the trigger label name To correct the display you must import the trigger labels for the default language You can also manually type in the trigger label names to use to filter alarms If you manually type in the trigger names specify the names in the default language If you change the def
291. wo sizes 640x480 and 800x600 r STATUS 640x480 Condiments Library Alarm Status All Alarms 2 24 2007 1 33 12 PM Header ABCDE FGHIJK LM 1234 9999 00 00 00 ABCDE FGHIJK LMNOPO RSTUV WXYZ ABCDE Alarm status list graphic object Time Last Reset Silence A 4a A Buttons gt spray ees Print Alarm Gaa Reset History sus S Y You can use the STATUS display as is or modify the display For example you can select which alarm triggers alarms to display in the list or remove buttons that you don t want to use The alarm status list graphic object The STATUS display contains an alarm status list graphic object which lists the alarm messages You can set up the alarm status list to show the status of all alarms that have been set up active alarms only or all alarms that have occurred since the alarm status was last reset The alarm status list in the STATUS display is set up to show the status of active alarms but you can edit it if desired For more information about the alarm status list see page 9 34 Buttons in the STATUS display The STATUS display contains alarm buttons for resetting and silencing alarms changing the display mode printing the status of alarms and opening the HISTORY 9 28 9 Setting up alarms display as well as buttons for scrolling the list and closing the display For information about how the buttons work see page 9 35 The HISTO
292. y name box or clear the four Open display automatically when boxes Setting up how messages are displayed and printed at run time Follow these steps to set up how diagnostics messages are displayed at run time 1 In FactoryTalk View Studio in the Diagnostics List Setup editor specify which messages to print the graphic display to use when to open the graphic display and the maximum number of messages to store 2 If desired modify the default DIAGNOSTICS display or create your own graphic display to use for diagnostics messages For example if you don t want the operator to clear all messages at once edit the default display to remove the clear all button For information about graphic displays see Chapter 19 The DIAGNOSTICS display When you create an application it comes with a graphic display called DIAGNOSTICS The DIAGNOSTICS display is the default display for showing diagnostics messages at run time Diagnostics list graphic object f DIAGNOSTICS Condiments Display Clear Clear F1 You can use the DIAGNOSTICS display as is or modify the display For example you can change the color of the objects or add and remove buttons Or you can create your own graphic display to use for displaying diagnostics messages In the Diagnostics List Setup editor specify the display to use The diagnostics list graphic object The DIAGNOSTICS display contains a diagnostics list graphic ob
293. y a button press this connection is set to 1 for the hold time or for the duration of the button press whichever is longer At the end of this time the connection is reset to 0 If subsequent alarms that have been set up to sound the internal beeper are generated the alarms sound the beeper regardless of the Silence connection value or hold time status While the hold time is in effect new alarms cannot be silenced How the Remote Silence connection works When this connection changes to a new non zero value all alarms are silenced Alarms can be silenced using other methods regardless of this connection s value Set up the data source to send a new non zero value to the Remote Silence connection each time you want a remote silencing of alarms to take place How the Remote Ack All connection works When this connection changes to a new non zero value all unacknowledged alarms are acknowledged Set up the data source to send a new non zero value to the Remote Ack All connection each time you want a remote acknowledgement of all alarms to take place How the Status Reset connection works When the application starts this connection has a value of 0 If a reset alarm status or clear alarm history button is pressed this connection is set to 1 for the hold time or for the duration of the button press whichever is longer At the end of this time the connection is reset to 0 The Status Reset connection is also set to 1 if the Rem
294. yTalk Security comes with an Administrators group already set up To start with members of this group have full security access to FactoryTalk Security and therefore have full access to your applications The user you set up for FactoryTalk Local Directory when you installed FactoryTalk Services Platform is a member of the Administrators group To ensure that you are never locked out of FactoryTalk Directory we recommend that you assign more than one user to the Administrators group That way if one user is locked out you can use the other one to log in To set up user groups 1 Inthe System folder right click User Groups and then click New User Group or New Windows Linked User Group 2 Add user groups You can add members to the groups now or later For details see Help 3 Right click User Groups and then click Security 4 Specify what actions members of the group can perform For details see Help 5 To add members to the group later right click the group and then click Properties For details see Help Setting up security access to the FactoryTalk Directory The FactoryTalk Security access that you set up for the FactoryTalk Directory applies to all FactoryTalk View applications and all Rockwell Automation products installed on the development computer By default applications and the System folder inherit the security permissions assigned to the FactoryTalk Directory This means that you only need to assign permissions
295. ystems or devices and business or office applications In FactoryTalk View data servers such as RSLinx Enterprise RSLinx Classic and KEPServerEnterprise provide access to OPC DA compliant tags In the FactoryTalk View documentation the tags you use through a data server are called data server tags For more information about data servers see Chapter 5 Data server tags include tags found in Logix5000 processors and tags from other OPC compliant devices You use data server tags by providing a direct reference to the tag s location wherever you want your application to use the data 6 1 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 6 2 HMI tags In addition to direct referencing tags from data servers FactoryTalk View allows you to create tags with additional properties such as minimum and maximum values scale and offset These tags can reference values at an external data source or store values in the runtime computer s memory Tags you create in FactoryTalk View are called HMI tags The data source The FactoryTalk View documentation uses the term data source as a generic term that includes all possible sources of tag data for both data server tags and HMI tags The data source can be memory or a device such as a programmable controller or an OPC server FactoryTalk View writes values to and reads values from the data source The data source is set up to exchange information in the form of numeric or string
296. zed user is logged in further access to the application is denied In addition only authorized users can stop the application Users who have access to the application can use the application and log out Make sure you provide a way for users to navigate back to the Log In display to log out When a user logs out the DEFAULT user is automatically logged in Do not give the DEFAULT user access to the goto display button or shutdown button You can also use the Remote Display Number connection to open the startup Log In display when a user logs out This might be useful if users can log out from various locations graphic displays within the application If you use the auto logout feature you can specify that the Log In display is opened when an auto logout occurs For more information about See Using the Project Settings editor Chapter 4 Attaching animation to graphic objects Chapter 22 Setting up display navigation Chapter 13 Using the Startup editor Chapter 14 11 23 FACTORYTALK VIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 11 24 For more information about See Logging in logging out and changing passwords Chapter 17 Stopping applications Chapter 15 Example Assigning visibility animation to the goto display button This example shows how to assign visibility animation to the goto display button so that a user must log in before seeing the button This example uses the security function CurrentUserName The function r

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