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Contents

1 • Getting started with FactoryTalk ViewPoint 1

About FactoryTalk ViewPoint web applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
FactoryTalk ViewPoint system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing FactoryTalk ViewPoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Upgrading FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting up web client computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 • Setting up Site Edition (SE) web applications 13

About the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Creating a new Site Edition web application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting to an existing Site Edition web application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting up FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Learning more about FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3 • Setting up Machine Edition (ME) web applications 25

About the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Creating a new Machine Edition web application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting to an existing Machine Edition web application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Learning more about FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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1 Getting started with
FactoryTalk ViewPoint
This chapter describes:
 what a FactoryTalk® ViewPoint web application is.
 FactoryTalk ViewPoint system requirements.
 how to install the FactoryTalk ViewPoint software.
 how to upgrade to FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition 1.1 software.
 how to set up web client computers.

About FactoryTalk ViewPoint web

applications
FactoryTalk® ViewPoint is an add-on to FactoryTalk View that provides for a fully
scalable, fully animated, read-only view of existing Site Edition (SE) and Machine
Edition (ME) web applications from a web browser.
A web application consists of graphic displays selected from the FactoryTalk View
application, converted for viewing in a web browser, and then published to a
FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server (also called the web server).
 For Site Edition applications, the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server runs on a
desktop or server computer.
 For Machine Edition applications, a PanelView™ Plus operator terminal
functions as the server.
To learn more about differences between Site Edition and Machine Edition web
applications, see the next chapters in this manual.

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What to expect when you open a web application

To open a published web application, all you have to do is open a browser and enter
the address of the computer or terminal running the web server that hosts the
application, such as [Link] name/FTVP.

When you enter a web address in the browser, do not exceed the maximum length of
2048 characters. Rework the screen so that the web address is less than 2048
characters. If the web address exceeds the maximum 2048 characters allowed, the
following error message appears, "Unable to open the requested display. The web
address exceeds the maximum length of 2048 characters".
Note: Different browsers have different length limits. If you get this error message
because you are using large numbers of parameters it is recommended that you use a
parameter file instead.

The initial display that you specified for the web application opens first. From there,
you can navigate the entire application using buttons and touch animation created in
FactoryTalk View Studio. Touch animation is not supported in FactoryTalk
ViewPoint for Machine Edition.

If you are using FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition, you can view multiple displays
using a startup macro. FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition allows a single display
on startup. Macros are not supported in FactoryTalk ViewPoint for Machine Edition.

Displays in a FactoryTalk ViewPoint application are read-only. Graphic objects in the

displays are fully animated; however, you cannot use the objects to write to tags or to
start and stop HMI components. For example, a numeric input object with a tag
connection will display the tag's current value, but will not permit downloads.
As in FactoryTalk View, objects with tag or expression connections will show in
outline form if the connection is broken.
To learn more about FactoryTalk View features that are not supported in FactoryTalk
ViewPoint applications, see the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Help.

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FactoryTalk ViewPoint system requirements

This section describes system requirements for:
 FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server for Site Edition web applications.
 FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition web applications.
 FactoryTalk ViewPoint Clients.

Requirements for Site Edition web applications

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS

Before installing FactoryTalk ViewPoint, the setup program checks whether the
computer is running one of the following Microsoft operating systems. If these
operating systems are not detected, you will receive a prompt to update the computer.

FactoryTalk ViewPoint software is tested and supported on Windows operating

systems installed from original Microsoft media only. We do not recommend using
unsupported operating systems.

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Server 2008 with Service Pack 1 (or
later) is recommended for FactoryTalk ViewPoint Servers running network web
applications in a distributed system, and is required for web servers that will
support more than 10 client connections.
 Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service pack 2 (or later) is
supported for FactoryTalk ViewPoint Servers running either local web
applications on Site Edition Station computers or network web applications in a
distributed system, and is suitable only for web servers that will support no more
than 10 client connections.

If you plan to run a FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server on a Windows XP Professional

computer in a distributed system, do not install any other FactoryTalk server
(FactoryTalk Directory, HMI server, data server, or alarm server) on the same
computer.

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PREREQUISITE SOFTWARE

FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition 1.1 supports FactoryTalk View SE 5.1 only.
If necessary, the FactoryTalk ViewPoint setup program installs the following
prerequisites automatically:
 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with Service Pack 1

It might take several minutes to install .NET 3.5 with Service Pack 1 on some
computers. Please wait until the software finishes installing.

 FactoryTalk Activation Server 3.02 (CPR9 SR2)

 FactoryTalk Services Platform 2.10.02 (CPR9 SR2)
 FactoryTalk Alarms and Events 2.20 (CPR9 SR2)
 FactoryTalk View Site Edition Client 5.10 (CPR9 SR2)

Use the Windows Add or Remove Programs tool to check supporting software
versions on the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server computer.

The computer must support a minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768.

If Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is not installed, you will receive a
message to install the software manually, before installing FactoryTalk ViewPoint. If
you need to install IIS manually, we recommend restarting the computer after
installing IIS. To learn more about installing Microsoft Internet Information Services,
see the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Help.

REMOVING INCOMPATIBLE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS OR VERSIONS

Before FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition is installed, the setup program also
detects whether any incompatible Rockwell Automation products or versions are
installed on the computer.
If incompatible products are detected, you will receive a message to uninstall the
products manually, before you can proceed with installing FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Site Edition.

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Requirements for Machine Edition web applications

The following requirements apply to:
 FactoryTalk ViewPoint ME Administration (installed on the FactoryTalk View
Studio computer)
 PanelView Plus terminal

FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition requires FactoryTalk View Studio Edition

5.1 to be installed on the computer with one of the supported operating systems
listed below.
FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition installs FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Administration on the FactoryTalk ViewStudio computer.

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS

 Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (or later)

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2 (Standard Edition)
 Microsoft Windows Vista (Business or Home) with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)

FactoryTalk ViewPoint software is tested and supported on Windows operating

systems installed from original Microsoft media only. We do not recommend using
unsupported operating systems.

PREREQUISITE SOFTWARE

If necessary, the FactoryTalk ViewPoint setup program installs the following

prerequisites automatically:
 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with Service Pack 1
 Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package

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SUPPORTED OPERATOR TERMINALS

PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE 700-1500 with 128 MB RAM.

REMOVING INCOMPATIBLE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS OR VERSIONS

Before FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition is installed, the setup program

detects whether any incompatible Rockwell Software products or versions are
installed on the computer.
If incompatible products are detected, you will receive a message to uninstall the
products manually before you can proceed with installing FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Machine Edition.

FactoryTalk ViewPoint web clients

The following requirements apply to computers hosting web browsers that will
connect to FactoryTalk ViewPoint applications or to FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Administration.

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS

 Microsoft Windows Vista (Business or Home Edition)

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
 Microsoft Windows XP (Professional or Home Edition)

SUPPORTED WEB BROWSERS

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0

PREREQUISITE SOFTWARE

 Microsoft® Silverlight 3™
The first time a Web browser connects to a FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server or operator
terminal, you will receive a message to install Microsoft Silverlight 3 if the software
is not already installed. To learn how to install Silverlight 3, see page 29.

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Installing FactoryTalk ViewPoint

To install FactoryTalk ViewPoint and supporting software, run the setup program
from the FactoryTalk ViewPoint CD. If you are using FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site
Edition 1.0, see “Upgrading FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition software” on
page 9.
 If you are installing the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition software, you must
be sure you have FactoryTalk View SE 5.1 installed.
Note: FactoryTalk View Site Edition 5.00.00 (CPR9) is incompatible with FactoryTalk
ViewPoint Site Edition 1.1.
 If you are installing the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition software, you
must be sure you have the FactoryTalk View Studio 5.1 installed. You will also
need to install the PanelView Plus firmware.

The user installing FactoryTalk ViewPoint must have administrative rights in Windows.
If you have problems, contact your System Administrator or try logging on as a
different user.

If the setup program displays Supported Web Server in the list of missing
prerequisites, you must install IIS manually. See FactoryTalk ViewPoint Help for
information on installing IIS for your specific operating system.
To install FactoryTalk ViewPoint:
1. Close all open Windows programs.
2. Place the FactoryTalk ViewPoint CD in the computer’s CD drive.
The CD should start running automatically. If not, run D:\[Link], where D is
the drive containing the CD.
If necessary, the setup program will present a message about missing prerequisites
that you need to install manually. For instructions, click the Help links in the setup
wizard.
3. Under Select software products to install, ensure that either FactoryTalk
ViewPoint for SE or FactoryTalk ViewPoint for ME is selected, and then click
Next.
 FactoryTalk ViewPoint for Site Edition - install this version to create web
applications for FactoryTalk View SE. For network applications, install the

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software on any computer participating in the FactoryTalk Network Directory.

For local applications, install the software on the computer hosting the local
application.
 FactoryTalk ViewPoint for Machine Edition - install this version to create
web applications for FactoryTalk View ME. This software must be installed
on a computer running FactoryTalk View Studio. The application is served
from the PanelView Plus terminal to connecting web browsers.
4. Accept the License Agreement, and then click Next.
5. Accept the default product location, or change the location, and then click Next.
6. To begin installing FactoryTalk ViewPoint and any listed prerequisites, click
Install.
7. Click Finish after the software finishes installing.
If you are ready to begin creating a Site Edition web application, click Go to
FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration. If you receive a message to install
Microsoft Silverlight 3, see the installation instructions on page 16.

Installing FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition software

updates
The same versions of FactoryTalk software updates (also called patches) must be
installed on all computers participating in a distributed, FactoryTalk control system.
Even if FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition is the only FactoryTalk software
installed on a computer, you must also install any FactoryTalk updates installed on
other computers in the system. To learn how to install software updates, see the
Rockwell Automation Knowledgebase.

Installing PanelView Plus firmware

If you are installing FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition, you will need to update
the PanelView Plus firmware using the Firmware Upgrade Wizard. The firmware
containing FactoryTalk ViewPoint will include “with ViewPoint” in the name of the
Firmware Upgrade Package. To install PanelView Plus firmware, see PanelView
Plus Terminals User Manual, Chapter 8, “Upgrade Firmware.”

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Upgrading FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site

Edition software
If you already have a version of FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition installed, to
upgrade the software and to ensure that an existing web application is compatible
with the new version, complete these tasks:
 Upgrade the FactoryTalk ViewPoint software.
 Upgrade Microsoft Silverlight software.
 Upgrade the existing web application by republishing displays.

Upgrade FactoryTalk ViewPoint software

1. Close all open Windows programs.
2. Place the FactoryTalk ViewPoint CD in the computer's CD drive.
The CD should start running automatically. If not, run D:\[Link], where D is
the drive containing the CD.
If necessary, the setup program will present a message about missing prerequisites
that you need to install manually. For instructions, click the Help links in the setup
wizard.
3. Under Select software products to install, ensure that FactoryTalk ViewPoint for
SE is selected, and then click Next.
4. Accept the default product location, or change the location, and then click Next.
5. To begin installing FactoryTalk ViewPoint and any listed prerequisites, click
Install.
6. Confirm that you are upgrading your version of FactoryTalk ViewPoint when the
dialog box is displayed by clicking Ok to Proceed, and then click Next. The
upgrade installation automatically saves all configuration settings.
7. After the software finishes installing, click Finish.

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Upgrade Microsoft Silverlight software

1. If necessary, the web browser connecting to FactoryTalk Viewpoint
Administration presents a message to install Microsoft Silverlight 3. To begin,
click the Click to Install button.
2. In the File Download - Security Warning dialog box, click Run.
3. After Silverlight [Link] finishes installing, in the Internet Explorer - Security
Warning dialog box, click Run.
4. In the Install Silverlight 3 graphic, click Install Now.
5. After the software finishes installing, if the Enable Microsoft Update graphic is
presented, click Next, and then click Close. Otherwise, simply click Close.
6. Restart the web browser.

Upgrade existing web applications by republishing

displays
1. Connect to FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration.
2. In the Home page, click Publish Displays to Web.
3. Select the FactoryTalk View application that corresponds with the existing web
application, and then click Select graphic displays.
All the displays that make up the web application are selected in the list of
displays.
4. Make sure that the check box Re-publish all selected displays is selected, and
then click Publish displays.

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Setting up web client computers

If you are using Internet Explorer to connect to FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Administration or to open published web applications, ensure that Internet Explorer is
set up to:
 recognize FactoryTalk ViewPoint as a trusted site.
 check for new versions of stored pages with every visit to a page.
 work online.

To learn more about the effect of Internet Explorer security settings on FactoryTalk
ViewPoint, see Answer ID 58985 in the Rockwell Automation Knowledgebase.

Adding FactoryTalk ViewPoint to the list of trusted sites

To add FactoryTalk ViewPoint to the list of trusted sites:
1. In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
2. In the Security tab, select Trusted sites, and then click Sites.
3. In the Trusted sites dialog box, clear the check box, Require server verification
(https:) for all sites in this zone.
4. Type the following web address, and then click Add.
[Link]
where ComputerName is the name or IP address of the FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Server computer.

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Checking for new versions with every visit to a page

To set up Internet Explorer to check for new versions of stored pages with every visit:
1. In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
2. In Internet Explorer 6.0, click Settings in the General tab, under Temporary
Internet files.
In Internet Explorer 7.0, click Settings in the General tab, under Browsing
history.
3. Under Check for newer versions of stored pages:
 in Internet Explorer 6.0, click Every visit to page.
 in Internet Explorer 7.0, click Every time I visit the web page.

Working online
To ensure that Internet Explorer is working online, select the File menu. If there is a
check mark beside Work Offline, clear the check mark by clicking Work Offline.

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web applications
This chapter describes:
 how FactoryTalk® ViewPoint works in a Site Edition environment.
 how to create a new Site Edition web application.
 how to connect to an existing Site Edition web application.
 how to set up the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server to provide activation.

About the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site

Edition environment
A FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition application is a set of graphic displays selected
from an existing FactoryTalk View SE application, converted for viewing on the
web, and published to a FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server (also called the web server).

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FactoryTalk View FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site

SE Clients Edition run-time web
(thick clients) clients (thin clients)

Multiple browsers
can connect to one
SE web application
simultaneously.
Information network

Publish displays 2 ViewPoint Server

1 serves displays
to the ViewPoint
Server. and client licenses
to connected
web browsers.

FactoryTalk FactoryTalk ViewPoint FactoryTalk ViewPoint FactoryTalk

Directory Administration web client Server Activation
server FactoryTalk View FactoryTalk View server
SE Studio SE Server
Control network

The FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server web application can be installed on any computer
participating in a FactoryTalk View SE network application, or on the computer
hosting a local application.
In the previous illustration, the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server in a network
application is installed and running on the same computer as the FactoryTalk View
SE Server.

A web application will not display data if HMI servers, data servers, or alarm servers in
the corresponding FactoryTalk View SE application are unavailable or not running.
To ensure that an HMI server is running, in FactoryTalk View Studio, open the server’s
Properties dialog box and set the startup type to Load and run startup components
when operating system initializes. For details, click Help.

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The role of the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server

The FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition setup program installs the FactoryTalk
ViewPoint Server and FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration software on the
computer.
The FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server hosts the currently published web application and
provides ViewPoint client licenses to web browsers that connect to the application.
To create a web application, and to set up FactoryTalk ViewPoint activation and
security, you can connect to FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration from any
supported web browser. To learn how, see the next section, “Creating a new Site
Edition web application.”
To learn how to install FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition, see “Installing
FactoryTalk ViewPoint”.

Creating a new Site Edition web application

After installing the FactoryTalk ViewPoint software, to create a new Site Edition web
application, connect to FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration, and then perform
these tasks:
 Select a FactoryTalk View SE local or network application.
 Select graphic displays from the FactoryTalk View SE application.
 Publish the displays to the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server.

Only one web browser can connect to FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration on a

given FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server.

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Connecting to FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration

Open a web browser and then enter the address:
[Link]
where ComputerName is the name or IP address of the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server
computer.
On the server computer, you can also click Start > All Programs > Rockwell
Software > FactoryTalk ViewPoint, and then click FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Administration.

If you receive a message to install Microsoft Silverlight 3, continue with the

following steps. Otherwise skip to “Creating a new Site Edition web application” on
page 17.

INSTALLING MICROSOFT SILVERLIGHT 3

The user installing Microsoft Silverlight 3 must have administrative rights in Windows.
If you have problems, contact your System Administrator or try logging on to Windows
as a different user.

1. In the web browser, click Click to Install.

2. In the File Download - Security Warning dialog box, click Run.
3. After [Link] finishes, in the Internet Explorer - Security Warning
dialog box, click Run.
4. In the Install Silverlight 3 graphic, click Install now.
5. After the software finishes installing, if the Enable Microsoft Update graphic is
presented, click Next, and then click Close. Otherwise, simply click Close.

If the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration Home page or the web application’s initial
display does not open, either press F5 to refresh the web browser, or close and then
reopen the browser.

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Creating a new Site Edition web application

1. In FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration, on the Home page, click Publish
displays to Web.

To open other
ViewPoint
Administration
pages, click
the navigation
bar.

To create an SE
web application,
complete these
three steps.

To get Help with

tasks on a page,
click the Learn
about... link.

2. On the Publish Displays to Web page, finish the first step, 1 Select an
application (shown in the next illustration). You can select a local or network
directory.
 Site Edition (Local) application from the FactoryTalk Local Directory on the
computer running the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server.
 Site Edition (Network) application from the FactoryTalk Network Directory
that the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server computer is connected to. To learn
how to specify the Network Directory location, see the FactoryTalk
ViewPoint Help.
3. To select the graphic displays to publish, click 2 Select displays.
4. To begin the publishing process, click 3 Publish displays.

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After publishing is finished, to open the newly published web application, click
Open Web application.

The initial display (or displays, if specified in a startup macro) selected for the
application should open in the web browser.

You can set up security for FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration or for a published
SE web application. To learn how, see the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Help.

Connecting to an existing Site Edition web

application
You can connect to an existing FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition application from
any computer running a supported web browser.
All you need is the computer name or IP address of the computer running the
FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server for the application.
To learn about optimal settings for web client computers, see “Setting up web client
computers”.

A Site Edition web application will not display data if HMI servers, data servers, or
alarm servers in the corresponding FactoryTalk View SE application are unavailable
or not running. To ensure that an HMI server is running, in FactoryTalk View Studio,
open the server’s Properties dialog box and set the startup type to Load and run
startup components when operating system initializes.

. For details, click Help.

To connect to a FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition application:

1. Open a web browser, and then enter this address:
[Link]
where ComputerName is the name or IP address of the FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Server computer.
The initial display (or displays, if specified in a startup macro) selected for the
web application should open.

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If you receive a message to install Microsoft Silverlight 3, for instructions, see

“Installing Microsoft Silverlight 3”.

Support for FactoryTalk View SE commands

FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition supports the Display and Abort commands. To
open and close displays in a web application, you can use objects set up to issue these
commands.
You can also include these commands in a macro, and then select the macro to run
when the web application starts up.

Display and Abort are the only FactoryTalk View SE commands that are currently
supported. FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition will ignore any other command
included in a macro or specified as the press or release action for a button or for touch
animation.

Display command support includes the following command parameters only:

 [/T] and [/P], used to load parameter lists and files with a display.
 [/H] and [/W], used to specify the initial height and width of a display.
 [/X] and [/Y], used to specify the initial position coordinates of a display.
 [/DL], [/DR], [/DT], [/DB], used to dock displays to the left, right, top, or bottom
of the web browser window.
 [/Q1], [/Q2], [/Q3], [/Q4], used to set positions. /Q1: Upper right corner , /Q2:
Upper left corner, /Q3: Lower left corner, and /Q4: Lower right corner.
Abort command support includes the following command parameters only:

 [/Me], used to close the display that the Abort command was issued from.
 [DisplayName], used to close the specified display.
 [*], used to close all open displays.
 [/D], used with [*] to include docked displays when closing all open displays.
For a summary of FactoryTalk View SE features that FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site
Edition does not currently support, see the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Help. To learn
how to gain access to the Help, see “Learning more about FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Site Edition”.

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FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition text fonts

FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition uses Microsoft® Silverlight™ 3 technology to
convert FactoryTalk View SE graphic displays for the web.
Microsoft Silverlight 3 supports the following text fonts: Arial, Arial Black (no
italics), Arial Unicode MS, Calibri, Cambria, Cambria Math, Comic Sans MS,
Candara, Consolas, Constantia, Corbel, Courier New, Georgia, Lucida Grande/
Lucida Sans Unicode (no bold or italics), Segoe UI, Symbol, Tahoma, Times New
Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Wingdings, Wingdings 2, and Wingdings 3.
Other text fonts used in the FactoryTalk View SE application will be replaced with
Arial in the web application.

If the corresponding FactoryTalk View SE application uses a font that Microsoft

Silverlight 3 does not support, unexpected text wrapping might occur in objects in the
published web application.

Setting up FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site

Edition activation
Web browsers connecting to a published web application obtain client access licenses
from the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server.
Each web browser requires a separate client license, unless browsers are connecting
to the same web application from the same computer. In that case, up to three
browsers (or three tabs, in browsers that support tabs) can share a single license.
When a browser disconnects or, if FactoryTalk ViewPoint security is enabled, when
the user logs off from the web application, all licenses that were held by the current
user are released for other browsers to use.

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To set up the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server to provide licenses to connecting web

browsers, perform these tasks:
 Download the ViewPoint licenses you purchased to a FactoryTalk Activation
server.
 If the activation server and the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server are on different
computers, use the FactoryTalk Activation Tool to specify the name of the
activation server computer.
 Assign ViewPoint licenses to the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server.

Downloading licenses to an activation server

To get activations for an activation server:
1. On the activation server computer, click Start > All Programs > Rockwell
Software > FactoryTalk Activation.

2. Click FactoryTalk Activation Tool.

If you need assistance, in the Get Activations tab, click Help or click Open
Activation Wizard. The FactoryTalk Activation Wizard provides step-by-step
instructions for setting up activation on the computer.

Connecting the ViewPoint Server to a remote activation

server
1. On the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server computer, open the FactoryTalk Activation
Tool, and then click the Settings tab.
2. In the Settings tab, click the green + symbol beside Folders and servers
searched by applications. This adds an input field beneath the path to
activations on the local computer.
3. In the input field, do one of the following:
 If the activation server is using the default TCP/IP port, type the computer
name using the syntax @ComputerName, and then press Enter.
 If the activation server is not using the default TCP/IP port, type the port and
computer name using the syntax Port@ComputerName, and then press Enter.
In the next illustration, a server computer named ActivationServer5 has been
added to the list of searched folders and servers.

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In FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration, the next time the Activation page is

opened or refreshed, the number of ViewPoint licenses that ActivationServer5
can provide will be displayed, as shown in the next illustration.

Assigning licenses to the ViewPoint Server

1. Connect to FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration. To learn how, see page 16.
2. On the Activation page, in the field Number of licenses to assign (shown in
the next illustration), type the number of licenses needed, and then click Apply.

These fields indicate

how many ViewPoint
licenses the
activation server can
provide.

This field indicates

how many browsers
are connected to the
ViewPoint server.

To assign more or fewer

licenses to the server,
type the desired
number, and then click
Apply.

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What happens if the activation server is unavailable

If the FactoryTalk Activation server is unavailable or unable to provide FactoryTalk
ViewPoint licenses, the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server will provide three temporary
licenses to connecting web browsers, for up to seven days.
To resume normal operations, before the seven-day grace period expires, ensure that
the activation server can provide the necessary licenses.
After the grace period expires, as soon as you restart the FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Server, no web browsers will be able to view the published web application.

Learning more about FactoryTalk ViewPoint

Site Edition
For additional information about FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition, assistance with
a specific task, or troubleshooting tips, open the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Help.
You can gain access to the Help from FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration pages
and from the run-time web client.

Getting help related to an Administration task

In FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration, click the Learn more button.

Opening the Help while viewing an SE web application

On the FactoryTalk ViewPoint banner at the top of the web browser window, click
Help.

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Browsing the Help contents

To browse the Help Contents, use any of these methods:
 On the Contents page, click books and topics listed in the navigation pane.
 To browse the topics in an open book, click the back and forward arrows on the
navigation bar (shown on the left).
 To go back to the previous topic, click the web browser’s Back button.
 Click the breadcrumb links displayed above the currently open Help topic.
 Enter keywords in the Search field.

The Search feature in the Help uses the AND operator by default. This means that
if you enter two keywords, for example Apple and Banana, the search will return
topics that contain both words, not one or the other.

 Search for keywords and find related topics in the Index.

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web applications
This chapter describes:
 how FactoryTalk® ViewPoint works in a Machine Edition environment.
 how to create a new Machine Edition web application.
 how to connect to an existing Machine Edition web application.

About the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine

Edition environment
A FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition web application is a set of graphic
displays selected from an existing FactoryTalk View ME application, converted for
viewing on the web, and published to a supported PanelView Plus operator terminal.

Only one web

FactoryTalk browser at a time
ViewPoint can connect to a
Machine Edition ME web application
web clients on a PanelView
Plus terminal.

1 Publish displays, 2 [Link] 3 ViewPoint Server

and then include to the operator on the operator
ViewPoint content terminal. terminal serves
in ME runtime. displays to web
browsers.
FactoryTalkView ME Studio
with FactoryTalk ViewPoint FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Administration Server on PanelView
Plus 700 - 1500

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As shown in the previous illustration, the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server software for
a Machine Edition web application is installed on a PanelView™ Plus operator
terminal. New operator terminals contain the firmware with FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Machine Edition. Operator terminals that contain previously installed software can be
updated by upgrading the firmware on the terminal. For more information on
upgrading PanelView Plus firmware, see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual,
Chapter 8, “Upgrade Firmware.”
The FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration software, used to convert displays and set
up security, is installed as part of FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition on the
FactoryTalk View Studio computer.
To learn how to convert displays and then include them in the Machine Edition
runtime web application that will be downloaded to the operator terminal, see the
next section, “Creating a new Machine Edition web application.”
To learn how to install FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition, see “Installing
FactoryTalk ViewPoint”.

Creating a new Machine Edition web

application
To create a new Machine Edition web application:
1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, open the FactoryTalk View ME application that
contains the displays you want to convert for the web.
2. Click Application > ViewPoint Administration to open FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Administration.

All displays must be closed in FactoryTalk View Studio to enable the ViewPoint
Administration menu option.

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3. In FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration, click Publish Displays to Web, and

then select and publish the displays.

To create
a Machine
Edition web
application,
complete
these two
steps.

To get Help,
click Learn
about...
links.

4. Create the Machine Edition runtime application, and include FactoryTalk

ViewPoint content.
a. In FactoryTalk View Studio click Application > Create Runtime
Application to create a run-time file (.MER). Select the Include ViewPoint
Content check box located below the Type list. The check box is selected by
default. The run-time file will provide the FactoryTalk View ME application
and the published displays to the PanelView Plus operator terminal.
b. In Save as type, select Runtime 5.10 Application and then click Save.

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c. In the Create Runtime Application Wizard - Select Languages dialog box,

select all the languages to include in the runtime application, select the initial
language to use, and then click Finish. The runtime file is created, which may
take some time.

The language that the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition content is published in
is determined by the application's Default language. This is completely separate from
the 'initial' (startup) language for the operator terminal application, and independent
from the languages included in the operator terminal application contents.

Language switching is not supported in FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition. To

change the language of the application later, repeat these steps to select a different
initial language and then publish the runtime file to the PanelView Plus operator
terminal again.

5. Download the Machine Edition run-time application (.MER) to the PanelView

Plus operator terminal that will host the web application.
a. In FactoryTalk View Studio, click the File Transfer Utility button on the
toolbar.
b. In the Source file field, use the browse button (...) to select the run-time file
that was just created.
c. In Select destination terminal, browse for the PanelView Plus terminal and
then click Download.
d. Once the download completes, click OK and close the Transfer Utility
window.
6. On your PanelView Plus operator terminal, in the FactoryTalk View ME Station
configuration screen, click Load Application and then select the run-time
(.MER) file you downloaded. Click Load.
7. Click Run Application to start the project.
For more information on loading and running an application, see the PanelView Plus
Terminals User Manual.
To learn more about creating and securing access to a Machine Edition web
application, see the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Help.

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Connecting to an existing Machine Edition

web application
You can connect to an existing FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition application
from any computer running a supported web browser.
All you need is the computer name or IP address of the PanelView Plus operator
terminal running the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server for the application.
To learn about optimal settings for web client computers, see “Setting up web client
computers”.
To connect to a FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition application:
1. Open a web browser, and then enter this address:
[Link]
where TerminalName is the name or IP address of the PanelView Plus operator
terminal.
2. The initial display selected for the web application should open.

Only one web browser can connect to the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server on a
PanelView Plus operator terminal at a time.

If you receive a prompt to install Microsoft Silverlight 3, continue with the

following steps..

When you connect to a PanelView Plus operator terminal:

If your client computer is connected to the Internet, you are automatically prompted
to install Silverlight from the Microsoft Silverlight download site. You are
automatically redirected to the download site.
If your client computer is not connected to the Internet, you receive a message with
instructions on how to get and install Silverlight on the client.

The user installing Microsoft Silverlight 3 must have administrative rights in

Windows. If you have problems, contact your System Administrator or try logging
on to Windows as a different user.

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3. In the web browser, click Click to Install.

4. In the File Download - Security Warning dialog box, click Run.
5. After the [Link] download finishes, in the Internet Explorer - Security
Warning dialog box, click Run.
6. In the Install Silverlight 3 graphic, click Install now.
7. After the software finishes installing, if the Enable Microsoft Update graphic is
presented, click Next, and then click Close. Otherwise, simply click Close.

FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition text fonts

FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition uses Microsoft® Silverlight™ 3 technology
to convert FactoryTalk View graphic displays for the web.
Microsoft Silverlight 3 supports the following text fonts: Arial, Arial Black (no
italics), Arial Unicode MS, Calibri, Cambria, Cambria Math, Comic Sans MS,
Candara, Consolas, Constantia, Corbel, Courier New, Georgia, Lucida Grande or
Lucida Sans Unicode (no bold or italics), Segoe UI, Symbol, Tahoma, Times New
Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Wingdings, Wingdings 2, and Wingdings 3.
Other text fonts used in the FactoryTalk View application will be replaced with Arial
in the web application.

If the corresponding FactoryTalk View application uses a font that Microsoft

Silverlight 3 does not support, unexpected text wrapping might occur in objects in the
published web application.

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Learning more about FactoryTalk ViewPoint

Machine Edition
For additional information about FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition, assistance
with a specific task, or troubleshooting tips, open the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Help.
You can access Help from the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration tool that is
installed on the FactoryTalk View Studio computer.

Getting help related to an Administration task

In FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration, click the Learn about link at the bottom
left of the page.

Browsing the Help contents

To browse the Help Contents, use any of these methods:
 On the Contents page, click books and topics listed in the navigation pane.
 To browse the topics in an open book, click the back and forward arrows on the
navigation bar (shown on the left).
 To go back to the previous topic, click the web browser’s Back button.
 Click the breadcrumb links displayed above the currently open Help topic.
 Enter keywords in the Search field.

The Search feature in the Help uses the AND operator by default. This means that
if you enter two keywords, for example Apple and Banana, the search will return
topics that contain both words, not one or the other.

 Search for keywords and find related topics in the Index.

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INDEX

Index

Index
A environment  25
requirements  5
Abort command  19
supported operating systems  5
about
Server  15
Machine Edition environment  25
Site Edition
Site Edition environment  13
environment  13
web applications  1
prerequisite software  4
accessing help
requirements  3
Machine Edition  31
supported operating systems  3
Site Edition  23
system requirements  3
activation  23
web clients  6
assigning licenses  22
fonts
Machine Edition  30
B Site Edition  20
browsing help
Machine Edition  31 H
Site Edition  24
Help
accessing  23, 31
C
commands  19 I
connecting to
installing
existing web applications
Microsoft Silverlight  16
Machine Edition  29
PanelView Plus firmware  8
Site Edition  18
software updates  8
remote activation server  21
creating new web applications
Machine Edition  26 M
Site Edition  17 Machine Edition
opening Administration  26
D prequisite software  5
supported operating systems  5
Display command  19
supported terminals  6
downloading licenses  21

F O
opening
FactoryTalk Directory  17
help  23
FactoryTalk ViewPoint
ViewPoint Administration  16, 26
Administration
Machine Edition  26
Site Edition  16 S
Machine Edition setting up

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Site Edition activation  20 W

web applications
web applications
Machine Edition  25
connecting to existing  18, 29
Site Edition  13
web client
prerequisite software  6
V supported operating systems  6
viewing web applications  2\ supported web browsers  6

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