ProSoft Technology ProSoft i-View User Manual
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ProSoft i-View ♦ Mobile Process Monitoring and Control Application
Contents
Version 2.0.2
User Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
Page 5 of 106
September 29, 2011
Contents
Your Feedback Please ........................................................................................................................ 2
How to Contact Us .............................................................................................................................. 2
ProSoft Technology
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Product Documentation .................................................................................... 2
Quick Start
3
What is ProSoft i-View? ...................................................................................................................... 3
Main Features ..................................................................................................................................... 4
How to Use ProSoft i-View in Five Simple Steps ................................................................................ 4
1
General Aspects
7
1.1
Supported Protocols .................................................................................................. 8
2
User Interface Elements
9
2.1
Tabbed Interface ..................................................................................................... 10
2.1.1
Settings.................................................................................................................... 10
2.1.2
File Server ............................................................................................................... 10
2.1.3
Files ......................................................................................................................... 10
2.1.4
Connections ............................................................................................................ 10
2.1.5
Home ....................................................................................................................... 10
2.2
Variables in ProSoft i-View ...................................................................................... 10
2.3
Home Tab Bar and Navigation Bar ......................................................................... 12
2.4
Bottom Panel ........................................................................................................... 13
3
Data Source Files
15
3.1
Data Sources Created in Excel ............................................................................... 15
3.1.1
Specification of Variable Names (Column A) .......................................................... 16
3.1.2
Variable Types (Column B) ..................................................................................... 18
3.1.3
Variable Addresses (Column C) .............................................................................. 20
3.1.4
Attributes (Column D) .............................................................................................. 24
3.1.5
Attribute Scope and Type ........................................................................................ 25
3.1.6
Tag Attributes .......................................................................................................... 25
3.1.7
Global Attributes ...................................................................................................... 33
3.1.8
Pages, Sections, Rows and Data Sources ............................................................. 36
3.1.9
Lookup Tables ......................................................................................................... 37
3.1.10
Alarms ..................................................................................................................... 39
3.1.11
Comments in Data Sources .................................................................................... 40
3.1.12
Specification of Communication Protocol................................................................ 40
3.1.13
Expressions ............................................................................................................. 46
3.2
Rockwell RSLogix 5000 as a Data Source Generator ............................................ 60
3.2.1
Building a Project in RSLogix 5000 ......................................................................... 60
3.2.2
Exporting Controller Tags from RSLogix 5000........................................................ 60
3.3
Editing Source Files in a Text Editor ....................................................................... 61