Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE 4.0 Live Data Interface User Guide - Manual (Page 7)

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Chapter 1
Introduction
The FactoryTalk Historian system uses the PI system as a back end
to store tag data. The FactoryTalk Historian Live Data Interface
(FTLD) allows FactoryTalk Historian to connect with Rockwell
data sources. The FTLD interface provides buffering capability
before the data is permanently stored in the Historian archive.
The FTLD Interface is integrated with the FactoryTalk Live Data
service provided by FactoryTalk Services Platform. It is a
FactoryTalk Live Data client that relies on FactoryTalk Live Data
service to talk to FactoryTalk data servers such as FactoryTalk View
SE, RSLinx Enterprise, and OPC servers that are part of a
FactoryTalk application.
NOTE
The FactoryTalk Historian documentation uses the terms tag and point
to mean the same thing. An example of a tag name is:
FTLDEnt:rc:RSLinxC.secondArray000.
The FTLD Interface is configured using the FactoryTalk
Administration Console or Interface Configuration Utility. See
"Configuring FactoryTalk Historian Live Data Interface (page 15)"
for more information.
The steps to install the FactoryTalk Historian Live Data Interface
are explained in the
FactoryTalk Historian SE Installation and
Configuration Guide, available from Start > All Programs > Rockwell
Software > FactoryTalk Historian SE > Help.
NOTE
The complete user documentation on FactoryTalk Historian SE is
available in the Common Files\Rockwell\Help folder in your
Program Files directory, and in the Redist\Docs folder on your
FactoryTalk Historian SE installation DVD.
Installation