Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 27)

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Getting started with FactoryTalk View SE
This chapter describes:
 What FactoryTalk View Site Edition is.
 What a FactoryTalk system is.
 FactoryTalk View Site Edition software.
 FactoryTalk View tools and utilities.
 How to set up the software you need.
 Running FactoryTalk View SE without activation.
 Exploring the Samples Water application.
 How to start creating a new network distributed application.
Welcome to FactoryTalk View Site Edition
FactoryTalk View Site Edition is an integrated software package for developing and
running human-machine interface (HMI) applications that can involve multiple users and
servers, distributed over a network.
A member of the FactoryTalk View family of products, FactoryTalk View Site Edition
(also called FactoryTalk View SE) provides all the tools you need to create powerful,
dependable process monitoring and supervisory control applications.
In FactoryTalk View Studio, you can create FactoryTalk View SE network distributed,
network station, or local station applications that mirror your plant or process.
Use the editors in FactoryTalk View Studio to create and test the application components
you need. Then, set up the FactoryTalk View SE Clients to let operators interact with the
application after it is deployed.
About FactoryTalk systems
FactoryTalk View Site Edition provides all the tools you need to create powerful,
dependable process monitoring and supervisory control applications.
FactoryTalk Services Platform
The FactoryTalk Services Platform provides a set of common services, such as diagnostic
messages, health monitoring services, and access to real-time data, for all the FactoryTalk
products and applications used in a control system.