Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 29)

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For detailed information about FactoryTalk services, concepts, and components, see the
FactoryTalk Help.
To open the FactoryTalk Help
 Select Start > All Programs > Rockwell Software > FactoryTalk Tools >
FactoryTalk Help.
You can also open the FactoryTalk Help by clicking Help in dialog boxes used to set
up FactoryTalk components and services.
FactoryTalk View Site Edition software
FactoryTalk View SE consists of several pieces of software you can use to build network
or local HMI applications, customized to your needs.
Depending on the software packages you purchased, you will have installed one or more
of the following software components, from the FactoryTalk View DVD.
FactoryTalk Services Platform provides common services (such as diagnostic
messages, health monitoring services, and access to real-time data) to products and
applications in a FactoryTalk system.
For an overview of the FactoryTalk Services Platform, see page 1-1.
FactoryTalk View Studio is configuration software for developing and testing
FactoryTalk View SE applications.
FactoryTalk View Studio contains editors for creating complete applications, and includes
client and server software for testing the applications you create. Use the editors to create
applications that are as simple or as complex as you need.
For information about FactoryTalk View Studio features, see Chapter 2, Exploring
FactoryTalk View Studio.
You can also use FactoryTalk View Studio to set up FactoryTalk Security services for the
applications you develop. For more information, see Chapter 5, Setting up security.
FactoryTalk View SE Client is software for viewing and interacting with FactoryTalk
View SE local station, network station, and network distributed applications at run time.
FactoryTalk View SE Server, also called the HMI server, stores HMI project
components (for example, graphic displays) and serves them to clients. The server also
contains a database of tags, and performs alarm detection and historical data logging
FactoryTalk View Studio is also the configuration software for developing FactoryTalk View
Machine Edition (ME) applications. For information about FactoryTalk View ME, see the
FactoryTalk View Machine Edition User’s Guide and the ME Help.