Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 4)

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F ACTORY T ALK V IEW S ITE E DITION U SER ’ S G UIDE
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Working in the Explorer window................................................................................2– 8
Moving the Explorer window..............................................................................2– 9
Opening and closing folders ..............................................................................2– 10
Opening component editors...............................................................................2– 10
Creating and modifying components.................................................................2– 12
Adding components to an application ...............................................................2– 13
Naming components ..........................................................................................2– 14
Deleting, removing, and renaming components ................................................2– 15
Techniques for working in editors ............................................................................2– 16
Gaining quick access to common operations ....................................................2– 16
Browsing lists and components .........................................................................2– 16
Supplying tag names..........................................................................................2– 16
Selecting and building commands .....................................................................2– 16
Building expressions..........................................................................................2– 17
Printing from FactoryTalk View SE .........................................................................2– 17
Selecting a printer ..............................................................................................2– 18
Printing at run time ............................................................................................2– 18
3 • Planning an application................................................................... 3–1
Understanding the process you are automating ..........................................................3– 1
Planning the network layout........................................................................................3– 2
Choosing a Windows domain or workgroup .......................................................3– 2
Determining which computers you’ll need .........................................................3– 3
Planning communications ...........................................................................................3– 5
Determining how to access data ..........................................................................3– 5
Monitoring and controlling alarms..............................................................................3– 6
Planning an alarm monitoring and control system ..............................................3– 6
Advantages of using FactoryTalk Alarms and Events services ..........................3– 7
Traditional HMI tag alarms .................................................................................3– 8
Deciding when to use HMI tags..................................................................................3– 8
Designing the
HMI
tag database ........................................................................3– 8
Designing a dependable control system ......................................................................3– 9
Planning how to secure the system......................................................................3– 9
Planning to use built-in system availability features .........................................3– 10
Setting up the run-time application ...........................................................................3– 11
Developing a hierarchy of graphic displays ......................................................3– 11
Creating templates to ensure consistency ..........................................................3– 12
Applying visual design principles .....................................................................3– 12
Planning how to use trends ................................................................................3– 13
Planning run-time language switching ..............................................................3– 13