Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 75)

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Setting up the FactoryTalk Directory
This chapter describes:
 What the FactoryTalk Directory is.
 Using the FactoryTalk Directory in a networked system.
 How to specify the location of the FactoryTalk Network Directory server.
 What happens if the Network Directory server is unavailable.
About FactoryTalk Directory
The FactoryTalk Directory centralizes access to resources and components, such as
graphic displays and tags, for all FactoryTalk products participating in a control system.
Like a telephone directory or electronic address book, the FactoryTalk Directory provides
a lookup service for the parts of an application, so that they can find each other on a single
computer or over a network.
Application components can be stored in their original environments and made available
to all clients, without the need for duplication.
FactoryTalk View Site Edition applications use two types of FactoryTalk Directory:
 FactoryTalk Local Directory, or the Local Directory, manages local station
applications.
All local application components, except for OPC data servers, must be located on the
same computer.
 FactoryTalk Network Directory, or the Network Directory, manages network
distributed and network station applications.
Network distributed applications can consist of multiple clients and servers,
distributed across several computers connected over a network.
One Network Directory manages all of the FactoryTalk products that participate in a
single network distributed or network station application.
Both the Local and the Network Directory are installed with the FactoryTalk Services
Platform. For more information, see the FactoryTalk View Site Edition Installation Guide.
FactoryTalk Directory in a networked system
FactoryTalk Directory is one of a set of FactoryTalk common services, used by
FactoryTalk View Site Edition and other Rockwell Automation software products.