Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk ViewPoint Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 5)

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Getting started with
FactoryTalk ViewPoint
This chapter describes:
 what a FactoryTalk ® ViewPoint web application is.
 FactoryTalk ViewPoint system requirements.
 how to install the FactoryTalk ViewPoint software.
 how to upgrade to FactoryTalk ViewPoint 8.00.
 how to set up web client computers.
About FactoryTalk ViewPoint web
applications
FactoryTalk ® ViewPoint is an add-on to FactoryTalk View that provides for a fully
scalable, fully animated, read-and-write view of existing Site Edition (SE) and
Machine Edition (ME) web applications from a web browser.
A web application consists of graphic displays selected from the FactoryTalk View
application, converted for viewing in a web browser, and then published to a
FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server (also called the web server).
 For Site Edition applications, the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server runs on a desktop
or server computer.
 For Machine Edition applications, a PanelView ™ Plus or PanelView ™ Plus Pro
operator terminal functions as the server.
To learn more about differences between Site Edition and Machine Edition web
applications, see the next chapters in this manual.
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