Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide User Manual

Rs view 32

USER’S GUIDE

PUBLICATION VW32-UM001F-EN-E–July 2011

Supersedes Publication VW32-UM001

E-EN-E

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Table of contents

Document Outline

Contents
Preface
- About the documentation
- Technical support services
  - When you call
Working with projects
- What is a project?
  - Project files
- Working in the Project Manager
  - Component
  - Viewing component locations
- Adding components to a project
- Renaming, removing, and deleting components
- Naming files
- Printing
Setting up direct driver communications
- Overview of direct driver communications
- Setting up direct driver communication to programmable controllers
  - Setting up communications without hardware or software
  - Summary of steps
- Configuring RSLinx drivers
  - Using the drivers
  - Selecting a driver in RSView32
- Configuring channels
  - Changing the channel configuration
- Switching communication drivers at runtime
- Creating a node
- Changing node information at runtime
- Scanning for new tag values
  - RSView32 scan classes
  - Guidelines for configuring scan classes
- Monitoring communications
- Developing your project without a communication network
Setting up OPC and DDE communications
- Overview of OPC communications
- Overview of DDE communications
- Summary of steps
- Creating an OPC node
- Creating a DDE node
- Changing node information at runtime
- Scanning for new tag values
Creating tags
- Tags and the tag database
- Tag types
- Data sources
  - Device
  - Memory
- Organizing tags
  - Naming tags
  - Using folders to group tags
- The tag database editor
  - Using the Accept and Discard buttons
- Using the form
- Using the query box
- Using the folder hierarchy
- Using the spreadsheet
- Configuring tag type
- Specifying a data source
  - Specifying device as the data source
  - Specifying memory as the data source
- Other methods for creating tags
- Adding alarms to tags
- Logging tag values
- Using the tag monitor
Creating derived tags
- How to use derived tags
- How to use multiple derived tag files
- Summary of steps
- The Derived Tags editor
  - Using the Accept and Discard buttons
- Setting up the evaluation interval
- Creating derived tags
- Editing derived tags
- Starting and stopping derived tag processing
  - Ways to start derived tag processing
  - Ways to stop derived tag processing
Configuring alarms
- Summary of features
- Key concepts
  - Alarms for analog tags
  - Alarms for digital tags
  - Alarm severity
  - Alarm messages
  - Alarm log file
  - Alarm displays
  - Alarm system tags
  - Alarm acknowledgment
  - Alarm suppression
  - Running commands, macros, or VBA programs in response to alarms
    - About the Execute button
    - About the Identify button
  - Alarm expressions
    - Using wildcards in alarm expressions
  - Acknowledge bit (globally acknowledging alarms)
  - Handshake bit
  - Alarm events
- Summary of steps
- The Alarm Setup editor
- Specifying where to store alarm log files
- Creating log files
  - Monitoring disk space
  - Creating files periodically
  - Creating files at specified times
  - Creating files when a particular event occurs
  - Never creating new files
- Deleting log files
- About alarm log files
  - How log files are named
- Exporting alarm log files to ODBC format
- Configuring alarm severity
- Configuring alarm messages
  - Types of messages
  - Defining the content of the message
- Adding remarks to the alarm log file at runtime
- Specifying alarm conditions for analog and digital tags
  - When can I configure an alarm for a tag?
- Configuring alarms for analog tags
  - Alarm thresholds
  - Alarm messages
  - Advanced
- Configuring alarms for digital tags
  - Alarm states
  - Alarm messages
  - Advanced
- Viewing the alarm log file
- Creating an alarm summary
  - Creating an alarm summary file
  - Creating an alarm summary object
    - To create the alarm summary object:
  - The parts of an alarm summary
  - Inserting headings
  - Choosing fonts
  - Choosing colors and blink styles
  - Formatting buttons
    - Changing the button text
    - Positioning the button bar
  - Choosing data
  - Filtering data
  - Sorting data
  - Using alarm data with commands
- Suppressing alarm printing
- Suppressing alarm monitoring
  - Suppressing alarm monitoring for tags
  - Viewing suppressed tags
  - Using the Suppressed List
  - More RSView32 commands
- Starting and stopping alarm monitoring
  - Ways to start alarm monitoring
  - Ways to stop alarm monitoring
Configuring data logging
- What is a model?
  - How to use multiple data log models
- Summary of steps
- About data log storage formats
- The .dbf file format
- The ODBC storage format
- The Data Log Setup editor
- Setting up a model
  - To create the ODBC data source:
  - To set up the ODBC data tables:
- Setting up logging paths
  - Switching logging paths
  - Specifying logging paths
- Using the DataLogSwitchBack command to switch logging paths
- Using the DataLogMergeToPrimary command to move secondary files to the primary path
- Creating .dbf log files
- Using the DataLogNewFile command to create files
- Deleting ODBC database records and .dbf log files
- Specifying when to log data
- Choosing the data to log
- Editing the data log model
  - Changing logging paths using RSView32 Runtime
  - Changing logging paths using the DataLogPath command
- Making runtime changes without editing the data log model
  - Changing the log rate for periodic logging
  - Changing the log file identifier string
- Displaying data in a trend
- Starting and stopping data logging
  - Ways to start data logging
  - Ways to stop data logging
Configuring activity logging
- Which activities can be logged?
- Summary of steps
- The Activity Log Setup editor
- Specifying where to store activity log files
- Creating log files
- Deleting log files
- About activity log files
  - How log files are named
- Exporting activity log files to ODBC format
- Specifying which activities to log
- Editing activity log setup
- Using the activity bar
  - Hiding, showing, and moving the activity bar
  - Messages in the activity bar
- Using the Activity Log Viewer
- Starting and stopping activity logging
  - Ways to start activity logging
  - Ways to stop activity logging
Configuring events
- How to use multiple event files
- Summary of steps
- The Events editor
  - Using the Accept and Discard buttons
- Setting up the evaluation interval
- Creating events
- Editing events
- Starting and stopping event processing
  - Ways to start event processing
  - Ways to stop event processing
Adding security
- About security
- Summary of steps for setting up security codes
- Before you begin
- Configuring security codes
- Using strict security
  - Turning off strict security
- Assigning security to a graphic display
- Assigning security to an OLE object
- Assigning security to a tag
- Configuring user accounts
- Login and logout macros
- Using electronic signatures to prevent unauthorized actions
- Securing the Project Manager
- Preventing users from going out of the RSView32 project
- Logging in at runtime
- Changing passwords at runtime
Creating graphic displays
- About graphic displays and graphic objects
- The Graphic Display editor
  - The editor’s main components
- Mastering basic techniques
  - Using the context menu
  - Switching between normal and test modes
  - Using the toolbars
  - Selecting a drawing tool
  - Selecting colors
  - Selecting and deselecting objects
  - Using the grid
  - Using the Rotate tool
  - Zooming in and out
  - Correcting mistakes
- Setting up the display
  - Saving the display settings
  - Creating a default
  - Using the Display Settings dialog box
  - Specifying the display type
  - Allowing multiple running copies
  - Specifying caching
  - Specifying the title bar and other display attributes
  - Preventing scroll bars on the RSView32 main window
  - Specifying display size
  - Specifying resize behavior
  - Specifying display position
  - Specifying a security code
  - Specifying background color
  - Specifying startup and shutdown commands
  - Specifying colors for input fields
  - Specifying the behavior of interactive objects
  - Specifying the behavior of objects with input focus
  - Displaying the on–screen keyboard
- Displaying graphics more quickly
  - Removing displays from the cache
- Types of graphic objects
- Creating simple objects
  - Drawing a rounded rectangle
  - Drawing a rectangle or square
  - Drawing an ellipse or circle
  - Drawing a line
  - Drawing a polyline or polygon
  - Drawing a freehand object
  - Drawing an arc or wedge
  - Creating text
    - Choosing a font
  - Font substitution at runtime
- Reshaping simple objects
- Creating advanced objects
  - Objects described in other chapters
  - Using tag names
  - Using tag placeholders
    - Creating a tag placeholder
  - Using a parameter file to replace tag placeholders
  - Listing tag names to replace tag placeholders
  - Creating numeric and string input fields
- Using input fields at runtime
  - Continuously updating tag values
  - Keys
  - RSView32 commands
  - Using the on–screen keyboard
  - Creating numeric and string display fields
  - Creating labels
  - Creating arrows
  - Creating buttons
  - Editing a button object
  - Reshaping a button object
  - Creating a recipe field
  - Creating a recipe file
    - Two ways to create a recipe file
  - Using a recipe at runtime
- Replacing text associated with objects
- Creating and editing OLE objects
  - Other methods for inserting OLE objects
  - Converting OLE objects
- Creating and editing ActiveX objects
  - Using the ActiveX Property Panel
  - Using the ActiveX Toolbox
- Recording and authorizing run-time changes using electronic signatures
  - Securing tag writes and commands
  - Tracking changes with activity logging
- Creating signature buttons
  - Specifying a caption for the signature button
  - Setting up the runtime behavior of the signature button
  - Specifying colors for the signature button
    - Changing the style and color of the font
- Naming graphic objects
  - To name an object and type a tooltip description:
- Working with objects
  - Moving objects
  - Copying objects
    - Dragging and dropping objects
    - Copying and pasting objects
  - Duplicating objects
  - Resizing objects
- Arranging objects
  - Grouping and ungrouping objects
  - Performing group editing
  - Stacking objects
  - Aligning objects
    - Aligning objects left, right, and center
  - Spacing objects
  - Flipping objects
- Applying colors
  - Applying colors to text
- Applying fill patterns
  - Selecting fill patterns
  - Applying fill patterns
  - How colors and patterns work
- Changing line properties
- Peeking at objects
- Creating a background for your display
  - Objects that cannot be converted
- Importing graphic files from third–party applications
  - Transparent backgrounds for image files
  - Converting imported objects to RSView32 native objects
- Using bitmaps
  - When could a bitmap help?
- Using graphic libraries
  - Location of library files
- Printing displays at runtime
Animating graphic objects
- Types of animation
  - Which objects can have animation?
- Using the Animation dialog box
  - About the Animation dialog box
  - Using Object Smart Path to visually set animation
- Testing animation
- Using tag names and tag placeholders
  - Tag names
  - Tag placeholders
- Using commands and macros
- Using expressions
- Setting minimum and maximum values
  - Why specify minimum and maximum values?
- Defining a range of motion
  - Objects that do not have a range of motion
  - Using OSP (Object Smart Path)
- Configuring visibility animation
- Configuring color animation
  - The parts of the list box
- Configuring fill animation
- Configuring horizontal position animation
- Configuring vertical position animation
- Configuring width animation
- Configuring height animation
- Configuring rotation animation
- Configuring touch animation
- Configuring horizontal slider animation
- Configuring vertical slider animation
- Configuring OLE verb animation
  - Attaching other types of animation to OLE objects
- Configuring ActiveX control
  - The object’s properties versus RSView32 animation
  - Naming an ActiveX object
  - Attaching ActiveX control properties
  - Attaching ActiveX control events
  - Viewing ActiveX control methods
  - Using the Invoke command to call an ActiveX method
- Associating objects and displays with keys
- Creating object keys
- Using index numbers
  - How index numbers are used
  - Checking an object’s index number
  - Changing index numbers
  - Creating a tab sequence
- Using the Current [Tag] parameter
  - Summary of steps
  - Examples
- Creating display keys
- Editing display and object keys
  - Modifying a key
  - Removing a key
  - Removing all keys
- Viewing the key list at runtime
  - Disabling the key list
- Applying animation to groups
- Checking the animation on objects
  - Using the Animation menu and the Animation dialog box
  - Using Peek
- Changing the animation on objects
- Copying or duplicating objects with animation
- Copying animation without copying objects
Configuring trends
- About trends
- Key concepts
- Summary of steps
- Creating a trend object
- Working in the Trend dialog box
- Trend configuration
- Pen configuration
- Ensuring real-time trends have data
- Comparing real-time and historical data
- Creating control for a trend
- Using the Trends graphic library
  - Setting the name of the Control Tag folder
- Choosing fonts, colors, and lines
- Using the trend at runtime
- Editing a trend
  - Editing the trend object
  - Editing the trend configuration
Creating expressions
- About expressions
  - Expression components
- Where you can use expressions
  - Using expressions in a command
- Creating expressions
  - Expression buttons
- Cutting, copying, and pasting expressions
- Formatting expressions
- Using the = (Equal) command
- Using tag names and tag placeholders
  - Using tag placeholders instead of tag names
- Constants
- Arithmetic operators
  - String operands
- Relational operators
  - How string operands are evaluated
- Logical operators
- Bitwise operators
- Built–in functions
- Evaluation order of operators
- If–then–else
  - Nested if–then–else structure
Setting up navigation
- Developing a hierarchy of displays
- Methods for moving among displays
- Example of navigation methods
- The tools
  - Precedence
- Creating macros
- Creating symbols
  - Important guidelines
- Key definitions
- Creating global keys
- Running global key files
Sharing data with other Windows applications
- Methods for sharing data
- Retrieving historical data
  - Retrieving tag names from data log files
- Bringing logged dBASE IV data into Microsoft Excel
- Understanding the content of the log files
- Creating a pivot table in Microsoft Excel
- Sharing tag values locally
- Providing tag values to local OPC or DDE clients
- Getting tag values from servers
  - Setting up RSView32 as the client
- Enabling RSView32 for tag writes
- Sending DDEExecute commands to other applications
Using networks
- Sharing project components during development and runtime
- Using OPC for peer–to–peer network communications
- Connecting to RSLinx Gateway as a remote OPC server
  - Configuring RSLinx Gateway
  - Configuring RSView32 for use with RSLinx Gateway
Running your project
- Summary of steps
- Specifying startup settings
  - Preferences
  - Startup
- Setting up a project in a new location
- Setting the project path
  - Changing application paths
  - Changing the database path
- Specifying time, date, and number formats
- Running a project
  - Running a project automatically
- Monitoring disk space
- Stopping a project
  - When a project stops
RSView32 commands
- Using RSView32 commands
- Using the command line
- Using the Command Wizard
  - Building a command string
- The RSView32 commands, listed alphabetically
System tags
- Alarms
- Communications
- Graphics
- Time
- Trends
- User
- Windows memory resources
Differences between RSView32 and ControlView
- Importing ControlView projects
- Activity log
- Alarms
- Commands
  - Obsolete commands
  - Renamed commands
- Data log
- Derived tags
- Events
- Global keys
- Graphics
- Scan classes
- SLC addressing syntax
- Tag database
- Trends
- ControlView features integrated into RSView32
Addressing syntax for Allen–Bradley programmable controllers
- PLC addressing syntax
- SLC addressing syntax
- SoftLogix 5 addressing syntax
- Mnemonic tables
Station addressing for nodes connecting to Allen–Bradley devices
- Local station addressing
  - Host name
- Remote station addressing
Importing and exporting XML files
- About XML
- Creating XML files by exporting
  - To export graphic display information to an XML file
- Editing XML files
  - Saving XML files in Notepad
- Importing XML files
  - Importing graphic XML file
    - To import graphic display information from an XML file
- Graphic display XML file structure
- Symbols
- Numerics
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X