RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDE 2

VIEWSE-UM005D-EN-E_Ttlpg.qxd 7/14/05 1:37 PM Page User’s Guide Volume Publication VIEWSE-UM005D-EN-E - July 2005 Supersedes Publication VIEWSE-UM005C-EN-E Contacting Rockwell Software Technical Support Telephone—440-646-5800 Technical Support Fax—440-646-5801 World Wide Web—http://www.software.rockwell.com or http://support.rockwellautomation.com Copyright Notice © 2005 Rockwell Software Inc., a Rockwell Automation company All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Portions copyrighted by the Allen-Bradley Company, LLC, a Rockwell Automation Company This manual and any accompanying Rockwell Software products are copyrighted by Rockwell Software Inc Any reproduction and/or distribution without prior written consent from Rockwell Software Inc is strictly prohibited Please refer to the license agreement for details VBA and DCOM, Copyright 1996, 1997 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group Trademark Notices Allen-Bradley, ControlLogix, RSLinx, RSView, and VersaView are registered trademarks, and the Rockwell Software logo, RSLogix, RSTools, RSView Machine Edition, RSView ME Station, RSView Studio, RSView Supervisory Edition, RSView32, A.I Series, Advanced Interface (A.I.) 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the product license The product’s performance will be affected by system configuration, the application being performed, operator control, and other related factors The product’s implementation may vary among users This manual is as up-to-date as possible at the time of printing; however, the accompanying software may have changed since that time Rockwell Software reserves the right to change any information contained in this manual or the software at any time without prior notice The instructions in this manual not claim to cover all the details or variations in the equipment, procedure, or process described, nor to provide directions for meeting every possible contingency during installation, operation, or maintenance Doc ID VIEWSE-UM005D-EN-E September 2005 Contents Preface About the documentation Finding the information you need Try the User’s Guide and Help first Information on the Internet Contacting Rockwell Software Technical Support P-1 P-1 P-1 P-2 P-2 • Getting started The RSView Supervisory Edition software 1-1 The RSView tools and utilities 1-2 RSView Enterprise tools 1-2 Rockwell Software® utilities 1-3 FactoryTalk tools 1-3 Features in brief 1-4 Setting up the software you need 1-5 Planning the layout of the network 1-6 Installing the FactoryTalk Automation Platform 1-6 Installing RSView Supervisory Edition 1-7 Installing the communications software 1-7 Installing the necessary activation keys 1-8 Setting up the FactoryTalk Directory 1-8 About security in FactoryTalk-enabled system 1-9 Logging on to FactoryTalk 1-9 Running in RSView demo mode 1-10 Exploring the Water Samples application 1-10 Running Water Samples in the RSView SE client 1-12 Creating and testing a new application 1-12 Create the application 1-12 Create a graphic display in the Graphics editor 1-13 Test run the application in RSView SE client 1-14 • Exploring RSView Studio Starting RSView Studio 2-1 Logging on to FactoryTalk® 2-2 Opening an application 2-2 Opening the Samples Water application 2-3 i • • • • • RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDE Exploring the RSView Studio main window 2-4 The menu bar 2-4 The toolbar 2-4 The Explorer 2-5 The workspace 2-5 The Application tab 2-5 The Communications tab 2-5 The Diagnostics List 2-5 The status bar 2-7 Workbook mode 2-7 Showing and hiding items in the main window 2-7 Working in the Explorer window 2-8 Undocking the Explorer 2-8 The parts of the Explorer 2-9 Folders 2-9 Editors 2-9 Components 2-11 Working with application components 2-12 Adding components to an application 2-12 Deleting, removing, and renaming components 2-13 Naming components 2-14 Techniques for working in editors 2-14 Using the context menus 2-14 Using the Browse button 2-15 Using tag names 2-15 Using RSView commands 2-15 Using expressions 2-16 Printing 2-16 Selecting a printer 2-17 Setting up the printer 2-17 Selecting a network printer 2-17 Printing at run time 2-17 • Planning an application Understanding the process you are automating 3-1 Planning the layout of the network 3-2 The Windows® domain or workgroup 3-2 The computers you’ll need 3-2 System requirements and installation 3-3 Planning a redundant system 3-4 Planning communications 3-4 ii Plan how to access data 3-5 Plan how to collect data 3-5 When to use HMI tags 3-5 Designing an HMI tag database 3-6 Collect information 3-6 Organize HMI tags 3-6 Planning alarms 3-6 Designing graphic displays 3-7 Develop a hierarchy of displays 3-7 Create templates to ensure consistency 3-7 Apply visual design principles 3-7 Planning run-time language switching 3-8 Planning how to use trends 3-9 Designing a secure system 3-9 Designing a system for multiple users 3-9 Designing a system that is easy to deploy and maintain 3-10 Integrating with other applications, and customizing the system 3-10 • Setting up FactoryTalk Directory About FactoryTalk Directory 4-1 Using FactoryTalk Directory in a networked system 4-3 Specifying the location of FactoryTalk Directory 4-4 Local Directory setup for stand-alone applications 4-4 Network Directory setup for distributed applications 4-4 Restoring FactoryTalk Directory when deploying an application 4-7 What happens if FactoryTalk Directory is unavailable at run time 4-7 • Working with distributed applications About distributed applications 5-1 Key concepts 5-3 FactoryTalk Directory 5-3 RSAssetSecurity™ 5-3 HMI server, HMI project, HMI client 5-4 Areas 5-4 Using absolute and relative references 5-5 Redundancy 5-6 Language switching 5-8 Creating distributed applications 5-8 Adding and deleting areas 5-9 Adding an HMI server 5-9 Adding a data server 5-11 iii • • • • • CONTENTS • • • • • RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDE When to use additional HMI or data servers 5-11 HMI server restrictions 5-12 Setting up HMI server properties 5-12 Specifying how the server starts up 5-13 Setting up HMI server redundancy 5-14 Selecting the HMI server’s startup and shutdown components 5-15 Changing the name of the host computer 5-16 Starting and stopping HMI servers and components manually 5-17 Starting and stopping an HMI server’s components 5-17 Starting and stopping HMI services 5-17 Deleting HMI servers 5-17 Deleting HMI server project files 5-17 Renaming and deleting distributed applications 5-18 Backing up and restoring distributed applications 5-19 • Working with stand-alone applications About stand-alone applications 6-1 Key concepts 6-2 FactoryTalk Directory 6-2 RSAssetSecurity™ 6-3 HMI server, HMI project, HMI client 6-3 Using references in stand-alone applications 6-3 Language switching 6-3 Creating stand-alone applications 6-4 Importing a project into a new application 6-4 Adding a data server 6-4 Setting up HMI server properties 6-5 Specifying HMI server startup components 6-5 Starting and stopping an HMI server’s components manually 6-6 Renaming and deleting stand-alone applications 6-7 Copying, backing up, and restoring stand-alone applications 6-7 • Setting up communications About data servers 7-1 Types of data servers 7-1 Overview of data server communications 7-2 Using multiple data servers 7-3 Setting up communications 7-4 Adding RSLinx Enterprise data servers 7-5 Setting up general properties 7-6 Setting up RSLinx Enterprise data server redundancy 7-7 iv Setting up communications in RSLinx Enterprise 7-8 Primary and Secondary tabs 7-8 Adding OPC data servers 7-9 Setting up general properties 7-9 Setting up OPC data server redundancy 7-11 Setting up advanced properties 7-12 Deleting data servers 7-13 • Working with tags Tags and the HMI tag database 8-1 Data server tags, HMI tags, and their attributes 8-1 When to use HMI tags 8-2 Basic steps for using tags 8-2 Using data server tags 8-3 Eliminating duplication 8-3 Providing access to complex data 8-3 Setting up data server tags 8-3 Using HMI tags 8-4 Triggering alarms 8-4 Securing tag or device values 8-4 Manipulating data 8-4 Storing values in RSView’s memory 8-5 Setting up HMI tags 8-5 Browsing for tags 8-5 Opening the Tag Browser 8-5 Using the Tag Browser 8-7 Browsing for off-line tags from RSLinx 8-8 Browsing for off-line tags in RSLinx Enterprise 8-8 Browsing for off-line tags from other OPC servers 8-9 Working with tags in the Tag Browser 8-9 Displaying tags 8-9 Showing or hiding tag descriptions 8-9 About the Selected Tag box 8-9 Displaying tag properties 8-9 Filtering tags 8-10 Creating, editing, and importing HMI tags 8-11 Using tag references 8-11 Absolute references 8-11 Relative references 8-12 The home area 8-12 Logging tag values 8-12 v • • • • • CONTENTS • • • • • RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDE • Creating HMI tags About HMI tags 9-1 HMI tag types 9-1 Data sources for HMI tags 9-2 Organizing HMI tags 9-2 Naming HMI tags 9-3 Using folders to group HMI tags 9-3 Viewing tag statistics 9-3 Using the Tags editor 9-4 Using the Accept and Discard buttons 9-4 Using the form 9-5 Using the query box 9-5 Using the folder hierarchy 9-5 Creating, editing, duplicating, and deleting tags 9-5 Specifying a data source 9-7 Specifying Device as the data source 9-7 Specifying Memory as the data source 9-8 Creating HMI tags without using the Tags editor 9-8 Creating tags in a third-party application 9-9 Creating tags as needed in other RSView editors 9-9 Importing tags from a PLC database 9-9 Using the Tag Import and Export Wizard 9-10 Adding alarms to HMI tags 9-11 10 • Creating derived tags About derived tags 10-1 How to use derived tags 10-1 Setting up derived tags 10-2 Using the Derived Tags editor 10-2 Using the Check Syntax button 10-3 Using the Accept and Discard buttons 10-3 Creating a derived tags component 10-3 Using multiple derived tag components 10-4 About the maximum update rate 10-4 Starting and stopping derived tag processing 10-4 Ways to start derived tag processing 10-4 Ways to stop derived tag processing 10-5 11 • Creating alarms About RSView Supervisory Edition alarms 11-1 vi Summary of features 11-1 Setting up alarms for an application 11-2 Key concepts 11-3 Alarms for analog HMI tags 11-3 Alarms for digital HMI tags 11-6 Alarm severity 11-7 Alarm messages 11-7 Alarm log file 11-7 Alarm displays 11-8 Alarm acknowledgment 11-10 Alarm suppression 11-10 Alarm functions in expressions 11-11 Acknowledge bit 11-12 Handshake bit 11-13 Alarm events 11-13 Setting up general alarm behavior 11-15 Setting up alarm monitoring 11-16 Setting up alarm severities 11-17 Setting up alarm messages 11-18 Setting up alarm conditions for HMI tags 11-20 Setting up alarms for analog tags 11-21 Setting up alarms for digital tags 11-21 Setting up alarm logging 11-21 Specifying where log files are stored or printed 11-23 Specifying when log files are created 11-23 Specifying when log files are deleted 11-23 Setting up periodic logging to a central ODBC database 11-23 Exporting alarm log files manually to ODBC format 11-24 Adding remarks to the alarm log file at run time 11-24 Suppressing alarm printing 11-25 Suppressing alarm logging 11-26 Using the Suppressed List 11-26 Viewing alarm log files 11-27 About alarm log files 11-28 Setting up security to log alarms to a remote computer 11-28 Creating an alarm summary 11-30 Creating an alarm summary object 11-30 The parts of an alarm summary 11-30 Inserting headings 11-31 Choosing fonts 11-31 Choosing colors and blink styles 11-31 Selecting buttons 11-32 vii • • • • • CONTENTS • • • • • RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDE Choosing the data to display 11-33 Sorting data 11-36 Running commands, macros, or custom programs in response to alarms 11-36 Using alarm data with commands 11-37 Starting and stopping alarm monitoring 11-39 Ways to start alarm monitoring at the HMI server 11-39 Ways to stop alarm monitoring 11-40 12 • Logging system activity About FactoryTalk Diagnostics 12-1 Summary of steps 12-1 Key concepts 12-2 Destinations 12-2 Message routing 12-2 Message categories 12-3 Setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics in RSView 12-4 Logging to a central database 12-5 Setting up message routing 12-6 Using the Diagnostics List 12-7 Working with the Diagnostics List 12-7 Messages in the Diagnostics List 12-8 Viewing FactoryTalk Diagnostics logs 12-9 Setting up security to log system activity to a remote computer 12-10 13 • Using data logging About data logging 13-1 About data log models 13-1 Using multiple data log models 13-2 Displaying historical data in a trend 13-2 Data log storage formats 13-2 Log file sets 13-2 ODBC database storage format 13-3 Creating data log models 13-4 Specifying the storage format 13-5 Setting up log paths 13-5 Setting up and managing data log files 13-5 Specifying when to log data 13-6 Choosing the data to be logged 13-6 Editing a data log model 13-7 Changing log paths using the RSView Administration Console 13-7 Working with ODBC data sources 13-7 viii • • • • • RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDES FactoryTalk Directory „ 1-2, 4-1 FactoryTalk Local Directory „ 1-9, 4-1 backing up „ 28-4 restoring „ 28-4 setting up „ 4-4 FactoryTalk Network Directory „ 1-9, 4-1, 5-3 backing up „ 27-4 cached copy „ 26-5 deploying distributed applications „ 27-4 managing multiple applications „ 4-3 restoring „ 27-8 setting up „ 4-4 specifying localhost „ 4-5 specifying location of „ 4-5, 27-5 HMI server names „ 5-12 logging on to „ 15-5 single sign-on „ 15-6 restoring „ 4-7 service disruption „ 4-7 Fail-over See Redundancy Failure See Redundancy File names See also Component names for alarm logs „ 11-28 short „ 11-28 for data logs „ 13-2 long „ 13-2 File types graphics importing „ 16-26 using bitmaps „ 16-26 log dat „ 13-2 obf „ 13-3 ODBC alarms „ 11-24 data log „ 13-3 FactoryTalk Diagnostics „ 12-5 log files „ 13-2 Fill animation „ 18-9 Filter in alarm summaries „ 11-33 I–8 removing from tags „ 8-11 tags „ 8-10 FlushCache command „ 16-40 executing shutdown command with Folders „ 9-3 Fonts in alarm summaries „ 11-31 in graphic displays substitution at run time „ 17-9 in trends „ 19-12 single-font support See Language switching Functions See Built-in functions „ 16-38 G Gauges „ 17-29, 17-31 Global object displays „ 16-2, 16-23 at run time „ 16-25 base objects in „ 16-2 creating „ 16-24 from existing displays „ 16-24 creating from existing displays „ 16-24 creating global objects on „ 16-2, 16-23, 17-48 file type „ 16-24 location of „ 16-24 Global objects „ 16-2, 16-23, 17-3, 17-48 and graphic libraries „ 17-49 base objects „ 16-2 breaking links „ 17-52 creating on global object displays „ 16-2, 16-23, 17-48 reference objects „ 16-2, 17-49 linked properties „ 17-49 LinkAnimation „ 17-50, 18-2 LinkBaseObject „ 17-51 LinkConnections „ 17-51 LinkSize „ 17-51 updating at run time „ 16-2 Graphic display commands Display and key lists „ 18-25 and parameter files „ 16-29 types „ 16-33 uploading recipes to „ 17-40 uploading values to „ 17-23 using parameter files „ 16-29 Graphic libraries See Libraries Graphic object types „ 17-1 ActiveX „ 17-54, 18-13 advanced objects „ 17-2, 17-9, 17-33, 17-34 alarm summary „ 11-30 arc „ 17-6 arrow „ 17-34 bar graph „ 17-31 button „ 17-12 circle „ 17-6 control list selector „ 17-42, 17-48 ellipse „ 17-6 gauge „ 17-29, 17-31 graph „ 17-29, 17-31 image „ 17-7 interlocked push button „ 17-19 keys „ 17-33 latched push button „ 17-16 list indicator „ 17-29 local message display „ 17-36 local messages „ 17-37 maintained push button „ 17-15 momentary push button „ 17-13 multistate indicator „ 17-28 multistate push button „ 17-18 numeric and string electronic signatures „ 17-58 numeric display fields „ 11-9 numeric input field „ 17-23 electronic signatures „ 17-58 OLE objects „ 15-28, 17-52 panel „ 17-8 piloted control list selector „ 17-43, 17-48 polygon „ 17-5 polyline „ 17-5 ramp push button „ 17-21 rectangle „ 17-4 rounded rectangle „ 17-5 scale „ 17-31 square „ 17-4 string display fields „ 11-9 I–9 Index caching „ 16-39, 19-22 positioning „ 16-36 Download „ 17-26, 17-41 DownloadAll „ 17-26, 17-41 FlushCache „ 16-40 executing shutdown command with „ 16-38 NextPosition „ 18-17 Position „ 18-17 PrevPosition „ 18-17 PrintDisplay „ 16-40 RecipeRestore „ 17-41 RecipeSave „ 17-41 ScreenPrint „ 16-40 SetFocus „ 16-34 Upload „ 17-26, 17-41 UploadAll „ 17-26, 17-41 Graphic displays „ 16-1 caching „ 16-34, 23-3 with the Display command „ 16-39 color „ 16-18 creating „ 16-1, 17-1 creating templates „ 3-7, 16-31 designing „ 3-7 developing a hierarchy „ 23-1 displaying alarm information in „ 11-9 downloading values from „ 17-23 exporting to XML „ E-1 global object displays „ 16-2, 16-23 grid „ 16-7 importing XML „ E-3 improving performance „ 16-39 moving among „ 23-2 commands for „ 23-3 positioning „ 16-36 preventing scroll bars „ 16-36 printing „ 2-16, 16-40 printing at run time „ 2-17 reducing call-up time „ 16-34, 16-39 replacing text „ 16-20 running multiple copies „ 16-33 securing „ 15-28, 16-36 specifying run-time appearance „ 16-34 startup and shutdown commands „ 16-38 testing „ 16-21 animation „ 18-6, 19-21 • • • • • INDEX • • • • • RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDES string input field „ 17-23 electronic signatures „ 17-58 symbol indicator „ 17-28 tag label „ 17-35 text „ 17-8 time and date display „ 17-35 trend „ 19-1 wedge „ 17-6 Graphic objects „ 17-1 animating See Animation arranging „ 16-10, 16-13 assigning tags using the Property Panel „ 16-19 changing properties „ 17-7 choosing text fonts „ 17-8 color „ 16-18 common properties changing properties „ 17-4 converting „ 16-26 duplicating „ 16-9 editing „ 16-17 exporting to XML „ E-1 flipping „ 16-14 formatting „ 16-18 global objects „ 16-2, 17-3 grid „ 16-7 grouping „ 16-16 importing „ 16-26 importing XML „ E-3 line properties „ 16-19 methods „ 18-15 naming „ 16-22, 18-13 navigating among „ 17-10 pattern styles „ 16-18 positioning „ 16-11, 16-13 with grid „ 16-7 replacing text „ 16-20 resizing „ 16-10 rotating „ 16-15 spatial properties setting up „ 17-4 stacking „ 16-11 testing states „ 16-21 ungrouping „ 16-16 using tags and placeholders „ 17-10 I–10 using with object keys visibility „ 17-3, 17-4 Graphics editor „ 16-3 Graphs See Bar graphs Grouped objects animation „ 18-25 creating „ 16-16 „ 18-20 H Handshake bit „ 11-13 HandshakeOn command „ 11-13 Handshaking for Enter key „ 17-43, 17-46, 17-47 resetting „ 17-47 switching on „ 11-13 Hardware failure See Redundancy Height animation „ 18-10 Help activation „ 1-3 alarm log viewer „ 11-27 RSView SE Client object model „ 24-8 technical support „ 1-3 VBA „ 24-8 Help files creating for displays „ 18-22 Highlight ActiveX objects „ 17-10 enabling or disabling „ 16-38 trends „ 17-10, 19-12 HMI clients „ 5-4, 6-3 HMI projects „ 5-4, 6-3 deleting files „ 5-18 moving files „ 27-6 See also HMI servers HMI servers „ 5-4, 6-3 Active state „ 5-7 adding „ 5-10 alarm monitoring „ 11-39, 11-40 allowing clients to connect „ 27-11 components starting and stopping „ 27-16, 28-8 starting manually „ 27-9, 28-4 I Identify command „ 11-36 If-then-else expressions „ 20-18 Image graphic object „ 17-7 Images in graphic displays importing „ 17-8 pasting „ 17-7 placing „ 17-7 Import alarm files „ 16-2 graphic displays „ E-1 translated text files See Language switching Index numbers „ 18-17 and recipe files „ 17-39 changing „ 18-18 checking „ 18-17 removing „ 17-11 using for tab sequences „ 18-17 Indicator tag indicators „ 17-28 piloted control list selectors „ 17-45 Indicators „ 17-27 indicator tag „ 17-28 list „ 17-29 multistate „ 17-28 symbol „ 17-28 Input field commands Download „ 17-26, 17-41 DownloadAll „ 17-26, 17-41 NextPosition „ 18-17 Position „ 18-17 PrevPosition „ 18-17 Upload „ 17-26, 17-41 UploadAll „ 17-26, 17-41 Input fields creating numeric „ 17-23 string „ 17-23 downloading values from „ 17-23 highlight enabling or disabling „ 16-38 question marks in „ 17-24, 17-40 specifying behavior for „ 16-38 specifying color for „ 16-38 uploading values to „ 17-23 using at run time „ 17-24, 17-40 using keys with special keys „ 17-24 Index stopping automatically „ 28-8 stopping manually „ 27-10, 28-5 copying using HMIBackup utility „ 26-8, 27-7 when not running „ 27-6 while running „ 27-7 deleting „ 5-17 HMI services starting manually „ 27-11 stopping manually „ 27-10 how to use „ 5-11 load balancing „ 5-11 load on demand „ 27-16 max number of servers „ 5-12 monitoring disk space „ 27-18 naming „ 5-12 On active macro „ 5-16 On standby macro „ 5-16 Out of service state „ 5-7 primary „ 5-14 redundancy „ 5-7, 5-11, 5-14, 26-6 secondary „ 5-14 securing „ 15-19 setting up „ 5-12, 6-5 showing in Tag Browser „ 8-7 Standby state „ 5-7 starting manually „ 1-3 states „ 5-7 stopping manually „ 1-3, 27-10 synchronizing „ 5-7, 27-11 tags „ 8-1 Unknown state „ 5-7 HMI tags See Tags Home area „ 5-4, 8-12 finding tags in „ 8-8 Home key „ 17-33 Horizontal position animation „ 18-9 Horizontal slider animation „ 18-12 • • • • • INDEX I–11 • • • • • RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDES Input focus giving to graphic objects „ 17-10 specifying behavior „ 16-38 Interactive objects See also Advanced objects creating „ 17-9 specifying behavior „ 16-38 Interlocked push buttons „ 17-19 Internet technical support „ P-2 Invoke command „ 18-15 K Key list „ 18-24 disabling „ 18-25 Keyboard on-screen „ 16-39, 17-26 Keyboard navigation „ 17-10 Keypad for numeric input „ 16-39 Keys „ 17-33, 23-7 See also Key list See also Special keys auto-repeat „ 17-33 precedence „ 23-7 reserved „ 23-9 understanding „ 17-31 using to open displays „ 23-5 viewing at run time „ 18-24 L Language command „ 25-13 RFC1766 names for „ D-1 Language switching „ 25-1 adding languages to an application „ 25-5 at run time „ 25-13 default Windows formats „ 25-3 exported text files format „ 25-7 location „ 25-7 opening in Microsoft Excel „ 25-13 saving in Microsoft Excel „ 25-14 schema „ 25-15 translation of „ 25-13 exporting text strings „ 25-6 troubleshooting „ 25-7 importing text files „ 25-10 I–12 troubleshooting „ 25-11 max number of languages „ 25-1 RFC1766 names „ D-1 setting up graphic libraries „ 25-4 single-font support „ 25-2 Windows support for „ 25-2 specifying a base language „ 25-3 text strings that allow switching „ 25-8 that not allow switching „ 25-8 Latched push buttons „ 17-16 Libraries „ 16-1, 16-25 location of files „ 16-25 reference objects in „ 17-49 setting up language support in „ 25-4 using for alarm displays „ 11-9 using for trends „ 19-21 Limits number of HMI servers „ 5-11 number of languages „ 25-6 tags in graphic displays „ 8-1 tags with alarms „ 8-2 List indicators „ 17-29 Load balancing data servers „ 5-11 HMI servers „ 5-11 Local Directory See FactoryTalk Directory, FactoryTalk Local Directory Local message displays „ 17-36 Local messages „ 17-37 value tag „ 17-38 Log On to FactoryTalk utility „ 15-6 Logging in at run time „ 15-31, 27-15, 28-7, 28-8 Logging on to FactoryTalk „ 1-9 Logging out at run time „ 15-32, 27-15, 28-7, 28-8 Logging paths See Data logging, paths Logical operators „ 20-7 Login macro „ 15-25, 22-5 assigning to RSView users „ 15-26 Logout macro „ 15-25, 22-5 assigning to RSView users „ 15-26 Multistate push buttons Macros „ 22-1 assigning to RSView users „ 15-26 creating „ 2-16, 22-1 login and logout „ 15-25, 22-5 startup and shutdown „ 16-38, 22-4 using the Command Wizard „ A-8 nesting „ 22-4 On active „ 5-16 On standby „ 5-16 precedence of „ A-3 redundancy See Redundancy using in graphics „ 18-4 using parameters in „ 22-3 using to identify alarms „ 11-36 using with trends „ 19-21 Maintained push buttons „ 17-15 Memory tags „ 9-2, 9-8 redundancy See Redundancy Messages routing to FactoryTalk Diagnostics „ 12-6 Methods „ 18-15 calling „ 18-15 Microsoft Access „ 11-8, 13-3 Microsoft Excel and alarm logging „ 11-8 and data logging „ 13-1 and FactoryTalk Diagnostics „ 12-1 opening exported text files in „ 25-13 saving exported text files in „ 25-14 using to create tags „ 9-9 Microsoft SQL Server „ 13-3 Microsoft Visual Basic „ 11-8 and DDE communications „ B-1 Modicon devices „ 1-8, 7-1, B-1 Module called ThisDisplay „ 24-4 Momentary push buttons „ 17-13 momentary on button „ 17-13 Move Down key „ 17-33 Move Left key „ 17-33 Move Right key „ 17-33 Move Up key „ 17-33 Multistate indicators „ 17-28 N „ 17-18 Naming graphic objects „ 16-22 Navigation among graphic displays „ 23-1 commands „ 23-3 using buttons „ 23-6 using keys „ 23-5 among graphic objects in a display „ 17-10 display hierarchy „ 3-7, 23-1 Network planning layout „ 3-2 redundancy See Redundancy Network Directory See FactoryTalk Directory, FactoryTalk Network Directory NextPosition command „ 18-17 Non-Allen-Bradley devices „ 1-8, 7-1, B-1 Numeric and string objects See Graphic object types Numeric input graphic object „ 17-23 and on-screen keyboard „ 16-39, 17-26 O Object Browser VBA „ 24-7 Object keys „ 23-5 creating „ 18-20 key list „ 18-24 precedence among key types „ 23-7 Object model See RSView SE Client object model Object Smart Path „ 18-5 Objects viewing „ 24-7 Objects that use data „ 17-9 ODBC data logging See Data logging ODBC schemas See ODBC storage format ODBC storage format data log files „ 13-1, 13-3 I–13 Index M • • • • • INDEX • • • • • RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDES PLC network redundancy See Redundancy PLC redundancy See Redundancy Poll rate for DDE „ B-4 Polygon graphic object „ 17-5 Polyline graphic object „ 17-5 Position command „ 18-17 Precedence among client, object, and display keys „ 23-7 and the F1 key „ 23-8 embedded ActiveX objects „ 23-8 embedded OLE objects „ 23-8 reserved keys „ 23-10 PrevPosition command „ 18-17 PrintDisplay command „ 16-40 Printers selecting „ 2-17 Procedure window See VBA Procedure window Procedures defined „ 24-2 P Programmatic ID Page Down key „ 17-33 RSLinx Classic „ 7-11 Page Up key „ 17-33 Project Explorer Pan See VBA Project Explorer in trends „ 19-27 Properties Panel graphic object „ 17-8 ActiveX „ 18-14 Parameter files Properties window assigning to graphic displays „ 16-29 See VBA Properties window Passwords „ 15-32 Property Panel Pattern styles „ 16-19 assigning tags to graphic objects „ 16-19 invisible „ 16-18 using with ActiveX objects „ 18-14 Piloted control list selectors „ 17-43, 17-48 Push button objects compared with control list selectors „ 17-42 See Graphic object types controlling remotely „ 17-44 Push buttons „ 17-11 Enter-key handshaking „ 17-46 button „ 17-12 indicator tag „ 17-45 interlocked „ 17-19 value tag „ 17-45 latched „ 17-16 Placeholders maintained „ 17-15 See also Tag placeholders momentary „ 17-13 in alarm summaries „ 11-34 multistate „ 17-18 in commands „ 22-1, A-2 ramp „ 17-21 Planning applications „ 3-1 Offsetting tag values „ 8-4 OLE objects „ 17-2, 17-52 attaching verb animation „ 18-12 converting „ 17-53 securing „ 15-28 OLE verb animation „ 18-12 On active macro „ 5-16 On standby macro „ 5-16 On-screen keyboard „ 16-39, 17-26 OPC communications „ 7-2 and RSLinx „ 7-1 syntax „ 9-7 OPC data servers See Data servers OPC-DA data items See Tags OpenRSLogix5000 command „ 3-10 Overview of RSView Features „ 1-4 software programs „ 1-1 I–14 Q R Ramp push buttons „ 17-21 Read tag „ 16-20 Read-write tag „ 16-20 Recipe commands Download „ 17-26, 17-41 DownloadAll „ 17-26, 17-41 RecipeRestore „ 17-41 RecipeSave „ 17-41 Upload „ 17-26, 17-41 UploadAll „ 17-26, 17-41 Recipes and on-screen keyboard „ 16-39, 17-26 recipe file „ 17-39 using at run time „ 17-40 using index numbers „ 17-39, 18-17 Rectangle graphic object „ 17-4 Redundancy „ 26-1 activation See Redundancy, licensing alarms „ 11-17, 26-7 commands „ 26-7 control network „ 26-2 data log files „ 26-7 data servers „ 5-8, 5-11, 26-8 OPC „ 7-11 RSLinx Enterprise „ 7-7 derived tags „ 26-7 effect on clients „ 26-3 events „ 26-7 FactoryTalk Directory cached copy „ 26-5 fail-over time for servers „ 26-3 hardware „ 26-3 HMI server states „ 5-7 HMI servers „ 5-7, 5-11, 5-14, 26-6, 26-9, 26-10 HMIBackup utility „ 26-8 information network „ 26-2 licensing „ 26-10 Index Question marks in input fields „ 17-24, 17-40 Quick Start VBA code „ 24-2 macros „ 26-7 memory tags „ 26-7 planning „ 3-4, 26-1, 26-2, 26-8 PLC „ 26-2 primary HMI server „ 5-14 RSLinx „ 26-8 RSView SE Servers See Redundancy, HMI servers secondary HMI server „ 5-14 software „ 26-3 synchronizing project files „ 26-8 synchronizing servers „ 5-7, 27-11 Reference objects „ 16-2 and graphic libraries „ 17-49 creating „ 17-49 link to base object „ 16-23 breaking links „ 17-52 linked properties „ 17-49 breaking links „ 17-52 grouped objects „ 17-52 LinkAnimation „ 17-50, 18-2 LinkBaseObject „ 17-51 LinkConnections „ 17-51 LinkSize „ 17-51 See also Global objects updating at run time „ 16-2 with broken links „ 16-24 References absolute „ 5-5 relative „ 5-5, 6-3 syntax „ 5-6 to tags „ 8-11 Relational operators „ 20-6 Relative references „ 5-5, 6-3 in commands „ A-5 resolving in commands „ A-5 syntax „ 5-5, 5-6, 6-3 to tags „ 8-12 Remarks adding to alarm log file „ 11-24 Reserved keys „ 23-9 precedence „ 23-10 Rockwell Software contacting „ P-2 Rotation animation „ 18-10 Rounded rectangle graphic object „ 17-5 • • • • • INDEX I–15 • • • • • RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDES RSAssetSecurity See Security RSLinx and OPC communications „ 7-1 redundancy See Redundancy RSLinx Enterprise browsing for offline tags „ 8-8 RSLinx Enterprise data servers See Data servers RSLogix 5000 „ 8-2 OpenRSLogix5000 command „ 3-10 Sequential Function Charts „ 3-10 RSServer „ B-1 RSView Administration Console „ 1-2, 13-7, 27-16, 28-8 logging off „ 15-7 logging on „ 15-7 RSView commands „ A-1 See also Commands See also individual command entries RSView demo mode „ 1-10 RSView SE Client „ 1-2 commands DisplayClientOpen „ 27-16 copying configuration files „ 27-14 HMI server fail-over „ 5-7 logging off „ 15-32 logging on „ 15-31 opening „ 27-14, 28-6 reponse to FactoryTalk Directory service disruption „ 4-8 securing „ 15-33 setting up „ 27-13, 28-5 for language switching „ 25-13 starting when Windows starts „ 28-7 RSView SE Client object model „ 24-1, 24-4 RSView SE Server „ 1-2 See also HMI servers RSView SE Service Manager „ 1-3 RSView Secured Commands editor „ 15-27 RSView Studio Communications tab „ 2-5 Explorer „ 2-5 exploring „ 2-4 logging off „ 15-7 I–16 logging on „ 15-7 starting „ 2-1 workspace „ 2-5 RSView user accounts adding „ 15-23 login and logout macros „ 15-25, 22-5 removing „ 15-26 RSView User Accounts editor „ 15-23 Run time changing logging paths „ 13-7, 13-9 changing passwords „ 15-32 font substitution „ 17-9 input fields „ 17-24 language switching „ 25-13 logging off „ 15-32 logging on „ 15-31 recipes „ 17-40 setting up clients for distributed applications „ 27-13 for stand-alone applications „ 28-5 trends „ 19-23 delta value bar „ 19-26 loading a template „ 19-20 overlays „ 19-28 printing „ 19-28 scrolling „ 19-24 troubleshooting „ 19-29 value bar „ 19-25 zoom „ 19-27 updating reference objects „ 16-2 S Scale graphic object „ 17-31 Scaling tag values „ 8-4 ScreenPrint command „ 16-40 Scroll bars preventing on graphic displays „ 16-36 Security „ 15-1 and FactoryTalk Local directory „ 15-3 and FactoryTalk Network Directory „ 15-3 assigning security codes to graphic displays „ 15-28 to HMI tags „ 15-30 to macros „ 15-27 to OLE object verbs „ 15-28 Signature button „ 17-56 system policies „ 15-7 user accounts „ 15-8 adding to RSView „ 15-23 Administrators group „ 15-7 creating „ 15-10 removing from RSView „ 15-26 using group accounts „ 15-10 Windows-linked users „ 15-9 user authentication „ 1-9, 15-1 user authorization „ 1-9, 15-1 using Security Settings dialog box „ 15-13 Security codes assigning to graphic displays „ 15-28, 16-36 to HMI tags „ 15-30 to OLE objects „ 15-28 to RSView commands and macros „ 15-27 to RSView users „ 15-23 Service Manager „ 1-3 Services setting remote access permissions FactoryTalk Diagnostics logging „ 12-10 Set command „ 9-8 SetFocus command „ 16-34 Short file names for alarm logs „ 11-28 Siemens devices „ 1-8, 7-1, B-1 Signature button „ 17-56 Software failure See Redundancy Special keys arrows using in trends „ 19-28 Ctrl drawing objects with „ 17-4, 17-5, 17-6 Ctrl-PgDn „ 17-25 Ctrl-PgUp „ 17-25 Ctrl-Tab „ 20-4 Enter „ 17-25, 17-41 using with on-screen keyboard „ 17-27 PgDn „ 17-25, 17-41 PgUp „ 17-25, 17-41 Shift-Tab „ 18-19 I–17 Index to RSView commands „ 15-27 Unspecified_Command „ 15-27 to RSView users „ 15-2 changing passwords „ 15-32 Common actions „ 15-14, 15-16 computer accounts „ 15-11 creating „ 15-12 DeskLock „ 15-33 disabling access to key combinations „ 15-33 electronic signatures „ 17-56 HMI server „ 15-19 locking users into RSView „ 15-33 logging off RSview Studio „ 15-7 logging on failure to „ 28-8 to FactoryTalk „ 15-5 to RSView SE Client „ 27-15, 28-7 to RSView Studio „ 15-7 using administrative accounts to „ 15-5 using single sign-on „ 15-6 permissions assigning by action „ 15-15 assigning by user „ 15-15 breaking inheritance „ 15-20 denying „ 15-15 explicit „ 15-20 inherited permissions „ 15-19 overriding inheritance „ 15-20 precedence „ 15-21 planning „ 3-9, 15-4 RSAssetSecurity „ 15-2 finding more information about „ 15-4 RSView Secured Commands editor „ 15-27 RSView User Accounts editor „ 15-23 securing FactoryTalk resources „ 15-2, 15-12, 15-14 graphic displays „ 16-36 HMI project components „ 15-2, 15-22 HMI tags „ 8-4 setting up remote logging alarm logging „ 11-28, 11-29 data logging „ 13-12, 13-13 FactoryTalk Diagnostics „ 12-10 • • • • • INDEX • • • • • RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDES Tab „ 17-25, 18-19 using to navigate at run time „ 17-11 Specify FactoryTalk Directory Location „ 4-5 Square graphic object „ 17-4 Stand-alone applications See Applications, stand-alone standard plotting „ 19-9 Standby macro On standby macro „ 5-16 Startup components „ 5-15 Startup macro „ 22-4 using with trends „ 19-21 States toolbar „ 16-21 Status bar „ 2-7, 16-4 hiding „ 2-7 showing „ 2-7 String input graphic object „ 17-23 and on-screen keyboard „ 16-39, 17-26 Suppressed List editor „ 11-10, 11-26 SuppressOn command „ 11-10 Symbol commands Define „ A-6 Undefine „ A-7 Symbol indicators „ 17-28 Symbols „ A-6 Syntax absolute references „ 5-5, 5-6 checking in derived tags „ 10-3 checking in expressions „ 20-4 DDE communications „ B-3 embedded variables numeric „ 21-3 string „ 21-4 time and date „ 21-4 relative references „ 5-5, 5-6, 6-3 tags DDE communications „ B-3 OPC communications „ 9-7 System administration See RSView Administration Console System tags for alarms „ 11-9 T Tab index I–18 „ 18-17 removing „ 17-11 Tab key creating a tab sequence „ 18-19 Tab sequence changing index numbers „ 18-18 checking index numbers „ 18-17 creating „ 18-17, 18-19 removing objects from „ 17-11 Tag Browser displaying tag properties „ 8-9 displaying tags „ 8-9 filtering items „ 8-10 hiding tag descriptions „ 8-9 home area „ 8-8 how to use „ 8-7 removing filter „ 8-11 showing server names „ 8-7 showing tag descriptions „ 8-9 using to create HMI tags „ 9-9 using wildcards in „ 8-11 Tag commands = (Equal) using for memory tags „ 9-8 Set „ 9-8 Tag Import and Export Wizard „ 9-10 Tag label graphic object „ 17-35 Tag placeholders „ 16-28, 18-4 creating „ 16-28 in alarm summaries „ 11-34 replacing by listing tag names „ 16-29 replacing using a parameter file „ 16-29 resolving at run time „ 11-35 using in alarm summaries „ 16-29 using in expressions „ 20-5 using the [tag] parameter „ 18-21 using with tag folders „ 16-28 Tag substitution „ 16-20 Tag values changing „ 9-8 displaying in a tag label object „ 17-35 downloading „ 17-23 logging „ 8-12, 12-4, 13-6 updating „ 17-25, B-4 continuously in graphic displays „ 17-24 uploading „ 17-23 Tags „ 8-1, 9-1 absolute references „ 8-11 adding alarms to „ 9-11, 11-3 assigning to graphic objects „ 17-10 using the Property Panel „ 16-19 basic steps for using „ 8-2 browsing „ 8-3, 8-6 browsing offline „ 8-8, 8-9 creating later „ 8-3 data server tags how to use „ 8-3 when to use „ 8-3 data sources „ 9-2 DDE „ B-2, B-3 designing database „ 3-6 displaying „ 8-9 displaying properties „ 8-9 filtering „ 8-10 hiding descriptions „ 8-9 HMI tags alarms „ 9-11, 11-21 browsing „ 8-5 creating „ 8-11, 9-5, 9-8 data sources „ 9-7 deleting „ 9-6 device „ 9-2 duplicating „ 9-6 editing „ 9-6 folders „ 9-3, 9-5 grouping „ 9-3 importing „ 8-11, 9-9, 9-10 memory „ 9-2, 9-8 naming „ 9-3 organizing „ 9-2 setting up „ 8-5 Tags editor „ 9-5 when to use „ 8-4 home area „ 8-8 in graphic objects updating continuously „ 17-24 limits alarms „ 8-2 in graphic displays „ 8-1, 16-1 logging values „ 8-12, 12-4 and max values „ 8-5 offline „ 8-8 offsetting values „ 8-4 OPC addressing syntax „ 9-7 redundancy See Redundancy references „ 8-11 relative references „ 8-12 removing a filter „ 8-11 scaling values „ 8-4 securing „ 8-4, 15-29 showing descriptions „ 8-9 showing server names „ 8-7 storing values in memory „ 8-5 syntax DDE communications „ B-3 using for alarms „ 8-4 using in editors „ 2-15 using in expressions „ 2-16, 9-3, 20-5 with built-in functions „ 20-11 using in trends „ 19-11 using with placeholders in commands „ 22-1, A-2 Tags editor „ 11-2, 11-20 Technical support „ P-2, 1-3 Test Display mode „ 16-21, 18-6, 19-21 Text graphic object „ 17-8 ThisDisplay module „ 24-4 Thresholds for alarms „ 11-3, 11-5 Time and date displays „ 17-35 Toolbars „ 2-4, 16-3, 16-7 ActiveX toolbox „ 17-55 hiding „ 2-7 showing „ 2-7 States toolbar „ 16-21 Tools „ 1-2 Alarm Log Setup „ 1-3 Alarm Log Viewer „ 1-3, 11-27 Application Manager „ 1-2, 5-18, 6-7, 28-3 DeskLock „ 1-2, 15-33 Diagnostics Setup „ 1-3 I–19 Index See also [tag] parameter See also Analog tags See also Derived tags See also Digital tags See also String tags See also System tags • • • • • INDEX • • • • • RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDES Diagnostics Viewer „ 1-3, 12-9 FactoryTalk Directory Configuration Wizard „ 1-3 FactoryTalk Help „ 1-3 Log On to FactoryTalk „ 1-3, 15-6 RSView SE Service Manager „ 1-3 Specify FactoryTalk Directory Location „ 1-4, 4-5 Tag Import and Export Wizard „ 1-3, 9-9, 9-10 Windows Firewall Configuration Utility „ 1-4 Tooltips adding to graphic objects „ 16-22 Touch animation „ 18-11 Trends „ 19-1 appearance „ 19-12 background color „ 19-12 changing at run time „ 19-23 chart scale „ 19-5 charts „ 19-4, 19-9 plotting an XY chart „ 19-9 colors in „ 19-12 comparing data „ 19-14, 19-18 creating setting up „ 19-3 delta value bar using at run time „ 19-26 displaying tag values „ 19-11 editing at run time „ 19-23 fonts in „ 19-12 graphic library „ 19-21 isolated graphing „ 19-10 legends „ 19-6 current value legend „ 19-6, 19-13 line legend „ 19-6, 19-14 x-axis legend „ 19-5 y-axis legend „ 19-5 markers in „ 19-12 multiple pens „ 19-10 navigating to „ 17-10 overlays „ 19-18 adding „ 19-18 at runtime „ 19-28 pan „ 19-27 parts of „ 19-4 I–20 pens „ 19-6 icons „ 19-6 markers „ 19-7 selecting at run time „ 19-23 planning „ 3-9 printing „ 19-28 running in the background „ 19-21 scrolling „ 19-24 at run time „ 19-24 setting up „ 19-3 shading „ 19-14 snapshots „ 19-18 adding as an overlay „ 19-18 creating „ 19-18 templates „ 19-19 loading „ 19-20 testing „ 19-21 troubleshooting „ 19-29 using at run time „ 19-8, 19-21 value bar „ 19-8, 19-25 using at run time „ 19-25 x-axis „ 19-5 y-axis „ 19-5 zoom „ 19-27 U Undefine command „ A-7 Upload command „ 17-26, 17-41 UploadAll command „ 17-26, 17-41 User accounts See Security V Value table „ 8-4 updating „ B-4 Value tag local messages „ 17-38 piloted control list selectors „ 17-45 VBA code „ 18-13 planning „ 3-10 using with ActiveX objects „ 17-55, 18-16 validating operator input „ 17-24 VBA documentation „ 24-8 VBA IDE „ 24-1, 24-3 Procedure window „ 24-4 W Water Samples application „ 1-10 opening in RSView Studio „ 1-10, 2-3 running in RSView SE Client „ 1-12 Wedge graphic object „ 17-6 Width animation „ 18-10 Wildcards „ 9-2 and commands „ A-2 using to select tags „ 8-11 Windows workgroups „ 4-3 Workgroups in Windows „ 4-3 Write tag „ 16-20 Index Procedures defined „ 24-2 Project Explorer „ 24-4 Properties Window „ 24-4 ThisDisplay module „ 24-4 VBA Integrated Development Environment See VBA IDE Vertical position animation „ 18-9 Vertical slider animation „ 18-12 Viewing objects „ 24-7 Visibility animation „ 11-9, 18-7 • • • • • INDEX X XML using with RSView XML files creating „ E-1 editing „ E-2 exporting „ E-1 graphics structure „ E-3 importing „ E-3 testing „ E-2 „ E-1 Z Zoom in trends „ 19-27 I–21