Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 164)

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Set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics involves:
 Set up destinations, where logged information is received for storage or display.
 Set up which destinations receive which categories of messages. This is called
message routing.
 Set up how messages are shown and printed at run time.
This chapter describes how to set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on personal computers. For
information about setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the PanelView Plus 7,
PanelView Plus 6, PanelView Plus, or PanelView Plus CE terminal, see the PanelView
Plus Terminals User Manual.
Destinations
FactoryTalk Diagnostics allows you to send diagnostics messages to multiple
destinations.
During application development
During application development, you can send diagnostics messages to:
 The Diagnostics List at the bottom of the FactoryTalk View Studio window.
 A local log, which is viewable using the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer tool.
 An ODBC database.
At run time
At run time, you can send diagnostics messages to:
 Diagnostics list graphic objects, either in the default [DIAGNOSTICS] display, or in a
display you create.
 A printer
 A local log (available on personal computers only), which is viewable using the
FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer.
 A remote log (PanelView Plus 7, PanelView Plus 6, PanelView Plus, or PanelView
Plus CE terminals only).
 An ODBC database.
The FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer is available on personal computers only. However, if
you send diagnostics messages from a PanelView Plus 7, PanelView Plus 6, PanelView