Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 165)

10 • Set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics
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Plus, or PanelView Plus CE terminal to a personal computer, you can view the messages
in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer.
Message routing
You can decide which destinations receive which kinds of messages. This allows you to
make the right information available to the right person, in the right place.
For example:
 You can send messages that contain information about what the system is doing to the
local log file. You can also send warnings about things that might go wrong if left
unattended to the local log file.
This allows a control systems engineer to analyze system activity and performance,
and make corrections during scheduled maintenance times.
 You can send errors that require immediate action to the diagnostics list object in the
[DIAGNOSTICS] display, as well as the log file.
 You can set up the [DIAGNOSTICS] display to open automatically when system
activity occurs, to allow the operator to respond to problems that might stop
production if they are not solved immediately.
Categories
FactoryTalk Diagnostics categorizes messages by severity, and by audience. For each
destination, you can specify the message severity and audience.
The destinations available on your computer might vary, depending on which Rockwell
Automation products you have installed.