Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 167)

10 • Set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics
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FactoryTalk View automatically sends audit messages to the Engineer and Secure
audiences. Audit messages allow auditing tools, such as those required for US
Government 21CFR Part 11 compliance, to track system activity.
Show diagnostics messages during application development
During application development, diagnostics messages are shown as you create, modify,
and delete components, and when you test your graphic displays. The messages are shown
in the Diagnostics List at the bottom of the FactoryTalk View Studio window. You can
also view the messages in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer, as described in the next
section.
By default, all warning and error messages are shown in the Diagnostics List. To change
what is shown in the Diagnostics List, use the Diagnostics Setup tool, as described on
page 10-6.
For information about testing graphic displays, see page 19-10.
To show the Diagnostics List
 From the View menu, select Diagnostics List. A check mark beside the menu item
indicates the Diagnostics List is shown.
For information about moving, resizing, and clearing messages in the Diagnostics List,
see page 2-5.
If you don’t want to show diagnostics messages
 From the View menu, select Diagnostics List. The option is turned off when no check
mark appears.
View FactoryTalk Diagnostics log files
Use the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer tool to view the contents of FactoryTalk
Diagnostics local log files. You can open the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer from within
FactoryTalk View Studio, or from the Windows Start menu.
The FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer is available on personal computers.
You can also set up personal computers to accept messages from PanelView Plus 7,
PanelView Plus 6, PanelView Plus, or PanelView Plus CE terminals, and then show the
messages in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer or in the Diagnostics List. For
information about sending messages from PanelView Plus 7, PanelView Plus 6,
PanelView Plus, or PanelView Plus CE terminals to personal computers, see page 10-8.