Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 577)

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Invalid characters in screen names
Characters in PanelBuilder 1400e screen names that are not supported in FactoryTalk
View are replaced with the underscore character.
Screen security settings
PanelBuilder 1400e screen security settings are not converted, because FactoryTalk View
uses a different method to assign security to graphic displays. For information about
setting up security in FactoryTalk View, see Chapter 11.
Block tags
Block tags are not supported in FactoryTalk View. Block tags that are monitored for
alarms in your PanelBuilder 1400e application are converted to bit arrays. For information
about monitoring bit arrays for alarm conditions, see Chapter 9.
Convert non-RIO communications
This section describes how communications that do not use Remote I/O (RIO) are
converted. For information about converting RIO communications, see page A-10.
FactoryTalk View does not use nodes for communications. Nodes are converted to
RSLinx topics. Topics are then converted into device shortcuts, to run with RSLinx
Enterprise. You must have both RSLinx Classic and RSLinx Enterprise installed to make
this two-step conversion.
Tags are converted to HMI device tags and RSLinx aliases. The Unsolicited_Msgs node is
not converted.
If you import an application multiple times, delete the device shortcuts in RSLinx
Enterprise before re-importing. Otherwise, multiple unused device shortcuts will be
created in RSLinx Enterprise.
For more information about setting up communications, see Chapter 5.
Unsupported tag data types
These tag data types are not supported in FactoryTalk View:
 Bit Position
 1-BCD, 2-BCD, 5-BCD, 6-BCD, 7-BCD, 8-BCD
 BIN3, BIN4, BIN6, BIN8 (used with Modbus communications)
Tags that use these data types are converted to analog HMI tags with the Default data
type. The Default data type uses floating point values.