Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 585)

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Convert PanelBuilder and PanelBuilder32
applications
This appendix describes:
 Terms that are different in PanelBuilder and FactoryTalk View.
 Steps for converting PanelBuilder applications.
 Names of equivalent graphic objects in PanelBuilder and FactoryTalk View.
 PanelBuilder graphic objects that are not supported in FactoryTalk View.
 PanelBuilder settings and controls that are not supported in FactoryTalk View.
 How communications are converted and which PanelBuilder communication
protocols are not supported in FactoryTalk View.
 Convert PanelBuilder Remote I/O communications.
 PanelBuilder graphic object features that are not supported in FactoryTalk View, with
information about how to achieve the same result when possible.
This appendix uses the term PanelBuilder to refer to both PanelBuilder and
PanelBuilder32 features.
For information about converting applications from PanelBuilder 1400e, see Appendix A.
Terminology
These terms are different in PanelBuilder and FactoryTalk View.
In FactoryTalk View, the data source can be memory or a device such as a programmable
controller or an OPC server. FactoryTalk View writes values to and reads values from the
data source. The data source is configured to exchange information (in the form of
PanelBuilder term FactoryTalk View term
screen display, graphic display
programmable controller data source
control connection