Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 592)

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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 B-9.
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 Classi and RSLinx Enterprise installed to make
this two-step conversion.
If you import an application multiple times, delete the device shortcuts in RSLinx
Enterprise before re-importing. Otherwise, multiple unused topics will be created in
RSLinx Enterprise.
For more information about setting up communications, see Chapter 5.
Tags for unsupported communication protocols
Some communication protocols are not supported in FactoryTalk View. For example,
DH+ communications that use the AutoMax node type are not supported. FactoryTalk
View does not support CIP and Assembly Object addressing (used in PanelBuilder32
Ethernet communications).
Tags that use unsupported communication protocols are converted to HMI memory tags.
Once you have set up communications for your converted application, change the
memory tags to device tags that point to the correct addresses. All other imported tags are
converted to HMI device tags.
For information about editing HMI tags, see Chapter 7. For more information about which
communication protocols are not supported, see Help or see the Rockwell Automation
Knowledgebase.
Bit array tags
You can monitor bit arrays for alarm conditions in FactoryTalk View, but you can’t assign
bit arrays to most graphic objects or write to bit arrays. (The only exception is the piloted
control list selector object. For this object, you can assign a bit array tag to the Visible
States connection.)
All bit array tags in your PanelBuilder application are converted to HMI memory tags.
For information about monitoring bit arrays for alarm conditions, see Chapter 9. For
information about editing HMI tags, see Chapter 7. For information about the piloted
control list selector, see Help.