Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 83)

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1. Gather information about your network, and the devices that are connected to it. You
will need this information to set up RSLinx Enterprise, KEPServer Enterprise,
RSLinx Classic, or another OPC server. Do one of the following:
 If you want to use KEPServer Enterprise as the OPC server that enables
communications on your network, set up KEPServer Enterprise on the
development computer. For details, see KEPServer Enterprise Help.
 If you want to use RSLinx Classic as the OPC server that enables communications
on your network, set up RSLinx Classic on the development computer. RSLinx
Classic is included on the FactoryTalk View installation DVD. For details, see
Getting Results with RSLinx, or see Help for RSLinx.
Note: RSLinx Classic is available for FactoryTalk View ME Station on personal
computers only.
 If you want to use an OPC server other than RSLinx Classic for communications
on your network, set up the OPC server on the development computer. For details,
see the documentation supplied with your OPC server.
2. In FactoryTalk View Studio, create a data server that points to the OPC server you
have installed .
For details, see page 5
If you are using RSLinx Enterprise for communications, you don’t need to create a
data server because it is created automatically when you create your FactoryTalk
Machine Edition application.
3. If you want to use HMI tags in your application, open the Tags editor, and then create
device tags that point to addresses in devices. For details about creating HMI tags, see
Chapter 7.
If you do not want to use HMI tags, but instead want to reference addresses in devices
directly, skip this step.
Best practice is to use direct reference tags.
4. In objects in graphic displays, or anywhere else you want access to values in tags, type
the tag name using the syntax for your OPC server, or use the Tag Browser to select
tags. For details about using tags, see Chapter 6.
5. Create the run-time application file. For details, see Chapter 14.
All the necessary tag information is compiled with the run-time application file.
6. If you are using an OPC server other than RSLinx Enterprise or RSLinx Classic,
install the OPC server software on the run-time computer.
KEPServer Enterprise is the only OPC Server supported on PanelView Plus terminals.