System requirements, Installation and upgrade, Installation to a local pc – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE DataLink 4.2 User Guide User Manual

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FactoryTalk Historian DataLink User Guide

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System Requirements

For up to date system requirements, see the KB article 42682
(https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/42682)
at the Rockwell Automation Support Center.

Installation and Upgrade

Before installation, each user of FactoryTalk Historian DataLink must be

licensed to use this product. Contact Rockwell Automation for more information.

The user may install FactoryTalk Historian DataLink from the distribution
CD.

After a successful installation of FactoryTalk Historian DataLink to a
network file server, other users will be able to install from the network
drive to a local PC a complete standalone version of FactoryTalk Historian
DataLink.

Installation of a standalone version places a copy of all the FactoryTalk
Historian DataLink files onto the user's local PC.

Installation to a Local PC

In order to use FactoryTalk Historian DataLink, every user must install a
complete standalone version. Installation may be performed either from the
distribution CD or from the network drive.

A self-extracting zip file is supplied as the distribution kit for FactoryTalk
Historian DataLink.

To install FactoryTalk Historian DataLink:

1. Log on to a user's PC with an account that has administrative

privileges.

2. Unzip the file into a temporary directory.

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