Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Metrics Line Edition Administrators Guide - Manual (Page 42)

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timely data. In general, the type of instruction that you will add to the program
depends on the destination data type:
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Integer data types. For integer data types such as the Part Counts in the UDT, use
Move (MOV) instructions.
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Boolean data types. For Boolean data types such as Event Triggers, use a
combination of Examine On and Output Energize instructions.
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String data types. For string data types such as Part ID and Flex_String values,
use the Copy (COP) instruction.
15. To deploy the program file with the UDT to the controller, select Communications >
Download. Once the program is loaded to the controller, you can run the program file.
Select Communications > Run mode.
16. Repeat the above process for each controller program that the FactoryTalk Metrics LE
application will use.
17. Close RSLogix 5000.
Configuring FactoryTalk Transaction Manager
Use the FactoryTalk Metrics LE Configuration Tool to create a FactoryTalk
Transaction Manager configuration or modify an existing one. You will later use
the
configuration tool to configure FactoryTalk Metrics.
For information about adding instructions to your program file, refer to the RSLogix 5000
Common Procedures Programming Manual and associated RSLogix documentation.
You should not run the FactoryTalk Metrics LE Configuration Tool if FactoryTalk Metrics is
collecting data. Stop the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager configuration before running the
configuration tool.
You cannot run the FactoryTalk Metrics LE Configuration Tool from a remote location. You must
run the configuration tool where the FactoryTalk Metrics LE components, FactoryTalk Metrics
and FactoryTalk Transaction Manager software products are installed.
MOV instructions
should be used to
copy data values to
the integer fields in
the UDT.
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