Preface, About the factorytalk view documentation, What’s in this installation guide – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Installation Guide User Manual
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REFACE
What’s in this Installation Guide?
This manual describes the FactoryTalk View ME (Machine Edition) Product and System,
the tasks to be performed on a system before installation, the detailed installation steps,
how to use FactoryTalk Activation Manager to license the installed product, tasks for
deploying applications, and how to upgrade an existing system.
The contents of this Installation Guide appear in the order you would use during
installation on new or existing systems:
FactoryTalk View Machine Edition basics describes the software components and
layout of the FactoryTalk View ME system (Chapter 1).
Install, activate, and uninstall FactoryTalk View on a personal computer walks
you through the screens you will see during a complete installation (Chapter 2).
Run FactoryTalk View ME on PanelView Plus Terminals includes information on
installing and running applications on Rockwell Automation terminals (Chapter 3).
Run FactoryTalk View ME Station on a personal computer describes installing
and running the application on computers (Chapter 4).
About the FactoryTalk View documentation
In addition to the FactoryTalk View Installation Guides, the FactoryTalk View
documentation set includes:
FactoryTalk View Machine Edition User’s Guide contains comprehensive
information about designing and developing FactoryTalk View ME applications.
The User’s Guide is available in PDF format, from the Help menu in FactoryTalk
View Studio, on the disc containing the Setup Wizard, and from the Rockwell
Automation Literature Library.
PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual includes information about installing,
configuring, and programming a full range of terminals compatible with
FactoryTalk View Machine Edition.
Release Notes. Read the Release Notes before you begin installing or working with
FactoryTalk View and supporting software.
Release Notes for FactoryTalk View ME, FactoryTalk Services Platform, RSLinx
Enterprise, and RSLinx Classic are available from the FactoryTalk View installation
DVD.