Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Metrics User Guide - Manual (Page 139)

Chapter 4
Automated Configuration
FactoryTalk Metrics contains additional software and content
which is designed to reduce the time it takes to implement a
FactoryTalk Metrics system. This content automates the
configuration of FactoryTalk Metrics, if you have Rockwell
Automation ControlLogix controllers that can utilize a user-defined
type (UDT).
The additional content provided with FactoryTalk Metrics includes:
• FactoryTalk Metrics UDT (page 139).
• FactoryTalk Metrics Configuration Tool (page 154).
If you collect data with a ControlLogix controller and you wish to
incorporate them in the FactoryTalk Metrics data collection, use the
user-defined data type (UDT) named FTM_Workcell. It is a
workcell template that contains a comprehensive set of tags that are
typically used with FactoryTalk Metrics.
The FTM_ UDT is used by the FactoryTalk Metrics Configuration
Tool to automatically configure performance parameters of selected
FactoryTalk Metrics workcells. Each tag from the FTM_Workcell
UDT is used for a particular performance parameter. Each workcell
in the plant model uses a different instance of the UDT in the
control system, while all of workcells are identically configured.
Once the UDT tags are imported to FactoryTalk Metrics, you can
modify the performance parameters manually in the Configuration
Console.
FactoryTalk Metrics UDT
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