Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Metrics User Guide User Manual

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Automated Configuration Chapter 4

Select workcells and define the configuration for them.

3. (New configurations only) Register your FactoryTalk

Transaction Manager configuration for data collection (page
162).
If you created a new configuration, register it in the Service

Console.

4. (Optional) Import lookup lists and machine states (page 164).

Import lookup lists and machine states from CSV files to
modify the workcells.

5. Define your FactoryTalk Metrics configuration (page 166).

Define the configuration for the selected workcells.

To select the configuration type and load workcell data from the
FactoryTalk Metrics SQL Server database or a controller:

1. Go to Start > All Programs > Rockwell Software >

RSBizWare > FactoryTalk Metrics Configuration Tool.
The FactoryTalk Metrics configuration tool window

appears.

2. Under configuration type, choose either of the configuration

types:

PackML UDT

For this configuration, data is loaded from the FactoryTalk

Metrics SQL Server database and a controller program with
a data structure specific to the PackML user-defined data
type (UDT).
Use this configuration to automatically configure certain
properties of workcells using data loaded from the
controller program with workcell properties from the SQL

Server database, and enhance them with additional data.

Step 1. Select the
Configuration Type and
Load Workcell Data

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