Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Installation Guide - Manual (Page 9)

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P REFACE
What’s in this Installation and
Deployment Guide?
This manual describes the FactoryTalk View Product and System, the tasks to be
performed on a system before installation, the detailed installation steps, how to use
FactoryTalk Activation to license the installed product, tasks for deploying applications,
and how to upgrade an existing system.
The contents of this Installation and Deployment guide appear in the order you would use
during installation on new or existing systems:
 FactoryTalk View basics describes the software components and layout of the
system (Chapter 1).
 Hardware, operating system and domain information identifies requirements for
the computers and operating systems (Chapter 2)
 Preparing for installation gives you the information you need to get your computer
systems ready for a new installation or an upgrade (Chapter 3).
 Installation procedures walk you through the screens you will see during a complete
installation (Chapter 4).
 Activating the software is required to get software license information onto all the
computers in your system (Chapter 5)
 Deploying new applications covers several deployment types you may need
(Chapters 6, 7, and 8).
 Upgrading existing applications if you already have an installed HMI application
and are upgrading to FactoryTalk View 8.0 (Chapter 9)
About the FactoryTalk View documentation
In addition to the FactoryTalk View Installation Guides, the FactoryTalk View
documentation set includes:
 FactoryTalk View Site Edition User’s Guide contains comprehensive
information about designing and developing FactoryTalk View SE 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.
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