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Appendix H
Reference for building a distributed system
This book focuses on building an alarms and events system on a single computer.
When building a distributed system on multiple computers on the network, bear the
following guidelines in mind.
Installing FactoryTalk Alarms & Events software
FactoryTalk Alarms and Events software is installed with FactoryTalk View and
RSLinx Enterprise software. There is no need to install FactoryTalk Alarms and
Events software separately unless you have installed FactoryTalk Services Platform
on a computer where you have not installed FactoryTalk View or RSLinx Enterprise.
For details, see “Install FactoryTalk Alarms and Events manually” on page 179.
Typical distributed system on a network
In the sample distributed automation system shown on the next page, FactoryTalk
Services Platform software is installed on every computer in the network.
The diagram on the next page shows just one example of a possible network layout for
a group of computers and software products participating in FactoryTalk Alarms and
Events using a FactoryTalk Network Directory. Use this diagram only as a starting
point; your own distributed system will vary.