Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Transaction Manager User Guide - Manual (Page 18)

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FactoryTalk Transaction Manager User Guide
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Control Connectors
The FactoryTalk Transaction Manager service interfaces with the industrial
control system device via a control connector. A control connector is a
Microsoft Windows 2003/XP/Vista/2008 R2 service that collects data from
a controller and sends it to the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager service in
the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager. You can use the following types of
control connectors: FactoryTalk Live Data, DDE, RSLinx Classic OPC,
RSView32, and Generic OPC. Control connectors can be used to reference
data points, or memory locations within your control or shop floor system,
such as ―tags‖ from an RSView32 application.
Enterprise Connectors
The Transaction Control Manager service and the FactoryTalk Transaction
Manager service interface with enterprise systems such as databases via an
enterprise connector service. An enterprise connector is a Microsoft
Windows 2003/XP/Vista/2008 R2 service that transfers data between the
Transaction Control Manager service or the FactoryTalk Transaction
Manager service and a database. You can use the following types of
enterprise connectors: Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), Oracle Call
Interface (OCI), Microsoft OLE DB, Microsoft COM+, Time-series Data
Compression, and FactoryTalk Metrics. Enterprise connectors can be used
to create data objects that reference elements in your enterprise system, such
as tables or stored procedures.
Configuration Server
The Configuration Server is a Microsoft Windows 2003/XP/Vista/2008 R2
service that runs continuously to provide a single interface to the
configuration (.dat) files that make up the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager
configuration. The Configuration Server simplifies access to configuration
files by filtering all changes to the files and interfacing with other
FactoryTalk Transaction Manager services. A collection of all changes that
affect a configuration are recorded in an audit trail (via either FactoryTalk
Diagnostics or the Configuration Server *.log file). For more information,
see the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager online help.