Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Transaction Manager User Guide - Manual (Page 63)

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Understanding FactoryTalk Transaction
Manager Services
Introducing FactoryTalk Transaction Manager Services
FactoryTalk Transaction Manager is designed to run as several services.
During design time, the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager user interface
sends information to the Configuration Server which writes to the
configuration files. At run time, the other FactoryTalk Security services run
in the background of the computer(s) involved in the configuration, similar
to other Microsoft Windows 2003/XP/Vista/2008 R2 services. For more
information about configuring services, refer to Chapter 3,Exploring the
FactoryTalk Transaction Manager User Interface (page 41).
This chapter describes the types of control and enterprise connectors you
must define during design time.
Control Connectors
The control connector services manage the interaction between the
industrial control system and the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager service
in the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager. These control connector services
(FactoryTalk Live Data, DDE, RSLinx Classic OPC, RSView32, or Generic
OPC) communicate with the data server using the appropriate protocol.
Rockwell Software recommends using the FactoryTalk Live Data control
connector for most user applications. If your application requires the use of
any other control connector, please review and consider the following
sections before selecting an alternate control connector.