FactoryTalk® View Site Edition

Powerful, scalable visualization solutions

Advantages
• Scalable HMI solutions from single
station to multi-client / multi-server
systems
• Continuous system visibility through
FactoryTalk and redundancy-enabled
HMI, Alarm, and Data Servers
• Integration and sharing of data with
other Rockwell Software products
• Restricted access to control system
assets and ability to meet the most
stringent security requirements such
as FDA 21 CFR Part 11
• Alarm management through a
comprehensive alarm summary
and alarm history viewer
• Highly reliable client and server
communication
• Fast and reliable data access to
the Logix Family of Controllers
• Easy connectivity options for Overview
non-Logix and 3rd-party controllers
To meet plant floor expectations, HMI software must meet the demands
• Reduction in application
development time with global
of multiple stakeholders.
objects, pre-engineered faceplates, • Engineering and Maintenance demand the tools to quickly develop
and tag-less HMI Server applications, scale architectures, and easily maintain systems once
• Extended visualization and deployed.
real-time decision capabilities
to web-enabled users • The Operations group demands robust products that have easy to
understand display screens, quick access to alarming, and system-wide
diagnostics.
• Production Information Technology (IT) demands system-wide
Build a better view security, web capabilities, high available systems and alignment
with virtualized solutions.
with FactoryTalk View
FactoryTalk View Site Edition meets the demands of each of these groups,
Site Edition. providing robust and reliable functionality in a single software package
that scales from a stand-alone HMI system to a distributed visualization
solution. With FactoryTalk View SE, HMI challenges in process, batch
and discrete applications are managed in a single software solution that
enables critical visibility when and where you need it.
 Engineering and Maintenance
Delivering tools to quickly develop applications, scale architectures, and easily
maintain systems.

Design Time Effectiveness

FactoryTalk® View Studio provides a centralized
application framework for managing and editing
any of the components of an HMI solution. Import /
Export a component from previous work or leverage
pre-engineered faceplates to speed along application
development. While commissioning the system or in full
operation, make edits to the application while the system
is running. Once the edits are saved, the changes are
rolled out to the clients dynamically.
With Global Objects you can create a core set of
functionality to build out a library of faceplates or other
common components to be used on multiple graphic
screens or multiple instances on a single graphic screen.
These objects can be defined with parameters that are
passed in at runtime for each unique instance. From The new gradient shading capability enhances graphical look and feel
while maintaining operator effectiveness.
maintainability perspective, when the base object is
edited, all linked instances of the object are updated
with the changes – all while the system is running! Scalable Architecture to Meet Your Needs
This reduces the overall maintenance effort and the
Architect the right solution to meet today’s needs
probability of introducing errors.
while supporting future expansion as your system
Finding and replacing a tag or string value in an HMI grows. FactoryTalk View Site Edition (SE) is scalable
application can be time consuming and prone to errors. from a single station HMI to a multi-client / multi-server
Using the built-in Find and Replace capability streamlines site-level supervisory solution. Within a complex
this operation for you. Leveraging the Cross-Reference architecture, the use of FactoryTalk® Live Data optimizes
capability, you can get a complete listing of where the connections between FactoryTalk View SE and other
specified string is referenced throughout the application. FactoryTalk-enabled products, providing highly-reliable
Selecting any one of the items in the list opens it for communication within the architecture. This provides
editing without having to search for the project file. optimized, real-time data transfer and more reliable,
efficient connections to data servers. FactoryTalk View SE
accesses other FactoryTalk-enabled components through
the FactoryTalk Directory. The directory is a common
address book that tracks the location of other servers
configured in the system in order to enable sharing of data.

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Operations
Delivering robust products that have easy to understand display screens, quick access
to alarming, and system-wide diagnostics.

Operator Effectiveness Extensive Alarming Capabilities

The ability to quickly visualize the situation and navigate Alarm monitoring is a critical function the operator must
to a more detailed screen is essential when monitoring perform. Providing the alarm management components
an alarm condition. With web browser style navigation in an HMI solution is a requirement. FactoryTalk® Alarms
buttons, you can quickly navigate to previous screens or and Events provide reliable, real-time visibility into critical
select a specific screen from the history list. conditions that require immediate attention. Operators
view and interact with alarm conditions throughout the
integrated architecture with easy-to-use graphical items,
Alarm Summaries and Alarm Logs.
FactoryTalk Alarms and Events support two different types
of alarming options –tag based alarms and device based
alarms (which reside in the Logix controller).
• Tag-based Alarms are similar to traditional alarm
systems where data points in the controller are polled
looking for a state change as an alarm condition. All
processing and alarm management is done at the
server level.
• Device-based Alarms are alarmed based instructions
The ability to enhance the graphical look and feel with tools like gradient shading (ALMA and ALMD) that reside in the Logix controller.
gives operators a better ability to interpret machine or system performance.
All of the alarm detection and management is done in
the controller. Clients are set up to be notified when an
alarm condition has occurred in the controller. Because
Alignment with Standards alarms are detected in the controller, network traffic is
To align with ISA Standard 18.2, FactoryTalk Alarms reduced (no longer polling tags for alarm condition),
and Events support all of the standard alarming states, and alarm time stamps are more accurate.
including the Shelved state- similar to the Suppressed
state but with an expiration time. Select one or more
alarms to shelve in order to remove them from visibility.
The shelved alarm will become visible again when the
shelve time expires, or when the alarm is manually
unshelved.

System Wide Diagnostics

FactoryTalk® Diagnostics allows FactoryTalk-enabled
products to report, route and store information about
events that happened in a system . This information can New FactoryTalk Alarms and Events capability aligns with the ISA 18.2
be correlated across multiple PCs in order to provide a alarming standard. Now, you can select alarms to Shelve, which removes
them from visibility for a configured amount of time.
system wide diagnostic solution for trouble-shooting and
determining root cause.

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Production IT
Delivering system-wide security capabilities, web capabilities, alignment with
virtualization, and high availability.

Stay Secure Web Visibility into Production Systems

Security on the production floor is critical. Restricting FactoryTalk ViewPoint extends a FactoryTalk View HMI
who has access to the system and tracking changes application to a web browser interface for the casual user
when they are made provides the functionality that is outside the production environment. Create View SE
expected in today’s environment. With FactoryTalk® screens and publish them to the FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Security, production system security can be integrated server for web clients to access. Changes to View SE
with existing IT infrastructure leveraging Windows graphic displays are automatically synchronized with the
authentication services and other security access ViewPoint server.
procedures such as enforcing unique passwords or
automatically logging out accounts after unsuccessful
logon attempts. Security administrators have the ability
Step into the World of Virtualization
to further restrict access based on line-of-sight for All components of a FactoryTalk View SE system have
machine-level applications. been tested in a virtualized environment and come with
VMware® Ready Status. To further support virtualization,
Rockwell Automation offers Virtual Image Templates
Satisfying Validation Requirements that provide pre-installed FactoryTalk View SE on the
For critical operations like set point changes, the system appropriate Microsoft operating system, minimizing
requires user verification. Additional controls are available the setup and configuration time required to deploy
to support validation requirements such as 21 CFR FactoryTalk View SE in a traditional IT environment.
Part 11. All activity is then logged through FactoryTalk®
Diagnostics, a common diagnostic sub-system across
all FactoryTalk products and can be used to generate
validation audit reports.

Reduce Risk by Maintaining Visibility

Get More Information
Implementing a redundant server configuration ensures
visibility to the system should a hardware or network For ordering information, contact your local
failure occur. The underlying FactoryTalk services provide Rockwell Automation® sales office or Allen-Bradley®
health detection between FactoryTalk components and
distributor. Or learn more by visiting
automatically switch over to the secondary server in the
event of failed primary server. All clients are then switched http://discover.rockwellautomation.com/HMI
over to the new active server to allow continuity for
operations personnel to control vital plant processes
in real-time.

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Publication FTALK-PP013F-EN-P – December 2013 Copyright © 2013 Rockwell Automation, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA.
Supersedes Publication FTALK-PP013E-EN-E – February 2013