RSView Supervisory Edition Installation Guide

1Getting startedThis chapter describes:• the RSView ® Supervisory Edition software.• the RSView tools and utilities.• features in brief.• setting up the software you need.• what it means to secure a FactoryTalk ® -enabled system.• running in RSView demo mode.• exploring the Water Samples application.• creating and testing a new application.The RSView Supervisory Edition softwareRSView Supervisory Edition is a member of the RSView Enterprise Series family ofproducts. It is an integrated package for developing and running multi-user, distributedserver,human-machine interface (HMI) applications.RSView Supervisory Edition (also called RSView SE) consists of several pieces ofsoftware you can use to build HMI applications, customized to your needs. Depending onthe software packages you purchased, you will have one or more of the following piecesof software installed:RSView Studio is configuration software for developing and testing RSView SEstand-alone and distributed applications.RSView Studio contains editors for creating complete applications, and contains softwarefor testing the applications you create. Use the editors to create applications that are assimple or as complex as you need.Use RSView Studio to develop both RSView Machine Edition and RSView SupervisoryEdition applications. For information about developing machine-level applications, seethe RSView Machine Edition User’s Guide.Your can also use RSView Studio to set up RSAssetSecurity services for theapplications you develop. For information about security services, see Chapter 15, Settingup security.1 • Placeholder1-1