RSView Supervisory Edition Installation Guide

• • • • •RSVIEW SUPERVISORY EDITION USER’S GUIDESpecify FactoryTalk Directory Location is software for specifying which computeron the network contains the FactoryTalk Network Directory service.Windows Firewall Configuration Utility is software for setting up RSViewEnterprise to run in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 withService Pack 1.Features in briefRSView Supervisory Edition provides the flexibility you need to create powerfulautomation systems for any plant or process. With RSView SE you can:• create applications that mirror the layout of a plant or process. A distributedapplication can contain several servers, running on multiple computers on a network,with multiple client users connecting to the application simultaneously, fromanywhere on the network.• open and edit distributed applications remotely, in RSView Studio.• create stand-alone applications for parts of the plant or process that are self-contained,and are not related to other parts of the process.• create applications that support up to 20 different languages, and switch between thoselanguages at run time.• take advantage of RSAssetSecurity services to centralize user authentication andauthorization on the FactoryTalk Directory.• take advantage of RSView’s ability to directly reference data server tags that reside incontrollers or devices.• import an Allen-Bradley ® PLC or SLC database with the PLC database browser.• develop an application quickly using RSView productivity tools such as theCommand Wizard, Tag Browser, and Graphics Import Export wizard, and featuressuch as Object Smart Path .• create and edit graphic displays with sophisticated object-oriented graphics andanimation. Use convenient drag-and-drop and cut-and-paste techniques to simplifyapplication development.• create global objects, in global object displays, and use copies of these objectsthroughout an application. By modifying the original object, you can change selectedproperties of all its copies.• create displays that use graphics from the graphic libraries, or import files from otherdrawing packages such as CorelDRAW , and Adobe ® Photoshop ® .1-4