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Rockwell Automation released its latest version of FactoryTalk View software, v9.0, designed to help improve the operator’s experience with data-driven information and also to help improve design-time productivity via tighter integration with the control system.
FactoryTalk View v9.0 software is designed to help operators make quicker, better informed decisions with access to TrendPro, a new trending tool. TrendPro helps operators to access real-time data with built-in analysis tools. The tool visualizes contextualized production data by pulling from sources that have been difficult to access: FactoryTalk View SE data logs, FactoryTalk Live Data, and FactoryTalk Historian data. The latest release provides operators drag-and-drop capabilities that better enhance trend visualization.
By leveraging the Integrated Architecture portfolio, FactoryTalk View v9.0 software builds on the ability to directly connect with Allen-Bradley ControlLogix tags. New tag-extended properties help to eliminate the need for redundant engineering work. Previously, developers could spend significant time defining tags in their control system, only to have to replicate that process in their HMI. With new tag-extended properties, developers have direct access to tag descriptions, engineering units, and min/max settings. This lowers the chance for duplication errors and helps to streamline the design process.
Additionally, the new tag-extended properties enable more simplified language switching. Instead of requiring a developer to program language strings within the HMI, translated content can now be directly accessed from the controller, which can help to save design time.
FactoryTalk View v9.0 software also introduces RecipePro+. This new recipe manager offers a way to download and upload multiple machine parameters at once. The RecipePro+ editor includes a user interface to create and edit recipe files, and allows for importing and exporting files. For Rockwell Software RSView 32 users looking to modernize their HMI SCADA, RecipePro+ will help to streamline migration to FactoryTalk View SE software.
As part of a continued focus on the mobile workforce, FactoryTalk ViewPoint mobile HMI software helps to improved productivity in version 9.0, as operators are now able to acknowledge or shelve an alarm notification directly from a mobile device. The alarm table is further optimized for mobile devices and built into the framework with complete alarm details.
Keywords: Plant Processes, Data-Driven Information, Design-Time Productivity, Control System, Contextualized Production Data, Mobile Devices, ARC Advisory Group.