Sep 09, 2014 Version 8.0 of FTView ME (Machine Edition) and FTView SE (Site Edition) software is now available to download and includes the corresponding FTViewPoint V8.0. FactoryTalk View SE provides robust and reliable functionality in a single software package that scales from a stand-alone HMI to a distributed visualization solution. FactoryTalk View Machine Edition User's Guide. Important user information. Read this document and the documents listed in the additional resources section about installation, configuration, and operation of this equipment before you install, configure, operate, or maintain this product. Users are required to familiarize.
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Start automatically
You can set up FactoryTalk View ME Station to start automatically and run a particular
application when Microsoft Windows starts.
application when Microsoft Windows starts.
Run applications
Before you can run an application on the computer, you must transfer the application .mer
file to the computer.
file to the computer.
Use sample applications
FactoryTalk View Studio for Machine Edition comes with sample applications that
highlight features of the product.
highlight features of the product.
The sample applications are located at this path on the development computer (the
computer on which FactoryTalk View Studio is installed):
computer on which FactoryTalk View Studio is installed):
(Windows XP and Windows Server 2003) Documents and SettingsAll
UsersDocumentsRSView EnterpriseMEHMI projects
UsersDocumentsRSView EnterpriseMEHMI projects
(Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server
2008, and Windows Vista) UsersPublicPublic DocumentsRSView
EnterpriseMEHMI projects
2008, and Windows Vista) UsersPublicPublic DocumentsRSView
EnterpriseMEHMI projects
HMI projects contains a folder for each sample application.
To run a sample runtime application:
1. Start FactoryTalk View Studio ME.
2. Open a sample application.
3. From the Application menu, select Create Runtime Application.
4. If desired, in the File name field, type a different name for the application file. The
default file name is the same name as the development application.
5. In the Save as type box, select what version of ME Station the application will run on.
The default setting is Runtime 8.0 application (*.mer).
6. In the Conversion to development application field, select the conversion option.
The default setting is Always allow conversion. If you select this option, the .mer file
can always be used to generate an .med file.
can always be used to generate an .med file.
7. Click Save.
8. Start FactoryTalk View ME Station.
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How do I read and save ME, SE Datalog files, ME Alarm Log files, RecipePlus files and dBASE files with the RSView Enterprise File Viewer Utility? Note: With this Viewer, once the log file is open the file can be saved as a CSV file. You can only access the datalog files if they are closed, as a result you must stop a running RSView ME application or RSView SE Datalog in order to be able to access the file.
This utility is used on Win32 (desktop) only. To read ME files from PanelView Plus CE or PanelView Plus terminals, copy the files to a compact flash card or SD card and move them to the desktop where the utility resides. These log files are in a non-standard format.
The RSView Enterprise File Viewer utility can be used to read and save the following files:
- SE Datalog file (*.DAT, *.OBF)
- ME Datalog file (*.LOG)
- ME Alarm Log file (HISTORY.ALM)
- dBASE file (*.DBF)
- ME RecipePlus file (*.RPP)
SE Datalog File
- Pick SE Datalog file in Files of Type
- Select the DAT or OBF file to open in the Viewer.
ME Datalog File (ME Station)
- Pick ME Datalog File in Files of Type.
- Select the LOG file to open in the Viewer.
- In the Set Time Zone dialog, select the time zone you would like the file to be converted in.
ME Alarm Log File
Note: During runtime, four .ALM files are generated from an ME application with alarms: embedded.alm, history.alm, reset.alm and status.alm. Of these files only the history.alm can be opened by the File Viewer. The history.alm file is the main data table for alarm information, some additional information is saved to other .ALM files. If information is needed from the other files, such as embedded variable information, the File Viewer will automatically open the required files after opening the history.alm file. Any attempt to open the other .ALM files results in This ME Alarm File cannot be open and Convert log file error error messages.- Pick ME Alarm Log File in Files of type.
- Select the HISTORY.ALM file to open in the Viewer.
- In the Select RSView ME Alarm Setup File dialog, select the ME version and the alarm setup file (*.mal).
C:Documents and SettingsAll Users(Shared) DocumentsRSView EnterpriseMELogsAlarmsM_Alarmson ME Station and
storage cardrockwell softwarersviewmelogsYOUR_APP_NAMEM_Alarms on PanelView Plus v3.2-v5.10and
WindowsLogsYOUR_APP_NAME/M_Alarmson PanelView Plus 6 (v6.xx)/
NOTE: Only the History.Alm file will be viewable and useable by the utility.
The second (2nd) file required by the File Viewer utility is MachineAlarms.mal. Reference the capture below located in: C:Documents and SettingYour User Login Name/local SettingsTemp~MER.00M_Alarms on ME Station and
Temp~MER.00M_Alarmson PanelView Plus v3.2-v5.10
NOTE: This folder and file will only be available when ME Station has successfully loaded the
MER
file.- Launch the File Viewer utility and set the Files of Type dialog box to ME Alarm Log File (*.ALM).
- If the Viewer does not automatically open the correct directory containing the History.alm file then navigate to the path in the capture below ( Capture History.alm ) under the RSView ME alarm log file:.
- Click the proper format of where the alarm files were copied from.
(See the text in red below for more information on the platform types). - Click the Ellipses ('...') and browse to the path in the capture below ( Capture MachineAlarms.mal ) under RSView ME alarm setup file:.
A display similar to the one below ( Capture List View - history.alm.jpg ) should appear. The TrigIdx column corresponds to the order of your Triggers, on the Triggers Tab in the Alarm Setup within Studio, reference ( Capture Alarm Setup - Triggers Tab.jpg ). The count (of alarm triggers) starts at 0.
TrigIdx column, Rows 1 - 9, - All Alarm triggers tied to {::[AlarmIt]N7:0,L3}. Only 9 Triggers were used for this bit array, but it has the possibility of using all 16 bits x 3 words or 48 entries/triggers in TrigIdx 0 column and 48 entries in the Messages Tab of the Alarm Setup within Studio. Total count = 9 triggers..
TrigIdx column, Row 10, All Alarm Triggers tied to {::[AlarmIt]N13:20}. Total count = 1 trigger.
TrigIdx column, Row 11 - 17, All Alarm Triggers tied to {[clgx]test}. Total count = 7 triggers.
Alarm Trigger {::[AlarmIt]B70:0/0} was not triggered for this example. Its TrigIdx value would = 2.
Total Count = 0, if triggered 1.
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The Alarm Messages tab has been provided for study. Reference Capture Alarm Setup - Messages Tab.jpg.dBASE File
- Pick dBASE File in Files of type.
- Select the DBF file to open in the Viewer.
Command Line Parameter Capability
Command line parameter capabilities are supported to allow generating automatic reports.Switches | |
SE Datalog file: | /sd |
ME Datalog file: | /md |
ME Alarm log file (Default for CE terminal log file): | /ma |
ME Alarm log file generated by CE terminal: | /ma / ce |
ME Alarm log file generated by Win32 (3.xx): | /ma /3xx |
ME Alarm log file generated by Win32 (4.xx): | /ma /4xx |
dBASE file: | /dbf |
Adjust time zone: | /tz<Number in hours -12 to 13> |
Show help dialog: | /? |
Examples:
To convert to a CSV file: RSView Enterprise File Viewer.exe /md process.log process.csv /tz8
To open a file when the Viewer is launched: RSView Enterprise File Viewer.exe /sd datalog.dat
Installation
The attached zip file provides RSView Enterprise File Viewer v1.6.0.3 with support for FactoryTalk View 5.0 alarm files dated August 22, 2008.- Unzip the attached file.
- Put RSTXViewCmn.ocx file under: C:Program FilesCommon FilesRockwell
- Run RSView Enterprise File Viewer.exe.
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Version History
v1.8.0.0 added support for Machine Edition version 6.x Alarm Log filesv1.7.0.0 added support for additional command line options, see the RSView Enterprise File Viewer version Help for details.
v1.6.0.3 added the following:
- Show tag name in Trend.
- Support to show Trend for ME datalog.
- Change SE Datalog list view to show a tag name instead of tag index when xxx(Tagname).dat exist.
- Fixed a problem with ME alarm on date/time format and alarm Ack date/time introduced in 1.5.0.0
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