FactoryTalk® View Machine Edition What’s New with v8.20 March 2016
FactoryTalk® View Machine Edition v8.20 Overview Control group visibility from Object Explorer Switch design-time HMI application language Other usability enhancements Design-time Improvements PanelView™ Plus 7 Standard with Device Level Ring (DLR) Multi-pen XY Chart ActiveX Improved control over system response to operator inactivity Run-time Enhancements Intrinsic electronic signature function Detect data falsification in CSV data log Regulated Environments Dropped Windows XP support Platform Support
Design-time Improvements
Control Group Visibility at Design Time Control what objects or groups are visible while editing a display Emulates ‘layers’ in graphic editors Does not effect run-time visibility Overview Simplify maintenance of complicated displays with overlapping or stacked objects and groups Benefits
Design Time Language Switching Change the HMI application language locale at design-time Text changes are persisted in current language locale Overview Eliminates need to close and re-open the HMI application No need to export strings Benefits
Design Time Usability Enhancements New HMI project display resolution matches user-selected terminal size, eliminating need to scale application immediately after creation Allow resize of sub-editor windows and table columns to improve readability and easier editing Macro editor Information Message editor Local Message editor
Runtime Enhancements
Support PanelView™ Plus 7 Standard w/ Device Level Ring Expands PanelView™ Plus 7 Standard so that each terminal includes either an embedded Ethernet Port or a switch (DLR) All PanelView™ Plus 7 Performance terminals come with an embedded switch (DLR) Overview Reduce system cost by eliminating a switch Improved Ethernet diagnostics Benefits
XY Chart ActiveX Control Chart 8 pens against one set of axis values Supports a maximum of 500 data points / pen Like a Logix AOI the ActiveX uses a pre-defined UDT in the controller application to persist and retrieve tag data for the chart Overview Meet application needs that are not possible with current trend control Visually compare multiple data sets non-times-series data points Benefits
Improved Control of System Response Individual setpoint for automatic logout and automatic display navigation Control program can inhibit inactivity timeout Remaining time before inactivity action executes can be written to a tag Overview Allow operator that was busy to re-authenticate before system automatically navigates to a ‘home’ display Allow maintenance to be performed without the operator inactivity action interrupting the maintenance task Benefits
Support for Regulated Environments
Electronic Signature Overview Benefits Controls that write data can be configured to required an electronic signature Three modes: Comment, Operator signed, Counter-signed Generates audit to FactoryTalk® AssetCentre server Overview Control access to critical process setpoints and values Track operator actions Enables application validation to FDA 21CFR Part11 regulation Benefits
Detect Falsification in CSV Data Log ActiveX control data logging adds data integrity information with each row in CSV file Desktop utility can detect unauthorized changes in CSV data log file Faster logging rates 250ms and 500ms Overview Ensure that CSV data log can be used to record critical process variables Include tamper-detection utility in 21CFR Part11 validation strategies Improve accuracy of data log Benefits
Platform Support
OS Platform Support Supported Windows Server 2012 Std (64 bit) Windows Server 2012 R2 Std (64 bit) Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition Windows 7 SP 1 Enterprise Edition Windows 7 SP 1 Ultimate Edition Windows 8.10 Pro (32 / 64 bit) Windows 8.10 Enterprise (32 / 64 bit) Windows 8 Pro (32 / 64 bit) Windows 8 Enterprise (32 / 64 bit) No Longer Supported (Last version supporting) Windows XP (8.10) Windows Vista (8.00) Windows Server 2003 (8.00)
Summary of Release CPR 9 SR8 Products and Services Released: FactoryTalk® View Site Edition 8.20 FactoryTalk® View Machine Edition 8.20 FactoryTalk® ViewPoint 8.20 FactoryTalk® Services Platform 2.80 FactoryTalk® Alarms and Events 2.80 RSLinx® Enterprise 5.80 RSLinx® Classic 3.80 FactoryTalk® Activation 3.62.01
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