1. FactoryTalk® View Machine Edition
What’s New with v March 2016

2. 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

3. Design-time Improvements

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Runtime Enhancements

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Support for Regulated Environments

12. 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

13. 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

14. Platform Support

15. 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)

16. 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

17. For more Information

18. Thank You