Rsview 32

Overview

Monitoring and controlling automation machines and processes demands versatility and the scalability to connect to a host of open technologies. RSView®32™ is an integrated, component-based HMI for monitoring and controlling automation machines and processes. RSView32 expands your view with open technologies that provide unprecedented connectivity to other Rockwell Software products, Microsoft products, and third-party applications.

Core functionality provides the versatility to accommodate a range of integration needs – from the machine to the production line to the entire plant. RSView32 is an open system that allows plant floor data to be shared with other manufacturing systems, providing real-time manufacturing information throughout the enterprise.

Designed for Microsoft® Windows® environments, RSView32 interacts easily with the Rockwell Software integrated product line, Microsoft products, and other third-party offerings.

Features

• Enjoy preferred compatibility with Rockwell Automation products
• Reuse tag databases
• Powerful graphics editor and import/export wizard
• Easily customize the look of graphic displays
• Comprehensive alarms editor
• Full-featured data log editor
• Security at project or system level
• Save time and productivity by updating projects online
• Reuse the same tags database created in a PLC ladder logic application.
• Use a convenient, intuitive folder structure to organize tags.
• Choose the number of tags that best suits your application needs
• Log data directly to an ODBC data source such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or SyBase, and graphically view the data in a trend.

RSView32 Active Display Server installs on the computer where RSView32 Works or RSView32 Runtime is installed and requires:

Additional Requirements

• RSView32 Works or RSView32 Runtime software (and PLC drivers)
• 10 Megabit Ethernet connection (or 100 Megabit Ethernet, depending on project complexity)
• Dial-up, LAN, or WAN connection supported by DCOM (TCP/IP)
• One Microsoft Windows Server, acting as a primary domain controller, on the network. Include all computers in the RSView32 Active Display System as members of this same domain. (A primary domain controller is not a requirement with RSView32 6.3 and higher when using RSView32 security, however, it is still required if using Windows security)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher

Additional Requirements

• 10 Megabit Ethernet connection (or 100 Megabit Ethernet, depending on project complexity)
• Dial-up, LAN, or WAN connection supported by DCOM (TCP/IP)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, or version 4.01 with Service Pack 2

Additional Requirements

• Clients need only a standard web browser that supports HTML 3.2, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later.
• RSView32 WebServer requires RSView32 6.30 and later.
• 3 1/2″ Floppy Disk Drive for software activation.
• Required web server: RSView32 WebServer requires Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS 5.0 with Windows 2000)