FactoryTalk View ME

Overview

FactoryTalk® View Machine Edition (ME) software is a versatile HMI application that provides a dedicated and powerful solution for machine-level operator interface devices. As an integral element of the Rockwell Automation visualization solution, FactoryTalk View Machine Edition provides superior graphics, run-time user management, language switching and faster commissioning time through a common development environment.

FactoryTalk View Machine Edition allows for a consistent operator interface across multiple platforms, including PanelView Plus and Windows desktop solutions and consists of:

• FactoryTalk View Studio: Configuration software for developing and testing HMI applications.
• FactoryTalk View ME Station: A traditional “stand-alone” HMI solution that provides an integrated operator interface that runs the same HMI application on PanelView™ Plus 7, PanelView™ Plus 6, MobileView™ terminal, Rockwell Automation Industrial Computers, or other industrial PC.

Features

• Define tags and graphics displays once and reference them throughout the application
• Streamlined development with a common editor for FactoryTalk View Machine Edition and Site Edition
• Maximize productivity by directly accessing tag information in the controller, eliminating the need to create HMI tags
• Full-featured graphics editor with powerful editing tools, drawing objects, pre-configured operator devices, and animation capabilities
• Simulate individual display using Test Run, or the entire application with Test Application
• Data Logging to log tag values that can be displayed in historical trend objects
• Alarming to quickly alert operators to conditions requiring immediate action
• Security to restrict operator access to specific displays
• RecipePlus for machine or process recipe management
• Runtime language switching
• Multiple-version support
• Graphics library with hundreds of graphic objects to drag and drop into your displays
• Reusable faceplates and global objects speed application development
• Object Explorer to quickly view the hierarchy of objects on a display
• Embed web-browser frame on a FactoryTalk View Machine Edition display
• Audit operator activity and system changes via FactoryTalk Diagnostics
• Migrate PanelView Standard projects to FactoryTalk View Machine Edition
• Manage users while the application is running
• Easily work on multiple projects, since each project has its own security configuration

The computer hardware you choose to install and operate your FactoryTalk View ME System should be adequately sized for the demands of each component. These specifications are based on the hardware that the FactoryTalk View product and its supported operating systems require.

You should also specify a hard drive that has enough disk space to provide virtual memory that is at least twice the size of the physical RAM.