FactoryTalk View Studio is an OPC client. Its function is to communicate with an OPC server. The default OPC server installed with FactoryTalk View Studio is FactoryTalk Linx. FactoryTalk Linx is a communication server built around FactoryTalk technology, to assist in developing and running your FactoryTalk View Machine Edition applications. It is an OPC 2.05 compliant server and will run on multiple platforms, ranging from PanelView Plus dedicated terminals to desktop computers.
However, you can use third-party OPC servers to communicate with your application's data sources. Most OPC servers are capable of communicating with a variety of devices over a variety of networks using a variety of protocols.
You can communicate with Allen-Bradley controllers and certain non-Allen-Bradley devices that are connected to an OPC server. OPC servers for applications running on PanelView Plus 7, PanelView Plus 6, PanelView Plus, PanelView Plus Compact, or PanelView Plus CE terminals must be on the run-time computer. OPC servers for applications running on Windows 7 SP1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2016 operating systems can be local or remote.
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Please refer to your server documentation for information on deploying OPC servers on a PanelView Plus 7, PanelView Plus 6, PanelView Plus, or PanelView Plus CE terminal. |
Communicate with programmable logic controllers
Add a data server to an application
OPC Data server properties (General tab)
OPC Data server properties (Advanced tab)
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