Feature comparison between FactoryTalk View SE, FactoryTalk View ME, FactoryTalk Optix and RSView32

Summary

Feature comparison between FactoryTalk View SE, FactoryTalk View ME, FactoryTalk Optix and RSView32

Content

Feature comparison between FactoryTalk View SE Networked,  FactoryTalk View SE Station, FactoryTalk View ME, FactoryTalk Optix and RSView32

Feature

RSView32

FactoryTalk View SE Network

FactoryTalk View SE Station

FactoryTalk View ME

FactoryTalk Optix
Latest Technology

No.
See IN2272 – RSView32 to FactoryTalk View SE Conversion Guidelines

Note: TechConnect contract needed

X

X

X

X

Operating Systems

Rockwell Automation Product and Compatibility Center

Embedded Platforms

PanelView Plus
VersaView CE

OptixPanel Graphic Terminals

Windows Domain Security

X

X

X

X

X

ActiveX

X

X

X

Platform considerations

OPC

Client/Server

Client

Client

Client

For PanelView Plus see 39444 – PanelView Plus and remote OPC server

Note: TechConnect contract needed

Client/Server
MQTT Publisher,
Subscriber.

For a sample Application refer to IN40110 – FactoryTalk View SE Extended by FactoryTalk Optix: MQTT Application Notes

Publisher,
Subscriber

For a sample Application refer to IN40110 – FactoryTalk View SE Extended by FactoryTalk Optix: MQTT Application Notes

Publisher,
Subscriber,
Broker

FactoryTalk

Server Only

Network Scope
(Directory)

Local or Network Scope
(Directory)

Local Scope
(Directory)

Server-side VBA

X

See IN39312 – Introduction to FactoryTalk View Site Edition version 12 Server Side Scripts

Note: TechConnect contract needed

Client-side VBA

X

X

C# support

X

Network Requirement

IIS

Primary application

Supervisory level:
single-station or
single-server,
multiple-client

Supervisory level:
single-station or
single-server,
multiple-client

Supervisory level:
single-station

Machine level:
single-station

Supervisory level:
single or
multiple clients/servers

Tag-based HMI

X

X

X

X

X

Direct referencing

X

X

X

Web clients

X

FactoryTalk ViewPoint

FactoryTalk ViewPoint

FactoryTalk ViewPoint

Native

Thin clients (Terminal Services)

X

X

VNC server or Terminal Server Client

Multi-user development

X

X

Remote configuration at runtime

Through 3rd-party RDP software

X

Through 3rd-party RDP software for Local Station.
Remote FactoryTalk View Studio with Networked Station

Through 3rd-party RDP software

Native support for FactoryTalk Remote Access

Redundancy – Data Server

X

X

Redundancy – HMI Server

ADS

X

Animation (Visibility, color, fill, horizontal and vertical position, width, height, rotation, horizontal and vertical slider, …)

and touch

and touch

and touch

no touch

and touch

Alarming

Tag-based:
digital & analog; definable alarm severities, alarm log

FactoryTalk Alarms and Events

Up to version 10: Tag-based also Supported

FactoryTalk Alarms and Events

Up to version 10: Tag-based also Supported

State-based
(from controller);
alarm log

Tag-based:
Digital alarm,
Exclusive level alarm,
Non-exclusive level alarm,
Exclusive deviation alarm,
Non-exclusive deviation alarm,
Exclusive rate of change alarm,
Non-exclusive rate of change alarm,
Non-exclusive limit,
Exclusive limit,
Alarm log

Data Logging

20+ data log models; each with up to 10,000 tags; log to ODBC or dbf db

20+ data log
models; each with up to 10,000 tags; log to ODBC or proprietary db

DataLogPro
incorporated with
InfluxDB included in version 14.00, supports periodic and event-driven logging.

20+ data log models; each with up to 10,000 tags; log to ODBC or proprietary db

DataLogPro
incorporated with
InfluxDB
included in version 14.00, supports periodic and event-driven logging.

1 data log model; up to 100 tags; 1000000 records max (300000 prior to version 7.00) ; export to dbf

 Follow the limitations of SQLite for Embedded database

Trending

TrendX & native

TrendX, TrendPro

TrendX, TrendPro

TrendX (subset)

Native

Security

Security assigned to tags, graphic displays, macros, commands, OLE objects; local or Windows security

Security assigned to tags, graphic displays, macros, commands, OLE objects; Windows security

Security assigned to tags, graphic displays, macros, commands, OLE objects; Windows security

Display-based;
local or
Windows security

Display-based;
local or
Windows security

Runtime Language Switching

Available in version 7.30 or greater (available through VBA in older versions)

X

X

X

X

Development Environment

RSView32 Works

FactoryTalk View Studio

FactoryTalk View Studio

FactoryTalk View Studio

FactoryTalk Optix Studio

Additional Features

Test run; macros;
parameter passing;
derived tags;
event detector

Test run; macros;
parameter passing;
derived tags;
event detector

Test run; macros;
parameter passing;
derived tags;
event detector

Test run; macros;
parameter passing

Test Run; SAAS;
parameter passing; event detector;

Communications

RSLinx Classic, KEPServer
Enterprise, RSLinx Enterprise (must have RSOPC Gateway)

RSLinx Classic;
FactoryTalk Linx;
KEPServer Enterprise;
3rd party OPC servers

RSLinx Classic;
FactoryTalk Linx;
KEPServer Enterprise;
3rd party OPC servers

RSLinx Classic
(desktop only);
FactoryTalk Linx
(including Remote I/O);
KEPServer Enterprise

Native

Pricing model

Tag-based pricing;
multiple levels

Display-based pricing;
multiple levels

Display-based pricing;
multiple levels

Display-based pricing;
multiple levels
for Desktop OS
Included with
PanelView Plus,
VersaView CE

Token based pricing;
free runtime for 2 hours;

Remote Messaging

Messenger

Recipe

RecipePro & Native

Native

Native

RecipePlus

Native

SPC

SPC

RSLadder 5 / 500

X

X

X

X

Extensions

X

FactoryTalk View Supervisory Edition (SE) is an HMI for supervisory-level monitoring and control applications. It has a distributed and scalable architecture that supports distributed-server/multi-user applications, giving maximum control over information everywhere you want it. This highly-scalable architecture can be applied to a stand-alone one-server/one-user application or to multiple users interfacing with multiple servers. FactoryTalk View Supervisory Edition is targeted at supervisory-level monitoring and control applications that need a distributed and scalable architecture. Supervisory Edition includes runtime servers and clients, allowing customers to develop and deploy a multi-server/multi-client application. Such applications are developed with the FactoryTalk View Studio development tool.

FactoryTalk View Machine Edition (ME) is a machine-level HMI that supports both open and embedded operator interface solutions for monitoring and controlling individual machines or small processes. FactoryTalk View ME allows for a consistent operator interface across multiple platforms, including Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows 7 solutions. Components of this exciting new Windows CE-based HMI are a PC-based development tool called FactoryTalk View Studio and a separate runtime system called FactoryTalk View ME Station. FactoryTalk View ME Station runs projects developed with FactoryTalk View Studio for ME. Flexible runtime choices include Allen-Bradley or ASEM industrial computers.

See the Visualization Solutions Selection Guide, Publication VIEW-SG002 for more on the current offerings.


Source: Rockwell Automation’s Technote database.

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