PanelView Plus version 6 is now available!

Rockwell Automation is now shipping the new PanelView Plus version 6 platform. This new platform uses the Microsoft Windows CE 6.0 operating system. All prior releases of CE were constrained by a 32 megabyte processing limit, restraining applications’ size and performance. Hardware advancements were also critical and have advanced from 650MHz to 1GHz processor and from 64Mb flash/ram to 512 Mb flash/ram. These changes along with feature enhancements are all part of the PanelView Plus 6. Further enhancements include the following:

· Complete Symbol Factory Library

· Built-in PDF viewer

· Remote recipe and data management with ability to save data in .csv format

· Last-Known-Good (LKG) and Factory Default Reset Function

· Built-in full-Unicode font to support multiple languages with a single run-time application

· Greater connectivity to peripherals

The PanelView Plus version 6 has new part numbers, please contact your Kendall salesperson or specialist for pricing and configuration information.

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FactoryTalk View SE/ME v6.0 available!

FactoryTalk View SE and ME version 6.0 is now available as a web release. This new version can be downloaded from the Rockwell Software Updates page for those of you with a current TechConnect contract.

FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 6.0 includes:

• Windows 7 Professional support - FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 6.0 supports Windows 7 Professional as well as Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

• Symbol Factory included - A graphics library with over 5,000 quality graphic images. Approximately 4,000 of which are vector graphics. Support for drag-and-drop as well as copy and paste onto native FactoryTalk View display.

• Faceplates and AOIs - Rockwell Automation Faceplates and AOIs provide users with content that can help them implement applications more efficiently. The content delivered includes faceplates and associated AOI instructions for I/O diagnostics, Rockwell Automation Drive control and diagnostics, and Network diagnostics.

• PanelView Plus 6 support - FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 6.0 supports PanelView Plus 6 as well as PanelView Plus and PanelView Plus CE.

• Expanded functional capability - Rockwell Automation ActiveX suite loaded and pre-registered in PanelView Plus 6 and with FactoryTalk View Studio to speed application development.

  • Program Launcher - Allows FactoryTalk View Machine Edition application to launch a program (.exe).

  • DataStorePlus - Read and Write data from or to a CSV log file with file management and periodic logging features.

  • Recipe - Manages recipes stored in CSV files

  • MEIP_Info - Writes PanelView Plus terminal TCP/IP information to tags.

  • Set Bit Cursor Point - Emulates the Set Bit Cursor Point object in PanelView Enhanced terminals.

  • MacroTen - Reads ten tags' values, then writes the values to ten different tags; supports parameter use.

  • Custom String Pop-up Keyboard - Assign keys to a keyboard pop-up to support different languages, i.e. Chinese, French, etc.

  • DisplayP - Allows legacy applications (v5.0 and older) to remotely open and close displays.

• Support V18 Data Access Control Capability - Tag's External Access attribute defines how an external application can access a tag. Possible values are read/write, read-only, none (no access).

• Main Display automatic creation support - When creating an ME application with FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 6.0 studio, Main Display is created automatically.

• No support for creating a ME 6.0 application for PVP Compact or PVP 400 - 600 - When you generate a .mer file for PVP compact or PVP 400-600, you can only create a file of version 5.1 or before.
  

FactoryTalk View Site Edition 6.0 includes:

• Roll up of patches created since the FactoryTalk View Site Edition 5.10 release.

• New operating system support:

  • Windows 7 Professional

  • Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

  • Windows Vista Business Service Pack 2

• Symbol Factory - A graphics library with over 5,000 quality graphic images is now included.

• Enhanced Animation options - The Color Animation tab offers more variety and creativity in animating display objects.

• RSLogix 5000 v18 - Now supports External Access

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