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1 • Getting started with FactoryTalk ViewPoint 1
About FactoryTalk ViewPoint web applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
FactoryTalk ViewPoint system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing FactoryTalk ViewPoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Upgrading FactoryTalk ViewPoint software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Setting up web client computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2 • Setting up Site Edition (SE) web applications 19
About the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting up FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Creating a new Site Edition web application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting to an existing Site Edition web application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Learning more about FactoryTalk ViewPoint Site Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3 • Setting up Machine Edition (ME) web applications 33
About the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating a new Machine Edition web application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Connecting to an existing Machine Edition web application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Learning more about FactoryTalk ViewPoint Machine Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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