Specifications

To support Rockwell Automation’s ViewAnyWare strategy,
Rockwell Software is adding to its industry-leading RSView
family of HMI products with the RSView Enterprise Series
™
.
This series serves as the software foundation for all of the
ViewAnyWare products. Based on Rockwell Software’s new,
scalable architecture, the Enterprise Series products leverage
both open and embedded technologies to support both
distributed and stand-alone applications.
Common features
• RSView Studio
™
development tools, a common development
and testing environment
• Rockwell Automation Preferred Connectivity via
the RNA Global Namespace
• Upward migration for application reuse
• RSView32 and PanelView with forward migration
• Windows CE and Windows 2000 certified
The goal of the RSView Enterprise Series, consistent with the
ViewAnyWare strategy, is to provide a common development
environment, application reuse, and an integrated architecture
so customers can increase productivity, reduce operation costs,
and improve quality. The RSView Enterprise Series offerings
include: RSView Enterprise Machine Edition
™
and RSView
Enterprise Supervisory Edition
™
, and RSView Studio
™
. As an
additional feature, RSView Studio also supports the
development of our next generation of PanelView products
called PanelView Plus.
RSView Enterprise Machine Edition
RSView Enterprise Machine Edition is a machine-level family of
products for designing and supporting PC-based and embedded
operator interface solutions for individual machines or small
processes. Included in this family are a Windows 2000-based
development system, called RSView Studio, and a separate
runtime system, called RSView ME Station. Machine Edition
was developed for deployment on Windows 2000 platforms,
Rockwell Automation 6182 Windows CE-based industrial
computers, and next generation PanelView Plus embedded
operator terminals. Machine Edition leverages RSView
™
technology and Microsoft
®
COM technology for a common
design experience.
Machine Edition features:
• Developed with RSView Studio
• Operator interface software for both PC-based &
embedded HMI
• Built with RSView and COM technologies
• Machine-level graphical objects and functionality
• Dedicated operator interface functionality
• Windows CE and Windows 2000 certified
• Animation, trending & much more
RSView Enterprise Supervisory Edition
RSView Enterprise Supervisory Edition is targeted at
supervisory-level monitoring and control applications which
support the need for 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
RSView Studio development tool.
Supervisory Edition features:
• Developed with RSView Studio
• RNA-preferred compatibility with Rockwell Automation
architecture
• Multi-server/multi-client support
• Direct data referencing (tag-less execution)
• Remote configuration
• “Display Code” or client-side VBA for graphics
• RSLinx and OPC data server redundancy
• Windows 2000 certified
RSView Enterprise Series
An industry first in scalable HMI
The VIEW
21
On the Horizon
It’s not just a
software strategy
…or an open platform
strategy. It’s a blending of open,
embedded, machine-level, and
supervisory-level HMI solutions.