FactoryTalk View V13 release What’s New?

FactoryTalk View v13

Rockwell Automation recently released Factorytalk view v13.00, and Here is a summary of new and enhanced features. To download link FTW V13 scroll down to the bottom of post.

Hardware requirements

The following is a sample specification of computer hardware to run FactoryTalk View SE applications aligned with the hardware used in product development testing.

Software requirements

Operating systems

FactoryTalk View SE is tested on the following operating systems:

• Windows® 10* (v2004, v20H2, v21H1, and v21H2)
• Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2016 Long-Term Servicing Branch (LTSB)
• Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2016 (LTSB) Embedded**
• Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2019 Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC)
• Windows 11
• Windows Server® 2012
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2016*
• Windows Server 2019

Supported browsers

The following web browsers have been tested and are supported for use with this release:

• Google® Chrome™ browser
• Microsoft® Edge™
• Mozilla® Firefox®

New features

FactoryTalk View version 13.00.00 has the following new and enhanced features.

• XY Plot object
  XY Plot is a specific type of trend that plots one set of tag values versus another set of tag values, which shows the relationship between two sets of data over time.
• .NET Control object
  .NET Control supports reusable and custom Windows Forms and WPF controls, which can be used in FactoryTalk View applications for their property, method, and event functions.
• New data grid data source: data log model
  The data grid supports data log models stored in file sets as a new data source, displaying data log information in a tabular format.
• Synchronization of HMI tag values in a redundant system
  FactoryTalk View SE adds an option that automatically synchronizes the HMI memory tag values between the active and standby HMI servers.
• Client-specific tags for network applications
  Client tags are memory tags specific to each client and user session in a distributed system. Client tags support client-specific behavior, such as animation, object visibility, or custom navigation menus.
• FactoryTalk System Status Portal
  A new webpage that provides an overview of all FactoryTalk application servers and their statuses, including HMI servers, FactoryTalk Alarms, Events servers, and data servers. This portal is installed with the FactoryTalk Services Platform by customized installation.
• FactoryTalk Batch View HMI controls
  FactoryTalk Batch View HMI controls are included in the FactoryTalk View installation, including BatchesList, PromptsList, SFC, and FullView.

Enhanced features

• HMI tag access for server-side scripts
  FactoryTalk View SE supports bi-directional interactions with data using PowerShell scripts.
• TrendPro enhancements:
  • Show a tag’s caption instead of tag name when hovering over a line in the chart.
  • Configure whether to allow panning the data by moving the mouse.
  • Support extended tag properties for tag caption and engineering unit.
  • Introduce a new VBA property that sets whether the custom file explorer or Windows file explorer opens when saving the trace data or captured image.
  • Introduce new VBA properties to support single trace and stack axes modes.
• Chromium-based web browser
  The Web Browser object supports Microsoft Edge (based on Chromium) as the rendering engine in addition to Internet Explorer.
• Automatic Diagnostics functions
  The Automatic Diagnostics functions retrieve information on automatic diagnostic events from one or multiple devices.
• Extra alarm and event functions
  The extra FactoryTalk alarm and event functions retrieve information about FactoryTalk alarms in four priorities, urgent, high, medium, and low.
• Language switching in TrendPro and RecipePro
  TrendPro and RecipePro support language switching.
• E-Signature tab of a multistate push button
  The multistate push button object adds one tab to configure the electronic signature.
• Custom message for electronic signature
  FactoryTalk View SE adds an option to configure a customized diagnostic audit message for electronic signature.
• String input enhancement
  String input adds the Remark option to configure a customized diagnostic audit message when downloading a new tag value at runtime.
• PlantPAx Library of Process Objects
  Visualization files of PlantPAx Library of Process Objects V5.00.02 are included in the FactoryTalk View installation. You can import them to newly created or existing HMI projects.
• Cross Reference enhancement
  The Cross Reference form adds the function to search object names.
• Horizontal or vertical position animation available for more objects
  FactoryTalk View v13 SE expands horizontal or vertical position animation for more objects, such as images and panels.
• Login and Logout commands
  In a multi-monitor deployment, instead of opening on the main monitor, Login and Logout dialog boxes open on the monitor where the Login and Logout commands are called from.
• Application Documenter
  Application Documenter supports the export of application information with commands.
• Accepted and Rejected events
  The button, numeric input, and string input objects contain the Accepted and Rejected events in VBA for the electronic signature function.

Functional Changes

This release has the following functional changes from the previous release.

FactoryTalk View SE version 13.00.00 has the following changes in functionality since the last release.

HTTPS enabled by default

If you install Studio Enterprise, Site Edition Server, or FactoryTalk ViewPoint SE on a computer with no FactoryTalk View component installed, the installation enables HTTPS by default.

If HTTPS is enabled, you must configure a TLS certificate after installation. If you do not configure the certificate, there will be unexpected errors when operating FactoryTalk View SE components. For details on configuring a TLS certificate, see FactoryTalk View Site Edition Installation Guide.

Application Notes

This release has the following application notes.

The following are the application notes for FactoryTalk View SE version 13.00.00.

Mitigation for Microsoft DCOM Hardening patch

In response to Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) Hardening patch (MS KB5004442), the minimum DCOM authentication level used by Rockwell Automation products was raised to Packet Integrity.

Change in operating system support

Beginning in this release, the product installer prevents installation on all 32-bit versions of Windows operating systems (for example, Windows 10, 32-bit) and any Windows 7 operating system (for example, Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit).

Considerations for application server host computers

In a network application, it is possible for a single server computer that meets the recommended requirements to host all of the following components:

• One FactoryTalk View SE Server
• One FactoryTalk Linx data server (which can also be set up as FactoryTalk Alarms and Events device-based alarm server, or also includes the secondary data server)
• One FactoryTalk Alarm and Events tag-based alarm server
• The FactoryTalk Network Directory

If a network application requires multiple HMI servers, data servers, or alarm servers, to distribute the load, it is recommended that you install the necessary software and run the servers on multiple host computers.

For information about setting up redundant FactoryTalk View SE servers, see FactoryTalk View Site Edition User’s Guide.

FactoryTalk Diagnostics

FactoryTalk Diagnostics cannot log in to a remote database using Microsoft Access. You can only log to a local database using Microsoft Access.

Find and Replace

If an HMI server at the root node of an SE Network distributed application has the same name as the application itself, the Find and Replace feature search results might include the application name even though you performed the search at the HMI server level.

Floating-point operations

Floating-point numbers may not precisely represent all real numbers. Floating points only have six digits of precision. As a result, expressions based on floating-point arithmetic operations may not evaluate as expected. This is a side effect of how the CPU represents the floating-point data. For this reason, in certain cases, you may experience a loss of precision and get unexpected results from floating-point operations.

KEPServer

If you are using KEPServer Enterprise as an OPC server with FactoryTalk View version 9.00.00 or later and using an HMI tag to connect to a third-party device, you will not be able to access the tag value. The cause is that the security enhancements in FactoryTalk View version 9.00.00 or later affect communications with third-party devices. To access the tag value, an additional Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) configuration is required for KEPServer Enterprise on the computers.

For more information about the configuration, see Appendix, “Troubleshoot KEPServer Enterprise” in the FactoryTalk View v13 SE Installation Guide.

Pre-installation configuration

Before you install FactoryTalk View v13 SE, there are a number of steps required to set up the installation environment. This will help ensure that the installation proceeds smoothly and that your new or upgraded FactoryTalk system operates as expected. For detailed information about prerequisites before installation, see Chapter 3, Pre-installation configuration of FactoryTalk View Site Edition Installation Guide.

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