FactoryTalk View ME version 8.20.00 (CPR 9 SR 8)

Hardware requirements

• Personal computer with an Intel Pentium 4 processor (2 GHz or faster processor recommended).
• Memory (RAM): 1 GB (or more) for 32-bit systems. A minimum of 2 GB required for 64-bit operating systems.
• Hard disk space: Minimum 1.5 GB.

Supported operating systems

FactoryTalk View Machine Edition is tested and supported on the operating systems installed from original Microsoft media only. For operating systems installed by the computer vendor, see Rockwell Automation Knowledgebase Answer ID 26842.

For the latest information regarding software platform support, refer to http://www.rockwellautomation.com/compatibility/#/scenarios.

• Windows 7 Ultimate with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
• Windows 7 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack 1 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows 7 Professional (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows 8 Professional (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows 8 Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows 8.1 Professional (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition with Service Pack 2
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2012 Datacenter (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition (64-bit)

Security requirements

For information on the security considerations when using Rockwell Automation products, including:

• File extensions created by Rockwell Automation software, firewall rules, and service dependences, see Rockwell Automation Knowledgebase Answer ID 609492
• TCP/UDP ports used by Rockwell Automation products, see Rockwell Automation Knowledgebase Answer ID 29402

FactoryTalk View ME version 8.20.00 has the following new and enhanced features:

Electronic signature function

FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 8.20.00 provides the electronic signature function to record and secure the execution of an action at run time.

Enhanced inactivity timeout function

FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 8.20.00 provides the Inactivity tab in the Project Settings dialog box to set up advanced automatic logout actions.

MobileView support in ME Transfer Utility

ME Transfer Utility is enhanced to transfer a runtime application file (.mer) to and from a MobileView terminal, and to compare a runtime application on a MobileView terminal with a runtime application on a desktop computer.

Usability enhancements

• Design-time language switching - FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 8.20.00 provides the Change Application Language dialog box to switch application languages at design time to check the layout of translated text.
• Design-time graphic object visibility - FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 8.20.00 provides check boxes in front of graphic objects and object groups in the Object Explorer to hide the objects or groups on the graphic display.
• Resolution settings during application creation - FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 8.20.00 allows you to select the target terminal and resolution when creating an application. The resolution of the new application matches the selected target terminal, eliminating the need to scale the application.

Expanded functional capability

FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 8.20.00 provides new ActiveX controls loaded and pre-registered in PanelView Plus 7, PanelView Plus 6, and MobileView terminals, and FactoryTalk View Studio to accelerate application development.

• Chart ActiveX control - This control utilizes two user-defined data types (UDTs), Chart and DataSeries, to create a data structure.
• CSVDataLog ActiveX control - This control supports a minimum periodic logging rate of 250ms and generates CSV data log files which contain tamper detection strings.

CSV Data Log Tamper Detection Utility

FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 8.20.00 provides CSV Data Log Tamper Detection Utility to:

• Detect the integrity of a CSV data log file that contains tamper detection strings
• Generate a detection report when the detection is completed
• Save the detection report to a text file

The following list identifies the anomalies corrected in FactoryTalk View Machine Edition version 8.20.00.

Alarm

• If an alarm message contains commas, when exporting the alarm history to a CSV file with File Viewer, the alarm message in the file is separated to multiple columns. (357385)

Application Manager

• If an application name contains more than 28 characters, the .apa file created from this application may fail to be restored in Application Manager. (356393)

Communications

• PanelView Plus 7 Standard terminals with DLR support cannot be recognized in the device tree on desktops. (356967)