Deploy a FactoryTalk Optix application

Rockwell Automation
 target devices automatically run
FactoryTalk Optix Applications
 on deployment.
TIP: Devices that do not have the update service installed or have the runtime application transferred manually require you to start the application manually on the device or configure the application for automatic startup.
See Deploying projects in FactoryTalk Optix Help for more information about deploying projects.
Use
FactoryTalk Optix Studio desktop editor
 to deploy to local or remote devices. Use
FactoryTalk Optix Studio web editor
 to deploy to remote devices only.
FactoryTalk Optix Studio
 uses
FactoryTalk Remote Access
 to deploy to remote devices.
IMPORTANT: If a
FactoryTalk Optix Application
 application is already running on a target device, deploying another
FactoryTalk Optix Application
 application stops and removes the other application.
Prerequisites
  • (optional) Configure the presentation engine for the mode in which you will run
    FactoryTalk Optix
    .
  • Confirm that
    FactoryTalk Optix
     runs on the target device.
    IMPORTANT: To operate correctly when running as an application,
    FactoryTalk Optix
     requires TCP port 49100 to be reachable and a valid username with a configured password.
  • Confirm that the target device has a valid entitlement.
    IMPORTANT: If the target device does not have a valid entitlement,
    FactoryTalk Optix Applications
     runs in demo mode and stops automatically after 2 hours.
  • Configure a device.
    IMPORTANT: Configure either a local or remote device. To configure a local device, see Manage target devices. To configure a remote device, open
    FactoryTalk® Hub™
    and access
    FactoryTalk Remote Access
    . In FactoryTalk Remote Access Online Help, see
    Domain view
     and scroll to
    To add a device
    . The remote device must also have the
    FactoryTalk Remote Access
     Runtime client installed and configured. In FactoryTalk Remote Access Online Help, see
    Client configuration
    .
  1. To deploy a FactoryTalk Optix application
  2. Select the configured device.
    For more information, see Select a target device.
  3. If you selected a remote device, establish a VPN connection to that device.
    Select
    VPN icon
    VPN
     or establish a remote desktop connection by selecting
    Remote Desktop Icon
    Remote Desktop
    .
  4. Select
    Run icon
    Run
    .
  5. Enter the user password for the target device and select
    OK
    .
    TIP: If you deploy a project to a target device where a project with the same name is already running, you are prompted to
    Update
     or
    Replace
     the project at runtime.
    • Update
       overrides the runtime project elements, but retains application files on the device.
    • Replace
       overrides all runtime project and application files that were present on the device. Replaced application files cannot be recovered.
  6. To detach
    FactoryTalk Optix Studio
     from the target device, close
    Output
    .
    The application continues to run on the target device, but
    FactoryTalk Optix
     is no longer connected, so messages no longer appear in the Output pane.
  7. To stop
    FactoryTalk Optix Application
     on the target device, select
    Stop icon
    Stop
    .
If you uninstall FactoryTalk Optix Runtime Tools, the next time you log in, your application automatically restarts. You cannot deploy an application after FactoryTalk Optix Runtime Tools are uninstalled because the uninstall removes the update service.
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