FactoryTalk systems

A

FactoryTalk®

system is composed of software products, services, and hardware devices participating together and sharing

FactoryTalk Directory

and

FactoryTalk

services.

For example, a

FactoryTalk

system may be as simple as

FactoryTalk® Services Platform

,

FactoryTalk View

,

FactoryTalk® Linx

, and

Studio 5000 Logix Designer®

all installed on the same computer, communicating with a single programmable logic controller, and all participating in the same local application held in a local directory.

A

FactoryTalk

system may be much more complex, with software products and hardware devices participating in multiple network applications distributed across a network, all sharing network directory.

A single computer can host a local directory and a network directory. The two directories are separate and do not share any information. When using both directories, the single computer participates in two separate

FactoryTalk

Directories.

In the network directory example above, the directory hosts two network applications: Waste Water and Water Distribution. All of the areas, data servers, HMI servers, device servers, and alarm and event servers organized within each application are specific to that application. None of the application-specific information is shared with any other application in the directory. However, all information and settings organized within the System folder, such as security settings, system policies, product policies, and user accounts apply to all applications held in the directory.

For example, modifying security settings in the Waste Water application does not affect the Water Distribution application. However, you must change a security policy to apply the change to both the Waste Water application and the Water Distribution application. The security policy settings also apply to any other new applications created in this same network directory.