FactoryTalk Linx Help

FactoryTalk® Linx
 is a
FactoryTalk®
Live Data server and communications service designed to deliver control system information from
Allen-Bradley®
control products to the
Rockwell Automation®
FactoryTalk®
software portfolio and
Studio 5000®
design software. While
FactoryTalk Linx
 can communicate with most
Allen-Bradley
 Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC®) and many other control products, it is optimized to work with
Logix 5000™
Programmable Automation Controllers (PAC) and the
PlantPAx®
process controller using EtherNet/IP. It gives the fastest data rates and capacity possible while minimizing the impact on automation networks and control system operation. Use FactoryTalk Linx to:
  • Browse devices in the network - The network browser provides the ability to discover devices in an automation system, permit the user to navigate the topology, perform device commissioning, access device properties, and diagnostic statistics.
  • Acquire data -
    FactoryTalk Linx
     provides a scalable solution that can support small applications running on a single computer with a single controller, to large distributed and even redundant data server configurations communicating with many controllers.
  • Use the
    FactoryTalk® Linx™ Gateway
     Remote Proxy Server - Remote Devices via Proxy Service allows FactoryTalk Linx on one computer to bridge through a central FactoryTalk Linx Gateway Professional workstation on the network to communicate with automation system devices on a different network.
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Prior to version 6.00
FactoryTalk Linx
 was called
RSLinx Enterprise
. Because of this, some portions of the software installation and documentation still contain references to the previous
RSLinx Enterprise
 name.
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