FactoryTalk Software Version History

Security compliance capability

• Enables ongoing monitoring of Logix system security, presenting results in a dashboard that helps teams quickly identify and address any gaps between current and desired security states.

Air-gapped lifecycle update

• Allows users to view device lifecycle information even in networks that are isolated from the Internet, supporting lifecycle management without direct access to Rockwell Automation's online resources

Disaster Recovery expansion

• Support Backup and Backup & Compare tasks for Optix runtime hosted on both embedded and open platforms. Added to the Disaster Recover for Rockwell Automation capability
• Support FTP connections that use SSH encryption (SFTP)

• Create, delete, and modify schedule Searches using the improved FactoryTalk AssetCentre web client streamlining administrative tasks

Third-party disaster recovery

• Built-in support for Schneider M340 and M580 controller disaster recovery grows the devices against which FactoryTalk AssetCentre can operate.
• Expand Siemens TIA Portal support to include Version 19 controllers.
• Support FTP connections that use TLS encryption (FTPS).

Scheduled database maintenance

• Ensure database performance by automatically removing Archive versions and log (event, audit, diagnostic) records from the database.

Cross FactoryTalk Directory operation

• Forward FactoryTalk Diagnostics from remote systems to a central FactoryTalk AssetCentre system.
• Perform disaster recovery on remote FactoryTalk Directory and FactoryTalk View Site Edition servers.

Third-party disaster recovery

• Built-in support for Siemens S7-1200/-1500 and Mitsubishi controller disaster recovery expands the devices against which FactoryTalk AssetCentre can operate.

• Asset Lifecycle dashboard summarizes inventory and provides visibility to device lifecycle status, supporting the critical need to keep devices up-to-date for compliance, performance and safety

• Quickly and easily manage FactoryTalk AssetCentre schedules and tasks from a client running in a web browser

• Automate database maintenance tasks to deliver system performance

• CIS Benchmark certification hardens security in a FactoryTalk AssetCentre system

• Larger system configuration with support for up to 250 clients

• Integration with OPC UA data servers via FactoryTalk Linx OPC UA Connector for seamless data integration and improved operational efficiency
• Browing data server paths now includes FactoryTalk Linx OPC UA Connector

• Script the import of complete or partial Area Model XML (AXML) files into an Equipment Model configuration (CFG) file
• Import via Command-line or scripts
• Develop using your preferred tools and seamlessly integrate those area models within FactoryTalk® Batch

• Script the import of recipes to automate the import process, improve workflows and reduce manual efforts
• Simplifies importing and exporting files from different systems, allowing more design modularity
• Supported through the Batch XML format only

• Updated archive database schema, resulting in performance to speed up transactions, queries, and reports
• Introduces a new database migration utility, making it seamless to transition older databases to the new database schema for FactoryTalk Batch version 15 and later

• Add batches to the batch list without specifying all parameters
• Introduces three new API endpoints
• Allows for ongoing support of streamlined batch management, improved integration capabilities, and repeatable and modular design

Enhanced Batch Journals

• New batch journal file format makes parsing and sharing data easier.
• Allows the addition of new data fields without breaking parsing tools and third-party applications.

UTC time stamps

• Improves integration & correlation of data across data sources, by adding UTC time stamps into the new EVTJ journal format.
• UTC time stamp from the EVTJ journals is used in the FactoryTalk Batch History Database so that they do no must be calculated, thus improving the accuracy and consistency UTC time stamps in the database.

Deferred Material Parameters

• Reduce the number of recipes with material-based recipe and batch creation workflow improvements. Support for deferring material parameters, lots, and labels. Revamped batch creation workflows to support additional material-based workflows.

Enhance support for scripting in manual instructions

• Improved support for custom scripting in eProcedure® Manual Instructions. Build custom scripts to accept barcode inputs and interact with objects in the instruction file.

Expanded Runtime Area Model Updates

• Support for additional runtime area model edits and increased system limits combine to make your system more flexible while at the simultaneously improving the system uptime.
• Delete and remove elements from an area model at runtime.

Phase/Sequence Program Selection

• Enabled flexible modular factory design.
• Promote reuse of controller code
• Improve integration of OEM skids into a system

Improved Phase synchronization

• Added support for the new Phase program name property
• Fewer issues when synchronizing phases between FactoryTalk Batch and Logix Designer application project files.
• Support for additional synchronization workflows

Increased Tag Count

• Improve support for large complex systems and OEMs by increasing the overall limit on the number of tags that can be included in an Area Model.

Increased Memory Limits (LBA)

• Support larger and more complex systems by taking advantage of the 4.0GB of memory available to 32-bit processes on 64-bit operating systems.
• Improve system stability and uptime, with new guardrails that help prevent users from performing actions that will cause the server to run out of memory.

• eProcedure subscribes to Area Model data from the Batch Server allowing it to support runtime area models updates without restarting the eProcedure server.

• eProcedure® server will start even if there are missing or malformed instruction files, while still helping prevent execution of batches that have missing instruction files.

• Adjusts Logix tag reference names to match FactoryTalk Design Studio​
• Enhance user experience when configuring and managing FactoryTalk Design Studio tags in the FactoryTalk® ecosystem
  

• Version 10.01 delivered and installed with FactoryTalk Linx​
• Support for 1756-RM3 module​
• Access module configuration and diagnostics for ControlLogix redundant controller operations, including ControlLogix 5590 controllers
  

New Software and Hardware Support

• Integrates Network Browser patch for 1834-AENTR EtherNet/IP In-cabinet gateway with optimized LLDP discovery​
• Network Browser discovery, device commissioning, and diagnostics status for ControlLogix 5590 controller​
  

Locate Stratix® switches

• Quick and accurate identification for Stratix® 5200, Stratix® 5800, and 1783-ETAP3T
• Save time and reduce troubleshooting by guiding personnel to the correct device

• Easily browse for devices inside an electrical enclosure
• Optimize management and reduce unnecessary network traffic by efficiently collecting a list of connected devices through the Ethernet/IP In-cabinet gateway

FactoryTalk® Resource and Status service

• Expanding OT health monitoring to include computer services and resources that could affect overall software performance
• Adds IT-centric metrics to existing OT reporting systems
• Expanded operational analytics to support real-time decision-making

Driver option for automatic NIC failover

• Advanced setting to improve connection accuracy and increased availability using NIC failover
• Configuration permits communication to continue another network that could not be the “Windows Default”

• FactoryTalk® Design Studio™ online communications via FactoryTalk® Remote Access™
• Remote connection to controller to download and monitor operations
• Support for Logix Smart Objects and Routine Scope tags
• Simplifies user workflow to download a program to a controller from FactoryTalk Design Studio

• Route data acquisition to automation devices on isolated network

New FactoryTalk® Live Data tag browser

• User option to include tag bit references and Extended Tag Properties
• Enhanced productivity by reducing manual entry

• DNS names now appear in the topology
• Driver list increased from 64 to 255 items
• Options to auto-start and minimize to tray
• Improved usability and productivity

• All supported languages installed automatically
• Users choose desired language

• Permit Enterprise/Cloud software to send or write data to automation equipment​
• Optional write method, diagnostic and audit logging​
• Accepts incoming JSON as (FactoryTalk® Optix™, Flat and Rich) for system flexibility
  

• Adds MQTT Publisher store/forward (cache) capabilities ​

• Configurable message cache size and overflow strategy options​

• Improves system resiliency by helping preserve data during temporary disconnects​

• Centralized management for OPC UA Server certificates​

• Includes ability to revoke compromised certificates​

• Premier integration with FactoryTalk Policy Manager avoids manual procedures

• Add MQTT Publisher/Subscriber, OPC UA, Excel RTD service to FactoryTalk Linx Gateway Standalone​

• Adjusts Logix tag reference names to match FactoryTalk® Design Studio™​

• Flexible streamlined configuration and operation​

• MQTT Publisher is now supported as a data source for MQTT clients in FactoryTalk Linx Gateway
• Expands FactoryTalk Linx Gateway’s role to function as source for IT and cloud data collection systems

• Extended tag properties can be shared across third-party software through OPC-DA, OPC UA, and MQTT interfaces
• Provides enhanced data transparency and third-party interoperability for Logix controllers

• Expanded support for OPC UA Specification version 1.05 to enhance security and the ability to communicate with a broader set of OPC UA clients

• Enhances security by limiting the changes OPC-DA clients can make to data

• OPC DA and DDE to Logix directly
• Simpler configuration Ideal for small systems

OPC UA Bits & Folders

• Custom namespace folders improves data organization  
• Direct access to bits within integers for tag list or custom namespace enhances productivity

• Option to save OPC UA tag list or custom namespace to a disk file
• Results in quicker service startup

• All supported languages installed automatically
• Users choose desired language

• Redesigned configuration interface that organizes terminal types and resolutions into grouped categories, making FactoryTalk View ME project setup faster and more intuitive

• FactoryTalk View ME ActiveX Web Browser upgrade to Microsoft Edge WebView2 as the default engine to deliver a faster, more secure and modern browsing experience

• New control object: linear gauge with integrated sparkline

• New horizontal and vertical animation support for Image objects

• Updated hardware sizing recommendations help users better plan and ensure optimal application performance for FactoryTalk View ME applications

• Effortlessly update and manage interfaces remotely with new ME Transfer Utility compatibility with ASEM 6300 industrial PCs, enabling direct project deployment from any location

• Application Manager now offers enhanced restoration capabilities, allowing for seamless recovery of machine interface projects regardless of ActiveX version discrepancies or absence

• Choose a modern default color palette or maintain a traditional color scheme to customize your application interface

• Experience an intuitive and modernized tag management system with a redesigned tag browser, featuring extended tag properties and the ability to access more detailed bit-level data

• Enables applications on the newest edition of our PanelView™ Plus product line. Series B provides updated hardware with increased storage, enhanced security, and support for modern peripherals.

• RecipePlus enhancement makes it easier to build displays that present recipe information to operators.

• Added support for Windows Server 2019 and Windows 11 (64 bit), and Microsoft FactoryTalk® Analytics™ Edge web browser. 32-bit platforms are no longer supported.

• Flexible, more secure cloud-based identity management with multi-factor authentication with OKTA integration

• New control objects:
  • Toggle switch to toggle between two states with a single press, simplifying control panel interactions and supporting more secure interactions and detailed audit logging
  • Highly configurable linear gauge that visualizes process values on a linear scale, with support for vertical and horizontal layouts, alarm indicators, and dynamic animations
  • Linear gauge with integrated sparkline combines real-time value display with a compact sparkline trend; supports horizontal or vertical orientation, option to hide the gauge for a sparkline-only view

• Optimized FactoryTalk ViewPoint web client display publishing performance

• RecipePro now supports optional Unit, Min, and Max columns, helping operators understand expected values and boundaries for each recipe parameter

• New VBA method that allows users to zoom into specific regions of TrendPro and XYPlot charts using a click-and-drag gesture for more precise data analysis

• Streamlined Navigation Bar options:
  • Vertical navigation panel that docks to the left or right (for both FactoryTalk View SE full clients and FactoryTalk ViewPoint web clients)
  • Multi-level docked navigation menus with a horizontal layout (for FactoryTalk View SE full clients)
  • Runtime navigation menu usability enhancements that streamline navigation, improve operator awareness, ensure visibility of critical alerts, personalize the runtime experience, and make search more intuitive across complex HMI applications (for FactoryTalk View SE full clients)

• Enhanced System Status Portal adds support for FactoryTalk AssetCentre Server and Agent status

• Updated hardware sizing recommendations help users better plan and ensure optimal application performance for FactoryTalk View SE applications

• FactoryTalk ViewPoint web client support for Alarm and Event banner, with automatic layout adjustments and a preconfigured banner for streamlined deployment

• Direct data logging to InfluxDB 3 Core and Enterprise using the familiar DataLogPro workflow

• TrendPro and XYPlot control now support FactoryTalk Historian SE Asset Framework as a data source, allowing retrieval and visualization of structured, asset-specific historical data in FactoryTalk View SE

• New Alarm Summary message ID tagging enables the Alarm Summary to send the selected alarm's message ID to a tag, allowing the HMI to respond with relevant, alarm-specific content and visuals (server- based alarms only)

• Option of using InfluxDB™ as a built-in time series database, DataLogPro enhances historical data storage by supporting external InfluxDB™ and InfluxDB™ Cloud Serverless.

• Fallback to built-in InfluxDB during external disconnects and maintains data continuity in redundant setups.

• DataLogPro enhancements feature real-time database connection status monitoring, operational control via context menu, migration of historical data stored in data log model file sets to InfluxDB, and customizable locations for data storage.

• Integrates MQTT libraries into VBA, enabling MQTT client creation that supports publisher and subscriber roles.

• Compatible with MQTT versions 5.0 and 3.1, including TCP and WebSocket protocols with TLS options.

• Alows the import of multiple application libraries, including different versions of the PlantPAx^® Library of Process Objects and Device Objects Libraries.

• Available during both new HMI server setups and updates to existing servers.

• Supports the creation and management of multiple navigation menus.

• Allows for the configuration of distinct menus during design that can display across multiple runtime clients or monitors, each tailored to specific operational needs and roles.

• Graphical user interface (GUI) for configuring ThinManager Logix PinPoint in FactoryTalk^® View SE allows users to connect to ThinManager Logix PinPoint directly from the Alarm and Event Summary toolbar or context menu.

• GUI configuration provides options to add, edit, and delete Studio 5000 Logix Designer^® project files and configure navigation types and display settings.

• FactoryTalk Alarms and Events version 6.50 now supports standard email notifications when scoped alarms or events are activated.

• Users can define alarm scopes based on priority within selected groups, with rules customizable per group.

• License simplification and a lower cost bundled pricing model makes it easier to select and purchase FactoryTalk View SE

• Design mobile HMI interfaces with FactoryTalk ViewPoint now included with FactoryTalk View SE Station and Server (supported in v11 and later)

• Enhanced visual fidelity across devices with automatically scaled graphical elements ensures display clarity and consistency, regardless of screen size

• Client rendering engine upgrade significantly improves the visual fidelity of graphics, ensuring that drawings, text, and images retain quality across various display conditions

• Improved and refined touch interaction supports intuitive multi-touch gestures like zoom and pan, improving the user experience in interacting with TrendPro and XY Plot elements

• Multi-monitor display docking and sizing improvements now allow users to dock navigation elements and maximize main display areas effectively, optimizing screen real estate and workflows

• New DataLogPro engine elevates data logging efficiency with InfluxDB integration, managing extensive time series data and supporting complex logging needs, both periodic and event-driven, for comprehensive data analysis

• Seamless integration of historical data from FactoryTalk Historian into data grids, enriching data representation and accessibility within the application

• New runtime navigation menu with runtime search streamlines both design-time navigation setup and runtime operation with dynamic alarm and diagnostic notifications, along with a powerful runtime search for quick tag location

• Built-in .NET Control that integrates with Apache E-Chart widgets empowers HMI designers to easily configure and adapt web widgets, leveraging the versatility of Apache E-Charts within a .NET framework for richer user interfaces

• Intuitive and modernized tag management system with redesigned tag browser, featuring extended tag properties and the ability to access more detailed bit-level data

• Project Explorer with filtering of HMI components enhances efficiency by displaying only elements that meet filter criteria, reducing clutter and focusing the designer’s attention, streamlining project management, and optimizing system performance

• New VBA methods for TrendPro and XY Plot enhance chart interaction and toolbar functionality

• New Add Component tool streamlines the process of upgrading and maintaining HMI projects by allowing components to be added directly, saving time and simplifying project management

• New radar chart enhances data display, allowing complex, multivariate analysis through an intuitive, radial chart format, facilitating clearer insights

• Attach insightful text annotations to historical records directly in TrendPro to provide context with user timestamps and simplify management of abnormal events or data markers on trend lines

• Command buttons with a new modern look that aligns with contemporary design standards

• Addition of electronic signature capability for more objects ensures compliance and traceability, allowing for secure verifications and authentications within operations processes

• Users receive proactive notification of expiring licenses, ensuring continuous operation by facilitating timely updates and license management

• FactoryTalk Alarm and Events Summary enhances insights with concurrently displayed trigger and real-time values, providing a simplified interface by eliminating the need for extra Live Data tag configurations

• New animations for alarm status and priority-driven metrics for alarms provide operators and designers with dynamic tools for enhanced decision-making

• Alarm messages can now seamlessly reference translated extended tag properties from the Logix controller via existing client language switching commands

• Upgrades to the Rockwell Automation Library of Process Objects (also known as the PlantPAx Library of Process Objects) support a wider range of languages and messages, improving localization and customization in applications

• Allows mobile device users to capture operator comments when an alarm is resolved
• Gives mobile users same alarm functionality as users on a full FactoryTalk View SE client

• Mobile trend object support for overlay of FactoryTalk Alarms and Events with production data allows mobile device users to see alarms in context with production data

• New options for inactivity timeout, automatic synchronization of displays, and maximum tag update rate make it easier to manage global server settings

• Gives mobile users access to recipes, with a native HTML format optimized for web browsers on desktop or mobile devices

• Adds FactoryTalk Alarms and Events support for mobile users – see alarm history on a web browser or device with ViewPoint Mobile
• Allows users to analyze alarm history from any FactoryTalk Alarms and Events database in the system

New Hardware Support

• Supports ControlLogix 5590 controllers​

• Execute standard and safety tasks (SIL 2/PLd and SIL3/PLe support)​

• Emulated Safety Partner with a chassis slot reservation and new configuration parameter ​

• Configurable dual Ethernet Ports for dual IP or Linear/DLR per the application design

SDK - Python Support

• Python support for FactoryTalk® Logix Echo SDK​

• Streamline test automation when used with Studio 5000 Logix Designer® SDK v2.01

SDK – Example Projects

• C# and Python sample project sets to accelerate application creation

CompactLogix™ & Compact GuardLogix® 5380

• New emulated controller family
• Includes emulating dual Ethernet port configurations

CIP Motion Axis Simulation for Safety

• No project modification or physical drive is needed when testing the code for motion CIP Axis for Safety

Simplified Diagnostic Data Collection

• Save diagnostic files to a known location to easily send over to Rockwell Automation Technical Support for analysis

Product Activation workflow Improvement

• Turn On or Add at least one emulated controller instance to check out the license
• Return (check-in) the unused activation by Turning Off or Deleting all emulated controller instances

GuardLogix 5580 Emulation

• First emulation platform to support safety controllers by introducing GuardLogix 5580 controller catalogs
• Download to GuardLogix controller types and emulate the execution of both Standard and Safety tasks in a project
• Accommodates chassis slots for the safety partner and supports both SIL2 / PLd and SIL3 /PLe projects
• Projects with safety signatures can be downloaded without modification due to FactoryTalk Logix Echo’s ability to generate an imitation signature for emulation without disrupting the real safety signature

Multi-Chassis Support

• Supports the creation and communication of multiple chassis via one FactoryTalk Logix Echo license
• Create the configuration and arrangement of controllers/slots users need without limitations
• Flexibility for multiple users to each access different controllers that can all reside in respective slot positions

Motion Axis Test Mode

• Allows physical axes to be placed into a test mode during evaluation, emulation and testing
• Downloading a project into a FactoryTalk Logix Echo controller automatically places motion axes into test mode, reinforcing no modifications required

API Expansion

• Provided advanced users to hook in more complex simulation modes
• Return all available controller tags and individual bits for unveiling the access to individual bits for integer tags

• Enhanced recipe configuration, management, and runtime methods with the new recipe schema.

• New ListView data control provides a list object with custom row instances generated

• automatically at runtime from a model, variable, or database source.

• UI scaling factor property allows the application to scale at runtime for improved responsive design.

• Unresolved and broken dynamic links tool detects and displays them in FactoryTalk Optix Studio output panel for improved project troubleshooting.

• Alarm Widget enhancements include new layouts optimized for small and medium screen sizes and pre-configured alarm filters.

• Optimizations for improved alarms, dynamic links, and web client performance.

• Improved handling of large UDTS and arrays using block read and batch write operations.

• Support for report generation on headless devices like OptixEdge and Embedded Edge Compute module.

• User-defined project templates support for favorites and usability enhancements.

• New "Tile" fill mode for SVG images.

• Text box option for text trimming.

• Virtual keyboard enhancements for Engineering Units and Range, and new "Open Virtual Keyboard" method.

• Support for LDAPS directory access protocol for more secure Active Directory authentication and authorization.

• Secrets encryption password complexity and global policy enhancements.

• PlantPAX Process Library 5.20 support for additional process instruction faceplates available in FactoryTalk Optix.

• FactoryTalk Asset Centre integration with disaster recovery support of FactoryTalk Optix applications.

• S7 TIA PROFINET password-protected communication support.

• Codesys authentication with user, password, and certificates.

• [TwinCAT] Tag Importer API to browse and import tags at DesignTime.
  

• Online tag import and communications support for controllers running FactoryTalk Design Studio applications.

• Version control git provider enhancements for improved usability and repository management.

• Connect directly to Azure IoT Hub and Event Grid without extra middleware, while ensuring data is buffered during outages and systems are notified of unexpected disconnects.

• Publish both historical and live data from loggers via MQTT, enabling monitoring and analysis.

• MQTT client Store & Forward automatically buffers data when the network is down and syncs once reconnected, reducing data loss in remote or unstable environments.

• MQTT client Last Will & Testament automatically notifies systems when a device disconnects unexpectedly.

• Support for Logix Designer extended tag properties configured with values passed through from the tag definition to instances.

• User-defined Project Templates provide user- defined default content to be contained in new projects.

• There is improved visualization and handling of variables with structured data types imported from a PLC or an OPC UA server.

• In addition to the built-in keyboard, users can now create a custom keyboard using the new custom virtual keyboard editor or by importing ready-to-use templates from the library.

• The ScrollView container has new properties that allow operators to scroll in steps or scroll to a specific element.

• There are Screen and Rectangle control styles for fill, border color and thickness, and corner radius properties added to Stylesheets.

• The key-value converter map is now automatically preconfigured with the correct data types based on property and source information for improved usability.

• Alarm Summary and Alarm Manager widgets support alarm sorting by Status and Inhibit State.

• It is now possible to keep design-time passwords safe by storing project secrets locally and protected by a user-provided password.

• Command-line interface (CLI) is now available to perform FactoryTalk Optix application deploy and export actions without opening FactoryTalk Optix Studio.

• A new C# API is available to add Library objects to the project via Netlogic.
  

• A FactoryTalk Optix application can now be exported in a zip format that allows ThinManager to deploy it in a container to a thin-client device.
  

• Ensures only authorized MQTT clients can connect, while allowing custom message formats and raw text subscriptions for easy integration with modern and legacy devices.

• Streams high-speed data to InfluxDB Cloud for analysis and supports Smart Objects from Logix controllers to enhance data collection and contextualization.

• Store & Forward now supports buffer overwrite for continuous data logging, replacing the oldest data with new incoming data when the buffer is full.

• There is support for stored procedures via Netlogic when an ODBC Datadstore is configured.

• Global search and replace allows you to find and replace strings within an entire project or folder. PDF reports now support trends and charts.

• Japanese and Korean languages added to FactoryTalk Optix Studio.

• Runtime Entitlement Expired event is triggered when the current entitlement subscription expires and the grace period begins.

• Clickable node errors in the Output pane allow navigation to the error location to speed troubleshooting.

• Design time preview for Navigation pane and Panel Loader displays a preview of the first screen loaded at startup.

• Improved library dependency management preserves the path of object dependencies related to a widget.

• Dynamic link popup usability improvements with Modal dialog support.

• Image position property provides more flexibility for positioning images within buttons.

• Web presentation engine certificate properties improve HTTPS configuration.

• OAuth 2.0 authentication support allows users to authenticate at runtime with an OAuth v2 authentication server.

• New alarm summary and alarm manager controls improve runtime interaction with alarms
  

• Session independent stylesheets allow each user to change stylesheets without affecting other concurrent users.

• New FactoryTalk Hub Help menu provides easy access to FactoryTalk Optix Studio Help and the FactoryTalk Optix Installation Guide.

• New Device sizing tool accessible on FactoryTalk Hub helps users pick the best runtime device for their application.

• Support for Logix alarms and extended tag properties enhance integration with Logix applications.

• InfluxDB embedded database support.

• Native MQTT support with an embedded broker and a client that has publisher and subscriber capabilities enhancing connectivity to cloud applications.

• Store and forward capability allows data to be stored locally and later forwarded to a remote database when a connection is lost.

• The VNC protocol allows direct access to sub-devices with VNC servers via FactoryTalk® Remote AccessTM Manager. Access is provided through the integrated VNC client in the Manager Tools.
  

• The User invite to device feature was enhanced by extending the invitation to device for users without an FactoryTalk® Hub™ account and not belonging to the domain. A user identity is automatically created in both FactoryTalk® Hub® and FactoryTalk® Remote Access™ when the invitation is sent.
• A User Invitations page was also added for user invite management.
  

• The Security feature was added to the Settings section in the Runtime UI to address the Runtime security vulnerability arising from privilege escalation. It enforces the Runtime strict adherence to the access controls defined by the system administrator, ensuring that Runtime operates within the boundaries of assigned privileges. The Runtime operates as a service using an agent that impacts the security restrictions set for files transferring and processes termination.
• To activate this safeguard, enable one or both of the following restrictions:
  • File transfers security restriction
  • Processes security restriction

• To upgrade a Runtime Basic entitlement, you can purchase the appropriate Runtime Upgrade entitlement, which upgrades the entitlement from Basic to Pro.
• If you already have a Pro entitlement, you can upgrade your Basic entitlement by selecting an existing Runtime Pro entitlement during the upgrade process for any device.

• In Remote Desktop Explorer tab, it is possible to manage files uploaded via an SD card or an USB memory stick connected to a device.
• A device System Manager automatically applies predefined mounting options, allowing the contents of the SD card or USB memory stick to appear in the Explorer section.
• From there, it is possible to read, write, and exchange data directly with a device.

• French and Portuguese are now available in the FactoryTalk Remote Access Manager, Runtime software, and Tools.
• Japanese and Korean are available in the Runtime software and Tools.

• Quick Action Toolbar
• Copy & Paste for Sub-devices
• Member of & Show Permissions Pane
• Domain View Responsiveness
• Ethernet Interface Labels
• Editable Phone Number Field

• The FTRA Runtime is now available as a Docker Image for x86 architectures, OS Debian 11.9 and Ubuntu 22.04.
• Supported features are: Remote Desktop, VPN, Sub-devices, Assistance Request and the Local Connection.

• The local connection applet has an improved UI with added functionality:
  • A checkbox was added to remember the password for a device
  • A “Managed Devices” dialog box was added to manage, name and save multiple devices

• There is a new download and install package option available in the FT Remote Access Manager and Product Compatibility & Download Center for devices using the Windows 10 IoT operating system.

• Spanish, Italian, and German are now available in the FT Remote Access Manager, the FT Remote Access Runtime software, and the FT Remote Access Tools.

• The platform now includes 5 new Relay Servers for the FTRA Runtime and FTRA Manager tools, starting with version 14.1, it also includes improvements in Relay Server selection when the user is connecting to a device.

• The device updater enables the user to perform over-the-air updates for device firmware and runtime software directly from the FactoryTalk® Remote Access™ Manager Domain.

• The installable runtime application for Windows and Linux will be accessed through a new web-based UI. The web-based UI allows the user the ability to set a password for restricted access on the runtime PC.

• This release will include the option for FT Design Studio integration that will enable secure cloud-to-controller connectivity.

• Chinese is available in the FT Remote Access Manager, the FT Remote Access Runtime software, and the FT Remote Access Tools.

• The Local Connection which allows access to the Interactive Access features to a remote device on the same LAN (local area network) without internet access will now be available for the Linux Ubuntu 22 Runtime software.

• Improve project efficiency by generating server area models for one or all batch servers, without users needing to understand complex batch dependencies

• Provides warning to help prevent loss of project work when sensitivity labels are not set in Microsoft Excel, as required by company policies
• Reduces the need for users to redo work if sensitivity labels were not properly set prior to project export

• ACM version 5 supports the following software to simplify workflows and processes:
  • Studio 5000 Logix Designer® version 37 and prior
  • FactoryTalk® Batch version 15 and later

• Save time by streamlining the process to create document templates that automatically populate based on their associations.

• Conveniently instantiate library objects directly into the Studio 5000 Logix Designer (LD) application, avoid manual exports of files from Application Code Manager (ACM) to LD, and easily combine workflows between software environments.

• Conveniently use the Configuration Workbook to read/write tag values in a controller and update parameters in ACM database with the online tag values.

• ACM version 4 now supports the following software to further simplify workflows and processes: FactoryTalk View Site Edition VBA, FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Alarms, Studio 5000 Logix Designer Version 33, and Logix Parameter Connections.

• Use hierarchical relationships to create associated sub-objects automatically when creating an object.

• Streamline project creation or object additions by making batch calls to Application Code Manager from the Command Line.

• Create and configure Logix tag-based alarms for objects.

• Be notified when a newer version of an object is available in your library.

• Import from your CAD package with improved network layout arrangements on the Studio 5000 Architect® canvas.

• Jump start your projects with device information from CAD packages that leverage he AuomationML data standard.

• Compact 5000™ I/O
• FLEX 5000™ I/O

• Use an updated UI that uses common elements and terminology across the Studio 5000 family of products.

• PowerFlex® Drives
• CompactLogix™ 5380
• ControlLogix® 5580
• Various Kinetix® Drives

Hardware Support – ControlLogix® 5590 Controller

• Reduce complexity while designing multi-discipline controller applications​
• Seamlessly design for safety (all controllers are SIL 2 by default) at setup or later in development as safety needs evolve
• Design for applications including Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) and Basic Process Control Systems (BPCS) on a single controller and software platform ​
• Improve system scalability and interoperability when connecting more OPC UA devices than ever before
  

Enhanced Automation Markup Language (AML) Support with EPLAN Electric P8

• Configure device information once, and share it between EPLAN Electric P8 and Studio 5000 Logix Designer® with fewer steps, saving time and reducing tedious, repetitive work​
• Minimize human error when working across different systems​
• Help ensure that data stays consistent and up to date across software platforms​
• Device information available for exchange includes name, catalog number, IP address, tag information, and more​
  

Improved Controller Capacity Tab

• Revamped Controller Capacity tab UI to make it easier to monitor and optimize CPU and memory utilization​
• Gain clearer insight into the application’s resource usage with separated memory capacity indicators for standard and safety logic (only available for controllers with Safety capabilities)​
  

Safety Signature Elements – Run Mode

• Generate Safety Signatures while online with the controller at different levels of the application components ​
• Continuously maintain safety systems without being in Remote Run or Program mode with the controller​
  

Improved Usability UX

• Improved color contrast to support visually impaired users​
• Adjusted red and green color palette to enhance usability for users with red-green color blindness

Logix SIS Support

• Simple Logix Designer application workflow to enable high availability safety
• Enables a flexible architecture to incorporate Standard and Safety IO in one platform where redundant safety is required

Instruction Toolbox

• Improved on-boarding experience for new Logix Designer application programmers
• Enables a consistent workflow across Rockwell Automation design software

Online Help

• Stay current on support documentation
• Further enable self-help tools for immediate assistance

Simplified OPC UA Workflow

• Reduce configuration effort by removing coding requirements
• Improved ease of troubleshooting and support for OPC UA applications

New Hardware Support

• 1756-RM3

• As an OPC UA server or OPC UA client
• Enable Logix controllers can directly communicate with other third-party automation devices with built-in OPC UA

• Additional Safety Signatures at lower component levels
• Generate a Safety Signature Report for all Safety Signature IDs
• Faster time to market by reducing validation and testing time

• Expanded support for Standard Ladder Logic instruction in Safety.
• Create more code in Safety routines, instead of referencing Standard routines for desired code functionality

• Validate safety code including safety tasks, CIP Safety drive connections, safety feedback, safety attributes, and pass-through safety parameters.
• No dependencies on physical drives during design or testing, reducing overall cost

• Reference each motion axis as a variable
• Create efficient code by using this variable in motion instructions instead of the named axis

• Cut/Copy/Paste to duplicate existing IO in the device tree, including the existing parameters.
• Also available in L5X file

• Harmonize EDS, IO-Link IODD, and HART DD between workstations with new Export feature.
• Import to other workstations to deliver description file consistency.

• 5032 IO-Link
• 1756-L85ES

• Transfer files between the SD card or USB drive on the PanelView 5000 and a remote computer:
  • Move data log or alarm history exports to a remote computer for analysis or storage
  • Move projects and firmware onto the SD card or USB drive on the PanelView 5000 to load an updated project using the Load from Media feature

• Flat glass front panels

• All panels are wide screen and available in larger sizes – up to 22 inches 

• Full HD resolution for 15 inch, 19 inch, and 22 inch panels

• Export View Designer project contents in a textual format

• Create content in that textual format and import into a View Designer project

• Screens, popups, and add-on graphics export as separate text files in a folder structure

• Conversion tool is a free download from PCDC (located under View Designer V9 downloads)

• Export FactoryTalk View ME displays in FactoryTalk View Studio ME, convert them into the View Designer import format, and import into your View Designer project

• Provides a starting point to move a PanelView Plus project to PanelView 5000 (not a 100% conversion)

• Refer to the conversion tool help file for a detailed explanation of what converts

• Better support PanelView 5000 applications in a large facility where operators often change

• Link Active Directory groups to user security roles

• Operators can log on using their Active Directory user name and password, and their group membership defines their role

• The latest 10 logon credentials are cached for 24 hours in case the Active Directory connection is temporarily lost

• Can still use local users as a backup if the Active Directory connection is lost

• Display data faster on a PanelView 5000 after loading a new project on the controller

• Browse tags more quickly in View Designer after linking an .ACD file

• Custom folder icons to make hierarchical navigation more visually appropriate for your application

• New side location option for the navigation menu allows longer shortcut captions and provides a new search field to find screens more quickly in a large application

• Read and write data from these instructions, including extended tag properties

• PlantPAx faceplates for the PanelView 5000 available starting in the PlantPAx 5.10.01 release

• The HTML5 capable web browser built into the PanelView5510 greatly expands the types of information available to your operators.
• New Open Web Browser command launches the web browser using any event such as button presses or machine state changes.
• Display content from different locations like Internet, Intranet, SD card and USB drive.
• Define allowable list of URL locations to limit operator interaction.

• The PanelView™ 5510 now supports larger projects with up to 500 screens and popups.
• View Designer performance improvements in V8 (depending on project contents) include save up to times faster, find/replace up to 32 times faster, project open four times faster, launch emulator up to two times faster and AOG renames up to five times faster.
• Runtime performance improvements (depending on project contents) include screen switching up to two times faster and downloads up to 1.25 times faster.

• Integrates the Automatic Diagnostics feature introduced in Logix version 33.
• Automatically shows control system faults with no HMI configuration work.
• New indicator on system banner showing when faults occur.
• New Automatic Diagnostics summary element lists any current diagnostic notifications.
• New Automatic Diagnostics history element shows the past 1000 diagnostic events.

• Extends the Clear Data Log command introduced in V7 to allow clearing just one datalog.
• New optional Status tag property on the datalog configuration can be used to see the status of an individual datalog (running or stopped while clearing).

• Numeric inputs have a new property for KeypadPosition.
• Useful to display the keypad in a location that avoids covering needed operator data.
• Useful when using the web browser as an overlay window.