Studio 5000 View Designer

Control System and Operator Interface Integration

Building improved, modern HMI applications doesn't have to be complicated; the magic lies within the power of the software. Studio 5000 View Designer® software is the design environment for the PanelView™ 5000 family of operator terminals. With an intuitive interface, tight integration with the Logix family of controllers, and simplified workflows for common development tasks, it’s here to help you improve operator effectiveness and easily configure, program and maintain your operator interfaces.

Logix Integration for Easier HMI Development

Studio 5000 View Designer works in tandem with Studio 5000 Logix Designer^® application to simplify your HMI development. One way it accomplishes this is with a highly integrated development environment that allows you to create tags once in your controller, then share that data seamlessly throughout your control system. One key beneficiary of this tight integration is your HMI. Controller data such as tag descriptions, min/max values, and alarms that were defined in your Logix Designer project can be referenced in View Designer without any work on your part.

Studio 5000 Design Environment Product Profile

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What is Studio 5000 View Designer

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Studio 5000 View Designer® software allows engineers to enter configuration information only once and leverage it across the entire automation design system.

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What’s New with Studio 5000 View Designer

New details on key features rolled out in the previous and current versions of Studio 5000 View Designer? Look no further! Our FactoryTalk Software Version History includes incremental changes made to software releases or major features that have recently been added.

Version 9

Features	Benefits
Import/Export	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
FactoryTalk View ME to View Designer conversion tool	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
Active Directory authentication	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
Improved controller synchronization	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
Navigation Menu improvements	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
Support for P-instructions and PlantPAx faceplates	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

Version 8

Features	Benefits
Web Browser for the PanelView™ 5510	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.
500 Screen Support for the PanelView™ 5510	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.
Automatic Diagnostics	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.
Clear Specific Datalog	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).
Keypad Location Configuration	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.

Version 7

Features	Benefits
Alarm History Viewer	The PanelView 5000 now stores up to 40,000 alarm transitions and maintains them through downloads and power cycles. This allows users to easily see troublesome alarms that occur multiple times, forensically evaluate shutdown events, etc. The Alarm History Viewer supports sortable columns, filtering by alarm transition type and by time, and has a details pane for more information about a selected alarm transition.
Alarm History Export	Export the alarm history to an SD card or USB drive for external analysis or storage of historical alarm transitions. The alarm history export is in the form of a zipped CSV file.
Configurable screen update rates	A new UpdateRate property on screens and popups allow you to configure the update rate to 100 msec, 250 msec, or 500 msec for better visualization of higher speed data or for smoother movement animations.
2500 states in a state table	State tables now support up to 2500 states for applications such as displaying error code strings.
Larger keypad and keyboard option	Select between the normal size or a larger size keypad and keyboard as part of Project Properties. The larger size is useful for easier touch operation, particularly for gloved operators.

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Our global ecosystem of solution and support providers can help drive the speed and success of your control system design efforts. Partner program members have experience delivering products or services that are designed to work with our solutions. And they take a collaborate approach to help you simplify project implementations and get the most value from your investments.

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