Attach a new HMI server

When you attach a new HMI server to an existing HMI project, you will see the HMI project components and editors from the existing project, in the folder for the new HMI server.
To attach a new HMI server:
  1. In FactoryTalk View SE, in the Explorer window, right-click the application root or an area name, depending upon where you are adding the server, and then click
    Add New Server > HMI Server
    .
  2. In the Select Operation window of the Add HMI Server Wizard, select
    Attach to an existing HMI project
     and click
    Next
    .
  3. In the Computer Hosting Existing Server window, type the name of the computer that is hosting the existing server, or click the browse button to browse for and select one, and then click
    Next
    .
  4. In the Select Existing HMI Server window, in the
    Server name
     field, click the down arrow to display the names of the HMI servers that are available, and then click one to select it.
  5. Click
    Finish
    . A new HMI server is added to the Explorer window of the application and the project components of the selected HMI project are added to it. The new HMI server is given the name of the existing HMI server.
Remarks
  • An HMI server name can contain a maximum of 32 characters. It can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and underscores.
  • The name for any area, data server, or HMI server should be unique in the application.
  • Areas are displayed in the Explorer window in alphabetical order. In an application that contains areas and data servers at the same level, the areas are listed before the data servers, with the areas and data servers listed in alphabetical order. If data servers and an HMI server are at the same level in the explorer, the data servers are listed in alphabetical order, before the HMI server.
  • To migrate an RSView32 project to a FactoryTalk View Site Edition network distributed application, do not use the Attach option. Instead, create a new HMI server by importing the project. To do this, select 'Import a project' in the Select Operation window of the Add HMI Server Wizard. Then in the Import Project window, select RSView32 as the project type and specify the path to the RSView32 project file.
  • If you attach an HMI server that is earlier than version 7.0 and contains trends with
    FactoryTalk Historian SE
     pens:
    • The Trend is NOT converted to the new version after the HMI server is attached. After copying the HMI server, you must open the Display (in design mode) that contains the older
      FactoryTalk Historian SE
       pens and the pens will be converted to the newer version.
    • If there is more than one
      FactoryTalk Historian SE
       server configured in FactoryTalk Directory when importing, the first
      FactoryTalk Historian SE
       server name will be saved into the Model name (on the Pens tab) as <
      FactoryTalk Historian SE
       server name>.
    • If there are no
      FactoryTalk Historian SE
       servers configured in
      FactoryTalk Directory
      , the Trend version will be converted to the new version but the
      FactoryTalk Historian
       server name will not be saved and the Model name is NULL (on the Pens tab).
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