View Designer
View Designer
The following diagram shows how
View Designer
works with the Studio 5000
suite to create a control and visualization system to monitor and control the manufacturing process. 
Item | Name | Description |
 | View Designer | Build the projects that are downloaded to an HMI device. |
 | Tag Browser | Search for and select tags within a Logix Designer project file to bind the tags to the properties of graphic elements and screens in the View Designer project. |
 | Logix Designer | Develop control logic for an industrial automation system. |
 | ACD file | The Automation Control Database (ACD) file that is the Logix Designer project file containing the logic or code, including tags and data types, that runs within a controller. View Designer uses the Tag Browser to read data from the ACD file. |
 | HMI project | The user-defined screens, controller references, information about the target HMI device, and so forth. Projects are stored in files with a .vpd extension. |
 | View Designer Download Runtime Application Wizard | Transfer the HMI project to the HMI device. |
 | HMI device | The Human Machine Interface (HMI) device, such as a PanelView 5000 device, that runs the HMI project. At runtime, the HMI device communicates directly with the controllers. |
 | VPDR file | Save a Runtime Application VPDR file from View Designer . |
 | Load from media | Load a Runtime Application VPDR file from removable media such as an SD Card or USB storage device to the HMI device. |
 | Controller | A controller with the ACD file and tags used in the View Designer project. |
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