PRODUCT PROFILE

INTEGRATED PRODUCTION & PERFORMANCE SUITE

Gateway

Data Management

OVERVIEWThe FactoryTalk Gateway is your open door into the world of theFactoryTalk Integrated Production and Performance softwaresuite. With FactoryTalk Gateway, you can get data out ofFactoryTalk View Site Edition (SE) and optimize communicationto your Logix system. Now, third-party clients can connect toRSLinx Enterprise and FactoryTalk View SE via one OPC server.

The FactoryTalk Gateway provides:

Third-party access to your FactoryTalk applications Logix-optimized performance from your data server One unified OPC data server for controller or HMI data

FEATURESThe FactoryTalk Gateway allows any OPC client that adheres tothe OPC Data Access Specification, 2.05a, to connect and getdata. FactoryTalk Gateway also accesses elements of theFactoryTalk Services Platform including FactoryTalk Directory.FactoryTalk Directory is used by the FactoryTalk Gateway to findthe data your third-party client requires, and the data is always upto date. When you browse the FactoryTalk Gateway, you areactually browsing inside the FactoryTalk Directory. Whateverlogical naming structure you used (or if you followed the S95 areamodel), it is now available to your browsing client. Essentially,FactoryTalk Directory acts as your address book and allows you toregister applications and servers (data and HMI servers) soanything that can speak to the FactoryTalk Directory will knowwhere to find the data. It is like having a central database forlookups, but without the hassle of supporting and replicatinginformation everywhere.

FactoryTalk Live Data is the core data transmission protocol forall FactoryTalk products. While the FactoryTalk Directory allowsyou to look up the tags, the data reaches the client throughFactoryTalk Live Data by providing a fast and secure datatransmission of the information the client is requesting. TheFactoryTalk Gateway turns the FactoryTalk Live Datatransmission into OPC so it is accessible to third-party clients.This means a third-party client now has access to the FactoryTalkServices Platform, a services-oriented architecture infrastructureinherent in the Rockwell Software FactoryTalk suite.

BENEFITS

EASY TO USE

To configure the FactoryTalk Gateway, simply tell the softwarewhere in the FactoryTalk Directory you want to serve OPC data.This one configuration step allows you to select one area toexpose to OPC clients, or the entire FactoryTalk application. Byarchitecting their applications and areas logically, customers cancontrol OPC access and locations where third-party clients canbrowse and read data. In your client software, customers canbrowse to find the FactoryTalk Gateway. Once connected, youmay browse the entire FactoryTalk Directory from one interface you do not have to change your already-configured RSLinxEnterprise or FactoryTalk View SE system. When you browse toan area where FactoryTalk View SE is already configured, thememory tags from FactoryTalk View will appear automaticallywithout requiring any extra work. If RSLinx Enterprise is in yourFactoryTalk Directory, then you will be browsing tags inside aLogix controller with no extra manipulation needed.

2ENHANCED CONNECTIVITY

Connecting OPC clients to FactoryTalk applications allowsheterogeneous systems to experience the benefits of the RockwellAutomation Integrated Architecture. You can improve yourproductivity and reduce total cost of ownership with theIntegrated Architecture, while optimizing production, respondingmore quickly to customer or market demands, and reducing costs.

By emphasizing third-party connectivity, interoperability, and theuse of open industry standards, the Integrated Architectureprovides seamless information integration with the rest of the siteor enterprise. All of the products in the Integrated Architecturealready reliably connect to one another, but if you want to reach athird party, the FactoryTalk Gateway allows for easy transmissionof data, with barely any configuration required. When using theIntegrated Architecture, the FactoryTalk Live Data protocol isbuilt into products such as RSLinx Enterprise serving data toFactoryTalk Transaction Manager, FactoryTalk Historian orFactoryTalk View SE/ME. The FactoryTalk Gateway is the meansfor moving this data to a third-party client.

INTEGRATION TO LOGIX

The FactoryTalk Services Platform is the foundation of theRockwell Automation Integrated Architecture. It provides a set ofcommon features that enables customers to realize incrementalvalue when applying more than one Integrated Architectureproduct in their application. It also allows Rockwell Automation tomore efficiently deliver customer value through common features.

The FactoryTalk Gateway is an invaluable addition to yourRSLinx Enterprise system if you need to get data out of yourLogix controller and to an OPC client. RSLinx Enterprise wasbuilt from the ground up with Logix processors in mind andconsistently improve the ability to communicate with newadvances in the Logix products.

You do not have to reconfigure RSLinx Enterprise or theFactoryTalk Gateway to browse the Logix tags. Your OPC clienthas the enhanced connectivity that RSLinx Enterprise offers,including the ability to reconnect to offline processors and therecovery from tag database changes from online programming.

And if you want the most data you can get from a processor withthe least CPU load on your PC, use RSLinx Enterprise with theFactoryTalk Gateway. The optimization inside RSLinx Enterprisehas drastically reduced the requirements of the data servercomputer so you can do more with less.

INTEGRATION TO FACTORYTALK VIEW SE

If you need to get the data available from FactoryTalk View SEinto a third-party application or an MES or historian system, youcan use the FactoryTalk Gateway. If that button push on the screenneeds to start logging data, or if those calculated values on thedisplay should also be sent to some third party, you can configurethe FactoryTalk Gateway to send the data out as OPC data fromFactoryTalk View. The data in memory tags, including systemvariables, is available to be browsed and used by third-party clients.The distributed version of FactoryTalk Gateway does not connectto one HMI server only, but allows OPC access to any FactoryTalkView SE server in the FactoryTalk application.

REDUNDANCY AND SECURITY

The FactoryTalk Gateway provides redundancy options that canalso protect your third-party applications. You can configure thedistributed FactoryTalk Gateway so that the redundancy builtinto RSLinx Enterprise and FactoryTalk View SE servers can bemade available to third parties. The third-party client is notrequired to make a single change to take advantage of theredundancy options offered by the FactoryTalk Gateway.

The FactoryTalk Directory and the FactoryTalk Live Dataprotocol allow for the switchover of servers, which the FactoryTalkGateway automatically provides to the third-party applications.The directory in FactoryTalk Live Data allows for the switchover,and the FactoryTalk Gateway provides it to the third party.

Also, your third-party applications can enable hardwareredundancy by using RSLinx Enterprise and FactoryTalkGateway, which supports the System Redundancy Module(SRM) in ControlLogix.

FactoryTalk Gateway allows you to lock down what OPC clientsmay do; tags may no longer be put on scan in a controller.FactoryTalk Security prevents unwarranted scanning and writingto control system tags or datapoints. Inside the FactoryTalkAdministration Console, you can specify from what computersand controllers OPC clients can read and write data.

ADVANCED TROUBLESHOOTING

When something goes wrong, you need answers fast. FactoryTalkDiagnostics will help you locate the problem. As a standardpart of the FactoryTalk Services Platform, FactoryTalkDiagnostics shows all products messages in one unified database.Errors can be searched easily and quickly based on time orproduct. Many of the products in the FactoryTalk IntegratedPerformance and Production software suite such as RSLinxEnterprise, FactoryTalk View Machine Edition (ME) and ViewSE already have adopted FactoryTalk Diagnostics, and more arejoining with each new release.

3Now with the FactoryTalk Gateway, you can monitor at any timewith the new, enhanced diagnostic capabilities. Improvementsmade to the user interface contain information you need for thecurrent status and advanced troubleshooting of the product. Byimproving the messages for FactoryTalk Diagnostics andproviding an integrated viewing tool for counters, messages, andan integrating help system, the Diagnostics Counter Monitorgreatly expands your awareness of where you can review thecurrent state of the server.

FACTORYTALK SERVICES PLATFORMThe FactoryTalk Services Platform is the foundation of theFactoryTalk Integrated Production and Performance Suite. It is aflexible solution consisting of activation procedures, a commonaddress book, centralized authentication and access control, anduniform diagnostics that can help reduce costs and extend the lifecycle of your existing investments.

GET ANSWERS FASTWhen you purchase FactoryTalk Gateway, you receive bothindustry-leading software and award-winning global support. Usethe MySupport feature to personalize our Support Services Website for your needs. MySupport can send you regular emailmessages with links to the latest technical notes and softwareupdates for FactoryTalk Gateway and other products. To register,visit http://support.rockwellautomation.com.

GET MORE INFORMATIONFor ordering information, contact your local RockwellAutomation sales office or Allen-Bradley distributor. Or learnmore by visiting http://www.rockwellsoftware.com.

Publication FTALK-PP003A-EN-P June 2007 Copyright 2007 Rockwell Automation, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA.

ControlLogix, FactoryTalk, Logix, Rockwell Automation, and RSLinx are registered trademarks of Rockwell Automation, Inc.All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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