FactoryTalk Optix overview
FactoryTalk® Optix™
is a new visualization platform that accelerates value delivery with modern technologies, innovative designs, and modular deployment options. The platform is designed to help improve your process, efficiency, and deliverables – in one easy-to-access tool. Take advantage of new levels of collaboration, scalability, and interoperability to achieve your HMI vision. New SaaS-enabled workflows let your team collaborate anytime, from anywhere, thanks to built-in change tracking and versioning that automatically keeps track of who did what and when. With FactoryTalk® Optix™
you can: - Develop your HMI without being tied to specific display hardware
- Reach new levels of flexibility by enabling teams to deploy projects to a station, tablet, or mobile display using a simple selection
- Deploy projects in a distributed configuration
- Achieve openness and interoperability by supporting both machine-to-machine communication and machine-to-cloud communication using OPC UA at the core of the platform.
FactoryTalk Optix Studio
FactoryTalk® Optix Studio™
provides designers with unlimited flexibility to:- Design and test HMI projects directly from a web browser via the cloud, or if you prefer, use desktop-installable design software.
- Build and modify projects dynamically at runtime.
- Modify applications from anywhere, anytime, with an integrated cloud-based code repository and version management to track changes and know who did what and when.
- Use wizard-based workflows for managing users and groups, communications drivers, data logging, and recipes.
- Start projects easily with modern templates for navigation, login, alarms, and notifications.
- Build projects by using pre-built libraries and a comprehensive set of graphical objects, including industry standard objects andRockwell Automation®standard libraries, which are organized with logical library folders. Quickly find and filter objects with library search tools.
- Create, save, and reuse single objects or complete projects in user-defined libraries, with the flexibility to store your libraries locally or in a cloud-based repository. Multi-user collaboration enables library management standards among plant engineering, OEMs, and integrators.
FactoryTalk Optix Studio options
FactoryTalk® Optix Studio™
is available in two options, Standard and Pro. The Standard version is locally installed and lets you design and deploy applications from that device. The Pro version adds multi-user collaboration and integration with FactoryTalk® Remote Access™
. The following table explains the specific capabilities of each version. Remote application deployment requires FactoryTalk® Remote Access™
.Feature | Standard | Pro |
|---|---|---|
Install FactoryTalk® Optix Studio™ on your laptop or PC |  | |
Build, save, and deploy FactoryTalk® Optix™ applications using the desktop version of FactoryTalk® Optix™ Studio environment | | |
Build, save, and deploy FactoryTalk® Optix™ applications on your laptop or PC using the web-based FactoryTalk® Optix Studio™ environment | — | |
Save FactoryTalk® Optix™ applications and libraries to a remote repository and track changes with version control | — | |
Allow multiple concurrent users —together with version control, this feature lets multiple users collaborate on a project simultaneously while managing potential conflicts | — | |
Deploy FactoryTalk® Optix™ applications to remote devices from the cloud | — | |
Connect to and monitor remote devices from the cloud | — | |
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