Multiple FactoryTalk Optix Studio installations on a single device

Multiple FactoryTalk Optix Studio installations versions can coexist on a single device: newer installations do not automatically replace older ones.

A device can have multiple and simultaneous FactoryTalk Optix Studio instances stored in separate folders named by the version number in the

Program Files

FactoryTalk Optix

repository.

NOTE: More FactoryTalk Optix Studio installations can run at the same time.

Multiple VPN network interfaces install together with their related FactoryTalk Optix Studio installations.

NOTE: If you try to open the same project in another FactoryTalk Optix Studio instance, a warning appears and prevents you from opening it:

The project shares the same name as another project currently open in a different FactoryTalk Optix Studio instance

You can log in to GitHub from each FactoryTalk Optix Studio instance by selecting

Settings

Version control

When you no longer need a FactoryTalk Optix Studio instance, uninstall it and the related VPN network interfaces.

While installing a newer version of FactoryTalk Optix Studio, a dialog box prompts you to select whether to overwrite older installations.

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