FactoryTalk Optix architecture
This section describes the
FactoryTalk® Optix™
components.The
FactoryTalk® Optix™
architecture includes:
- Entitlements and organizations set up through FactoryTalk Hub.NOTE: An organization is a collection of users and services (includingFactoryTalk® Optix™) that can be accessed and managed using FactoryTalk Hub.NOTE: New users joining or creating an organization may request aFactoryTalk® Optix™Studio Pro 90-day trial entitlement.
The FactoryTalk® Optix™ system
FactoryTalk® Optix™
system
- FactoryTalk Hub: Online service platform where you can access Rockwell Automation cloud-based SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions to create your organizations and design, build and maintain your assets.Cloud-based SaaS solutions are included in FactoryTalk Hub in the form of tiles. Once a new user accesses the FactoryTalk Hub, they will be granted a 90-day trial period for usingFactoryTalk® Optix™Studio Pro.
- FactoryTalk Optix Studio: Locally installed design editor that is available at no cost.FactoryTalk® Optix™Studio provides editing tools for designing HMIs. No activation or entitlement is required.NOTE:FactoryTalk® Optix™Studio is also referred to asFactoryTalk® Optix™Studio Standard.NOTE: See FactoryTalk Optix Studio setup to installFactoryTalk® Optix™Studio.
- FactoryTalk Optix Studio with a Pro entitlement: Cloud-enabled design editor that can run in a web browser or as a locally installed application.FactoryTalk® Optix™Studio Pro requires a subscription based on a user entitlement.The Pro entitlement allows the activation of a the web-browser based editor and provides technical support and features that require acloud connection, such as cloud-based code repository integration, cloud-hosted version control, remote deployment requiring FactoryTalk Remote Access, and multi-user collaboration.NOTE: See FactoryTalk Optix Studio Pro entitlement to installFactoryTalk® Optix™Studio with a Pro entitlement.NOTE:FactoryTalk® Optix™Studio Pro andFactoryTalk® Optix™Runtime Tools require respectively an entitlement that needs to be allocated to an organization.FactoryTalk® Optix™Studio Pro entitlements are then assigned to organization users, whereasFactoryTalk® Optix™Runtime Tools entitlements are then assigned to the devices where they are installed.
- FactoryTalk Optix Application: Comprises two main components:
- Project: Represents the design and configuration of your application.
- Runtime: The Runtime environment where your application runs.
FactoryTalk® Optix™Studio enables you to create your application by combining your project with the appropriate Runtime. The choice of Runtime depends on the target device, for example x86 or ARM and the operating system, Windows or Linux. - FactoryTalk Optix Runtime Tools: You must install the Runtime Tools package on the target device to allow for entitlement management and application deployment. This package includes two components:
- Application Update Service: Service running in the background that allowsFactoryTalk® Optix™Studio to connect to the target device and deploy the application.
- Entitlement Manager: Application that managesFactoryTalk® Optix™entitlements.
IMPORTANT:Runtime Tools are already embedded in OptixPanels™ and EEC (Embedded Edge Computes).You have to download, install and activate Runtime Tools for Windows and Linux devices.NOTE: See Runtime Sizing and related subchapters for further information on this subject.
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