Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk VantagePoint v7.0

The latest FactoryTalk VantagePoint software is claimed to give users a seamless way to access their Logix-based data by providing a simple, guided workflow to store and visualise information. To promote intelligent decision-making, the enhanced workflows enable authorised users to store and visualise specific data views and trends and to easily share these views with collaborators across the enterprise.

Additionally, the software will now silently install with FactoryTalk Historian SE software. Upon completion, the user will be greeted with a VantagePoint mobile webpage, including the latest import and configure options.

From any PC or tablet, a user can browse through the FactoryTalk Directory server to an online controller, select the tags from which they aim to collect associated data and configure scan rates and additional historian parameters. Once this process is complete, the selected tags are stored in the FactoryTalk Historian solution and automatically configured for the FactoryTalk VantagePoint software. By simultaneously configuring tags, a user within the VantagePoint mobile workflow makes a few simple selections in order to begin collecting data and creating dashboards and trends.

The update includes enhancements to the overall platform. The software now provides a vertical or horizontal bar chart, updated indicator widget, logarithmic trending, improved mobile navigation and Windows 10 support.

The software also offers SQL Server Express with install. This removes complex licensing options from the install process.