VantagePoint Getting Results Guide
VantagePoint Getting Results Guide
FactoryTalk VantagePoint provides dashboards, trends and reports against a broad range of real time and historian data sources.
To start using FactoryTalk VantagePoint you will need to complete the following steps:
1.
2.
3.
Install the FactoryTalk VantagePoint Server on a suitably configured machine.
Complete the FactoryTalk Activation process.
Configure connectors to the data sources that you want to use with VantagePoint.
You are now ready to begin using FactoryTalk VantagePoint (hereafter referred to as VantagePoint). The VantagePoint
Portal will start at the end of the installation process and allows you to start viewing and analyzing your manufacturing data. This Quick Start Guide will help you with your initial configuration. Detailed information about each step and the capabilities of VantagePoint can be found in the online Help file which is installed with the server.
Please check the website www.incuity.com for updates to this document.
Step 1: Installing FactoryTalk VantagePoint Server
Preparing the FactoryTalk VantagePoint Server Machine
Network Considerations
The FactoryTalk VantagePoint Server should be installed on a server that has:
•
Network access to the plant data sources (Control systems, HMI systems and historians) that VantagePoint will be configured to access data from; and
•
Is accessible to the intended FactoryTalk VantagePoint Users.
In environments where control networks have been separated from business networks the Server will require a network card attached to each network.
VantagePoint Getting Results Guide v3.1, Rev A
Page 1
This figure shows a typical architecture with the server running VantagePoint having access to several data sources.
Users of VantagePoint connect to the VantagePoint Portal
(which runs on the server) to begin working with the system.
Server Platform Considerations
Production installations of FactoryTalk VantagePoint Server require:
•
•
•
Windows Server 2003;
SQL
FactoryTalk VantagePoint provides dashboards, trends and reports against a broad range of real time and historian data sources.
To start using FactoryTalk VantagePoint you will need to complete the following steps:
1.
2.
3.
Install the FactoryTalk VantagePoint Server on a suitably configured machine.
Complete the FactoryTalk Activation process.
Configure connectors to the data sources that you want to use with VantagePoint.
You are now ready to begin using FactoryTalk VantagePoint (hereafter referred to as VantagePoint). The VantagePoint
Portal will start at the end of the installation process and allows you to start viewing and analyzing your manufacturing data. This Quick Start Guide will help you with your initial configuration. Detailed information about each step and the capabilities of VantagePoint can be found in the online Help file which is installed with the server.
Please check the website www.incuity.com for updates to this document.
Step 1: Installing FactoryTalk VantagePoint Server
Preparing the FactoryTalk VantagePoint Server Machine
Network Considerations
The FactoryTalk VantagePoint Server should be installed on a server that has:
•
Network access to the plant data sources (Control systems, HMI systems and historians) that VantagePoint will be configured to access data from; and
•
Is accessible to the intended FactoryTalk VantagePoint Users.
In environments where control networks have been separated from business networks the Server will require a network card attached to each network.
VantagePoint Getting Results Guide v3.1, Rev A
Page 1
This figure shows a typical architecture with the server running VantagePoint having access to several data sources.
Users of VantagePoint connect to the VantagePoint Portal
(which runs on the server) to begin working with the system.
Server Platform Considerations
Production installations of FactoryTalk VantagePoint Server require:
•
•
•
Windows Server 2003;
SQL