Bridge User Manual

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Contents
About This Manual
Organization of This Manual...............................................................................................xix
BridgeVIEW Concepts..........................................................................................xix
G Tutorial ............................................................................................................... xx
Appendices, Glossary, and Index..........................................................................xxi
Conventions Used in This Manual......................................................................................xxii
Related Documentation......................................................................................................xxiii
Customer Communication .................................................................................................xxiii
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ART
I
BridgeVIEW Concepts
Chapter 1
Introduction
Welcome to BridgeVIEW....................................................................................................1-1
Required System Configuration ............................................................................1-2
Installation.............................................................................................................1-2
What Is BridgeVIEW?.........................................................................................................1-3
How Does BridgeVIEW Work? ..........................................................................................1-3
G Programming .....................................................................................................1-4
Tag Configuration .................................................................................................1-5
Data Type................................................................................................1-5
General....................................................................................................1-5
Connection ..............................................................................................1-6
Scaling.....................................................................................................1-6
Operations...............................................................................................1-6
Alarms ...................................................................................................................1-6
Events ....................................................................................................................1-7
Historical Data Logging and Extraction................................................................1-7
Security..................................................................................................................1-7
What Is the BridgeVIEW System Architecture? .................................................................1-8
User HMI Application...........................................................................................1-8
BridgeVIEW Engine .............................................................................................1-9
Device Servers.......................................................................................................1-9
Where Should I Start?........................................................................................................1-10