FactoryTalk Gateway from Rockwell Automation

The FactoryTalk Gateway is a configuration tool that configures the runtime operation of the service. The configuration tool enables you to select the area or application from which you want to access data (called the scope) as well as start and stop the service. This gateway includes the Diagnostics Counter Monitor, which is installed with FactoryTalk Gateway. This stand-alone tool displays diagnostic counter information as well as OPC clients, groups, and corresponding items.

This Gateway converts FactoryTalk Live data to OPC Date Access 2.05a to connect and get data. The FactoryTalk Directory is used by the FactoryTalk Gateway to find the data that your third party client requires, the data will always be up to date.

The FactoryTalk Dirctory acts as your phone book and allows you to register the applications and servers (data and HMI servers) so anything that can speak to the Factory talk directory will know where to find the data.

FactoryTalk live data reaches the client through FactoryTalk Live Data by providing secure data transmission of the information the client is requesting.

Features and Benefits:

• Easy to use- To configure the FactoryTalk Gateway, simply tell the software where in the FactoryTalk Directory you want to serve OPC data, this one configuration step allows you to select one area to expose to OPC clients, or the entire FactoryTalk application.
• Enhanced Connectivity- Connecting OPC clients to FactoryTalk applications allows heterogeneous systems to experience the benefits of the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture™.
• Integration to Logix- The FactoryTalk Services Platform is the foundation of the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture. It provides a set of common features that enables customers to realize incremental value when applying more than one Integrated Architecture product in their application.
• Redundancy and Security- The FactoryTalk Gateway provides redundancy options that can also protect your third-party applications. You can configure the distributed FactoryTalk Gateway so that the redundancy built into RSLinx Enterprise and FactoryTalk View SE servers can be made available to third parties.

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