© National Instruments Corporation v BridgeVIEW User Manual
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

PART 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