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Overview Chapter 1
Figure 1 - How Studio 5000 Applications Work Together
The table describes how the View Designer and Logix Designer applications
work together to create an HMI runtime project.
Table 3 - Studio 5000 Applications and Tools
Item Component Description
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View Designer
application
A Studio 5000 application that is used to build HMI projects.
View Designer projects are stored as .VPD files that can be downloaded to the PanelView
5500 terminal.
2 Tag browser
A tool that is used to search for and select tags within a Logix Designer ACD project file.
You can bind the tags to graphic element properties and properties of an HMI screen.
View Designer uses the tag browser to read data from an ACD file.
3
Logix Designer
application
A Studio 5000 application that is used to develop control logic for an industrial
automation system. Logix Designer interfaces with controllers to read and write tag
information. Logix Designer projects are stored as .ACD files that can be downloaded to
the controller.
4 ACD file
An Automation Controller Database (ACD) file. An ACD file is a Logix Designer project file
that contains the logic or code, including tags and data types, which runs within a
controller.
5
HMI project
(VPD file)
A View Project Database (VPD) file. A VPD project is a file that contains the operator
interface application, including HMI screens, controller references, and information about
the HMI device to run the application.
6 HMI device
A Human Machine Interface (HMI) device, such as the PanelView 5500 terminal, which
runs the HMI project. At runtime, the HMI device communicates directly with the
controller.
7 Runtime
The environment in which the runtime HMI project communicates with the controller.
During runtime, the HMI device runs the downloaded project, exchanges data with the
controller, animates displayed data, and responds to operator input.
8 Controller A logic controller such as a ControlLogix or CompactLogix 5370 controller.
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