Chapter 2
BridgeVIEW Environment
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What Is the BridgeVIEW Engine Manager?
When you run any G application that accesses the BridgeVIEW Real-Time
Database, the BridgeVIEW Engine launches automatically, opening either
the configuration (
.scf
) file you edited most recently or the one your
application selects programmatically.
Launching the BridgeVIEW Engine brings up the Engine Manager
display, shown in Figure 2-1. The Engine Manager is a window into the
BridgeVIEW Engine, through which you can control some of the behavior
of the BridgeVIEW Engine.
Figure 2-1.
Engine Manager Display
Tag»Browser
Launches the Tag Browser. You can use the Tag Browser to view
information on all of the tags in the currently-loaded
.scf
file.
If the BridgeVIEW Engine is not running, you can use the Tag
Browser to load a different
.scf
file. For more information about
the Tag Browser, see the section
in
this chapter.
Tag»Configuration
Launches the Tag Configuration Editor. You can use the Tag
Configuration Editor to define all of the tags in your BridgeVIEW
system. Also, you can configure other Engine parameters in the
Tag Configuration Editor. For more information about the Tag
Configuration Editor, see Chapter 3,
.
Tag»Monitor
Launches the Tag Monitor. You can use the Tag Monitor to
monitor the value, alarm state, and status of all tags in the system,
as well as write the value to an output or input/output tag. The Tag
Monitor launches the BridgeVIEW Engine if it is not already
running. For more information on the Tag Monitor, see the
section in this chapter.
Table 2-1.
BridgeVIEW Project Menu Items (Continued)
Project Menu Item
Description
