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AccessTypes, Device AccessType

Each Point is associated with an AccessType, defining rules for when to read and/or write values. It includes settings like polling rate and read/write permissions, allowing users to configure the data acquisition and the sending of commands to the devices with total flexibility..

AlarmArea

A hierarchical grouping of AlarmGroups for structured alarm management. It can contain child AlarmAreas, useful for large systems with many AlarmItems configured.

AlarmItem

A tag or expression monitored by the Alarm Module, containing information such as tag name, alarm condition, and AlarmGroup. It includes properties like Limit, Deadband, and Message.

AlarmGroup

A collection of AlarmItems sharing common properties. It simplifies alarm management with configuration properties like AckRequired, AutoAckTime, and Sound.

App Domain, Application Domain

A virtual, isolated environment where a .NET application runs. This isolation provides safety, preventing one process from interfering with another.

Application, Project, Solution

Refers to the final configuration created using the platform. “Project” is used for version 9.2 or older versions, while “Solution” is for version 10 and up. "Application" is used to refer the functionally the configuration is intended to perform, in opposition to "Project" and "Solution" that are more closely related to the configuration itself.

Application Modules

Software components that manage and execute a system's internal logic and data transformations. They encompass Scripts, Reports, and Datasets. 

Manage and execute a system’s internal logic and data transformations, including the Modules: Datasets, Reports, Scripts and Displays.

Assembly

An executable file (.EXE or .DLL) created using managed code and the .NET framework.

Asset Tree

The Asset Tree is a hierarchical representation of the solution data model. It may contain variables and data templates that match physical equipment in the production environment, as well as any enterprise or auxiliary variables necessary to implement your real-time application.

A hierarchical representation of the solution data model, containing variables and data templates matching sensor reading physical equipments, setpoints, recipes, management data, and all the variables necessary to implement and operate an application.

Audit Trail

Logs changes and events when executing the solution, tracking who made changes and when. Useful for troubleshooting, analysis, and compliance.

Build and Publish

The Build process compiles the solution code, while Publish creates a read-only version for distribution in regulated sites.

Categories

Metadata labels used across configuration tables to organize large solutions.

Channels

Device Module object that encapsulates configuration settings and execution properties for a selected Communication Protocol.

Client

A software component interacting with a server or services, including .NET Clients, HTML5 Clients, and Remote Clients. Regarding Scripts or Tags, refers the Client Domain, meaning values that reside and methods that executed on the client software components.

Connection Target

Configures the location of the data source, selecting from Local Solution, TagProviders, or Remote sources.

Component, User Controls

Graphical User Controls available for creating displays, including customizable objects and elements.

DatasetDBs

Connections settings created  by the Dataset Module to communicate with an external database.

Date Template (UDT)

User-defined data structures that include variables and references to other templates, creating a hierarchical data structure.

DatasetFile

Dataset Module object, logical name defining parameters for reading and writing files in ASCII, Unicode, or XML formats.

DatasetTable

 Datasets Module object, logical name created to hold configuration settings to access specific tables in a connected database, mapping tags to table columns for operations.

DatasetQuery

Dataset Module object, logical name associated with the configuration for SQL query statements with a Database, and its properties and methods for running que queries.  

Designer, Solution Designer

The application and user interface for configuring FrameworX Solutions.

Display / Screen

A window or frame of your application’s user interface, containing static or dynamic graphical elements.

Draw

Part of the Solution Designer used to draw and animate displays and synoptic screens.

DLL Hell

Complications from running legacy Windows applications due to lack of built-in isolation in DLL libraries. Solved by the .NET Framework.

Domain, Server Domain, Client Domain

Values and locations of objects at runtime, with server objects having system-wide values and client objects having machine-specific values.

Dynamics and Animations

Definition for changes in the graphical elements attributes, driven by the values of real-time tags.

External TagProviders

Enable direct interaction with variables in remote systems without creating specific tags, enhancing data access within the Unified Namespace.

Enumerations

Define potential values or ranges for a variable, mapping messages and colors to each state.

Forms, Report Forms

Rich Text documents that can include real-time tag values, tables, and symbols, saved as Text or PDF files.

Graphical Element

Components used in screens, such as shapes, checkboxes, or trend charts.

Image resources

Imported image files used as graphical elements in your solution.

Industrial icons

Pre-built icons designed for industrial automation applications.

Internal Module

Features and programs that implement internal system functions, running without user configuration.

FactoryStudio

 A scalable product version for SCADA/HMI, IIoT Edge, and Gateway applications, built on Tatsoft’s FrameworX.

FrameworX

The software platform and underlying technologies and components.

FrameworX Unlimited

Includes unlimited Clients, Connections, and Developers, with built-in drivers, SQL, OPC UA, MQTT, and more.

FX EDGE

A FrameworX Edge application.

FX MQTT Broker

 The embedded broker within the FrameworX Platform

FX MQTT Simulator

An MQTT Client simulator with Sparkplug, included in the product installation.

Hot Updates (Hot Reload)

Apply offline solution changes without disrupting the runtime environment, maintaining stability and preventing downtime.

HistorianTables

Groups Tags for historical archiving, defining settings for storage and retention.

HistorianTag

Tags whose values are stored in a HistorianTable, including dynamic references to external data.

Project File

SQL Studio encoded database containing the Project configuration, with extensions .TPROJ and .TRUN.

Layout

Organizes the user interface into frames or panels, acting as containers for Displays.

Modifier (Device/Points)

Auxiliary parameter for read/write operations on DevicePoints, handling Arrays, bit masks, strings, and other settings.

Modular architecture

Breaks down complex functionalities into distinct modules, providing flexibility in design and configuration.

Module

Program accessing the real-time database, composed of one or more Assemblies.

Namespace

An address space with unique names for objects, grouping process variables, modules properties and methods, etc.

.NET CodeBehind

Allows custom code in VB.NET or C# for event handling, calculations, and application behavior management.

Nodes

Device Module object with connection the settings to physical devices, using the protocol defined in the DeviceChannel. Each Node contains one more DevicePoints.

Online Configuration

Allows real-time modifications to a running solution without stopping execution.

Object Type (RunObj type)

Determines the type of runtime object (display, report, script).

Objects, Runtime Objects

Visible objects in the Solution, accessed via scripts and displays, updated by the respective execution modules.

PanelType

Defines how graphical elements are organized, supporting Canvas and Dashboard types.

Canvas (or Process Screens): The elements are in a drawing surface, where each element has its specific location and size.

Grid (or Dashboard Screens): The elements are placed in Grid, which size, columns are rows are responsive, which the graphical elements adjusting accordingly.

Permissions, PermissionsGroup

Set levels of access for users, determining their capabilities within the solution.

Pollicies

Manage user identification and session control requirements.

Plugins

Reusable components of a solution, containing Tags, Displays, or other objects.

ObjectValues, PropertyValue

Properties defined for runtime objects, such as Tags and DeviceNodes.

PropertyWatch

Diagnostic utility to check and modify object values at runtime.

Parameters(Tag Configuration)

Defines behavior and value processing for Tags.

Process Modules

Software components facilitating interactions between the system and its environment, including Alarms, Devices, and Historian..

PlugIn

Subset of a FrameworX Solution, exported and imported using the Solution-Export command.

Points, DevicePoint

Individual items read or written from/to DeviceNodes, mapping specific Tags to device registers or PLC I/O address. 

Product Family

Options in the product line, including FrameworX, FactoryStudio, EdgeHMI, and EdgeGateway.

Product Family and Model

Define licensing requirements for running the Solution in production.

Project File

In order to facilitate distinction of current version with legacy product versions, Project File, refer to files with extension .tproj created with version 9.3 or older. 

Protocols

Rules for communication between devices, supported by the software.

Solution

Application for real-time data built on the platform, including configurations for all Modules.

SolutionDB / SolutionDatabase

Database containing configuration information, with extensions .dbsln

Solution File / Solution Name

Configuration of an application saved in a .dbsln file, matching the solution name.

Property or Attribute

Associated value of a Tag or object.

Real time database, RunDB, Runtime Database, RtDB

In-memory database managing Unified Namespace data during solution execution, implemented by the TServer.exe process.

Rendering Engine

Generates visual output from an application’s display drawing, supporting WPF, HTML5, or Portable clients.

Runtime

Phase where a solution is in active execution, utilizing configured modules for tasks, data management, and operations.

Runtime Database

In-memory real-time database for Unified Namespace data, ensuring efficient data management during solution execution.

RuntimeUsers

Users created and retrieved from an external encrypted SQL database or other identification servers.

TargetPlatform

Defines the operating platform for running the solution, either Windows Only (.NET Framework 4.8) or Multiplatform (Linux and .NET 8).

Runtime Startup

Operation of the Solution at runtime, performed by TStartup.exe or TServer.exe.

Script References

External DLLs included for script or display code compilation.

ScriptClass

Library of functions and methods for Script Tasks, Expressions, or Code Behind on graphical Displays.

ScriptExpression

One line of code responding to an event.

ScriptTask

Code executing in reaction to an event or at specified intervals.

Smart symbols

raphical elements with dynamic properties and connections to real-time tags and templates.

StorageLocation

Defines where historian variables will be archived or read for charts and calculations.

Tag

Process variable representing real-time and historical data, created locally or accessed remotely.

Tag Type

Defines object types in the Tag Namespace, such as Digital, Integer, or Text.

Task (Script.Task)

Program written in C#, VB.NET or Python running during solution runtime.

Time-Series

Time-Series data is a collection of data points, often recorded sequentially over time. Each entry typically includes a data value and a timestamp (e.g., temperature reading at a specific time). Using UTC time helps align data from various time zones.

Toggle

Reverses the value of a variable: values greater than zero become zero, and zero becomes one.

Trust, Partial Trust, Full Trust

Partial Trust: Limited resource access (e.g., applications in a browser).

Full Trust: Full system resource access (e.g., installed applications).

Unified Namespace

A software solution that acts as a centralized repository of data, information and context where any application or device can consume or publish data needed for a specific action. FactoryStudio 9.2 fully incorporates this concept: you can create, consume or integrate to a variety of namespaces.

The Unified Namespace (UNS) centralizes data in complex systems like smart manufacturing, offering semantic data structuring. It aggregates, normalizes, and provides data access, streamlining communication and integration among disparate systems. As a middleware layer, the UNS translates raw data into actionable information, ensuring device interaction within a hub-and-spoke architecture, minimizing direct communications, and maximizing flexibility.

The Unified Namespace provides a centralized data repository and a standardized method for organizing and accessing data from various sources. This concept streamlines data management, enhances system interoperability, and simplifies the development of applications that utilize data from multiple sources.

Users

Anyone accessing the solution, either in engineering (Designer Tool) or in runtime mode (Displays).

Visibility (Tag Visibility)

Refers to the tagging system; Tags can be Private, Public or Protected. In another context, the graphical objects in a display can have a visibility dynamic property to appear or not when the screen is running.

The Tag Visibility can be Public, Protected or Private

Public: The value of the Tag during the execution of the Runtime is available for access to external Programs via TCP / IP or OPC Server. Also, the value of Tag is necessarily global or shared in all the client stations (Server Domain).

Protected: Read-only.

Private: A Tag set to "Private" can not be accessed by external applications (OPC Server, TCP / IP) and will run in Client or Server machines according to the application configuration with the following characteristics:

Tags used only in modules called by the client (such as displays and Reports) run in the scope of the client, or may have different values on each client machine (Client Domain);

Tags used in server modules, such as Devices and Alarms have a unique value in the system (Server Domain).

WebData, Reports WebData

WebData encapsulates everything needed to exchange JSON, XML, or HTML data with other applications or save its contents to a file. Web Data objects can also be used in displays, enabling interaction with web services and REST APIs.

XBAP

Xaml Browser Application (XBAP) is a graphical application using the XAML technology that runs inside a web browse. This is a legacy technology no longer in use..