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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

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.

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, 

.

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)