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Studio, Live and Convert

You design the project in Studio and run it in Live. Convert turns an existing TIA Portal HMI project into a FabyaVision project.

Flow

How the programs work together

Convert and Studio work with the project file (.fvs). Studio produces a Live file (.fvl) from the project, and Live opens only that file.

  1. Optional step

    FabyaVision Convert

    Converts
    Input
    TIA Portal project
    Output
    .fvs project

  2. FabyaVision Studio

    Designs
    Input
    .fvs or empty project
    Output
    .fvs project and .fvl Live file

  3. FabyaVision Live

    Runs
    Input
    .fvl Live file
    Output
    Operator screen, browser and TV

In brief

Programs

FabyaVision Studio

A whole SCADA project is prepared in one workspace: project tree, page editor, inspector and table editors.

The syrup preparation screen in the editor, with the selected tank's properties and tag bindings.
Studio page

FabyaVision Live

Runs the project in the plant: operator screens, alarms, trends, recipes, reports and tasks.

Calender, extrusion and curing lines, service floor and utilities.
Live page

FabyaVision Convert

Reads the classic HMI, WinCC Unified and WinCC Professional devices in TIA Portal V15 – V20 projects.

Counts of pages, objects, tags and connections, the exact / approximate / placeholder split, the tags bound over OPC UA and the warning for tags without a PLC address.
Convert page

Shared foundation

What the three programs share

800+2D object types
740+3D object types
10communication protocols
4scripting languages
6interface languages

2D and 3D object engine

Equipment drawings are generated in code: 2D objects are vector (SVG), 3D objects are WebGL. Their colors and motion bind to tags.

WebView2-based desktop software

All three are Windows applications whose interface is drawn with Microsoft Edge WebView2. They are installed on premises and are not a cloud service.

Project.fvs

Project file

A project is a single file: copy it to back it up or move it to another computer. The Live file (.fvl) that Live opens is produced from this project; it is signed, and Live does not open it if it has been changed afterwards.

  • Pages (2D / 3D)
  • Tags and structures
  • Connections
  • Alarms
  • Recipes
  • Reports
  • Scripts
  • Tasks
  • Users
  • Languages and texts

The bundled sample project: 22 pages (5 of them 3D scenes), 169 tags, 17 alarms, 11 scripts, 15 tasks.

Installer

Installation types

Full

All components on one computer.

  • Studio : included
  • Live : included
  • Convert : included
  • Sample project : included

Plant computer

For an operator station or a panel PC.

  • Studio : not included
  • Live : included
  • Convert : not included
  • Sample project : not included

Engineering computer

For the computer where projects are prepared.

  • Studio : included
  • Live : not included
  • Convert : included
  • Sample project : not included

Custom

You pick the components one by one during setup.

  • Studio : selectable
  • Live : selectable
  • Convert : selectable
  • Sample project : selectable
  • included
  • selectable
  • not included

The installer includes .NET Framework 4.8 and the WebView2 Runtime, which is why the file is about 740 MB.

Deployment

Deployment topologies

Typical setups and how they are connected. Studio and Live can also run on the same computer.

Topology: a single Live station communicates with PLCs, drives and RS-485 devices in the field; PCs, tablets and network TVs on the plant network monitor the screens in a browser, and permitted users can control; remote access goes through a VPN; optional SQL Server project database.

The Live computer communicates with the PLCs. Computers, tablets and network TVs on the plant network monitor the screens in a browser; users given permission can also control. Access over the internet goes through a VPN. Records can also be written to a project database on SQL Server.

Browser monitoring

Technical summary

Architecture and requirements

TopicDetails
ArchitectureA .NET Framework 4.8 shell hosting an HTML / SVG interface in Microsoft Edge WebView2. Studio and Live run as 32-bit, Convert as 64-bit.
Project fileA single JSON file (.fvs) in Studio. Live opens the signed, compressed Live file (.fvl) that Studio produces from the project. Persistent tags and logs are kept in a data folder next to the Live file.
RequirementsWindows 10 / 11 · .NET Framework 4.8 · Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime · a WebGL-capable graphics driver for 3D.
Interface and manualThe interface comes in 6 languages: Türkçe, English, Español, Deutsch, Italiano, Français. The offline manual has 100+ topics in the same 6 languages.

Try the platform

The trial installs all three programs and the sample project; the sample project runs with the simulator, no PLC needed.

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