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2. aux text ValueToText selection DownloadRecipe aux text Sleep 1000 Take quantities from storage coffee level coffee level coffee amount water level water level water amount milk level milk level milk amount tea level tea level tea amount sugar level sugar level sugar amount When run you will see that each time a drink is made the storage tanks are emptied by the correct amount for each ingredient STEP 08 ALARMS We can provide the mechanism to create an alarm should any of the resources run out 1 2 3 2 Add the alarms with details from the list below Open the Alarm Editor Revision 2 0 Page 35 Advanced Tutorial OMRON Name Expression Raised Message Normal Message coffee level alarm coffee level lt 0 Coffee deposit is empty Coffee deposit is refilled water level alarm water level lt 0 Water deposit is empty Water deposit is refilled milk level alarm milk level lt 0 Milk deposit is empty Milk deposit is refilled tea level alarm tea level gt 0 Tea deposit is empty Tea deposit is refilled sugar level alarm sugar level lt 0 Sugar deposit 1s empty Sugar deposit is refilled Test the alarms to see them in action Add Alarm viewing page 1 2 3 1 Make a new page with the following properties and save it to the project folder Page Title Alarm Border Style THICK
3. elecion Tex Name ofselection made sugar amount Integer Amount of sugar for this selection lea amount integr Amount of tea for this selection Water amount Integer Amount of water for this selection 1 2 3 1 5 Open the Recipe Editor Create a new recipe called 11 and add the following ingredients Note that for simplicity the Recipe name is made the same as the selection code Ingredient Name Point Quantity Ingredient 1 Name selection name Black Coffee Ingredient 2 Coffee coffee amount 100 Ingredient 3 Water water amount 100 Ingredient 4 Sugar sugar amount 0 Ingredient 5 Milk milk amount 0 Ingredient 6 Tea tea amount 0 3 Create remaining recipes with ingredient quantities as detailed in the list below Tip You can Copy and Paste Recipe 11 and the recipe name will automatically be incremented The Ingredient values may then just be edited Revision 2 0 OMRON Advanced Tutorial Recipe Name Coffee Water Sugar Milk Tea Name 12 Espresso 50 75 0 0 0 13 White 50 50 0 50 0 Coffee 14 Milk 0 0 0 100 0 15 Tea 0 100 0 0 100 16 Water 0 100 0 0 0 4 Copy all the previous recipes for the remaining selections 21 22 23 24 25 26 and change the sugar ingredient to 50 and name with a with Sugar suffix 5 Add the code to the Make the Drink script to download the recipe ingredients
4. Enter the project name as Tutor This tutor project consists of only one page Revision 2 0 Basic Tutorial Cancel Project Info Network Use the New Project Folder field to determine the path to the new project directory for example there could be a directory path similar to C Program Files Omron CX Supervisor on the machine Specify the name of the new sub directory that CX Supervisor is to create for example tutorial Click on the OK button A project called tutor and the specified sub directory is created by CX Supervisor called tutor scs The project file is actually A blank page is displayed on the screen If a blank page is not displayed click on the New Page button from the toolbar or select New Page from the File menu to create a new blank A CX Supervisor project usually consists of a number of separate pages Each page normally presents information relating to one particular topic process or activity The application designer uses the facilities of the graphics editor to draw and animate objects on Page 11 Basic Tutorial OMRON 1 2 3 1 Name the page as tutor pag using Save Page As from the File menu 2 Click on the Yes button when prompted to add the page to the project The page displayed on screen should still be empty Using the Graphics Editor Now that the project exists with its own page the graphic objects can be constructed and added t
5. Application Bitmap Communications Driver CX Supervisor DDE Development environment Dongle GUI VO type Revision 2 0 GLOSSARY ADO stands for ActiveX Data Objects and is data access technology which uses OLE DB to access data sources in a uniform way e g MS Access databases MS Excel spreadsheets and Comma Separated Variable files A software program that accomplishes a specific task Examples of applications are CX Supervisor CX Programmer Microsoft Word for Windows and Microsoft Excel CX Supervisor and its development environment allows the creation and testing of new applications through a Graphical User Interface GUI The representation of an image stored in a computer s memory Each picture element pixel is represented by bits stored in the memory In CX Supervisor a bitmap image can be installed as a single object The relevant communications management system for OMRON PLCS in conjunction with Microsoft Windows providing facilities for other CX Automation Suite software to maintain PLC device and address information and to communicate with OMRON PLCS and their supported network types A software application which creates and maintains graphical user interfaces and communicates with PLCs and other I O mechanisms Dynamic Data Exchange An obsolete Microsoft technology which provides a channel through which correctly prepared programs can actively exchange data and control other applications within Mi
6. RecordCount IF record index ret THEN DBMove Connectionl Recordset2 Next ENDIF CALL ReadFromDatabase Add a button for navigating to the previous record with the script DBMove Connectionl Recordset2 Previous CALL ReadFromDatabase Add a Text object with a Display animation to display the point record index Revision 2 0 OMRON Advanced Tutorial 8 Add 6 Text objects with Display animations to display the points selection_made coffee amount water_amount milk amount tea amount and sugar amount 9 Adda Close button with an animation to close the page 10 Open Main page and add an animation to the Database button to display the new page called Database STEP 14 SECURITY Operations can be restricted to users with acceptable security privileges We will only allow Supervisors or those with higher privileges to open the machine 1 2 3 l 2 3 Revision 2 0 Open the Main page Select the door lock on the bottom left 01 the machine Open the Animation Editor and select the Display Page action previously added On the toolbar change the Security Level for this operation from All Users to Supervisor Add an Execute Script animation with the following code IF SecurityLevel 2 THEN Message You are not authorized to open the machine ENDIF Page 45 Advanced Tutorial And add a page to control the security 1 2 3 1 Make a new page with the
7. Display Mode POPUP Top 0 Left 505 Height 582 Width 295 2 Use the Workspace to remove the Display On Run option from the popup menu 3 Add an Alarm Graphical Object for displaying alarms in real time Configure the object as you wish 4 Adda button with text Alarm Status Viewer and add script code DisplayAlarmStatus 5 Adda button with text Alarm History Log and add script code DisplayAlarmHistory 6 Adda Close button with an animation to close the page 7 Open Main page and add an animation to the Alarms button to display the new page called Alarm This concludes the section on alarms Test out your application then move on to the next step STEP 9 GRAPHS AND CHARTS Real time data can be graphically represented on Bar Charts and trend graphs Page 36 Revision 2 0 OMRON Advanced Tutorial Add the points required by this step Point type Default Value Description optional milk temperature Integer 70 Temperature of milk degrees C water temperature Integer 80 Temperature of water degrees C 1 2 3 1 Make a new page with the following properties and save it to the project folder Page Title Graphs Border Style THICK Display Mode POPUP Top 0 Left 505 Height 582 Width 295 2 Add a Chart Graphical Object for displaying alarms in real time Configure the object to graph the 5 resource levels coffee level etc with appropriat
8. Project Directory CACOFFEE 2 Create a new page from the File menu Save the created page as Open pag into the project directory CACOFFEE 3 Make sure the page is added to the project if not add it 4 Run the application and test if the page is displayed correctly STEP 02 PROJECT EDITOR Revision 2 0 Page 23 Advanced Tutorial OMRON 1 2 3 1 Create a new page from the File menu 2 Save the new page and name it Main pag 3 Using the Workspace right click Main pag to make it Display on Run and make Open pag not Display on Run by removing the tick STEP 03 GRAPHICS PAGES 1 2 3 1 Openopen pag 2 Double click the page to set the following properties Page Title Open Border Style THICK Display Mode REPLACE Top 0 Left 0 Height 582 Width 800 Background colour Yellow The dialog should now look as follows Page Properties DisplayTite Display Background Cancel Page Description Colour Background Size Position Attributes Top o Height 582 Left fo Width eno Display Mode C Overlap Replace Border Style C None Thin Thick C Sizeable C Popup Centre Full Size Keep Page in Memory Page 24 Revision 2 0 OMRON Advanced Tutorial 3 Repeat for Main pag with the following properties Page Title Main Border Style THICK Display Mode REPLACE Top 0 Left 0 He
9. and by default when started thereafter the last loaded project is automatically loaded The CX Supervisor window offers many features to ease the process of programming using the mouse or keyboard or both It is possible to configure the display for any size monitor so that as much or as little information is visible as required using options from the View menu Any display configuration changes are saved in the Windows environment and restored next time CX Supervisor 1s run Use this section to become familiar with the layout of the CX Supervisor display and to set it up as desired Page 6 Revision 2 0 OMRON Getting Started with CX Supervisor CX Supervisor TITLE PAG Edit view Project Tools Window Help asu Times Roman gt 58 m x RAH m eGOCCK 04 58 RRP 2 AT ENGINE SCS NITE alus Project Scripts BackColour 12632256 UA Pages Borderstyle 1 E CARB PAG Title E INDEX PAG FontColour 0 TITLE PAG TitlePosition 0 cxs_Top amp Polygons AutoSizeFonts True amp Polygon 2 CommsServerName Not Initialis Not set temName Not E Polyline 1 UpdateRate 1 Bit Bitmap_1 ConnectionRetryInterval 100 X Polygon 4 ConnectionRetries 2 G Polygon 1 NumberOfDigits 6 Tet2 Meque 99999 9 in Minval 0 5 Folie 2 ResetValue 8 A Thumbwh
10. 2 3 1 For simplicity first select the object that represents the Green light H 2 Click on the Animation Editor button from the toolbar Page 16 Revision 2 0 OMRON Basic Tutorial Animation Editor Of x Tex 3 Object Actions Users y Runtime Actions Trigger Event Expression Access Blink dm Close Page B Colour Change Analogue D Colour Change Digital b Display Page c Display Value Analogue D Display Value Digital 4 Display Value Text b Edit Point Value Analogue dit Point Value Digital de Edit Point Value 23 Enable Disable dm Fuecute Serint 3 There are a number of actions available for each particular object With suitable configuration each of these actions may be applied to each object for example the green light can be given the following actions Blink Close Page Colour Change etc 4 double clicking the left mouse button choose Colour Change Digital By selecting this animation CX Supervisor is informed that the colour of the Green light an ellipse is to be changed according to the value of some Boolean digital variable or expression The Colour Change dialog appears m Colour Change Digital Digital Expression Colours State O Colour State 1 Colour Ea 5 Now we will link this animation to our point Click on the Browse button on the Colour Change dialog
11. Boolean point is used 4 Atthe Point Name field type GO as the name of the point 5 Check that the Point Type is Boolean and that Memory is selected as the O Type 6 Click on the OK button The point is added to the points database Revision 2 0 Page 15 Basic Tutorial OMRON Adding the toggle button As this is a simulation to see the application in action we need a means of changing the value of our new point GO The simplest method is to use a Toggle button a two state button which changes from one state to the other each time the button is pressed 1 2 3 1 Select the Toggle Button from the Graphic Object toolbar and draw out a button of a suitable size in relation to the traffic signal 2 Untitled x 2 Double click on the newly created Toggle button to bring up the Toggle Button Wizard dialog 3 We will link the toggle operation to our new point Click on the Browse button and the Select Required Item dialog is displayed 4 Selectthe new point GO and click on the OK button 5 Click on the OK button on the Toggle Button Wizard dialog Animation This simple traffic signal has only two states STOP and GO If the signal is STOP then the red light must illuminate If the signal is GO the green light must illuminate The Animation Editor is the key to defining how an object is animated depending on point values To configure the animations 1
12. Data can easily be formatted and exported in a textual report for example in TXT RTF or HTML format The template file will contain the following text DEPOSIT LEVEL REPORT DATE s Date Page 40 Revision 2 0 OMRON TIME s Time Advanced Tutorial Coffee Level d coffee level Water Level d water level Milk Level d milk level Tea Level d tea level Sugar Level d sugar level Active Alarms d ActiveAlarms LAR 0b Revision 2 0 Create a file in the project directory called source txt with the template text This template will be evaluated and the values within brackets formatted at runtime Make a new page with the following properties Page Title Report Border Style THICK Display Mode POPUP Top 0 Left 505 Height 582 Width 295 Use the Workspace to remove the Display On Run option from the popup menu Add a button with caption Generate Report with the following script for creating the output report file report txt GenerateReport C coffee source txt report txt Add a button with caption View Report with the following script for launching an associated viewer ViewReport C coffee Weport txt Add a button with caption Edit Report with the following script for loading the template into an installed editor EditFile C coffee source txt Add a Close button with an animation to close the page Open Main p
13. and configure the data type and field size from the table below 5 Save the table as Ingredients without an index 11 prompted 6 Close Microsoft Access saving any changes Field Name Field Data Type Field Size Selection Memo Page 42 Revision 2 0 OMRON Advanced Tutorial Coffee Number Integer Water Number Integer Milk Number Integer Tea Number Integer Sugar Number Integer You should now have a template Access database or other to use The next step 1s to add the database connections in the Developer 1 2 3 Open CX Supervisor Developer and load the project Open the Workspace and switch to the Database tab Right click and add a new connection called Connection1 and specify the new template file C Coffee coffee mdb as the Data Source Right click the Connection and select Connect The icon will change to indicate the connection is live Add a new Recordset for adding records called Recordsetl to the connection and ensure Ingredients is selected as the table name for the Source To allow writing to the database make sure Pessimistic or Optimistic lock is selected Add a Field called selection linked to point selection made and Field Selection Change the Field Property to Add Repeat to add coffee linked to point coffee amount and Field coffee with the Field Property Add and repeat for milk sugar tea and water Add a new Recordset for reading reco
14. following properties Page Title Security Border Style THICK Display Mode POPUP Top 0 Left 505 Height 582 Width 295 OMRON 2 Use the Workspace to remove the Display On Run option from the popup menu 3 Add 2 buttons with captions Login and Logout and add code to call script functions just Login and Logout respectively 4 If you desire add Text objects with Display animations to display the points SecurityLevel SSecurityName and UserName 5 Adda Close button with an animation to close the page 6 Open Main page and add an animation to the Security button to display the new page called Security You can now test the security Note the default user names and passwords below are case sensitive User Password Operator Operator Supervisor Supervisor Manager Manager Designer Designer This concludes the Advanced tutorial where you have learnt about Graphics Libraries Recipes more animations different scripts Alarms Graphs and Charts Data Logging File handling Report generation Database connectivity and Security These topics have only been touched on briefly to show some basic possibilities and are further detailed in the User Manual and Script Reference manual The final solution will have been installed and can be run from the Start button in Demos under the CX Supervisor folder Page 46 Revision 2 0 OMRON GLOSSARY ADO
15. the Cut button from the toolbar L233 1 y e 2 fm Select the Select Mode button from the Graphic Object toolbar Notice that when the cursor is over an icon on the palette information about it is displayed on the status bar Similarly if the cursor is left stationary over a button then a tooltip message appears after a short while Ensure that the selected colour from the palette is black by clicking on the colour black Select the Round Rectangle button from the Graphic Object toolbar Click the left mouse button and move the mouse pointer to near the top of the page and drag the pointer downward As this happens the outline of a round rectangle appears on the screen to form the housing of the traffic signal as shown below Notice that the position height and width of the object being edited are displayed for reference on the status bar Untitled x Select the Rectangle button from the Graphic Object toolbar and draw the support leg of the traffic signal Page 13 Basic Tutorial OMRON Untitled x e 5 Now that the main structure of the traffic signal is complete although rather basic work can begin on the coloured lights Only two lights are needed one red and one green this is best achieved by selecting the Ellipse button from the Graphic Object toolbar and drawing a circle of appropriate size to represent the light Tip Holding the CTRL key down while drawing an ellipse ensure
16. 7 Disk Compression 7 Disk Defragmentors 8 File Maintenance 7 Protection using a Token 4 Restrictions 7 System Backup 6 Token Installation 7 Customising Settings 9 CX Supervisor 49 CX Supervisor Pages Tutorial D Development Environment 49 Dongle 5 Revision 2 0 Activating 6 Fitting 5 Dynamic Data Exchange 49 F Fitting a Dongle 5 G Getting Started 1 11 Graphical User Interface 49 Graphics Editor 14 16 View 12 H Hardware Communication Interface 4 Hardware Copy Protection See Dongle See Dongle Hardware Requirements 3 Help System 9 HTML reports 44 I Icon 0 Input Output Types 49 Installing CX Supervisor 4 Interfaces to Hardware 4 Introduction to CX Supervisor 1 11 M Microsoft Excel 50 Microsoft Windows 50 Page 51 INDEX Getting Started OMRON O Object 50 Object Linking Embedding OLE 50 Operating Systems and Environments 3 Operator 50 P Pages 50 Pixel 51 Point 51 Point Editor Create point 20 Project 51 Concepts 12 13 Creating a new project 12 R Refining Projects Tutorial Run Time Environment 51 Runtime Testing 11 20 21 23 S SCADA 51 Settings Customising CX Supervisor 9 Simple Tutorial 12 22 Software Copy Protection 4 Using a Token 6 Starting CX Supervisor 1 8 11 System Requirements 3 Hardware Requirement
17. Cat No WOGE EN 01 CX Supervisor GETTING STARTED CX Supervisor Getting Started Software Release 2 0 OMRON Getting Started with CX Supervisor Notice OMRON products are manufactured for use according to proper procedures by a qualified operator and only for the purposes described in this manual The following conventions are used to indicate and classify precautions in this manual Always heed the information provided in them Failure to heed precautions can result in injury to people or damage to the product DANGER Indicates information that if not heeded is likely to result in loss of life or serious injury WARNING Indicates information that if not heeded could possibly result in loss of life or serious injury Caution Indicates information that if not heeded could result in relatively serious or minor injury damage to the product or faulty operation OMRON Product References All OMRON products are capitalised in this manual The word Unit is also capitalised when it refers to an OMRON product regardless of whether or not it appears in the proper name of the product The abbreviation PLC means Programmable Logic Controller and is not used as an abbreviation for anything else Revision 2 0 Page i Getting Started with CX Supervisor OMRON Page ii Revision 2 0 OMRON Getting Started with CX Supervisor Visual Aids The following headings appear in the left column of the manual to help you l
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19. The Select Required Item dialog is displayed 6 Select the new point GO and click on the OK button Revision 2 0 Page 17 Basic Tutorial OMRON 7 In the Colour Change Digital dialog ensure that GO is entered as the digital expression 8 The Colour Change dialog shows the two colours between which the light changes The colours need to be selected so that when the traffic signal is GO the Green light is bright green as per the default but when it is STOP i e State 0 the Green light dark green or grey indicating the bulb is not illuminated The colours can be changed by clicking on the colour preview box and then using the Colour Palette dialog which subsequently appears to choose the appropriate colour tones 9 The dialog should now look like this Colour Change Digital Digital Expression 0 Colours State 0 Colou State 1 Colouw EE dij Click on the OK button The animation of the green light has now been defined The application should be tested to ensure that the light is operating correctly Although the Red light could also be animated at this stage it is probably worth performing a runtime test on the tutor application just to see how it operates Page 18 Revision 2 0 OMRON Testing the Project Now the project can be tested in the runtime environment 1 2 3 1 Basic Tutorial Click on the Run button from the toolbar CX Supervisor first saves t
20. a CX Supervisor USB Dongle The USB Dongle should not require any additional activation The CX Supervisor installation process should correctly install and configure the required USB Dongle drivers which should be automatically loaded when the USB Dongle is fitted as above A Start In exceptional circumstances the CX Supervisor USB Dongle Drivers can be installed manually 1f required The USB Dongle Driver installation shortcut can be started from the Start button and can be found under the Omron and CX Supervisor groups Revision 2 0 Page 5 Getting Started with CX Supervisor OMRON Copy Protection using a Parallel Dongle Old parallel port Hardlock Dongles from previous versions cannot be used with this version The version 2 0 Runtime can only be activated with a new USB Dongle Copy Protection using a Software Token Old Software Tokens from previous versions cannot be used with this version The version 2 0 Runtime can only be activated with a new USB Dongle Starting CX Supervisor After the software installation the Programs option from the Start button shows a new group window for CX Supervisor under the OMRON heading The software is ready to run and can be started by clicking on the CX Supervisor Developer icon When CX Supervisor Developer is started and a new Project created it displays a window similar to the one shown below When launched automatically from the installation the Engine demo is automatically loaded
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22. age and add an animation to the Report Generation button to display the new page called Report Page 41 Advanced Tutorial OMRON Creating HTML reports 1 2 3 1 Create a file in the project directory called source htm with the template text If using Word or more powerful html editor feel free to experiment with different fonts font sizes and colours etc 2 Add3 buttons to Generate View and Edit the report as per the text example STEP 13 DATABASE ACCESS We will add the facility to write the ingredients used to a standard database and add a page to read through records previously written First we must create the database template using Microsoft Access Please consult your Microsoft documentation for full details of these operations If you do not have Microsoft Access you can still read and write Access files from CX Supervisor but you will need to copy a database file from the demo folder to use as a template Alternatively you can use any other ADO compatible data source with suitable changes to the connection details Add the point required by this step Point type Default Value Description optional record index nteger indexto current database record 12 3 1 Launch Microsoft Access and create a new database called coffee mdb in the project directory C Coffee 2 Createa new table in Design View if prompted 3 Insert 6 new Fields and rename them as per the table below Open the table Design
23. an be accessed by clicking Using Help from the Help menu Alternatively help on the topic currently in use can be obtained by pressing lt F1 gt Some dialogs also provide a Help button At the bottom of the CX Supervisor screen is a general status bar which provides several helpful pieces of information as the mouse is moved over display components Choose line style from palette CX Supervisor also includes point and click help To use this facility click on the icon The cursor changes to an arrow with a question mark next to it Use this cursor to point at any menu item or button on the display and then click Context sensitive help for that item is then displayed General information regarding CX Supervisor can be obtained by selecting About CX Supervisor from the Help menu Page 8 Revision 2 0 OMRON Basic Tutorial Basic Tutorial This chapter illustrates how to create a simple application using CX Supervisor It should only take about 20 minutes and should explain some key concepts The difference between the Development and Runtime applications The system is wholly controlled by data in the points whether in memory or from a PLC Controls can set the data Graphical controls use Animations to control how the data is displayed Introduction This chapter describes how a simple traffic signal is drawn using the Graphics Editor and how it is animated via the Animation Editor so that it changes colour jus
24. can open and close the machine and add credit to the machine STEP 06 SCRIPTS To extend the functionality we will add a Reset subroutine for initializing make the coffee liquid and the cup invisible and set a text such as Insert coin for the coffee machine display This assumes the cup object pouring coffee and main display objects are called cup coffee and Text 2 respectively Either adjust the script for your object names or rename them in the Workspace to these values Add the points required by this step 1 2 3 i 1 Open the Point Editor 2 Add the points with details as listed in the table below The Description column is optional as it only helps explain to you the function of the point Default Value Description optional pressed Boolean __ TRUE once first digit has been pressed ready Boolean Machine is ready to make a drink selection made Boolean TRUE when a selection has been made Revision 2 0 Page 31 Advanced Tutorial OMRON 1 2 3 1 Open the Workspace editor 2 Right click on Project Script to add a new Project Script 3 Set Trigger Event of Subroutine named Reset with the following script code to reset variables credit 0 selection 0 ready TRUE pressed false selection made false main coffee visible 0 main cup visible 0 displaytext Insert Coin main Text 2 blink black 4 On Main pag add a Page Script with a Trigger Event of On Initialisation to execute eve
25. crosoft Windows Applications are created using the development environment within CX Supervisor On completion the finished application can be delivered as a final customer application to be run by the run time environment A hardware key that plugs in the USB port that unlocks operation Graphical User Interface Part of a program that interacts with the user and takes full advantage of the graphics displays of computers A GUI employs pull down menus and dialog boxes for ease of use Like all Microsoft Windows based applications CX Supervisor has a GUI Input Output type An attribute of a point that defines the origin and destination of the data for that point The data for a point can originate be input from and is destined is output to to the internal computer memory PLC DDE target application Page 47 GLOSSARY Icon Microsoft Excel Microsoft Windows Microsoft Word Object OLE OLE DB Operator Pages Page 48 OMRON Pictorial representations of computer resources and functions The CX Supervisor development environment and run time environment are run from icons Icons are also used in CX Supervisor to indicate an OLE object A spread sheet application A windowing environment for personal computers that is noted for its GUI and for features such as multiple typefaces desk accessories such as a clock calculator calendar and notepad and the capability of moving text and graphics from
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27. d for a PLC to be connected to the development computer for executing program code and testing one of the following is required RS 232C connection via a standard serial port on the computer COMI etc RS 422 connection to a 422 serial board Standard Ethernet board Standard USB port An OMRON Network Service Board Refer to the appropriate hardware system manuals for full information about connecting and configuring these devices for the environment 9 9 Installing CX Supervisor The CX Supervisor software is supplied on CD ROM and is installed easily from within Windows To install CX Supervisor load the disk in the CD ROM drive The AutoRun feature should automatically start the setup program and the installation of CX Supervisor should take no more than a few minutes If this has been disabled see the README TXT on the CD ROM for manual launching instructions After installation the text file README HTML in the CX Supervisor directory contains up to date information about the software Read this file for details of any changes or new features in CX Supervisor made since this manual was produced Copy Protection CX Supervisor is copy protected to prevent illegal use During installation a valid License Key must be entered The CX Supervisor Runtime environment has additional protection and if the protection is not installed certain features are inaccessible To gain access to these features the USB protection must be insta
28. data is displayed This concludes the Basic Tutorial and you have learnt a little about Projects Pages Graphical objects Points Animations and running projects Revision 2 0 Page 21 Basic Tutorial OMRON Page 22 Revision 2 0 OMRON Advanced Tutorial Advanced Tutorial This chapter introduces some of the more advanced topics of CX Supervisor It is expected the user is already familiar with General Windows operation Software installation Creating opening saving and running of CX Supervisor projects Creating and saving pages Adding graphical objects and animations This chapter is intended to be a quick guide to the topics not full step by step instructions For a full description of these areas refer to the related chapters in the User Manual Coffee Machine scenario This tutorial is going to take the form of a simulation of a coffee vending machine They all have a familiar User Interface display functions control functions and we will be adding alarm recipe and security functions Again this tutorial will use Memory points for simplicity but remember with minimal changes the application could easily be monitoring and controlling a real PLC STEP 01 GETTING STARTED Follow the steps outlined referring 1f necessary to the User Manual for specific instructions 12 3 1 Create a new Machine Edition Project with the following specifications Project Name COFFEE Project Description Coffee Vending Machine
29. dropping and one when finished Display a message to notify the user to pick up the coffee 1 2 3 1 Copy the sound files glu wav and finished wav from the folder of the sample programs to the project folder C Coffee 2 Add a page script to trigger On Condition called Make the Drink with an expression of selection made TRUE and credit 1 and ready TRUE Add the following code ready FALSE displaytext Making your selection cup visible 1 coffee visible 1 for time counter 0 to 50 just looping for coffee animation next PlaySound c coffee glu wav PlaySound c coffee glu wav PlaySound c coffee glu wav PlaySound c coffee glu wav Sleep 2000 coffee visible 0 PlaySound c coffee finished wav displaytext Pick up your selection Revision 2 0 Page 33 Advanced Tutorial OMRON 3 Add an Execute Script animation to coffee cup with code to call the Reset subroutine when the cup is clicked Now s a good time to run the application and test the changes so far STEP 07 RECIPES So we can buy select and make a drink but how do we handle making different types of drinks By creating a Recipe for each choice predetermined amounts of ingredients can be used Add the points required by this step auxtet fet Temporary text area for conversions coffee amount Integer Amount of coffee for this selection mik amount Integer Nmountofmikforihsselecion
30. e Water Temperature Add a button to export data to CSV using the command ExportLog Dataset1 Milk Temperature Water Temperature CSV 0 c coffee export txt Add a button to manually restart logging using the command StartLogging Dataset1 Add a button to manually restart logging using the command StopLogging Dataset1 Add a Close button with an animation to close the page Open Main page and add an animation to the Data Logging button to display the new page called Datalog STEP 11 FILE HANDLING Page 38 Revision 2 0 OMRON Advanced Tutorial We ll add a file handling page allowing the selected drink to be written to a file on disk The file format will look like this 03 42 52 10 30 2002 User Selection 14 03 44 28 10 30 2002 User Selection 22 03 53 28 10 31 2002 User Selection 16 First add the points required by this step Default Value Description optional jauxtex Temporary text area for conversions index integer indexto current position in text file filename Tex Nameoftexifle fo read from ret Integer General purpose return value from various script functions Then write the subroutine to do the work This subroutine should be called every time a drink is made 12 3 1 At the Project level add a subroutine script called WriteToDisk 2 Add an integer parameter called sel 3 Add code to format the data and write t
31. e labels 3 Use the Workspace to remove the Display On Run option from the popup menu 4 Adda Trend Graph Graphical Object for displaying water temperature and milk temperature Configure as preferred scaling from 0 to 200 5 Add 2 sliders and link to water temperature and milk temperature to simulate changing temperatures 6 Adda Close button with an animation to close the page 7 Open Main page and add an animation to the Graphs amp Charts button to display the new page called Graphs STEP 10 DATA LOGGING In addition to simple trending we can add comprehensive Data Logging First create the items to log Revision 2 0 Page 37 Advanced Tutorial 1 2 3 OMRON Open the Workspace Editor and select the Data Logging tab Right click and select Add DataSet Right click on the added Data Set and select Add Item Add the item Milk Temperature and enter milk temperature in the expression field Repeat to add an item called Water Temperature for point water temperature Then create a page to view and export the data and control logging 1 2 3 Make a new page with the following properties Page Title Datalog Border Style THICK Display Mode POPUP Top 0 Left 505 Height 582 Width 295 Use the Workspace to remove the Display On Run option from the popup menu Add a button to automatically open the data log viewer using the command OpenLogView Dataset1 Milk Temperatur
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33. eelstyle 1 cxs_Real ThumbwheelFormat 0 cxs Dec Text ShowDisplayFormat False Text 1 S ThumbwheelDigitFontColour 0 Push 1 Ignition ThumbwheelbigtPaneColour 16777215 e TITLE OMRONCXT ik a Ease E d 1 ResetButton alse eae ae 6 ws ButtonPlacement 0 cxs Btns ButtonStyle 0 cxs E muecT PAG Value 0 L3 INFO PAG Enabled True LA IGNITION PAG DecimalPlaces 1 L HSTROKE PAG 2 HINXECT PAG L3 HIGNLPAG 2 HCOOL PAG E HCARB PAG ENGINE STROKE4 Searching For Engine INDEX Group 8 Display Page ENGINE TITLE Text_3 Static Text Object Engine Demonstration Stroked Text 1 Static Text Object Four Stroke Engine Info Text_11 Static Text Object an internal combustion engine in 1876 The Hinject BlockText_1 Block Text Object In diesel engines each cylinder has an injector nozzle which protrudes into the combustion space of the cylinders The injector nozzle is made gas tight with the cylinder High pressure fuel passes into the injector Higni BlockText_1 Block Text Object There are two circuits The primary circuit and the secondary circuit With the ignition switch closed and the engine running a current wil flow in the primary circuit as soon as the contact breaker closes The Hcool BlockText ck Text Object The cylinders are each surrounded by a cast in water jacket and the cooling water is passed into and out of the engine via a radiator The radiator co
34. ent environment Applications are run using the run time environment of CX Supervisor following creation of the application in the CX Supervisor development environment Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition A mode of video display that provides 800 x 600 pixel resolution or higher with 16 or more colours and is supported on Super Video Graphics Adapter systems Within the CX Supervisor script language Topic is used in DDE functions to specify a file name pertaining to an outside application Using DDE functions CX Supervisor allows the opening of a file part of the server application A mode of video display that provides 640 x 480 pixel resolution with 16 colours and is supported on Video Graphics Adapter systems An integral part of Microsoft Windows which allows Microsoft Windows based applications to be started from 1cons and for all applications to be organised CX Supervisor can be run from Windows Desktop Page 49 GLOSSARY OMRON Page 50 Revision 2 0 OMRON INDEX Getting Started INDEX A About this Manual 2 Accessing the Help System 9 Activating a Dongle 6 Activating CX Supervisor Token 6 ActiveX Data Objects 49 Adding a Point Tutorial Advanced Tutorial Animation Tutorial Animations 16 20 Application 49 B Bitmaps 49 C Communications Driver 49 Concepts of Projects Tutorial Copy Protection 4 Backing up Token Diskettes 8 Disk Cache Operation
35. ents The following configuration is the minimum system requirements for running CX Supervisor IBM PC compatible 600 MHz Pentium II processor or better 256Mbyte of RAM minimum 650Mbyte available hard disk space 1024 x 768 XGA display 9 9 9 9 A CD ROM drive is required in order to install the CX Supervisor software Note These are requirements when using minimum operating system For other operating systems consult your documentation The following configuration is the recommended minimum system environment for running CX Supervisor effectively IBM PC compatible Pentium II 1 0 GHz processor 512Mbyte of RAM 650Mbyte available hard disk space 1024 x 768 XGA display e Operating Systems and Environments The operating systems on which this software should be run are Microsoft Windows 2000 SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Note This product does not install or run on Windows NT Windows ME Windows98 or Windows 95 Note CX Supervisor is not guaranteed to be compatible with computers running Windows emulation e g Apple Macintosh or VMWare Revision 2 0 Page 3 Getting Started with CX Supervisor OMRON Note Internet Explorer 5 0 or later is required to use the version of CX Server installed with this product Interfaces to Hardware Communications CX Supervisor utilises communications driver CX Server for direct communication with OMRON factory automation equipment If it is intende
36. er CX Programmer etc Some small example applications are included with the CX Supervisor software to demonstrate some of the most useful features These can be used to help with product familiarity CX Supervisor comes with a comprehensive context sensitive on line help system which is designed to complement this manual and provide a quick reference at any point in the CX Supervisor application when the manual is not to hand This general help system uses a fast hypertext system that allows progressively more information to be obtained about any topic by selecting keywords within the descriptive text Throughout this manual it is assumed that the user has a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows and can Use the keyboard and mouse Select options from Windows menus Operate dialog boxes Locate open and save data files Edit cut and paste text Drag and drop Start programs from the START button 9 9 9 9 9 Revision 2 0 OMRON Getting Started with CX Supervisor If Windows has not been used before spending some time working with the Microsoft documentation is recommended before using CX Supervisor This introductory chapter deals with several important aspects of installing CX Supervisor and setting it up for use It is recommended that this entire chapter be read before installing the software System Requirements CX Supervisor operates on the following hardware and operating systems Hardware Requirem
37. exist for each project The pages in a project provide the visual aspect of CX Supervisor corresponding to a display with the objects contained in each page providing a graphical representation of the system being monitored Revision 2 0 OMRON Pixel PLC Point Project Run Time Environment SCADA SVGA mode Topic VGA mode Windows Desktop Revision 2 0 GLOSSARY A single displayable point on the screen from which a displayed image is constructed The screen resolution of the computer s Visual Display Unit VDU is defined by the number of pixels across and the number of pixels down e g 1024 x 768 Programmable Logic Controller A point is used to hold a value of a predefined type Boolean Integer Text etc The contents of a point may be controlled by an object or I O mechanism such as DDE The contents of a point may control the action or appearance of an object or be used for output via an I O mechanism A CX Supervisor application will consist of one or a number of pages linked together The pages may contain passive or active graphics text or animations and may be grouped together logically to form a project A project may consist of many pages or simply a single page Projects may be built and tested within the CX Supervisor development environment and run stand alone under the CX Supervisor run time environment Only one project at a time may be open for editing within the CX Supervisor developm
38. he current project and asks for confirmation to save the latest changes to tutor pag Click on the Yes button If this is the first time the page is saved you will be prompted to add it to the Project select Yes As there are no other pages to display you will be prompted to Display the page on Startup select Yes If you are prompted to save the project Tutor SCS select Yes The runtime system starts with the page just created shown inside a frame window Click on the Toggle button and observe the button change state The Green light should change colour When the button is clicked again the Green light should revert to its previous colour Repeat this test a few more times to observe the application in action Notice that it really doesn t matter how quickly or slowly the button is selected the light can always keep up with the changes Be sure to check the colour of the Green light Is it changing correctly between the two states If not check the colour definitions back in the development environment Refining the Project Any problems can be rectified by refining the project and re running the application Revision 2 0 Page 19 Basic Tutorial OMRON Page 20 1 2 3 1 Exit the Runtime environment by selecting Close from the Control menu or Right Clicking and selecting Exit from the popup menu 2 In the development environment select the Green light and then bring up the Animatio
39. ight 582 Width 800 Background colour Yellow 4 Still on Main pag draw a 3D floor using different graphics objects from the graphics object toolbox Use a line object and 2 Polygons Use the colour Palette to change the fill patterns and colours The page should now look like this Revision 2 0 Page 25 Advanced Tutorial OMRON Now draw the Coffee machine as shown in the picture below 1 Use a Text object from the Graphics Toolbar for the display and another for the 2 digit selection code Use hash characters to signify space to be replaced with a value 2 Use 10 Push Buttons for the user selection buttons with text 0 to 9 respectively 3 Add a menu showing the selection numbers for the different drinks both with and without sugar You can use Copy and Paste to quickly duplicate similar items Tip You can use the Alignment toolbar or View Menu Alignment to quickly align all selected objects horizontally or vertically The page should now resemble the following Black coffee Espresso White coffee Milk Page 26 Revision 2 0 OMRON 4 Advanced Tutorial On the upper right corner include new Push Buttons for displaying different pages for later exercises Label the buttons Alarms Graphs amp Charts Data Logging File Handling Report Generation Database and Security STEP 04 GRAPHICS LIBRARY Now we ll add these to a Gra
40. ing Started with CX Supervisor This chapter introduces the CX Supervisor application to a new user Welcome to CX Supervisor CX Supervisor is dedicated to the design and operation of PC based visualisation and machine control It is not only simple to use for small supervisory and control tasks but it also offers a wealth of power for the design of the most sophisticated applications CX Supervisor boasts powerful functions for a wide range of PC based HMI requirements Simple applications can be created rapidly with the aid of a large number of predefined functions and libraries and even very complex applications can be generated with a powerful programming language or VBScript CX Supervisor has an extremely simple intuitive handling and high user friendliness Importing ActiveX components makes it possible to create flexible applications and extend functionality CX Supervisor offers a comprehensive range of facilities for the developer and is capable of developing solutions with the following features Operator interface to processes Data acquisition and monitoring Information management Manufacturing control Supervisory control Batch sequencing Continuous process control Alarm monitoring and reporting Material handling monitoring and control Simulation and modelling through graphic animation Data Logging Error logging Project Editor and cross referencing Multi lingual user interfaces Report editor Database Connectivit
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43. lled Copy Protection using a USB Dongle The Runtime copy protection method consists of a small box called a Dongle which is plugged into a USB port When CX Supervisor is run the port is checked for a valid dongle and the program fails if it is not present Page 4 Revision 2 0 OMRON Getting Started with CX Supervisor Fitting a CX Supervisor USB Dongle Simply connect the dongle to any spare USB port of the computer noting any instructions supplied If there are no spare sockets a USB Hub device may be used to add extra sockets Once fitted Windows will automatically detect the new hardware and the power light on the USB Dongle will illuminate Note Old USB Dongles from previous versions cannot be used with this version The version 2 0 Runtime can only be activated with a new version 2 0 USB Dongle which are clearly identified as either Machine Edition dongle or PLUS dongle A Machine Edition dongle will only allow projects compiled for Machine Edition to run A PLUS dongle will allow both Machine Edition and PLUS projects to run Machine Feature Edition PLUS ActiveX Yes Yes VBScript Yes Yes Recipes Yes Yes Alarms 300 5000 Animations Yes Yes Max no Devices PLCs etc 18 ae OPC Connections Yes Yes Max user defined 500 8000 Points Max Regular Interval Scripts 10 100 500 SQL ODBC MS Supported MS Access Access MS Excel Databases dBase CSV Activating
44. member the coin should be visible while credit is false or should be invisible when credit is true or credit 1 Updating displays and pouring coffee 1 2 3 1 Select the main display object 2 Add a Display Value Text animation to with an expression displaytext Note 1f this animation is not available then the object may not have been originally created as a Text Object type 3 Add a Display Value Analogue animation to the 2 digit display with an expression selection 4 Adda Resize Height animation to coffee liquid object with an expression time_counter to simulate the pouring Minimum and Maximum should be 0 and 50 respectively Displaying storage levels Page 30 Revision 2 0 OMRON Advanced Tutorial 1 2 3 1 Open the page called open 2 Select the storage tank for the coffee Use the Workspace or Ungroup to find the rectangular window and add a Percentage Fill Vertical animation to the coffee storage tank viewing window with an expression coffee_level and minimum and maximum of 0 and 2000 respectively 3 Repeat for the other storage tanks with the appropriate points for the expressions 4 Add an Edit Value Analogue animation to the button below the coffee tank with an expression coffee level 5 Repeat for each button using appropriate point for each level Now would be a good time to run the application by clicking the toolbar button Run the project or Project Menu Run and test that you
45. n Editor dialog 3 Once again choose the Colour Change Digital dialog The two colours are shown at the bottom of the dialog If necessary select the colour and change its tone by using the Colour Palette dialog 4 Now select the Red light and animate this in the same manner as for the Green light Remember that with the traffic signal the red light needs to be ON i e bright red when is false i e State 0 When GO is true i e State 1 the Red light should be dark red or grey indicating the bulb is not illuminated gt Now try runtime once again Click on the Run button from the toolbar and try out the new tutor application this time both lights should change colour as the button is selected If both lights go on and off together then check and possibly change the colour definitions as described above Otherwise the traffic signal should be working as expected changing from red to green as the button is pressed On alternate selections the signal should change back from green to red Revision 2 0 OMRON Basic Tutorial Admittedly this application is very simple but it demonstrates some key points for all your applications e The difference between the Development and Runtime applications e The system is wholly controlled by data in the points whether in memory or from a PLC e Controls like the Toggle button can set the data e Graphical controls use Animations to control how the
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47. nsists of a large nest of vertical thin walled copper tubes which h Hcarb BlockText_1 Block Text Object With air Flowing into the engine through the venturi there is a reduction in pressure in the throat of the venturi There is an air bleed hole in the cover of the float chamber This allows atmospheric pressure to Customising CX Supervisor Settings By default CX Supervisor shows the Workspace Output view Toolbar Control bar and Status bar The display of these can be selected by activating the options from the View menu To display a toolbar Window or the palette toolbox click on the menu item with the mouse A tick next to a name indicates that it is currently displayed CX Supervisor saves the settings when it is exited and restores them when it is next executed The CX Supervisor Help System CX Supervisor comes with a detailed context sensitive help system at any time while using the software help can be obtained on the particular point currently being worked on or on general Revision 2 0 Page 7 Getting Started with CX Supervisor OMRON aspects of CX Supervisor This system is intended to complement the manual by providing on line reference to specific functions of the software and how to use them There are three types of CX Supervisor help index context sensitive help and status bar help An index of help topics can be accessed at any time by clicking Index from the Help menu Instructions on how to use help c
48. o disk aux_text2 ValueToText selection aux text Time Date User selection aux_text2 ret WriteMessage selections txt 1 aux_text true 4 Add script code to Make the Drink script to call the new subroutine Add the detail to the File Handling page Revision 2 0 Page 39 Advanced Tutorial OMRON 1 2 3 1 Make a new page with the following properties Page Title File Border Style THICK Display Mode POPUP Top 0 Left 505 Height 582 Width 295 2 Use the Workspace to remove the Display On Run option from the popup menu 3 Adda button with caption Select File with the following script for selecting the previously created file selections txt filename SelectFile Text Files txt txt All Files C Coffee 4 Add a button with caption Line Read with the following script for reading a line of text from the selected file aux text ReadMessage filename fileindex text 42 fileindex fileindex 42 5 Add a button with caption Reset Index with the following script for resetting the cursor to the start of the file fileindex 0 6 Add 3 Text objects with Display animations to display the points filename aux_text and fileindex 7 Add a Close button with an animation to close the page 8 Open Main page and add an animation to the File Handling button to display the new page called File STEP 12 REPORT GENERATION
49. o the page The graphics editor uses a Graphic Object toolbar and a floating window known as the Palette to construct and control objects on the page These are very easy to use 8 gt BSA 8 06 607000 6 3 4 Selection Tool Graphics Objects Reposition Bar Extended Pattern Palette Extended Colour Palette Colour Palette Extended Line Palette Line Palette Pattern Palette lt For Help press F1 Several small icons are visible on the Graphic Object toolbar each one representing one of the graphical objects with which an application can be constructed Some of the objects are graphical Page 12 Revision 2 0 OMRON Basic Tutorial primitives straight lines ellipses rectangles some are rather more advanced such as the gauge object which has built in functionality Note The Graphic Object toolbar is only enabled when a page is active If the toolbar looks disabled click the page to make it active On the Palette is a colour palette line style palette and fill pattern palette These selections control the way in which objects appear Note 3 Revision 2 0 The Palette can be hidden and shown using the View menu Experiment by creating examples of each of the various graphic objects at this stage and configure with the Palette When finished with these objects delete them by clicking on them and then hitting the lt Delete gt key or clicking on
50. ocate different types of information Note Indicates information of particular interest for efficient and convenient operation of the product 1 2 3 Indicates lists of one sort or another such as procedures checklists etc Represents a shortcut on the Toolbar to one of the options available on the 3 menu of the same window d Start Indicates a program must be started usually by clicking the appropriate option under the standard Windows Start button OMRON 2007 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical electronic photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of OMRON All copyright and trademarks acknowledged No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein Moreover because OMRON is constantly striving to improve its high quality products the information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice Every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual Nevertheless OMRON assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained in this publication Revision 2 0 Page iii Getting Started with CX Supervisor OMRON Page iv Revision 2 0 OMRON Getting Started with CX Supervisor About this Manual This manual de
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52. oesn t actually do anything Now we ll add the points and animations to make the machine function Add the required points 1 2 3 Ensure the project is saved before continuing B 2 From the toolbar open the Point Editor or Utilities Menu Point Editor 3 Add the points required for this step with details as listed in the table below The Description column is optional as it only helps explain to you the function of the point Booleam TRUE when coin inserted into the machine selection Integer Numberofselection made lime couner eger Control pouring of drink Opening and closing the machine Revision 2 0 Page 29 Advanced Tutorial OMRON 1 2 3 1 Open the page called open 2 Select the door lock object on the bottom left 3 From the toolbar open the Animation Editor or Utilities Menu animation Editor 4 Add an animation for Display Page and select the page to be opened as Main Note that because the pages were defined as Replace when one page opens it will replace and close pages underneath automatically 5 Repeat for the door lock on the page called Main to open the page called Open Inserting the coin 1 2 3 1 Open the page called Main 2 Select the coin and add an animation for Execute Script with the script code credit 1 to acknowledge that money has been entered 3 Also add an animation for Visibility controlled by the value of credit Re
53. one application to another via a clipboard CX Supervisor will run only under Microsoft Windows A word processing application See also SVGA mode and VGA mode In CX Supervisor an object can be text graphics a control a bitmap or OLE object as created in the development environment A complex object can exist as a combination of two or more objects of any of the above types Specifically graphical objects can be categorised as a line an arc a polygon including a square and rectangle a round rectangle an ellipse including a circle or a Polyline A control is essentially a complex graphic object and is specifically either a button a toggle button a slider a trend graph a rotational gauge or a linear gauge Object Linking and Embedding Used to transfer and share information between Microsoft Windows based applications and accessories When OLE is used in CX Supervisor it is possible to view or even edit a file from a target application OLE DB is the underlying database technology on which ADO relies OLE BD is designed to be the successor to ODBC A symbol used as a function with infix syntax if it has two arguments e g or prefix syntax if it has only one argument e g NOT The CX Supervisor script language uses operators for built in functions such as arithmetic and logic The combination and manipulation of pages containing objects within projects forms the basis of CX Supervisor More than one page can
54. phics Library for later re use 1 2 3 l Now we ll re use these objects Revision 2 0 Select the objects used for the background Holding the Shift key allows selected objects to be added to the selection Group the objects together by pressing lt Ctrl gt G or selecting Group from the Edit menu and rename the group object to Background Select all the objects in the coffee machine by dragging the selection box around all the objects Group the objects together Rename the group object to CoffeeMachine Open the Graphics Library Editor window and position so both can be clearly seen Add a library called My Library Add the grouped objects to your new library by just dragging them from the page to the Library Window Note that object animations and scripts are copied to the Library Page 27 Advanced Tutorial OMRON 1 2 3 1 Open the page open pag 2 Open the Graphics Library Editor window and position so both can be clearly seen 3 Drag the Background and Coffee Machine to the new page 4 Modify the page to show the machine open as shown below e Delete the menu objects e Add the open door e Add storage tanks from the TANKS 16 library e Add Push buttons under the tanks Tip You can also use Copy and Paste to quickly create duplicate objects like the tanks and buttons Page 28 Revision 2 0 OMRON Advanced Tutorial STEP 05 ANIMATION We have 2 pages but the application still d
55. rds called Recordset2 to the connection and ensure Ingredients is selected as the table name for the Source Copy each field from Recordsetl and Paste to Recordset2 Change all the Field Properties from Add to Value With the template of the database now defined it is very to easy write the data to the database Revision 2 0 Page 43 Advanced Tutorial OMRON 1 2 3 1 At the Project level add a subroutine script called WriteToDatabase 2 Add code to write to the database requery the table so that the latest data can be seen and navigate back to the original record DBAddNew Connectionl Recordset1 DBExecute Connection Recordset2 Requery DBMove 1 Recordset2 Position record index 3 Add script code to Make the Drink script to call the new subroutine Written database records can now be viewed 1 2 3 1 2 Page 44 At the Project level add a subroutine script called ReadFromDatabase Add code to read to the database DBRead Connectionl Recordset2 record index DBProperty Connectionl Recordset2 CurrentRecord Make a new page with the following properties Page Title Database Border Style THICK Display Mode POPUP 0 Left 505 Height 582 Width 295 Use the Workspace to remove the Display On Run option from the popup menu Add a button for navigating to the next record with the script ret DBProperty Connectionl Recordset2
56. ry time the page is loaded with the following code CALL Reset When the coin is inserted we want to make a sound and change the displayed command 1 2 3 1 Copy the sound file cashreg wav from the folder of the sample programs to the project folder C Coffee 2 Create a Page Script with Trigger Event of On Condition with an Expression of credit 1 and script code of displaytext Make a Selection PlaySound c coffee cashreg wav Include a script for displaying the user selection in the Selection Display and assign this selection to the selection variable Use the variables selection to store the number typed pressed to note when the first digit has been entered and selection_made to determine when the second digit has been entered therefore the selection is complete Page 32 Revision 2 0 OMRON Advanced Tutorial 1 2 3 1 Add a Execute Script animation to the Push Button with caption 1 with the following code IF pressed TRUE THEN selection selection 10 1 pressed FALSE selection_made TRUE ELSE selection 1 pressed TRUE selection made FALSE ENDIF 2 Repeat for the other buttons replacing both the 1 s with the appropriate digit To round off this step include a script to produce the selection entered by the user This script should Display a message for informing the user what is happening Display the cup and the coffee liquid Play a sound file to simulate the coffee
57. s 3 Interfaces to Hardware 4 Operating System 3 T Testing the Project Tutorial Page 52 The First Steps with CX Supervisor 11 Token Activating a Token 6 Backing up Token Diskettes 8 Copy Protection 6 Disk Cache Operation 7 Disk Compression 7 Disk Defragmenters 8 File Maintenance 7 Installing a Token 7 Restrictions 7 System Backup 7 Topic 51 Tutorial Adding a Point 16 17 Advanced 25 Alarms 37 Animation 18 31 Charts 38 Concepts of Projects 12 CX Supervisor Pages 13 Data Logging 39 Database access 44 File Handling 40 Graphics Editor 14 Graphics Library 29 Graphs 38 HTML Reports 42 Reading Files 40 Recipes 36 Refining the Project 21 Report Generation 42 Scripts 33 Security 47 Simple 12 22 Testing the Project 20 U Using a Token for copy protection 6 Using the Graphics Editor Tutorial V VGA Mode 51 Revision 2 0 OMRON INDEX Getting Started Welcome to CX Supervisor 1 W Windows Desktop 51 Revision 2 0 Page 53 Terms and Conditions of Sale OMRON Offer Acceptance These terms and conditions these Terms are deemed part of all quotes agreements purchase orders acknowledgments price lists catalogs manuals brochures and other documents whether electronic or in writing relating to the sale of products or services collectively the Products by Omron Ele
58. s that a true circle 1s drawn 6 Select the colour red and then position the light at the top of the traffic signal 7 Repeat the process for the green light and position this at the bottom of the traffic signal Untitled x Adding a Point Now we need to define a variable by which the traffic signal is to be controlled As there are only 2 states i e GO and STOP a Boolean or digital value will be used Page 14 Revision 2 0 OMRON Basic Tutorial real application of course we would be connecting to a PLC and reading a digital input Except for the following point definition the rest of this tutorial is identical to a real monitoring application For simplicity of this tutorial this Point or variable will be a local memory point For a 1 2 3 1 Click on the Point Editor button on the main toolbar The Point Editor window is displayed 8 play 2 Click on the Add Point button The Add Point dialog is displayed Add Point x General Attributes OK Point Name Cancel Group Default gt 5 Advanced didi Description r Point Type Point Attributes gi Default State Default Text Integer State 0 ort Real C State 1 On 1 Text 140 Type Memory Attributes Memory Array Size E Input Output C Input Output 3 Now the variable or Point can be defined to control the traffic signal in this instance a simple
59. scribes the CX Supervisor application and its installation This manual contains the following Getting Started A description of CX Supervisor installation and its use for the first time Basic Tutorial A quick guide of use for the first time Advanced Tutorial A detailed step by step tutorial for the key areas Warning Failure to read and understand the information provided in this manual may result in personal injury or death damage to the product or product failure Please read each section in its entirety and be sure you understand the information provided in the section and related sections before attempting any of the procedures or operations glven Revision 2 0 Page v Getting Started with CX Supervisor OMRON Page vi Revision 2 0 OMRON Getting Started with CX Supervisor TABLE OF CONTENTS SEAN oie e ep e e ERE ere Eee te ee RUE Page Getting Started with CX Supervisor 1 Welcome to C X Supervisor esie eei ede ee ee TREE 1 About this Man al 5 co eee A A ae 2 RU 3 Installing X Super Ae 4 0 4 Start 0 50 8 Customising CX Supervisor 0 9 The EX Supervisor Help isc 9 Basic Tutorial ina 1 Advanced Tutorlal e eeeiceses ua cco esce seco s bo sao o pedea quss soa aa aae 25 Glossary of Termsj 0 WOK CREER Revision 2 0 Page vii OMRON Getting Started with CX Supervisor Gett
60. t as if it were a real traffic signal controlling a road or rail junction As the first tutorial proceeds important concepts about CX Supervisor are introduced by this symbol By the end of this tutorial sufficient understanding of CX Supervisor should have been gained to allow progression to the second more advanced tutorial which demonstrates some of the more popular key features Note CX Supervisor uses standard Microsoft Windows dialogs and conventions wherever possible so that experienced Windows users should immediately feel comfortable Inexperienced Windows users should refer to standard Windows documentation The First Step Before the tutorial can be started the development version of CX Supervisor must be installed on a suitable machine as described earlier in this manual When this has been done invoke CX Supervisor Development from the Start button When CX Supervisor has initialised the main screen is displayed as shown or similar Revision 2 0 Page 9 Basic Tutorial OMRON CX Supervisor TITLE PAG Edt Project Tools Window Help asu 052 AS 0 095968 HRB Times New Roman gt 58 gt z u ar m ha 0 50 gt SA 2 6 ENGINE SCS Y Project Scripts Name value BackColour 12632256 Pages Borderstyle 1 E CARB PAG Title E INDEX PAG FontColour 0
61. t wil flow in the primary circuit as soon as the contact breaker closes The Hcool BlockText_1 Block Text Object The cylinders are each surrounded by a cast in water jacket and the cooling water is passed into and out of the engine via a radiator The radiator consists of a large nest of vertical thin walled copper tubes which h Hcarb BlockText_1 Block Text Object With air flowing into the engine through the venturi there is a reduction in pressure in the throat of the venturi There is an air bleed hole in the cover of the float chamber This allows atmospheric pressure to Build Find in fles 1 Find in fles 2 The Concept of Projects A project is the set of objects associated with one application This includes Pages Graphics Reports Alarms Animations Point configuration Point values Recipes and all other information Only one project can be opened by one application at a time A project must be created in which to conduct the tutorial for simplicity a separate sub directory should be created for each project 1 2 3 Select New Project from the File menu and choose a Machine Edition project Page 10 Revision 2 0 OMRON D CX Supervisor Pages New Machine Edition Project Project Name Tutor Project Path c demos engine Folder c Program Files gt Omron E gt CX Supervisor New Project Folder tutorial Drives c PROGRAMS
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63. y Connection to OPC Servers Use of ActiveX objects o 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 o Revision 2 0 Page 1 Getting Started with CX Supervisor OMRON Use of Visual Basic script and Java Script CX Supervisor runs on standard PC desktop computers running Microsoft Windows CX Supervisor is intuitive and easy to use and allows the developer to rapidly configure test and debug a project CX Supervisor comprises two separate executable Windows programs CX Supervisor Development environment and CX Supervisor Runtime environment Applications are created and tested using the development environment and then delivered as a final customer application with the runtime environment The runtime only environment may only be used for executing an application previously generated using the development environment It is not possible to generate a new runtime application using the runtime environment Note It is important that this copy of the CX Supervisor software is registered on the OMRON web site in order to qualify for technical support and maintenance updates OMRON will not be able to help unless this copy has been registered About this Manual Page 2 This manual helps a new user get started with CX Supervisor by describing the software installation and computer configuration and by leading the user through the basics of CX Supervisor application programming Separate OMRON manuals describe the related software products CX Serv

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