Home

User`s Guide Volume 2

1. RFC1766 Language Country Region Name eu ES Basque Basque be BY Belarusian Belarus bg BG Bulgarian Bulgaria ca ES Catalan Catalan Zh HK Chinese Hong Kong SAR Default Sort Order Stroke Count zh HK Chinese Hong Kong SAR Alternate Sort Order Stroke Count zh MO Chinese Macau SAR Default Sort Order Pronunciation zh MO Chinese Macau SAR Alternate Sort Order Stroke Count zh CN Chinese China Default Sort Order Pronunciation zh CN Chinese China Alternate Sort Order Stroke Count zh SG Chinese Singapore Default Sort Order Pronunciation zh SG Chinese Singapore Alternate Sort Order Stroke Count zh TW Chinese Taiwan Default Sort Order Stroke Count zh TW Chinese Taiwan Alternate Sort Order Bopomofo hr HR Croatian Croatia cs CZ Czech Czech Republic da DK Danish Denmark div MV Dhivehi Maldives nl BE Dutch Belgium nl NL Dutch The Netherlands en AU English Australia en BZ English Belize en CA English Canada en CB English Caribbean en IE English Ireland en JM English Jamaica en NZ English New Zealand en PH English Philippines en ZA English South Africa en TT English Trinidad and Tobago en GB English United Kingdom F e RFC1766 names
2. RFC1766 Language Country Region Name en US English United States en ZW English Zimbabwe et EE Estonian Estonia fo FO Faroese Faroe Islands fa IR Farsi Iran fi FI Finnish Finland fr BE French Belgium fr CA French Canada fr FR French France fr LU French Luxembourg fr MC French Monaco fr CH French Switzerland mk MK FYRO Macedonian gl ES Galician Galician ka GE Georgian Georgia Default Sort Order Traditional ka GE Georgian Georgia Alternate Sort Order Modern Sort de AT German Austria de DE German Germany Default Sort Order Dictionary de DE German Germany Alternate Sort Order Phone Book Sort DIN de LI German Liechtenstein de LU German Luxembourg de CH German Switzerland el GR Greek Greece gu IN Gujarati India he IL Hebrew Israel hi IN Hindi India hu HU Hungarian Hungary Default Sort Order hu HU Hungarian Hungary Alternate Sort Order Technical Sort is IS Icelandic Iceland id ID Indonesian Indonesia it IT Italian Italy F 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE F 4 RFC1766 Language Country Region Name it CH Italian Switzerland ja JP Japanese Japan Default Sort Order ja JP Japanese Japan Alternate
3. Screen List Selector s Enter Key Enter button Screen List Selector s Down Cursor Move down button Screen List Selector s Up Cursor Move up button Control List Selector s list Control list selector The PanelBuilder 1400e Control List Selector is divided into four separate RSView graphic objects A 5 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE This PanelBuilder 1400e object Is converted to this RSView object Notes Control List Selector s Enter Key Enter button Control List Selector s Down Cursor Move down button Control List Selector s Up Cursor Move up button Screen Select Keypad small and large Display list selector Specify the graphic displays that the display list selector can open Screen Keypad Enable Button Display list selector Specify the graphic displays that the display list selector can open Goto Screen Button Goto display button Return to Previous Screen Button Return to display button ASCII Display String display Numeric Keypad Enable Button Numeric input enable button Normally Open Momentary Momentary push button During conversion the button is set up to be normally Push Button open Normally Closed Momentary Momentary push button During conversion the button is set up to be normally Push Button closed Screen Print Button Display print button Alarm History Sort By Time Sort By Va
4. Features that are not supported in version 3 1 or earlier The features listed in the table on page G 2 are not supported in version 3 1 of RSView ME Station In addition these version 3 2 alarm options are not supported in version 3 1 nor in earlier versions The right column describes how to remove or replace the feature To remove or replace this feature Alarm list graphic object with an unsupported combination of alarm conditions Alarm list graphic object with Blink selected for one or more alarm conditions Do this Do one of the following a Select the Display check box for each alarm condition Select the Display check box for only these alarm conditions Active and unacknowledged Inactive and unacknowledged For all alarm conditions that you are displaying clear the Blink check box Alarm list graphic object with Use alarm colors turned off for one or more alarm conditions Alarm list graphic object with the Acknowledged symbol column turned off For all alarm conditions that you are displaying select the Use alarm colors check box Select the Display column check box for the Acknowledged symbol column Alarm list graphic object with an Acknowledged symbol other than Change the Acknowledged symbol to Alarm list graphic object with the Active symbol column displayed Clear the Display column check box for the Active symbol column Alarm list graphic object with tags o
5. Returns 10 binary 0000 0000 0000 1010 tagl Returns 6 binary 1111 1111 1111 1010 Evaluation order of operators Expressions with more than one operator are evaluated in this order m Operators in parentheses are evaluated first Therefore to change the order of precedence use parentheses m The operator with the highest precedence is evaluated next m When two operators have equal precedence they are evaluated from left to right Operators are evaluated in this order Evaluation order 1 highest 20 Using expressions Symbols 2 NOT x MOD K ok AND amp amp gt gt lt lt 5 lowest 20 11 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 20 12 Examples Evaluation order For these examples tag 5 tag2 7 and tag3 10 tagl gt tag2 AND tag1 lt tag3 is evaluated in this sequence l tagl gt tag2 0 2 tagl lt tag3 1 3 0AND 1 0 The expression evaluates to 0 false tagl gt tag2 AND tag3 is evaluated in this sequence l tag2 AND tag3 1 2 tagl gt 1l 1 The expression evaluates to true NOT tagl AND tag2 gt tag3 2 is evaluated in this sequence 1 NOT tagl 0 2 0 AND tag2 0 3 tag3 2 100 4 0 gt 100 0 The expression evaluates to 0 false Mathematical functions 20 Using expressions Use math functions to calculate the square root log natural or base 10 or trigonometry ratios in
6. 4 17 navigating between 24 1 objects for 24 3 testing navigation 24 3 numbering 8 5 8 7 opening 14 3 planning 3 3 14 2 printing 14 34 at run time 14 34 remotely 8 2 14 34 setting up printer 26 10 setting up 14 11 sizing 4 11 14 13 testing 14 10 animation 17 5 title barin 4 14 types of 14 12 default type 14 3 using parameter files with 14 27 viewing in detail 14 9 Graphic Displays editor 14 3 undoing and redoing actions in 14 10 using tags in 6 9 Graphic images importing 14 20 monochrome 14 21 that come with RSView Studio 14 21 viewing 14 23 Graphic libraries 14 15 ALARM BANNER display 9 25 ALARM MULTI LINE display 9 5 9 26 changing file location for 14 19 copying 9 30 creating 14 16 HISTORY display 9 5 9 28 opening 14 16 RecipePlus Components library 19 10 saving with multiple languages 14 17 setting up for multiple languages 23 12 Sliders library 17 14 STATUS display 9 5 9 27 Trends library 18 10 Graphic Libraries editor 14 16 Graphic object types acknowledge alarm button 15 8 16 17 acknowledge all alarms button 15 9 16 17 ActiveX objects 15 2 15 22 alarm banner 15 11 16 60 alarm list 15 10 16 58 alarm status list 15 11 16 61 alarm status mode button 15 8 16 17 backspace button 15 8 16 17 16 49 bar graph 15 6 16 44 16 46 clear alarm banner button 15 8 16 17 clear alarm history button 15 9
7. RSVICW Machine Edition ENTERPRISE SERIES Machine Level HMI for Open and Embedded Solutions User s Guide Volume 2 Publication VIEWME UMO005D EN E July 2005 Supersedes Publication VIEWME UMO005C EN E Rockwell Automation Contacting Rockwell Software Copyright Notice Trademark Notice Warranty Technical Support Telephone 440 646 5800 Technical Support Fax 440 646 5801 World Wide Web www rockwellsoftware com Copyright 2005 Rockwell Software Inc All rights reserved Printed in USA Portions copyrighted by the Allen Bradley Company LLC a Rockwell Automation company This manual and any accompanying Rockwell Software products are copyrighted by Rockwell Software Inc Any reproduction and or distribution without prior written consent from Rockwell Software Inc is strictly prohibited Please refer to the license agreement for details VBA and DCOM Copyright 1996 1997 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group Rockwell Automation Rockwell Software Allen Bradley ControlLogix FactoryTalk PLC 5 RSLinx RSTools RSView and VersaView are registered trademarks and the Rockwell Software logo RSAssetSecurity RSLinx Enterprise RSLogix RSView Machine Edition RSView ME Station RSView Studio RSView Supervisory Edition A I Series Advanced Interface A L Series FactoryTalk Automation Platform FactoryTalk Diagnostics Fact
8. l Compare Cancel Help 3 Specify the recipe file or files data sets and tag sets to compare For information about the options in the Compare Recipes dialog box see Help 4 Click Compare A report is displayed in Windows Notepad 19 8 19 Setting up RecipePlus P CompareReport txt Notepad ojx File Edit Format View Help Recipe Compare Report 6 6 2005 8 16 24 PM Report Type Data Set Compare Recipe File s Recipel C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RSView Enterprise MeE HMI Projects Bakery RecipePlus organic brownies rp Recipe2 C Documents and Settings All fie oe n Enterprise mMeE HMI Projects Bakery RecipePlus organic cookies rpp Data Sets Data Set 1 from Recipel small batch Data Set 2 from Recipe2 Small batch Ingredients that are duplicated in Recipel Ingredients in Recipel that are not in Recipe2 baking powder butter Data Set 1 1 Data Set 2 2 eggs Data Set 1 4 Time and date formats The time and date in the report use the time and short date format for the current application language For information about using multiple languages see Chapter 23 Creating RecipePlus objects You can create one RecipePlus table and RecipePlus selector per graphic display You can create multiple RecipePlus buttons in a display with a different action assigned to each The objects and button actions to use depend on how you want to use your recipe system For
9. 16 18 close display button 15 3 16 37 control list selector 15 5 16 48 diagnostics clear all button 15 9 16 18 diagnostics clear button 15 8 16 18 diagnostics list 15 11 16 62 display list selector 15 3 16 38 display print button 15 3 16 18 drawing objects 15 1 arcs 15 3 15 17 circles 15 3 15 18 ellipses 15 3 15 18 freehand objects 15 3 15 18 images 15 3 15 15 lines 15 3 15 19 panels 15 3 15 17 polygons 15 3 15 19 polylines 15 3 15 19 rectangles 15 3 15 20 rounded rectangles 15 3 15 21 squares 15 3 15 20 text 15 3 15 14 wedges 15 3 15 17 end button 15 8 16 18 16 49 enter button 15 8 16 18 16 49 gauge 15 6 16 44 16 47 goto configure mode button 15 3 16 18 goto display button 15 3 16 36 home button 15 8 16 18 16 49 information acknowledge button 15 8 16 18 information message display 15 11 16 64 interlocked push button 15 5 16 27 language switch button 15 3 16 18 latched push button 15 5 16 24 list indicator 15 6 16 43 local message display 15 11 16 54 login button 15 3 16 18 logout button 15 3 16 17 macro button 16 55 maintained push button 15 5 16 22 momentary push button 15 5 16 21 move down button 15 8 16 17 16 49 move left button 15 8 16 17 move right button 15 8 16 17 move up button 15 8 16 17 16 49 multistate indicator 15 6 16 40 multistate push button 15 5
10. 19 9 using at runtime 19 12 28 16 28 18 RecipePlus Editor 19 6 19 7 viewing runtime data in 19 13 RecipePlus selector graphic object 15 10 19 2 creating 19 9 linking buttons to 16 10 l 14 navigating to 16 9 using at runtime 19 12 28 16 28 18 RecipePlus Setup editor 19 5 RecipePlus table graphic object 15 10 19 2 creating 19 9 linking buttons to 16 10 navigating to 16 9 using at runtime 19 12 28 16 28 18 Recipes 19 1 comparing 19 7 displaying at runtime 19 2 downloading 19 3 editing at runtime 19 2 linking buttons to 19 11 number format 19 4 numeric limits 19 4 planning 3 6 saving at runtime 19 3 selecting at runtime 19 2 setting up 19 2 testing 19 10 time and date formats 19 9 uploading 19 3 viewing data for 19 13 Rectangle graphic object 15 3 15 20 blinking 17 10 Reference objects creating 15 24 editing 16 3 link properties 16 4 Relational operators in expressions 20 7 evaluation order of 20 10 Remote display changes 8 6 13 24 Remote macros 8 5 22 3 Replace displays 14 12 sizing 4 12 Reset alarm status button graphic object 15 9 16 18 using to reset alarms 9 8 using with alarm status lists 9 36 Return to display button graphic object 15 3 16 18 using to navigate 24 3 24 5 RFC1766 names F 1 Right click menus 14 5 Index Rotation animation 15 7 15 57 17 13 at run t
11. Type anew value for the ingredient and then press Enter 19 Setting up RecipePlus The new value is displayed in the Recipe column 7 Press the Save button to save the new value 8 Press the Download button to write all the values in the Recipe column to the tags associated with the ingredients The values are downloaded to the data source Viewing data values that are saved at runtime Use the RecipePlus Editor in RS View Studio to view data values that have been saved at runtime The operator can save tag values at runtime by uploading to an existing data set or to a new data set The operator can also edit data set values in the RecipePlus table and save the edited values unless the table is View only i If recipe files are stored with the HMI project changes are saved in the mer file only You cannot view the changes in RSView Studio To view data values in modified recipe files 1 Do one of the following m Add the recipe file rpp that you saved at runtime into the application using Add Component Into Application for details see page 2 15 m Ifthe recipe file already exists in the application you can just copy the modified file back into the application s RecipePlus folder For the path to the RecipePlus folder see page 19 5 2 Inthe Explorer window in RSView Studio double click the modified recipe file The RecipePlus Editor opens 3 Click the Ingredients tab 4 Ifthe data set you want to v
12. and floating point values at design time and runtime When the application language is switched the locale settings for the new language are used even if that language has not been installed You do not need to edit the default locale settings Adding languages to the application Use the Language Configuration dialog box in RSView Studio to add up to 20 languages to the application Add languages before you m create language switch buttons m create the runtime application To add languages to an application 1 On the Tools menu click Languages 23 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 23 4 RFC1766 name for each language Language Configuration General Language iD Chinese PAC Languages added English United States en US mus ee French France fr FA to the application German Germany de DE Japanese j JF Spanish Mesica esbls Current application gt Curent language English United States en US language Add Remove Export Import Cancel Help 2 Add languages For details see Help Removing languages You can also use the Language Configuration dialog box to remove languages When you remove a language all the strings for the language are deleted the next time you save the application Saving a component deletes strings for the removed language from the component Exporting application text strings for translation Exported
13. and units You can also specify a percent complete tag and a status tag for the recipe For details see page 19 6 3 Create a display in the Graphics editor containing a RecipePlus selector table and buttons For details see page 19 9 4 If desired create key buttons in the same graphic display to allow the operator to use the selector and table without a keyboard For information about the buttons you can use with recipes see page 19 11 How the recipe system works A recipe system consists of a recipe file and the graphic objects used to work with the ingredients at runtime RecipePlus selector Use the RecipePlus selector to select the recipe file and unit to work with RecipePlus table Use the RecipePlus table to display the selected recipe file s ingredients tag values and data set values The operator can edit data set values in the table unless you select the View only option If desired you can include a Compare column in the table to compare tag values to data sets at a glance If you choose this option RS View displays an X in the Compare column when the tag value and data set value for an ingredient differ Ingredients with an X are listed first 19 Setting up RecipePlus RecipePlus button Use the RecipePlus button to perform actions on the selected recipe s ingredients Set up a separate button for each action you want to perform Restore display the selected recipe in the RecipePlus tabl
14. the name must use ALL CAPS 4 To enter a password press the Password button or press F3 on an external keyboard 5 Type the password in the string pop up keyboard or on an external keyboard and then press Enter For RS View 4 0 applications the password is case sensitive For RS View 3 x applications the password is not case sensitive 6 To close the Login window and complete the login press Enter What happens when a user logs in When a user logs in m Ifthe previous user did not log out the previous user is logged out now If a logout macro is set up for the previous user the logout macro runs assigning values to tags If the previous user belongs to a group and a logout macro is set up for the group the logout macro runs m The new user is logged in m Ifalogin macro is set up for the new user the macro runs assigning values to tags If the new user belongs to a group and a login macro is set up for the group the login macro runs 28 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 28 4 Problems with logging in Login is unsuccessful under these circumstances m Ifthe graphic display changes remotely before the user has finished logging in the login is cancelled m Ifthe user name doesn t match the settings in the User Accounts editor the user is not logged in m Ifthe user password doesn t match the password set up in RSAssetSecurity in the Users folder 4 0 applications or the password set up
15. using to set up security 13 15 13 24 17 9 W Wallpaper Index converting graphic objects to 14 13 unlocking 14 14 Wedge graphic object 15 3 15 17 Width animation 15 7 17 13 at runtime 28 18 Wildcard characters 7 4 7 7 Window size default graphic displays 4 13 project 4 11 Windows setting up for language switching 23 2 Windows 2000 or Windows XP editing device shortcuts on 26 6 running applications in 26 1 run time settings 26 3 Windows languages F 1 Windows metafiles See wmf files Windows network domain logging into 28 1 Windows users or groups adding to RSAssetSecurity 13 17 13 19 adding to RSView 3 x applications 13 7 removing from RSView 3 x applications a 13 8 WINtelligent LOGIC 5 tags importing 7 11 Workbook Mode 2 7 turning on and off 2 7 Workspace 2 5 Write connection 15 33 Write expressions 20 17 X XML using with RSView E 1 XML files alarm structure E 4 creating E 1 E 2 editing E 2 exporting E 1 E 2 graphics structure E 5 importing E 3 testing E 3 XY Plot trend 18 7 I 19
16. 16 25 next pen button 15 8 16 18 numeric display 15 10 16 29 numeric input cursor point 15 10 16 33 numeric input enable button 15 10 16 31 page down button 15 8 16 18 16 49 page up button 15 8 16 18 16 49 password button 15 3 16 18 pause button 15 8 16 18 piloted control list selector 15 5 16 51 print alarm history button 15 4 16 57 print alarm status button 15 4 16 57 ramp button 15 5 16 28 RecipePlus button 15 10 16 18 19 3 RecipePlus selector 15 10 19 2 RecipePlus table 15 10 19 2 reset alarm status button 16 18 reset alarm status mode button 15 9 return to display button 15 3 16 18 scale 15 6 16 44 16 48 shutdown button 15 3 16 18 silence alarms button 15 9 16 18 sort alarms button 15 9 16 18 string display 15 10 16 34 string input enable button 15 10 16 35 symbol 15 6 16 41 time and date display 15 6 16 56 trend 15 6 Graphic objects 14 1 15 1 aligning 15 52 animating 17 2 Index arranging 15 51 15 55 assigning connections to 15 38 using the Property Panel 15 33 coloring 15 34 converting to wallpaper 14 13 copying 15 44 creating 15 13 selecting tools for 15 11 deleting 15 48 deselecting 15 25 duplicating 15 45 editing 15 42 embedded variables in 21 1 exporting to XML E 2 grouping and ungrouping 15 49 importing XML E 4 moving 15 43 naming 15 36 navigating between 16 9 positi
17. 18 6 icons 18 7 markers 18 7 planning 3 6 plotting values across the chart 18 8 setting up 18 3 18 4 18 5 specifying number time and date format for 26 16 testing 18 10 time date and number format 18 3 troubleshooting 18 13 window 18 5 x horizontal axis 18 6 labels 18 6 y vertical axis 18 6 labels 18 6 Trigger values for alarms 9 4 9 10 for information messages 12 5 for local messages 14 32 Troubleshooting See Problems at run time U Units for recipes 19 1 User accounts DEFAULT user 13 3 User Accounts editor 13 3 User groups assigning security codes to 13 9 RSAssetSecurity creating 13 19 Windows adding to RSView 3 x applications a 13 7 Users assigning login and logout macros to 13 4 assigning security codes to 13 4 13 9 assigning security permissions to 13 18 displaying current user 20 14 logging in and out 13 13 28 6 at runtime 28 2 RSAssetSecurity adding to RSView 13 4 creating 13 17 managing accounts 13 21 RSView 3 x assigning login and logout macros to a 13 6 assigning security codes to 13 6 migrating to RSView 4 0 13 5 V Value table 6 2 6 4 7 5 Value trigger type 9 10 VersaView CE terminals logging diagnostics messages from 10 6 10 8 transferring applications to 27 1 Vertical position animation 15 7 17 13 at run time 28 18 Vertical slider animation 15 7 17 14 at run time 28 17 Visibility animation 17 8
18. 5 Adobe Reader 1 1 ALARM BANNER display editing 9 25 9 26 Alarm banner graphic object 15 11 16 60 at run time 9 33 28 19 linking buttons to 16 10 navigating to 16 9 specifying time and date format for 26 16 using buttons with 9 35 ALARM display 9 5 editing 9 25 window size 4 13 Alarm display opening and closing 9 24 9 31 remotely 9 24 Alarm Import Export Wizard E 1 Alarm list graphic object 15 10 16 58 at run time 9 31 28 19 linking buttons to 16 10 navigating to 16 9 specifying time and date format for 26 16 using buttons with 9 35 Alarm log file 4 3 9 9 deleting at application startup 26 15 printing contents of 9 9 Alarm messages RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE embedded variables in 21 2 exporting to XML E 1 handshaking 9 20 importing XML E 3 multiple languages for 9 16 printing at runtime 9 9 viewing at run time 28 19 ALARM MULTI LINE display 9 5 copying 9 30 editing 9 26 Alarm Setup editor 9 3 exporting to XML E 1 importing XML E 3 using tags in 6 9 Alarm status list graphic object 15 11 16 61 atrun time 9 34 linking buttons to 16 10 navigating to 16 9 using buttons with 9 35 Alarm status mode button graphic object 15 8 16 17 using with alarm status lists 9 35 Alarm triggers 9 4 data types for 9 10 exporting to XML E 1 importing XML E 3 Alarms 9 1 acknowledging 9 7 9 18 9 38
19. Backplane EtherNet Ethemet Mode Selec Not Browsing For details about using the utility see the utility s Help Uploading applications from the PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal Use the Transfer Utility to upload your runtime application from the Panel View Plus or VersaView CE terminal to the development computer Runtime applications have the extension mer Any password changes that were made while the application was running are saved in the mer file and will be uploaded If the upload process fails or is cancelled the application file will be deleted from the destination directory Make sure there is enough storage space on the destination computer 27 Transferring applications to a PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal About the upload You can upload while an application is running on the runtime computer You can upload an existing copy of the application currently running on the runtime computer Serial uploads To perform a serial upload make sure the terminal is connected to the development computer using the correct cable Connect a Panel View Plus or VersaView CE terminal to the PC using the Allen Bradley serial cable 2711 NC13 For details about performing the upload see Help for the Transfer Utility Comparing applications You can also use the Transfer Utility tool to compare an application on the development computer with an application on the terminal The comparison tool can tell you w
20. For local information and alarm messages you can use the CurrentLanguage function to generate messages in multiple languages at runtime For information about using the language function with local messages see page 14 33 For information about using the language function with information messages see page 12 5 For information about using the language function with alarm messages see page 9 16 Exported text file locations Exported text files are saved at this default location C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise Strings Windows 2000 Or C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RS View Enterprise Strings Windows XP You can specify another location 1f desired File name format The format for the exported text file name is lt ApplicationName gt lt HMIServerName gt lt RF C1 766 gt txt where a lt ApplicationName gt is the name of the application m lt HMI ServerName gt is the name of the HMI server containing the text strings you exported This is always the same name as the application name m lt RFC1766 gt is the RFC1766 name associated with the language selected for the export operation For details about the schema of exported text files see page 23 8 For a list of Windows languages and the corresponding RFC1766 names see page F 1 To export application text to a text file 1 On the Tools menu click Languages 23 5 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GU
21. For more information about parameter files see page 14 25 For information about setting up display list selectors see Help How display types affect the selector s behavior The display list selector s behavior at runtime also depends on which types of graphic displays are already open and which type of display it is opening 24 Setting up display navigation m Ifthe selected graphic display is a Replace display it closes any open On Top and Replace displays It does not close On Top displays that use the Cannot Be Replaced option m Ifthe selected display is an On Top display it opens on top of the current display The current display does not close The operator cannot use the display list selector to open Replace displays if display change is currently controlled remotely But the operator can still open On Top displays with or without the Cannot Be Replaced option Selecting the display to open The operator can scroll through the list and select displays using the key button graphic objects or if the list has the input focus by using the arrow keys and Enter key on a keypad or external keyboard You can link key buttons to a specific display list selector or set up the buttons to work with whichever object is selected in the graphic display For information about input focus see page 16 9 For information about linking buttons to the display list selector see page 16 10 Shutdown buttons When the operator
22. HMI projects directory To convert a PanelBuilder 1400e application when RSView Studio is already open 1 On the File menu click New Application or click the New Application tool L If an application is already open RSView Studio asks you whether to close the New Application application that is currently open Click Yes 2 Follow steps 2 through 6 in the previous procedure Equivalent graphic objects This section describes graphic objects that are equivalent in PanelBuilder 1400e and RSView but have different names in the two products This PanelBuilder 1400e object Is converted to this RSView object Notes Increment Value Button Ramp button During conversion the button is set up to increment Decrement Value Button Ramp button During conversion the button is set up to decrement Increment Value Button with Display Ramp button and numeric display The Increment Value Button with Display is divided into two separate RSView objects Decrement Value Button with Display Ramp button and numeric display The Decrement Value Button with Display is divided into two separate RSView objects ASCII Input small and large String input enable button Numeric Entry Keypad small and large Numeric input enable button Screen List Selector s list Display list selector The PanelBuilder 1400e Screen List Selector is divided into four separate RSView graphic objects
23. LDT Long date and time T Time TSD Time and short date TLD Time and long date Example Time and date embedded variable syntax To display the time followed by the short date you would type this TSD 21 Using embedded variables A space is placed between the time and date when the embedded variable is displayed at runtime How embedded variables are updated at runtime At runtime this is how embedded variables are displayed and updated m Graphic objects When a display containing a graphic object that uses an embedded variable is open the value of the embedded variable is updated whenever a new tag value is read from the data source For time and date embedded variables the time and date are updated as the system time and date change Local messages When a display containing a local message display object is open and the message the object is displaying contains an embedded variable the value of the embedded variable is updated whenever a new tag value is read from the data source For time and date embedded variables the time and date are updated as the system time and date change Information messages The value of the embedded variable is read when the information message is first displayed It is not updated after that If the message is printed it is printed using the value the variable had when the message was first displayed This value is retained if you shut down and restart the application m Alar
24. Selector If you want to set these objects states on application startup create a macro to set the appropriate tag values for the objects connections For information about macros see Chapter 22 Assign the macro in the Startup editor For details see Help Multistate Indicator Message Display Print Setting Bar Graph Inner text and inner graphic Converted to a separate text object and image object Gauge Inner text and inner graphic Scale clipping Needle Converted to a separate text object and image object If the scale doesn t fit within the height or width of the gauge it is not clipped Check the position of the scale to ensure it doesn t overlap other objects Converted to a separate gauge object if the gauge had 2 needles each needle is converted to a separate gauge object Alarm List No Acknowledgement Required B 10 All alarms can be acknowledged Graphic object B Converting PanelBuilder and PanelBuilder32 applications Unsupported feature in RSView Notes All objects Image placement RSView supports one three or nine positions for images depending on the type of object On conversion images are positioned using the closest match Therefore some images might be clipped to fit the object All objects Turn Object View On property If this property is set to False the converted object has a transparent background no border no caption and no ima
25. Sort Order Unicode kn IN Kannada India kk KZ Kazakh Kazakhstan kok IN Konkani India ko KR Korean Korea Default Sort Order ko KR Korean Korea Alternate Sort Order Korean Xwansung Unicode ky KZ Kyrgyz Kazakhstan Iv LV Latvian Latvia It LT Lithuanian Lithuania ms BN Malay Brunei ms MY Malay Malaysia mr IN Marathi India mn MN Mongolian Mongolia nb NO Norwegian Bokml Norway nn NO Norwegian Nynorsk Norway pl PL Polish Poland pt BR Portuguese Brazil pt PT Portuguese Portugal pa IN Punjabi India ro RO Romanian Romania ru RU Russian Russia sa IN Sanskrit India sr SP Cyrl Serbian Cyrillic Serbia sr SP Latn Serbian Latin Serbia sk SK Slovak Slovakia sI SI Slovenian Slovenia es AR Spanish Argentina es BO Spanish Bolivia es CL Spanish Chile F e RFC1766 names RFC1766 Language Country Region Name es CO Spanish Colombia es CR Spanish Costa Rica es DO Spanish Dominican Republic es EC Spanish Ecuador es SV Spanish El Salvador es GT Spanish Guatemala es HN Spanish Honduras es MX Spanish Mexico es NI Spanish Nicaragua es PA Spanish Panama es PY Spanish Paraguay es PE Spanish Peru es PR Spanish Puerto Ri
26. Tag name is the tag to display you can also type a tag placeholder here Fill_character is the fill character to use NOFILL ZEROFILL or SPACEFILL indicates the number of decimal places Example Numeric embedded variable syntax To display the current value of a tag called Oven_temp with 3 digits no decimal places and no fill character you would type this N 3 Oven temp NOFILL DP 0 String embedded variable syntax Use string embedded variables to insert string tag values into text strings String embedded variables use this syntax S Tag name where S indicates it s a string embedded variable 21 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE indicates the number of characters if you select a fixed number of characters type 0 if you don t want to use a fixed number Tag name is the tag to display you can also type a tag placeholder here Example String embedded variable syntax To display the current value of a string tag called Blower_ status with a fixed length of 20 characters you would type this S 20 Blower_status Time and date embedded variable syntax Use time and date embedded variables to insert the current time or date into text strings Time and date embedded variables use this syntax Time_date_format where Time_date_format uses one of these character sequences These characters Specify this format SD Short date LD Long date SDT Short date and time
27. a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 50 the range on the vertical axis changes to 10 to 50 when the operator presses the next pen button X axis The x axis is the bottom horizontal edge of the chart It is also known as the horizontal axis Horizontal axis labels For standard charts the horizontal axis labels indicate the time span covered by the trend For XY Plot charts the horizontal axis labels show the scale range of values for the pen selected to serve as the x axis pen If desired you can set up the trend to omit the horizontal axis labels The number of labels depends on the size of the trend object and the number of vertical grid lines Pens Pens are the lines and symbols used to represent values The values can be tags you are monitoring expressions that manipulate tag values or constants 18 Setting up trends If there is no data for a pen or if the data is outside the vertical axis range the pen does not appear in the chart Pen icons Pen icons appear at the right edge of the chart at runtime if you choose to display them The icon s position indicates the pen s most recent recorded value from the value table even if the trend is paused or if the most recent value has not been plotted yet Pen markers Pen markers are symbols that indicate data points If data is plotted frequently the markers might not appear as distinct separate symbols For example see the lowest pen in the illustration on page
28. are finished testing switch back to edit mode to continue editing To switch between test and edit modes 1 On the View menu click Test Display or Edit Display or click the Test Display and Edit Display tools Test mode is not the same as running the display Test mode does not change the appearance or position of the display as set up in the Display Settings dialog box Using the RecipePlus_Components graphic library 19 10 The RecipePlus_Components graphic library contains a RecipePlus selector and table and buttons for working with the objects It also contains a bar graph and multistate indicator that display the status of recipe operations Use test mode to see how the different RecipePlus objects work together In test mode the RecipePlus selector in the library displays any recipe files and units that you have created in your application You can use the objects in the library as they are or you can edit them to suit your needs To use the objects drag and drop or copy and paste them into your graphic display For information about copying and pasting objects from the graphic libraries see page 15 45 19 Setting up RecipePlus r RecipePlus_Components Objects 5 Screen Demo Library Recipe Selection Recipe Buttons Download unit unit unit unit unit unit unit unit unit unit unit unit Upload unit unit unit unit por unit unit unit unit ecipe Upload and unit unit unit unit Status Create i re
29. been defined for the current language the undefined strings appear as single question marks If you turn off a graphic library s multiple language support and then save the library only strings for the current application language are saved The current application 23 Setting up language switching language therefore becomes the language neutral language Any strings for other languages are deleted To turn on support for multiple languages in a graphic library 1 Right click an empty area in the graphic library display and then click Display Settings 2 Inthe General tab select Support Multiple Languages After you turn on support for multiple languages when you save the graphic library all strings that support language switching are saved in the current application language For information about saving libraries in multiple languages see page 14 17 Using graphic libraries that support multiple languages To use the graphics libraries in an application you can add a graphic library into the Displays folder or copy objects from a graphic library into a graphic display If the graphic library supports multiple languages m when you add the graphic library into the Displays folder all strings including strings for languages that are not supported by the application are included with the display m if you copy an object from the graphic library into a graphic display only strings for languages supported by the app
30. click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Networks and Communications 3 Double click Network Connections 4 Double click Network Identification 28 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 28 2 5 Type a user name password and domain name and then click OK Logging in to the application Users log in using the Login window They must have a user account in order to log in For information about setting up user accounts and passwords see Chapter 13 4 0 applications To log in the user must have an account in the User Accounts editor in the RSView 4 0 Accounts tab The user must have a password which is set up in RSAssetSecurity using the Users folder For details see Chapter 13 Passwords are case sensitive 3 x applications To log in the user must have an account in the User Accounts editor in the RSView 3 x Accounts tab User passwords are optional in RS View 3 x If you use them they are not case sensitive To log in 1 Press the login button The Login window opens ie TS Site EE 2 Press the User button or press F2 on an external keyboard The string pop up keyboard opens For details about using the keyboard see page 28 11 28 Using your application a a foo ecco 3 Type your user name in the string pop up keyboard or on an external keyboard and then press Enter ee ee For RS View 4 0 applications the name is not case sensitive For RS View 3 x applications
31. connect a printer to the USB or Network port VersaView CE terminals support printing using the Microsoft Windows CE PCL3 printer driver which is already installed on the terminal Printing is supported for most laser and ink jet printers If you have problems printing check that your printer is compatible with the PCL3 printer driver 27 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 27 2 2 If you are using an OPC server other than RSLinx Enterprise for example KEPServerEnterprise install the OPC server software on the terminal For installation information see the documentation supplied by your OPC server vendor For information about OPC data servers see Chapter 5 If your application uses third party ActiveX objects install and register the Windows CE version of the objects on the terminal For information about ActiveX objects see page 15 22 Installing printers on a PanelView Plus terminal I If you will be printing displays alarms reports or diagnostics messages connect a printer to the USB or Network port PanelView Plus terminals support printing using the Microsoft Windows CE PCL3 printer driver which is already installed on the terminal Printing is supported for most laser and ink jet printers If you have problems printing check that your printer is compatible with the PCL3 printer driver The Panel View Plus terminal is a closed box which means you must order any software your appl
32. down application 26 5 using to stop application 25 2 Shutdown macro 22 2 22 3 Siemens devices 5 1 Silence alarms button graphic object 9 8 15 9 16 18 using with alarm objects 9 36 Single sign on 13 21 SLC tags importing 7 9 Sort alarms button graphic object 9 8 15 9 16 18 using with alarm lists 9 36 Special keys arrows using with graphic objects 15 47 Ctrl copying objects with 15 44 drawing objects with 15 18 15 19 15 20 15 21 resizing objects with 15 47 rotating objects with 15 58 selecting objects with 15 26 Shift using with graphic objects 15 43 15 47 using to navigate at run time 16 10 using with numeric pop up windows 28 8 using with string pop up windows 28 13 Spreadsheets working in 2 12 Square graphic object 15 3 15 20 Standard toolbar 2 5 Startup macro 22 2 22 3 Startup settings 25 1 States multistate graphic objects 15 1 States toolbar 15 37 Status bar 2 6 showing and hiding 2 7 STATUS display 9 5 copying 9 30 editing 9 27 String display graphic object 15 10 16 34 at run time 28 17 String embedded variables 21 3 atruntime 21 6 String input enable button graphic object a 15 10 16 35 atrun time 28 10 28 16 how values are written 28 14 navigating to 16 9 using Enter key handshaking with 16 14 String pop up character input using at run time 28 11 String pop up windows using at run time 28 11 28 13 String tags 7
33. example if you just want to write data set values to tags all you need is a RecipePlus selector and a RecipePlus button with the download action For information about how the different objects in the recipe system work see page 19 2 To create a recipe object 1 In the Graphics editor create or open a graphic display 2 Select a RecipePlus drawing tool by doing one of the following 19 9 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE m Inthe Objects toolbox click the RecipePlus Button RecipePlus Selector or RecipePlus Table tool m On the Objects menu select RecipePlus and then click RecipePlus Button RecipePlus Selector or RecipePlus Table 3 Drag the mouse to create a box approximately the size you want for the object 4 Double click the object to open its Properties dialog box 5 Set up the object For details see Help Once you have set up a RecipePlus object you can edit it as you would any other graphic object You can move it resize it attach animation to it and so on You can also use the object in other graphic displays by dragging it from one display and dropping it into another For more information about graphic objects see Chapter 15 Testing RecipePlus objects Ip Test Display tool E Edit Display tool You can quickly test the recipe objects in a display by switching to test mode If communications are active and there is data for the tags you can download and upload recipe tag values When you
34. forward or back m When a graphic display closes no other display is open and there is no way to continue using the application For information about testing your application see page 25 2 Using graphic objects to navigate Use these graphic objects to navigate through the displays in the application Use this object To do this Goto display button Open the specified graphic display Goto configure mode button Stop the application and open the RSView ME Station dialog box Return to display button Close the current display and open the previous display Close display button Close the current display Can send a value to a tag when the display closes Display list selector Provide a list of graphic displays so the operator can select which display to open Shutdown button Stop the application and exit RSView ME Station The behavior of these graphic objects depends on which types of graphic displays are used See the following sections for details For detailed information about setting up graphic objects see Help Switching languages If the application uses multiple languages and operators will be switching languages at runtime place language switch buttons in a display that the operators have access to For example put the buttons in the display that opens when the operators log in Create a language switch button for each language that the operators will be using For more information about set
35. in the User Accounts editor for 3 x applications the user is not logged in m Ifthe screen resolution is smaller than 280 pixels wide by 84 pixels high the Login window cannot open m Ifthe screen resolution is smaller than 236 pixels wide by 208 pixels high the string pop up keyboard cannot open Changing passwords You can use the password button to change your password at runtime Any password changes that are made at runtime are saved in the mer file When passwords are changed at runtime be sure to change the passwords on the development computer as well Otherwise the next time you create the mer file the password changes will be lost You cannot use the password button to change passwords for Windows linked users The passwords for these users must be changed in Windows For 3 x applications you cannot change passwords in RSView ME Station To change a password for an RSView user use the User Accounts editor in RSView Studio then recreate the runtime application and download the mer file again To change a password for a Windows user use the Windows Control Panel To change your password 1 Press the password button The Change Password window opens 28 Using your application Change Password User Name FactoryTalk Service Confirm Password F4 2 Press the Old Password button or press F2 on an external keyboard The string pop up keyboard opens For details about using the keyboard see pa
36. node type m invalid PanelBuilder node types and non existent node names that are saved with the PanelBuilder application Tags that use these protocols are converted to HMI memory tags Once you have set up communications for your converted application change the memory tags to device tags that point to the correct addresses For information about editing HMI tags see Chapter 7 Bit array tags You can monitor bit arrays for alarm conditions in RSView but you can t assign bit arrays to most graphic objects or write to bit arrays The only exception is the piloted control list selector object For this object you can assign a bit array tag to the Visible States connection All bit array tags in your PanelBuilder application are converted to HMI memory tags For information about monitoring bit arrays for alarm conditions see Chapter 9 For information about editing HMI tags see Chapter 7 For information about the piloted control list selector see Help Converting RIO communications Remote I O RIO communications are not supported for applications that use the Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating systems You can use RIO communications on the Panel View Plus and VersaView CE runtime platforms To convert an RIO application from PanelBuilder to RSView 1 Convert the application as described on page B 2 2 Open the RSLinx Enterprise data server and then double click Communication Setup 3 Inthe Communication Setup ed
37. radians or degrees of a tag This function Returns this value SQRT expression The square root of the expression LOG expression The natural log of the expression LOG1O0 expression The base ten log of the expression SIN expression The sine of the expression in radians COS expression The cosine of the expression in radians TAN expression The tangent of the expression in radians ARCSIN expression The arc sine of the expression in radians ARCCOS expression The arc cosine of the expression in radians ARCTAN expression The arc tangent of the expression in radians SIND expression The sine of the expression in degrees COSD expression The cosine of the expression in degrees TAND expression The tangent of the expression in degrees ARCSIND expression The arc sine of the expression in degrees ARCCOSD expression The arc cosine of the expression in degrees ARCTAND expression The arc tangent of the expression in degrees 20 13 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 20 14 Security functions Use security functions to control access to your application These functions allow you to determine a user s identity or security rights in order to limit access to the application based on these criteria This function Returns this value CurrentUserHasCode True 1 if any of the specified security codes have been assigned Security Code Lette
38. see Help When you complete the steps of the wizard RS View Studio converts the PanelBuilder application creates the converted application s folders and files and then displays the converted application in the Explorer window in RSView Studio If there are any messages about conversion they are displayed automatically in the Project Status dialog box The converted application is created in the ME HMI projects directory in a folder with the same name as the application name you specified in step 2 This is the path to the ME HMI projects directory Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise ME HMI projects Windows 2000 Or Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RS View Enterprise ME HMI projects Windows XP Conversion messages are saved in a file called Convert log in the HMI projects directory B Converting PanelBuilder and PanelBuilder32 applications To convert a PanelBuilder application when RSView Studio is already open A 1 On the File menu click New Application or click the New Application tool If an application is already open RSView Studio asks you whether to close the New Application application that is currently open Click Yes 2 Follow steps 2 through 6 in the previous procedure Equivalent graphic objects This section describes graphic objects that are equivalent in PanelBuilder and RSView but have different names in the two products This PanelB
39. specifying number format for 26 16 Numeric embedded variables 21 3 atruntime 21 5 Numeric input cursor point graphic object a 15 10 16 33 atrun time 28 16 28 17 navigating to 16 9 using Enter key handshaking with 16 14 Numeric input enable button graphic object 15 10 16 31 atrun time 28 6 28 16 how values are calculated 28 9 how values are ramped 28 9 navigating to 16 9 using Enter key handshaking with 16 14 using write expressions with 20 17 Numeric pop up windows using at run time 28 7 Numeric values ramping at run time 28 7 using graphic objects to display and enter a 15 10 O Object Explorer 15 26 opening 15 27 using to highlight objects 15 27 viewing animation in 15 27 viewing tag and expression assignments in a 15 27 Object Smart Path 17 4 17 7 ODBC storage format for diagnostics messages D 1 Off line tags browsing for 6 7 On Top displays 14 12 sizing 4 12 using for alarms 9 30 using for diagnostics messages 10 11 using for information messages 12 7 OPC communications and RSLinx Classic 5 1 setting up 5 1 Index using to connect to ControlLogix processors a 7 6 OPC servers items in 7 6 OPC tags addressing syntax for 7 5 Operators in expressions 20 6 Oracle logging to 10 7 P Page down button graphic object 15 8 16 18 16 49 setting up auto repeat for 16 13 using with alarm objects 9 37 using with diagnostics li
40. suit your needs To use the objects drag and drop or copy and paste them into your graphic display For information about copying and pasting objects from the graphic libraries see page 15 45 f Trends Malthouse Clgx 640x48077 Library 18 Setting up trends To use the Trends graphic library 1 Open the Graphics folder and then open the Libraries folder 2 Double click the Trends library 3 Drag and drop or copy and paste objects into your display Using buttons to control the trend at runtime You can use button graphic objects with the trend to allow the operator to pause the trend switch between pens or scroll the trend You can link buttons to a specific trend object or set up a button to work with whichever object is selected in the graphic display For information about linking buttons to objects see page 16 10 Use these buttons with trends This button Does this Pause Toggles between pausing and automatic scrolling When the trend is paused the pen icons continue to move vertically to indicate the pens current values When the trend resumes scrolling values that occurred while the trend was paused are filled in bringing the trend up to the current time unless you are scrolling historical data Next pen Changes the vertical axis labels to the scale for the next pen The color of the labels matches the color of the selected pen Move up Scrolls up to display higher values on the
41. tags in 6 5 Expression results rounding 20 1 types of values 20 1 Expressions 20 1 and animation 17 6 assigning to connections 6 11 assigning to graphic objects 15 38 using the Property Panel 15 33 constants in 20 6 evaluation order of operators 20 10 formatting 20 4 if then else logic in 20 15 language function in 20 14 math functions in 20 13 monitoring for alarms 9 4 operators in arithmetic 20 6 bitwise 20 8 logical 20 7 relational 20 7 security functions in 20 14 tags and placeholders in 20 5 viewing in Object Explorer 15 27 write expressions 20 17 F FactoryTalk loading directory of users and security policies 26 5 logging in 13 2 atruntime 13 2 single sign on 13 21 turning off warning 26 15 FactoryTalk Automation Platform installing 13 1 FactoryTalk Diagnostics 10 1 setting up on a Windows 2000 or Windows XP run time computer 26 7 See also Diagnostics messages FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer tool 10 6 viewing diagnostics log files in 10 5 Windows Event Viewer 10 5 FactoryTalk Directory security access to 13 19 FactoryTalk Local Directory user name and password 13 2 File names 4 2 and spaces 4 3 maximum length of 4 3 Fill animation 15 7 17 12 at run time 28 18 Folders 7 7 Fonts for multiple languages 15 14 in graphic displays substitution at run time 15 14 in trends 18 9 transferring 27 5 Foreground Color toolbar
42. the Value connection For details see page 20 17 If Enter key handshaking is set up for the button or cursor point the object s Enter connection is set to 1 and the handshaking timer begins timing For details see page 16 14 Delete Clear the scratchpad There is no Delete button in the pop up keypad but you can use the Delete key on an external keyboard or keypad 28 8 28 Using your application How values are ramped If the button or cursor point is being used to ramp a value at the Value connection When the tag assigned to the Value connection is an integer tag but the ramp value is a floating point value the ramp value is added to or subtracted from the Value connection value and then the result is rounded and written to the Value connection For information about how values are rounded see page 7 2 If the operator presses and holds down the move up or move down button or the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key on the keyboard or keypad the button or key goes into auto repeat mode The ramp value is added to or subtracted from the last value sent to the Value connection For more information about auto repeat mode see page 16 14 If ramping the button or cursor point would cause the value at the Value connection to exceed the maximum value or be less than the minimum value a message is written to the Diagnostics List and the value at the Value connection is not changed How values are calculated When
43. the tag is changed externally the position of the highlight changes to reflect this ActiveX object A third party object connected to an analog digital or string tag including both HMI and data server tags When the object s property value changes the new value is written to the associated tag You can attach visibility animation to these graphic objects to display or hide the objects based on changes in tag or expression values For information about visibility animation see page 17 8 For information about creating graphic objects see Chapter 15 For information about setting up graphic objects see Chapter 16 and Help Viewing tag data This section gives an overview of the graphic objects you can use to display tag data For information about setting up the objects see Chapter 16 and Help The operator can view tag data at runtime using these graphic objects Use this graphic object Numeric display To display this Numeric tag values For example display the current temperature of an oven Numeric input cursor point Numeric tag values For example display the current temperature of an oven String display String tag values For example set up the data source to generate strings that report on the state of a process or operation or that provide the operator with instructions about what to do next 28 17 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 28 18 Use this graphic object
44. unit unit unit unit re unit unit unit unit Save e unit unit unit unit unit unit unit unit Restore ingredient ingredient ingredient ingredient ingredient ingredient ingredient ingredient ingredient ingredient ingredient To use the RecipePlus_ Components graphic library 1 Open the Graphics folder and then open the Libraries folder 2 Double click the RecipePlus Components library 3 Drag and drop or copy and paste objects into your display Using buttons with recipe objects You can use button graphic objects with the RecipePlus selector and table to select the recipe and unit to work with and to select ingredients in the table You can link buttons to a specific recipe object or set up a button to work with whichever object is selected in the graphic display For information about linking buttons to objects see page 16 10 Use these buttons with recipe objects This button Does this Move up Moves the highlight bar up one item in the list 19 11 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 19 12 This button Does this Move down Moves the highlight bar down one item in the list Page up Moves the highlight bar up one page in the list Page down Moves the highlight bar down one page in the list Home Moves the highlight bar to the top item in the list End Moves the highlight bar to the bottom item in the list Enter table only Opens the numeric keypad or string keyboard for the op
45. vertical scale For example if the visible scale range is 0 to 100 pressing move up could change the visible range to 10 to 110 The incremental amount the axis scrolls depends on the pen s range and the number of horizontal grid lines This button does not work if the Minimum maximum value option in the Y Axis tab is set to Automatic Move down Scrolls down to display lower values on the vertical scale This button does not work if the Minimum maximum value option in the Y Axis tab is set to Automatic Move left Pauses the trend and scrolls to the left Move right Pauses the trend and scrolls to the right Home Pauses the trend and moves to the earliest data in the trend 18 11 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 18 12 This button Does this End Resumes trend scrolling and moves to the current latest data in the trend To see how the buttons work with the trend open the Trends graphic library see page 18 10 and start test mode For information about creating buttons see Chapter 15 For details about setting up the buttons see page 16 17 Printing trend data To print trend data at runtime provide the operator with a method for printing the graphic display You can use these methods to print graphic displays at runtime m Create a display print button For information about creating graphic objects see Chapter 15 Assign a tag or expression to the Remote Display Print con
46. 1 String values using graphic objects to display and enter a 15 10 Sybase SQL Server logging to 10 7 Symbol graphic object 15 6 16 41 at run time 28 18 Syntax embedded variable 21 3 Index System activity See Diagnostics messages System tags 7 1 C 1 alarm reset date and time C 1 for making graphic objects blink C 1 time and date C 2 System time and date C 2 T Tag Browser opening 6 5 using 6 6 Tag Import and Export Wizard 7 11 Tag placeholders 14 25 15 41 creating 15 42 17 5 20 6 using in expressions 20 5 using with animation 17 5 Tag sets for recipes 19 1 comparing 19 7 Tag statistics viewing 7 8 Tag substitution 6 11 15 40 Tag syntax for array tags KEPServerEnterprise 9 16 RSLinx Enterprise 9 15 Tag values changing at run time 28 15 displaying at run time 28 17 ensuring the data source has read 16 14 logging 6 12 11 5 using graphic objects to display 15 10 using graphic objects to set 15 5 15 10 using macros to assign 6 12 22 1 23 1 Tags 6 1 addressing syntax 7 5 assigning to graphic objects 15 38 using the Property Panel 15 33 viewing in Object Explorer 15 27 basic steps for using 6 2 browsing for 6 5 limits in graphic displays 14 1 off line browsing for 6 7 planning 3 2 using in expressions 20 5 l 17 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE I 18 See also Analog tags Atray tags Data server tags Digital tags H
47. 10 To test your application in RSView Studio 1 On the Application menu click Test Application or click the Test Application tool 2 If your application uses multiple languages specify the languages to include and the initial runtime language and then press Finish For details see Help 3 Test your application 4 To stop your application press a shutdown button or type the character x Make sure you provide the operator with a method for shutting down the application at runtime For more information about methods for shutting down applications see page 26 5 Once you ve tested your application to make sure everything works the way you intend create the runtime application file and transfer the file to the runtime computer Creating runtime application files 25 2 Before you can run your application you must create a runtime version When you create the runtime version RSView Studio compiles all of the necessary application information into a single file with the extension mer Creating mer files for previous versions You can specify the version of RSView ME Station for which to create the mer file For example if the application will run on a terminal that uses RS View ME Station version 3 2 you can specify that version for the mer file If the application contains features that are not supported by the version you select RSView displays a validation report that lists the unsupported features The runtim
48. 15 34 Freehand graphic object 15 3 15 18 Function keys assigning to graphic objects 16 7 Index G Gauge graphic object 15 6 16 44 16 47 at runtime 28 18 specifying number format for 26 16 Global connections 8 1 setting up 8 2 using to change displays remotely 8 5 8 6 24 7 using to print displays remotely 8 2 using to run macros 8 5 22 3 Global Connections editor 8 2 14 34 Global object displays creating 14 14 exporting to XML E 2 importing XML E 4 Global objects animating 16 4 17 17 creating 14 14 15 24 exporting to XML E 2 importing XML E 4 See also Base objects See also Reference objects Goto configure mode button graphic object a 15 3 16 18 using to navigate 24 3 Goto display button graphic object 15 3 16 36 and alarms 9 30 9 31 and diagnostics messages 10 11 and information messages 12 7 assigning visibility animation to 13 24 using parameter files with 14 26 using to navigate 24 3 24 4 Graphic displays 14 1 changing remotely 8 5 24 7 security issues 8 6 setting up 8 6 using global connections 8 2 when a user logs out 8 6 13 24 creating 14 3 creating a background for 14 13 default ALARM u 9 5 DIAGNOSTICS 10 10 INFORMATION u 12 6 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE developing a hierarchy for 24 1 exporting to XML E 2 illustrating 15 3 importing XML E 4 limiting access to 13 9 maximum number licensed to use
49. 18 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE The illustration below shows a trend that has been added to a graphic display You can view the Kiln Status display by opening the Malthouse sample application Fe Kiln Status Display Air Off Temp N NNN deg F Close Bar Graph Tuesday April 15 2003 Air On Temp 170 H HNH dey F ms ue ng 150 graphic object 130 160 110 140 90 pii 120 4 39 55 Phi Air Off Blue Air n Green 24255 PM 100 Show 80 Trend Graph Return N NNN deg F F9 Current versus historical data The data displayed in a trend can come from two sources For current values data comes from the value table as it is collected The value table is a record of the most recent values collected from the data source and is stored in temporary memory while the application is running For historical values data comes from a data log model s log file if a model is assigned to the trend You can display both current and historical data in the same trend For information about data log models see Chapter 11 18 2 18 Setting up trends Time date and number formats The trend is displayed using the time date and number formats of the current application language For example if the application language uses a comma for the decimal symbol the scale on the y axis uses commas for the decimal symbol For information about using multiple languages see Chapter 23 Summary of steps Thes
50. 18 5 Chart types Standard vs XY Plots You can create a standard chart which plots tag values against time or an XY Plot chart which plots one or more tag s values against another s This illustration shows what an XY Plot chart could look like Time period 1 12 56 Ph 1 14 56 PM Sunday December 31 2000 Notice that the horizontal axis labels display the range for the specified x axis pen The time period covered by the chart is at the upper left 18 7 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 18 8 Isolated graphing For charts with multiple pens you can allow the pen values to overlap or you can isolate each pen in its own horizontal band on the chart This is an example of isolated graphing with a 10 buffer between each pen s band Sunday December 51 2000 L 1 02 17 Phi 1 02 H 1 03 05 1 03 29 1 03 53 10417 Fii Notice that in this illustration each pen uses its own scale If desired you can use the same scale for all pens With isolated graphing a grid line is automatically placed above each pen s band Plotting a value across the full width of the chart Use horizontal lines to provide a frame of reference for your tag data For example if you define values that are the limits within which a tag must operate and display horizontal lines in your trend to indicate the limits when a tag crosses one of these limits the tag s alarm condition is obvious on the trend There are two
51. 5 11 16 62 at run time 10 11 28 19 displaying communication errors in 28 20 linking buttons to 16 10 navigating to 16 9 using buttons with 10 12 Diagnostics List Setup editor 10 8 Diagnostics messages 10 1 audiences for 10 4 creating your own display for 10 11 displaying at run time 10 8 28 19 displaying during application development 10 5 logging from PanelView Plus and VersaView CE terminals 10 6 10 8 logging to an ODBC database 10 7 message severity 10 4 ODBC format for D 1 printing at runtime 10 8 setting up at run time 10 10 setting up destinations for 10 6 setting up message routing for 10 6 10 8 viewing log files 10 5 Diagnostics Setup tool 10 6 Diagnostics Viewer tool 10 6 Digital tags 7 1 logging values for 11 5 monitoring for alarms 9 4 DIN symbols 14 21 Display editor See Graphic Displays editor Display list selector graphic object 15 3 16 38 linking buttons to 16 10 navigating to 16 9 using parameter files with 14 26 using to navigate 24 3 24 6 Display number specifying 8 5 8 7 Display print button graphic object 14 34 15 3 16 18 printing trend data with 18 12 using the data source instead of 8 3 Display Settings dialog box 14 11 exporting to XML E 2 importing XML E 4 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Display size See Window size Display types 14 12 and navigation 24 4 default 14 3 Displays See Graphic display
52. 6 new line character 23 9 troubleshooting importing text 23 11 Log files ODBC format for diagnostics messages D 1 LOGIC 5 See WINtelligent LOGIC 5 tags Logical operators in expressions 20 7 evaluation order of 20 10 Login button graphic object 15 3 16 18 locating in display hierarchy 24 1 logging in with 13 13 Login macro 22 2 22 3 assigning to RSView 3 x users 13 6 assigning to users 13 4 running 28 3 28 6 Login window 28 2 Logout button graphic object 15 3 16 17 locating in display hierarchy 24 1 logging out with 13 13 Logout macro 22 2 22 3 assigning to RSView 3 x users 13 6 assigning to users 13 4 I 11 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE I 12 running 28 3 28 6 LSBit trigger type 9 12 Macro button graphic object 16 55 using to run macros 22 2 Macros creating 22 1 23 1 remote running from the data source 8 5 22 3 Macros editor 6 12 Maintained push button graphic object 15 5 16 22 20 18 at run time 28 16 Math functions in expressions 20 13 Memory tags 7 5 using 6 4 Menus in the Graphic Displays editor 14 5 Message severity for diagnostics messages 10 4 Messages displaying 15 10 planning 3 5 See also Alarm messages Diagnostics messages Information messages Local messages Microsoft Access logging to 10 7 Microsoft SQL Server logging to 10 7 Minimum and maximum values for animation 17 6 for HMI tags 6 4 for trends 1
53. 8 6 Modicon devices 5 1 Momentary push button graphic object 15 5 16 21 at run time 28 15 Monochrome images 14 21 15 6 Move down button graphic object 15 8 16 17 16 49 setting up auto repeat for 16 13 using with alarm objects 9 37 using with diagnostics lists 10 12 using with recipes 19 12 using with trends 18 11 Move left button graphic object 15 8 16 17 setting up auto repeat for 16 13 using with trends 18 11 Move right button graphic object 15 8 16 17 setting up auto repeat for 16 13 using with trends 18 11 Move up button graphic object 15 8 16 17 16 49 setting up auto repeat for 16 13 using with alarm objects 9 37 using with diagnostics lists 10 12 using with recipes 19 11 using with trends 18 11 Multistate graphic objects coloring 15 34 setting up 16 2 testing states 15 37 Multistate indicator graphic object 15 6 16 40 at runtime 28 18 using with recipes 19 10 Multistate push button graphic object 15 5 16 25 at run time 28 16 setting up auto repeat for 16 13 N Navigation between graphic displays 24 1 testing 24 3 between graphic objects in a display 16 9 Next pen button graphic object 15 8 16 18 using to change trend s vertical axis labels 18 6 18 11 Normally closed push button 16 21 Normally open push button 16 21 Number format at runtime 26 16 Numeric display graphic object 15 10 16 29 18 10 atrun time 28 17
54. 8 ENBT A 10 85 134 104 B17SL FlexLogix L34 Processor 0 DF1 Point to Point 1756 ENBTJA 10 85 134 106 1756 A10 A 1756 CNBjD 1 1756 ENETSA 2 1756 DNB A 3 1756 DHRIOjJB 4 DF1 Point to Point 2 VersaView CE 1250H 10 85 134 109 4 Inthe Edit ShortCuts dialog box click the device you want the shortcut to point to and then click OK Looking up contact information for technical support To look up technical support contact information 1 In RSView ME Station click Terminal Settings 2 Double click About RSView ME Station 3 Click Technical Support The telephone number fax number and URL for technical support are displayed Setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the runtime computer You can set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the runtime computer using the RSView ME Station dialog box To set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the runtime computer 1 In RSView ME Station click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Diagnostics Setup The FactoryTalk Diagnostics Setup dialog box opens 26 7 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 26 8 J Set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics as described on page 10 6 Setting up serial ports for use with KEPServerEnterprise If you plan to use KEPServerEnterprise and serial communications you must specify which COM port to use For information about setting up communications in KEPServerEnterprise see KEPServerEnterprise Help To specify the COM port to use for se
55. CD Unsigned Integer Signed Integer or INT Character Array or DINT and its address contains the bit delimiter character m isa block transfer tag with a data type of Bit Array and its array size is 8 but its address does not have a bit offset of 0 or 8 m isa block transfer tag with a data type of SINT and its address does not have a bit offset of 0 or 8 isan O tag with an address that references an undefined rack B 9 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE m isan I O tag with a data type of SINT and its address does not have a bit offset of 0 or 10 does not have a valid I O address or block transfer address Unsupported graphic object features This section describes features of PanelBuilder graphic objects that are not supported in RSView The Notes column provides additional information and describes methods for achieving the same result when possible Graphic object Unsupported feature in RSView Image text arc ellipse freehand line Blink property polyline rectangle wedge Notes In RSView all of the listed objects except images use color animation to blink For details see page 17 9 Color images do not blink Monochrome images use the Blink property to blink Increment Decrement Entry Button Allow Home End Converted to numeric input enable Allow Wrap button Ramping by coarse steps Maintained Push Button Multistate Initial state values Push Button Standard Control List
56. IDE 23 6 2 Inthe Language Configuration dialog box select the application language for which to export text strings and then click the Export button 3 Follow the instructions in the String Import Export Wizard For details about options in the String Import Export wizard click Help If you cancel the export while it is in progress any text files created prior to canceling might be incomplete If you export the file multiple times to the same location previously exported versions are overwritten Troubleshooting export problems You do not have to check every text file created during an export to verify that text strings were exported correctly If errors occur or if you cancel the export while it is in progress a message appears in the Diagnostics List and in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics log file In addition errors are displayed when they occur in a log file called ExportErrors txt which is saved at this location C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise Strings Windows 2000 Or C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RS View Enterprise Strings Windows XP Existing error log files are overwritten for each subsequent export operation that generates errors Translating application text This section contains information about the format and schema of the exported file It also contains information about using Microsoft Excel or Windows Notepad to edit the file Because RS
57. MI tags PLC tags SLC tags String tags System tags Test mode 14 10 Text graphic object 15 3 15 14 blinking 17 10 editing 15 15 Text strings exporting for translation 23 4 importing 23 10 translating 23 6 Time and date atrun time 26 16 setting using global connections 8 3 system tags C 2 updating 8 3 Time and date display graphic object 15 6 16 56 at run time 28 19 specifying time and date format for 26 16 Time and date embedded variables 21 4 atruntime 21 6 Title bar and security 13 15 in graphic displays 4 14 Toolbars 2 4 Background Color toolbar 15 34 Foreground Color toolbar 15 34 in the Graphic Displays editor 14 7 showing and hiding 2 7 Standard toolbar 2 5 States toolbar 15 37 Tools Application Manager 4 10 DeskLock 13 2 26 16 Diagnostic Setup 10 6 Diagnostics Viewer 10 6 Tag Import and Export Wizard 7 11 Transfer Utility 27 6 Touch margins using on buttons 16 6 Touch screens positioning objects for 16 5 Transfer Utility tool 27 6 Translating application text 23 6 Transparent background style 14 21 Trend data printing at runtime 18 12 remotely 18 12 Trend graphic object 15 6 18 1 and data logging 11 6 at runtime 28 18 border 18 5 chart 18 6 isolated graphing in 18 8 types 18 7 XY Plot 18 7 coloring 18 9 creating 18 3 linking buttons to 16 10 minimum and maximum values for 18 6 navigating to 16 9 pens
58. Programs Rockwell Software RS View Enterprise Tools and then click DeskLock For details about using the tool see the tool s Help 26 17 Transferring applications to a PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal This chapter describes m starting RSView ME Station m setting up communication drivers to use to transfer applications to a Panel View Plus or VersaView CE terminal m transferring applications and TrueType fonts to PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminals uploading applications from a terminal to the development computer m comparing applications on the development computer with applications on the terminal For information about using your application at runtime see Chapter 28 For information about using RSView ME Station on the terminal including setting up communications printers and input devices see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual or the VersaView CE Terminals User Manual These manuals are available on the RSView Machine Edition CD Summary of steps Follow these steps to m install hardware and software on a PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal m transfer your application to the Panel View Plus or VersaView CE terminal For information about installing RSView ME Station see the RSView Machine Edition Installation Guide Installing hardware and software on a VersaView CE terminal 1 Ifyou will be printing displays alarms reports or diagnostics messages
59. Relay control m PLC Controlled Audio control m Acknowledge to PLC control if the Alarm Acknowledge to PLC option is set to Bit Invalid characters in screen names Characters in PanelBuilder 1400e screen names that are not supported in RS View are replaced with the underscore character Screen security settings PanelBuilder 1400e screen security settings are not converted because RSView uses a different method to assign security to graphic displays For information about setting up security in RSView see Chapter 13 A Converting PanelBuilder 1400e applications Block tags Block tags are not supported in RSView Block tags that are monitored for alarms in your PanelBuilder 1400e application are converted to bit arrays For information about monitoring bit arrays for alarm conditions see Chapter 9 Converting non RIO communications This section describes how communications that do not use Remote I O RIO are converted For information about converting RIO communications see page A 10 RSView does not use nodes for communications Nodes are converted to RSLinx topics Topics are then converted into device shortcuts to run with RSLinx Enterprise You must have both RSLinx Classic and RSLinx Enterprise installed to make this two step conversion Tags are converted to HMI tags within the RSLinx topics The Unsolicited Msgs node is not converted If you import an application multiple times delete the device shortcuts in RSLinx E
60. To display this Bar graph Numeric values in bar graph format The bar graph increases or decreases in size to show the changing value Gauge Numeric values in dial format The gauge s needle moves around the dial to show the changing value Multistate indicator The state of a process on a panel that changes its color image or caption to indicate the current state Each state is set up to correspond to a numeric tag value or least significant bit Symbol The state of a process using a monochrome image that changes color to indicate the current state Each state is set up to correspond to a numeric tag value or least significant bit This object is useful for showing the state of a process or operation at a glance List indicator The state of a process using a list of possible states with the current state highlighted Each state is represented by a caption in the list and is set up to correspond to a numeric tag value or least significant bit This indicator is useful if you want to view the current state but also want to see the other possible states For sequential processes the list can alert the operator about what happens next in the process Trend Historical or current numeric tag values plotted against time or displayed in an XY plot where one or more tags values are plotted against another tag s values to show the relationship between them RecipePlus table Current tag values and data set v
61. View requires that parts of the text file remain the way they were exported give the information in this section to the translator to ensure that the file can be imported after it has been modified File name and format You will likely want to rename the file before translating it to avoid confusing it with the original file You can use any file name ending with the file extension txt To import text into an RSView application you must save the file as tab delimited text in Unicode text format 23 Setting up language switching Opening the text file in Microsoft Excel When you open the text file in Microsoft Excel the Text Import Wizard appears To specify the file format Step 1 of the wizard l 2 2 4 Click Delimited In the Start import at row box type or select 1 In the File origin list click Windows ANSI Click Next To specify the field delimiter Step 2 of the wizard l 2 3 Select the Tab check box If any other check boxes are selected clear them Make sure the Treat consecutive delimiters as one check box is cleared Click Next To specify the column data format Step 3 of the wizard l 2 If it is not selected already under Column data format click General Click Finish Saving the text file in Microsoft Excel To save the file l On the File menu click Save Excel warns that the file may contain features that are not compatible with Unicode text When pr
62. able in a local message At runtime when the local message is displayed it is updated to reflect the tag s current value as the value changes The time is also updated as the time changes Embedded variables can consist of numeric analog or digital tags including both HMI and data server tags string tags including both HMI and data server tags tag placeholders For information about tag placeholders see page 15 41 the time the date Where you can create embedded variables You can create embedded variables in these editors Graphics Use this editor to insert embedded variables in the captions for graphic objects For graphic objects with multiple states you can insert different embedded variables in each state s caption For information about specific graphic objects see Chapter 16 Local Messages Use this editor to insert embedded variables in local messages RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE For more information about local messages see page 14 29 Information Messages Use this editor to insert embedded variables in information messages For more information about information messages see Chapter 12 m Alarm Setup Use this editor to insert embedded variables in alarm messages For more information about alarms see Chapter 9 Creating embedded variables To create an embedded variable in a graphic object s caption 1 Open the graphic object s Properties dialog box 2 Click the ta
63. ackground Color toolbar 15 34 Background style transparent 14 21 Backspace button graphic object 15 8 16 17 16 49 Bar graph graphic object 15 6 16 44 16 46 at run time 28 18 using animation to create 17 10 using with recipes 19 10 Base objects breaking links to 16 5 creating 14 14 deleting 16 5 editing 15 24 Bit arrays using to generate alarms based on priority sequence 9 12 using to generate multiple alarms 9 11 Bit trigger type 9 11 Bitmap files See bmp files Bitwise operators in expressions 20 8 evaluation order of 20 10 Bounding box 16 6 Button graphic objects bounding box 16 6 creating touch margins for 16 6 linking to specific objects 16 10 repeating button presses 16 13 selecting objects to send button presses to 16 9 16 10 using function keys with 16 7 using with alarm banners 15 8 15 9 using with alarm history and diagnostics messages 15 9 using with lists 15 8 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE using with numeric input objects 15 8 15 9 using with trends 15 8 15 9 18 11 Button presses repeating 16 13 sending to graphic objects 16 9 16 10 C Caches for data servers synchronizing 5 5 Change Password window 28 4 Circle graphic object 15 3 15 18 Clear alarm banner button graphic object 9 7 15 8 16 17 using with alarm banners 9 35 Clear alarm history button graphic object a 15 9 16 18 clearing alarms with 9 7 resetting
64. ad In this case the data set for all the production lines would be the same but the tags receiving the recipe information would be different for each production line Units allow you to combine different tag sets and data sets for the same set of ingredients The RSView RecipePlus system allows you to create up to 15 000 ingredients 50 data sets 50 tag sets and 2 500 units for each recipe file You can create data sets at 19 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 19 2 development time edit them at runtime and also create new data sets from tag values at runtime You can write the data set values to tags or write tag values to data sets The RecipePlus system can be used for manufacturing food and beverages but it can also be used for any application where you want to display edit download or save multiple values at once For example recipes are used in the petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries In the pharmaceutical industry you could use recipes to design flexible packaging creating recipes that specify the number of tissues to put in a box or the number of milliliters of shampoo to put in a bottle Summary of steps These are the steps for creating a recipe system 1 In the RecipePlus Setup editor specify the runtime location for recipe files The files can be stored with the application or in a separate location For details see page 19 5 2 Inthe RecipePlus Editor set up ingredients data sets tag sets
65. age of their choice import application components developed in different countries into a single application that supports multiple languages Summary of steps Follow these steps to set up language switching for an application 23 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 23 2 1 For applications that will run on a Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system install the Windows languages that the application will use 2 For applications that will run on a PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal set up the fonts that the application will use 3 Create open or import the application in the language of your choice For details see Chapter 4 4 Add languages to the application For details see page 23 3 5 Create graphic objects and specify the text strings that they will use 6 Create a language switch button for each language you plan to use at runtime For details see Help 7 Export the application text strings for translation For details see page 23 4 8 Translate the text strings For details see page 23 6 9 Import translated text strings for each of the translation languages For details see page 23 10 10 Open the application in each language to check the layout of the translated text 11 Create the runtime application specifying the startup language and the languages that the operator can switch to For details see Chapter 25 Setting up Windows for language switching Installing Windo
66. aintained push button To do this Toggle between two values by sending one value to the tag when pressed and a second value the next time the button is pressed and released This button is useful for changing a setting within a machine or process but not for starting the machine or process Latched push button Start a machine or process and remain set latched until the process is completed by sending a value to the tag when pressed and retaining this value until reset unlatched by the Handshake connection Multistate push button Cycle through a series of values Each time the operator presses the button the value for the next state is sent to the tag When the button is in its last state pressing it causes the button to change to its first state and write out the first state value This button is useful when you want the operator to see and select multiple options in sequence using a single button The button displays the current state of a process or operation by showing a different color caption or image to reflect the different states Interlocked push button Use a group of buttons to send values to the same tag When the operator presses a button in the group the button s value is sent to the tag and the button remains highlighted as long as the tag value is the same as the button s value Pressing a new button in the group releases the other button and sends a new value to the tag You can also u
67. alarms with 9 8 silencing alarms with 9 8 using to delete the alarm log file 9 9 using with alarm lists 9 36 Close display button graphic object 15 3 16 37 and alarms 9 31 and diagnostics messages 10 11 and information messages 12 7 12 8 using to navigate 24 3 24 6 Color blinking C 1 for graphic objects 15 34 in graphic displays animating 17 9 in trends 18 9 Color animation 15 7 17 9 at run time 28 18 Communication drivers setting up at run time for transfer to PanelView Plus 27 3 for transfer to VersaView CE 27 3 in Windows 2000 or Windows XP a 26 9 setting up in RSLinx Enterprise atrun time 26 9 for transfer to Panel View Plus 27 5 for transfer to VersaView CE 27 5 Communications displaying errors at run time 28 20 setting up 5 1 testing on the development computer 25 2 Components 2 11 adding into applications 2 15 file locations 4 2 printing 2 17 security for 13 18 working with 2 13 Connections 15 2 assigning to graphic objects 15 38 using the Property Panel 15 33 expressions 15 2 for alarms 9 4 9 17 9 23 tags 15 2 Constants in expressions 20 6 Context menus 14 5 Control list selector graphic object 15 5 16 48 at run time 28 17 differences from piloted control list selectors 16 51 linking buttons to 16 10 navigating to 16 9 using Enter key handshaking with 16 14 ControlLogix processors 6 2 addressin
68. alphabetical order Lower case letters are greater than upper case letters For example h is greater than H Letters later in the alphabet are greater than those earlier in the alphabet For example B is greater than A Logical operators Logical operators determine the validity of one or more statements There are three logical operators AND OR and NOT The operators return a non zero value if the expression is true or a 0 if the expression is false 20 7 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 20 8 Any statement that evaluates to a non zero value is regarded as true For example the statement tagl is false if the value of tag is 0 and true if tag has any other value The logical operators are Example For these examples Symbols Operator Action tagl 5 and tag2 7 AND amp amp and Returns a 1 if the tagl lt tag2 AND tagl 5 statements to the Both statements are true right and left of the returns a 1 operator are both true OR or Returns a lifeither tagl gt tag2 OR tagl 5 the statement to the tagl 5 is true left or right of the returns a 1 operator is true NOT negation Reverses the logical value of the statement it operates on NOT tagl lt tag2 Although tagl lt tag is true NOT reverses the logical value returns a 0 The parentheses are essential in the above expressions They determine the evaluation order of the operators For more information s
69. alues of the ingredients in the selected recipe and the number of ingredients in the recipe The table works with the RecipePlus button and RecipePlus selector graphic objects Drawing object with rotation width height fill color or horizontal or vertical position animation ActiveX object Display the value of a tag using a pictorial representation that shows the current value in relation to a range of possible values For example use rotation animation to show the tag value as a needle s position on a dial For color animation assign different colors to represent different values A third party object connected to an analog digital or string tag including both HMI and data server tags The data displayed depends on the object 28 Using your application Many of these objects can be set up to manipulate tag values using expressions and display the expression result rather than the original tag value For information about expressions see Chapter 20 You can also attach visibility animation to these graphic objects to display or hide the objects based on changes in tag or expression values For information about visibility animation see page 17 8 For information about creating graphic objects see Chapter 15 For information about setting up graphic objects see Chapter 16 or Help Displaying the date and time To display the current date and time create a time and date display This object uses the o
70. an action conditionally or branch actions depending on the statements in the expression The if then else statements enable the expression to perform different actions in different situations and to repeat activities until a condition changes To build conditional expressions use the relational operators and the logical operators for the statement and values The if then else structure 1s if statement then valuel else value2 If the statement is true then the expression returns value1 if the statement is false then the expression returns value2 If the result of the statement is a non zero value the statement is true and returns value1 if the result is 0 the statement is false and returns value2 The if then else structure is illustrated here 20 15 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Nested if then else You can also nest an if then else structure inside the Then or Else part of an if then else structure Example 1 Nested if then else This expression if statement then valuel else if statement2 then value2 else value3 has this interpretation Tue state menti false Tue state ment false walled walle D 20 16 20 Using expressions Example 2 Nested if then else This expression if statement1 then if statement2 then valuel else value2 else value3 has this interpretation Tue statement falze statement Using write expressions Write expressio
71. and Common tabs in the object s Properties dialog box as well as elements for the object s states and connections Contains state elements for each of the object s states Contains attributes for the object s first state as well as elements for the state s caption and image Contains attributes for the state s caption Contains attributes for the state s image Indicates the end of the state element Element E Importing and exporting XML files Description lt state stateid 1 gt Contains attributes for the object s second state as well as lt caption gt elements for the state s caption and image Contains attributes for the state s caption lt imageSettings gt Contains attributes for the state s image lt state gt Indicates the end of the state element lt states gt Indicates the end of the states element lt connections gt Contains a connection element for each connection assigned to the object lt connection name Value gt Contains attributes for the Value connection lt connection name Indicator gt Contains attributes for the Indicator connection lt connections gt Indicates the end of the connections element lt object2 gt Indicates the end of the object2 element lt gfx gt Indicates the end of the gfx element You can specify multiple attributes for an element For example the caption element contains 13 possible attributes Elements for
72. ard button symbols 14 21 Keyboard navigation 16 9 L Language function in expressions 20 14 Language strings exporting for translation 23 4 importing 23 10 translating 23 6 Language switch button graphic object 15 3 16 18 23 2 placing in displays 24 3 planning 3 5 Language Switching 23 1 Language switching See also Languages setting up 23 1 setting up Windows for 23 2 Languages adding 23 3 to libraries 14 17 choosing fonts for 15 14 displaying current language 20 14 planning 3 4 display navigation 24 3 RFC1766 names F 1 setting up in runtime application 25 4 setting up messages alarm 9 16 information 12 5 local 14 33 testing 25 2 Latched push button graphic object 15 5 16 24 at run time 28 16 Least Significant Bit trigger type 9 12 Libraries See Graphic libraries Index License viewing maximum allowable graphic displays 4 17 Line graphic object 15 3 15 19 Link properties for reference objects 16 4 List indicator graphic object 15 6 16 43 at run time 28 18 Local message display graphic object 14 31 15 11 16 54 at run time 14 33 28 19 using with message files 14 29 Local message files 14 30 14 31 Local messages 14 29 embedded variables in 21 1 multiple languages for 14 33 viewing at runtime 28 19 Local Messages editor 14 30 Localizing applications file schema 23 8 importing text 23 10 information for translators 23
73. arts and describes startup options for RS View ME Station When you start RSView ME Station you can m run an application 26 11 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 26 12 load an application automatically delete an application s log files before running the application m replace RSLinx Enterprise communications on the runtime computer with the application s settings By default the option to start RSView ME Station when Windows starts is turned off The settings in this section apply only if you want RSView ME Station to start automatically when Windows starts To start RSView ME Station when Windows starts and run an application 1 Inthe RSView ME Station dialog box load the application that you want to run For details see page 26 4 2 Click Terminal Settings 3 Double click RSView ME Station Startup RS View ME Station Startup Do not start RSView ME C Go to Configuration Mode On Startup Configuration Mode Options F1 Ine C Run Current Application Run Options F3 i 4 Click Run Current Application This option is not available if you have not loaded an application yet 5 Click Run Options 26 Running applications in Windows 2000 or Windows XP Run Options 6 Specify whether to replace the RSLinx Enterprise communication settings on the runtime computer with the application s settings when the application starts 7 Specify whether to de
74. assigned Clear the tag or expression assigned to the connection Alarm trigger with Message Handshake connection assigned Clear the tag or expression assigned to the connection Index Symbols bmp files 14 20 importing 14 21 location of 14 21 placing in graphic displays 15 15 tips for using 14 24 viewing 14 23 dxf files 14 20 placing in graphic displays 15 21 jpg files 14 20 importing 14 21 placing in graphic displays 15 15 tips for using 14 24 viewing 14 23 mea files 4 10 med files 4 1 mer files 4 2 comparing 27 7 creating 25 2 transferring from PanelView Plus or VersaView CE a 27 6 to PanelView 27 1 27 5 to VersaView CE 27 1 27 5 to Windows 2000 or Windows XP a 26 1 26 3 winf files 14 20 placing in graphic displays 15 21 xml files 9 4 14 4 E 1 Numerics 21 CFR Part 11 compliance 10 5 A A I 5 tags importing 7 11 AB DF1 1 using to transfer applications 27 5 AB ETH 1 using to transfer applications 27 5 Index Acknowledge alarm button graphic object 15 8 16 17 using with alarm objects 9 7 9 35 Acknowledge all alarms button graphic object 9 7 15 9 16 17 using with alarm lists 9 35 ActiveX objects 15 2 animating 17 2 at run time 28 17 28 18 creating 15 22 navigating to 16 9 using to display tag values 15 7 15 10 using to set tag values 15 6 15 10 Addressing syntax ControlLogix 7 6 for HMI tags 7
75. ating point numbers of exponent tagl tag2 returns a value of 78125 20 6 20 Using expressions Be sure that any tag value you use as a divisor cannot at some point have a value of zero Expressions that attempt to divide a number by zero produce an error at runtime String operands The operator can be used to join string operands For example the expression hello world returns helloworld You cannot join string tags to analog tags whether they are HMI or data server tags Relational operators Relational operators compare two numeric or string values to provide a true or false result If the statement is true a value of 1 is returned If false 0 is returned The relational operators are Symbols Operator Numeric Example String Example For the numeric examples tag 5 and tag2 7 For the string examples serial _no ST009 EQ equal tagl tag2 serial no ST009 false true NE lt gt not equal tagl lt gt tag2 serial no lt gt ST011 true true ELLS less than tagl lt tag2 serial no lt ST011 true true GT gt greater than tagl gt tag2 serial no gt ST011 false false LE lt less than or equal to tagl lt tag2 serial no lt ST011 true true GE gt greater than or equal to tagl gt tag2 serial no gt ST011 false false How string operands are evaluated String operands are evaluated by case and by
76. ation The name of the computer where the message was SQL VARCHAR or 15 generated SQL CHAR D 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE This column Contains SQL data type Length UserID The name of the user including domain name if SQL VARCHAR or 38 there is one that initiated the action that caused the SQL CHAR diagnostics message If the diagnostics message was caused by an HMI server the user column contains System UserFullName The full name of the user that was logged in when SQL VARCHAR or 255 the activity occurred SQL CHAR Provider The name of the product that generated the message SQL VARCHAR or 20 SQL CHAR D 2 _ N Gauss Dix E Importing and exporting XML files This appendix describes m creating alarm and graphics XML files m exporting editing and importing XML files m the alarm XML file structure m the graphics XML file structure About XML XML is the Extensible Markup Language used to create documents with structured text information It has a standardized format and structure You can use XML to edit the elements and attributes needed to create an alarm setup file or to modify graphic displays For example if you have a list of 100 tags to monitor for alarms with multiple messages for each tag you might prefer to enter all the information in a text editor and then import the alarm setup information into RSView Another example of using XML files 1s to export the ala
77. b containing the Caption box The Caption box is on the Label tab or the States tab depending on the type of object For text objects use the Text box on the General tab 3 Click Insert Variable 4 Click the type of variable to insert 5 Fill in the options in the dialog box that opens For details about the options see Help To create an embedded variable in a message 1 Inthe Message column of the Local Messages Information Messages or Alarm Setup editor right click and then click Edit String Oven temperature N 3 Overn_temp NOFILL OP 0 Insert Warable Cancel Help 2 Click Insert Variable 3 Click the type of variable to insert 4 Fill in the options in the dialog box that opens For details about the options see Help 21 2 21 Using embedded variables Embedded variable syntax Embedded variables are case sensitive and must use specific syntax to work Otherwise the embedded variable is treated as a piece of text Therefore we do not recommend creating and editing embedded variables manually Instead use the Insert Variable and Edit Variable dialog boxes Numeric embedded variable syntax Use numeric embedded variables to insert analog or digital tag values into text strings including both HMI and data server tags Numeric embedded variables use this syntax N Tag name Fill_character DP where N indicates it s a numeric embedded variable indicates the number of digits
78. c object features that are not supported in RSView with information about how to achieve the same result when possible converting PanelBuilder 1400e expressions PanelBuilder 1400e applications are applications you create using PanelBuilder 1400e Configuration Software for Windows For information about converting applications from PanelBuilder or PanelBuilder32 see Appendix B You can convert PanelView 1200 applications to PanelBuilder 1400e applications and then convert the PanelBuilder 1400e applications to RSView Machine Edition applications Terminology This section describes terms that are different in PanelBuilder 1400e and RS View PanelBuilder 1400e term RSView term screen display graphic display Optional Keypad Write Expression Optional Expression programmable controller data source RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE A 2 PanelBuilder 1400e term RSView term control connection In RSView the data source can be memory or a device such as a programmable controller or an OPC server RS View writes values to and reads values from the data source The data source is configured to exchange information in the form of numeric or string values between RS View and the machine that your application is controlling The general term data source is used unless specifically discussing a programmable controller Summary of steps Follow these steps to convert PanelBuilder 1400e applications l Prepa
79. chine Edition Import Wizard Screen security settings PanelBuilder screen security settings are not converted because RSView uses a different method to assign security to graphic displays For information about setting up security in RSView see Chapter 13 Power up options These PanelBuilder power up options are not imported into RSView m Write Last Terminal State to Controller m Display Last User Screen Use Terminal Presets Converting non RIO communications This section describes how communications that do not use Remote I O RIO are converted For information about converting RIO communications see page B 8 RSView does not use nodes for communications Nodes are converted to RSLinx topics Topics are then converted into device shortcuts to run with RSLinx Enterprise You must have both RSLinx Classic and RSLinx Enterprise installed to make this two step conversion If you import an application multiple times delete the device shortcuts in RSLinx Enterprise before re importing Otherwise multiple unused topics will be created in RSLinx Enterprise For more information about setting up communications see Chapter 5 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE B 8 Unsupported communication protocols These communication protocols are not supported in RS View ControlNet scheduled communications Modbus communications m Profibus DP communications m DeviceNet communications m DHPlus nodes that use the AutoMax
80. click System Directory Overwrite Warning 3 Click No Specifying time date and number formats Time date and number formats are used by these graphic objects m numeric display m gauge m time and date display m trend m alarm banner m alarm list The time and date formats are also used when printing the alarm history report using the print alarm history button The numeric and time and date embedded variables also use number time and date formats All objects use the time date and number formats of the current application language For example if the application language uses a comma for the decimal symbol numeric variables use a comma for the decimal symbol For information about using multiple languages see Chapter 23 Using the DeskLock tool Use the DeskLock tool to prevent users from switching to another software application or having access to the desktop at runtime This tool can have far reaching effects on your operating system The DeskLock tool replaces the standard Windows 2000 or Windows XP non configured desktop with a customized desktop The customized desktop is intended to prevent operators from having access to other applications and operating system functions such as restarting Windows or shutting down tasks Before using the tool read the DeskLock Help file completely 26 Running applications in Windows 2000 or Windows XP To open the DeskLock tool 1 On the Windows Start menu select
81. co es ES Spanish Spain Default Sort Order International es ES Spanish Spain Alternate Sort Order Traditional es UY Spanish Uruguay es VE Spanish Venezuela sw KE Swahili Kenya sv FI Swedish Finland sv SE Swedish Sweden syr SY Syriac Syria ta IN Tamil India tt RU Tatar Russia te IN Telugu India th TH Thai Thailand tr TR Turkish Turkey uk UA Ukrainian Ukraine ur PK Urdu Pakistan uz UZ Cyrl Uzbek Cyrillic Uzbekistan uz UZ Latn Uzbek Latin Uzbekistan vi VN Vietnamese Vietnam F 5 APREN Ix G _ Aprent Features supported in different versions of RSView This appendix describes m which versions of RSView ME Station are supported m which features are not supported in previous versions of RSView ME Station Which versions are supported RSView Studio allows you to create runtime mer files for these versions of RS View ME Station m RSView ME Station version 4 0 m RSView ME Station version 3 2 m RSView ME Station version 3 1 m RSView ME Station version 3 0 Multiple version support is useful for system designers and others who create and modify applications for different versions of RSView ME Station on an ongoing basis You can use the latest version of RS View Studio on a single development computer to provide applications for terminals that use previous versions of RS View ME Station To check which
82. d Export The Graphics Import Export Wizard opens 3 Follow the instructions in the wizard For information about using the Graphics Import Export Wizard see Help RSView creates XML files for the selected graphic displays in the location you specify RSView also creates a file called BatchImport Application name xml in the same location You can use this file to import multiple displays at the same time To import a different set of displays than you exported edit the list of display names in the BatchImport_ Application name xml file Editing XML files We recommend that you use Notepad to edit your XML files If you do not want to change a property you don t need to include it in the XML file When you import the file if you select the option Create new objects in the display properties that are not listed in the file are set to their default values If you select the option Update existing objects on the display only properties that are listed in the file are updated with imported information If you include attributes for an object whose name does not match one of those in the graphic display the attributes for that object are not imported Attributes for all other objects in the file whose names do match the ones in the graphic display are imported Saving XML files in Notepad Save XML files created or edited in Notepad using either UTF 8 or UTF 16 file format Notepad s Unicode file type corresponds to UTF 16 f
83. d data type For signed data types if the left most bit is 0 a 0 is shifted in If the left most bit is 1 a 1 is shifted in In other words the sign of the number is preserved For unsigned data types a 0 is always shifted in Shifts the bits within an integer or tag to the left Shifts the bits within the left operand by the amount specified in the right operand The bit on the left disappears and 0 always shifts in on the right See Using the left shift operator later in this chapter Returns one s complement that is it toggles the bits within an integer or tag Reverses every bit within the number so every 1 bit becomes a 0 and vice versa Using the left shift operator If the left bit is a 1 an overflow occurs and an error message is generated To prevent this use the bitwise AND operator with the left shift operator in an expression For example dev lt lt 1 amp 65535 where dev is a tag whose value is being shifted left and 65535 is 1111 1111 1111 1111 in binary form 20 9 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 20 10 Examples Bitwise operators For these examples tag 5 binary 0000 0000 0000 0101 and tag2 2 binary 0000 0000 0000 0010 tagl amp tag2 Returns 0 binary 0000 0000 0000 0000 tagl tag2 Returns 7 binary 0000 0000 0000 0111 tagl tag2 Returns 7 binary 0000 0000 0000 0111 tagl gt gt Returns 2 binary 0000 0000 0000 0010 tagl lt lt
84. d information messages The operator can clear alarm and diagnostics messages The operator can sort alarms and reset their status Viewing information about runtime communication errors To display communication errors in the diagnostics list object set up message routing so that messages are sent to the RSView Diagnostics List For information about setting up diagnostics message routing see Chapter 10 Changing languages You can change languages at runtime The languages available depend on what has been set up for the runtime application There is a separate language switch button for each language that you can change to For information about setting up language switching see Chapter 23 To change languages 1 Press a language switch button Text strings in the application change to the language specified by the button Sas DIX A Converting PanelBuilder 1400e applications This appendix describes terms that are different in PanelBuilder 1400e and RSView steps for converting PanelBuilder 1400e applications names of equivalent graphic objects in the two products PanelBuilder 1400e graphic objects that are not supported in RS View PanelBuilder 1400e settings and controls that are not supported in RSView how communications are converted and which PanelBuilder 1400e communication protocols are not supported in RSView converting PanelBuilder 1400e Remote I O communications PanelBuilder 1400e graphi
85. d tag sets Set up units pairs of data sets and tag sets Hot Sauce Condiments RecipePlus Editor Runtime recipe name H ot Sauce Status tag StatusT ag p Percent complete tag PercentCompleteT ag n Dee e For details about the options in the RecipePlus Editor see Help You can also use the RecipePlus Editor to view the data values that are saved at runtime For more information see page 19 13 Comparing recipes You can use the RecipePlus Editor to compare data sets and tags sets within a single recipe or between two recipes If you are comparing data sets or tag sets within a recipe only ingredients with different values are displayed in the report If you are comparing data sets or tag sets between two recipes both common ingredients and unique ingredients are listed in the report To compare recipes 1 Open the RecipePlus Editor 19 7 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 2 On the Recipe menu click Compare Recipes Compare Recipes C Compare within a single recipe f Compare across two recipes Recipe 1 C Documents and Settings 4ll Users Documents AS view Enterprises MESH ell T Projects BakenAeciperlussOrganic brownies op Recipe 2 CADocuments and Settings 4ll Users Documents AS view Enterprises ESH ell Ps Projects BakenAeciperlus Ornganic cookies pp W Compare Data Sets Data Set 1 Data Set He Small batch F Small batch Compare Tag Sets
86. d then turned off by placing warning text at the beginning of the first line of the expression In addition exclamation marks are placed at the beginning of each subsequent line of the expression To turn on the expression you must remove the warning text and exclamation marks and revise the syntax if necessary The maximum expression length in RSView is 1 024 characters If a PanelBuilder 1400e expression contains more than 1 024 characters the excess characters are not converted Some PanelBuilder 1400e objects support both tags and expressions For these objects if the text assigned to a connection could be valid syntax for both a tag and an expression the connection is treated as an expression and is therefore turned off A 13 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE For example N20 0 String 64 could be the name of a tag or it could be an expression that subtracts 0 String 64 from the tag N20 The text would be converted as an expression and turned off To turn on an expression l Browse button 6 2 3 e S 5 Select the object containing the expression Open the Property Panel and then click the Connections tab In the Exprn column click the Browse button beside the expression to turn on In the Expression editor delete the warning text and exclamation marks Revise the expression if necessary using the tables in the following three sections as guides Click Check Syntax For more in
87. der for the value the operator enters To set up the maintained push button 1 In the Maintained Push Button Properties dialog box in the States tab set up these States m State 0 Value 0 Caption Feet S m State 1 Value 1 Caption Meters S 2 Inthe Connections tab assign a digital tag called Feet_or_ meters to the Value connection either an HMI tag or a data server tag To set up the numeric input enable button 1 Inthe Numeric Input Enable Properties dialog box in the Label tab type the caption Enter conveyor speed 2 Inthe Connections tab assign a tag called Conveyor speed to the Value connection 3 Assign this expression to the Optional Exp connection if Feet_or meters 0 then else 3 281 RSView writes the result of the expression to the Conveyor _ speed tag at the data source C2 Using embedded variables This chapter describes the types of embedded variables where you can create embedded variables creating embedded variables embedded variable syntax how embedded variables are updated at runtime how embedded variables are displayed at runtime About embedded variables Embedded variables allow you to display values that change dynamically at runtime You can use embedded variables in the text captions on graphic objects and in message text You can use multiple embedded variables in the same caption or message For example you could embed a tag value and the time vari
88. device return to these steps select No and continue to step 7 Set up the driver and then click OK If you are using auto configuration skip this step 27 Transferring applications to a PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal Setting up a driver for the transfer on the development computer On the development computer set up the RSLinx Enterprise driver that you will use to download your application to the Panel View Plus or VersaView CE terminal Use one of these drivers for the transfer m Serial DF1 Use for a serial transfer m Ethernet Use with an Ethernet connection For information about setting up drivers in RSLinx Enterprise see RSLinx Help Downloading applications and Windows TrueType fonts Use the Transfer Utility to download your runtime application and Windows TrueType font files from the development computer to the Panel View Plus or VersaView CE terminal Runtime applications have the extension mer Windows TrueType font files have the extension ttf or ttc For information about creating the runtime application file see Chapter 25 About the download You can use a Serial or Ethernet connection between the development computer and the PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal destination You must use one of the drivers listed in the previous section for the download You can download while an application is running on the runtime computer You can download multiple applications one at a time
89. dows 2000 or Windows XP Select Application Ei Look in E Runtime e E Ey Pumphouse mer File name Files of type Runtime Files mer Cancel 2 Navigate to the folder containing the application s mer file and then click the file name 3 Click Open 4 To replace the runtime computer s communication settings with the application s communication settings click Yes To keep the runtime computer s communication settings click No You are notified that the application s FactoryTalk System Directory of users and security policies will be loaded on this computer This is the set of users and policies that have been set up for the application and are contained in the mer file The computer s existing FactoryTalk System Directory will be archived and will be restored when you stop the application To turn off this warning see page 26 15 5 To continue click Yes To stop loading the application click No If you continue the application name is displayed in the Current application box in the RSView ME Station dialog box 6 Torun the application click Run Application The DEFAULT user is logged in If a macro is assigned to the DEFAULT user the macro runs Shutting down applications To shut down an application use one of these methods m Press a shutdown button in a graphic display 26 5 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 26 6 m Ifthe application is set up to use a tit
90. e Download write the data set values to tags for all the ingredients in the selected recipe Upload write tag values to the data set for all the ingredients in the selected recipe If all values are uploaded successfully the recipe file is saved m Upload and create write tag values to a new data set for all the ingredients in the selected recipe The operator is prompted for a name for the new unit If all values are uploaded successfully the recipe file is saved The new data set is named Data Set n where n is the next available number starting at 1 that will create a unique data set name m Save save the data set values for the recipe file and unit displayed in the RecipePlus table If the operator made changes in the data set values using the string pop up keyboard or numeric pop up keypad the new values in the table overwrite existing data set values if any for the unit in the recipe file The illustration below shows a graphic display that contains a RecipePlus selector RecipePlus buttons and a RecipePlus table The display also contains key buttons for 19 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE working with the selector and table a bar graph that shows the percentage complete of the recipe operation and a string display that shows the status of the recipe operation P RecipeComponents Condiments Display Recipe Selection Download Main Menu recipe recipe re unit unit unit unit recip
91. e 25 Specifying startup settings testing applications and creating runtime applications application file is not created You must remove or turn off the unsupported features before you can create the runtime application file For information about the features supported in different versions of RS View and how to remove or replace them see Appendix G To create a runtime application 1 In RSView Studio with the application open on the Application menu click Create Runtime Application El ES Create Runtime Application Save in Runtime ct Eg My Recent Documents 6 Desktop ca My Documents gr My Computer bly Metwork File name Tumphouse me Places Save as type Runtime 4 0 Application mer Cancel 2 Specify the folder and file name for the runtime application 3 Inthe Save as type box specify the version of RSView ME Station for which to create the mer file 4 Click Save 25 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Create Runtime Application Wizard Select Languages Check the languages you would like to include in the runtime application Runtime Language Afrikaans al 24 Arabic Kuwait arki w English United States en US French France fr F German Germany de DE Spanish Traditional Sort es ES Select the initial runtime application language 5 If your application uses multiple languages specify the languages to includ
92. e and the initial runtime language and then press Finish For details see Help This wizard is not displayed if your application uses one language only For information about transferring the runtime application m toa Windows 2000 or Windows XP platform see Chapter 26 m toaPanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal see Chapter 27 25 4 C2 Running applications in Windows 2000 or Windows XP This chapter describes m moving applications to the runtime computer m starting RSView ME Station m loading and running applications m shutting down applications m editing device short cuts looking up contact information for technical support m setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics at runtime m setting up serial ports for KEPServerEnterprise setting up RSLinx Enterprise communication drivers m specifying the printers to use at runtime m specifying startup options for RSView ME Station m deleting log files on the runtime computer m specifying the time date and number formats to use at runtime m using the DeskLock tool Summary of steps Follow these steps to m install the necessary hardware and software on the runtime computer m transfer your Windows 2000 or Windows XP application to the runtime computer m set up options in RSView ME Station For information about installing RSView ME Station see the RSView Machine Edition Installation Guide Installing hardware and software on t
93. e are the steps for creating a trend 1 To plot historical data create a data log model in the Data Log Models editor For information see Chapter 11 2 Create a trend graphic object in the Graphics editor as described on page 18 3 3 Set up the trend in the Trend Object Properties dialog box For details about the options in the dialog box see Help 4 If desired create a next pen button a pause button or key buttons in the same graphic display to allow the operator to switch between pens pause the trend or scroll the trend For information about the buttons you can use with trends see page 18 11 5 To keep a printed record of the trend data provide a way for the operator to print the graphic display For information see page 18 12 Creating trend objects To create a trend object 1 Inthe Graphics editor create or open a graphic display 2 Select the Trend drawing tool by doing one of the following m Inthe Objects toolbox click the Trend tool m On the Objects menu select Trending and then click Trend 3 Drag the mouse to create a box approximately the size you want for the trend 4 Double click the trend to open the Trend Object Properties dialog box 5 Set up the trend For details see Help Once you have set up the trend you can edit it as you would any other graphic object You can move it resize it attach animation to it and so on You can also use this object in other graphic displays by dragging it from
94. e border appears around the trend object at runtime when the trend is selected Trend window The area around the chart between the border and the chart is the trend window 18 5 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 18 6 Chart The chart is the area of the trend in which values are plotted It is bounded by the y axis on the left and the x axis on the bottom It contains the plotted trend data shown using pen lines and pen markers as well as grid lines if you choose to display them Y axis The y axis 1s the left vertical edge of the chart It is also known as the vertical axis Vertical axis labels The vertical axis labels show the scale range of values for the pens If desired you can set up the trend to omit the vertical axis labels The minimum and maximum values for the scale can be determined automatically using the best fit for the current data be derived from a pen s minimum and maximum values use a constant value or be controlled by tags You can set up the trend so all pens use the same scale or use individual ranges for each pen If you choose the latter method create a next pen button in the graphic display to allow operators to view the range for each pen When the operator presses the button the vertical axis changes to the new pen s range For example if Pen 1 has a minimum value of 10 and a maximum value of 100 the range on the vertical axis is 10 to 100 when the pen is selected If Pen 2 has
95. e labels on the X Axis Background screen plotting The date is displayed in the title You can plot tag values in the background by assigning the tags to a data log model Tags set up for background screen plotting are automatically assigned to a data log model on conversion However data log models do not plot expression values Therefore expressions set up for background screen plotting are not converted For information about data logging see Chapter 11 All objects PanelBuilder 1400e object name Object names are replaced with the RSView default object names The PanelBuilder 1400e object name is used for the object s description You can view and edit the name and description in the Property Panel For details see Help All objects Caption and image placement RSView supports one three or nine positions for captions and images depending on the type of object On conversion captions and images are positioned using the closest match Therefore some captions might overlap images some captions might be truncated and some images might be clipped to fit the object All objects Multiple image labels RSView supports one image label per object or state Ifa PanelBuilder 1400e object is set up to use multiple image labels only the top left image is converted Converting expressions Some PanelBuilder 1400e expression syntax is not supported in RSView Expressions are converted without modification an
96. e recipe re unit unit unit unit recipe recipe re unit unit unit unit recipe recipe re unit unit unit unit recipe recipe re unit unit unit unit recipe recipe re unit unit unit unit recipe recipe re unit unit unit unit recipe recipe re unit unit unit unit recipe recipe re unit unit unit unit LI P oS f Upload and Recipe Create Status a 2 A v A4 Y Recipe Table ingredient 123456 123456 ingredient 123456 123456 ingredient 123456 123456 ingredient 123456 123456 ingredient 123456 123456 ingredient 123456 123456 ingredient 123456 123456 ingredient 123456 123456 ingredient 123456 123456 ingredient 123456 123456 Id Ad A gt gt gt Number format The values in the recipe table are displayed using the number format of the current application language For example if the application language uses a comma for the decimal symbol floating point values in the table use commas for the decimal symbol For information about using multiple languages see Chapter 23 Numeric limits RecipePlus supports the range of numbers allowed by the VARIANT data type This range is 1 797693E 308 to 1 797693E 308 This range applies to the numbers that you enter in the RecipePlus Editor and it also applies to the tag values that are uploaded to the recipe file at runtime 19 4 19 Setting up RecipePlus Specifying the runtime file location Use the RecipePlus Setup editor to specify the runtime file location Storing fi
97. ecipes are m summary of steps for creating a recipe system how the recipe system works m specifying the runtime location of recipe files m creating recipe files m comparing recipes m creating RecipePlus buttons selectors and tables m testing RecipePlus objects m using objects from the RecipePlus Components graphic library m using buttons with the recipe objects m viewing data values that are saved at runtime About recipes A recipe is a set of numeric and string data values ingredients that can be downloaded to their associated tags at the data source Each ingredient has a pre set data value assigned to it The set of data values for all the ingredients in a recipe is called a data set The set of numeric and string tags assigned to the ingredients in the recipe is called a tag set The ingredients data sets and tag sets are stored together in a recipe file You can create different pairs of data sets and tag sets for the same set of ingredients Each pairing of data set with tag set is called a unit Each unit is like a unique recipe At runtime the operator can select the unit recipe that applies to the current operation For example a bakery making whole wheat bread could use the same ingredients and tag sets but depending on the type of crust desired could use different data sets to specify different baking temperatures As another example you might want to have multiple production lines baking the same bre
98. ee page 20 10 Bitwise operators Bitwise operators examine and manipulate individual bits within a value These operators are for integers only not floating point numbers Do not use them with tags or expressions that return floating point values Symbol Operator Action for examples see page 20 10 amp And Compares two integers or tags on a bit by bit basis Returns an integer with a bit set to 1 if both the corresponding bits in the original numbers are 1 Otherwise the resulting bit is 0 Symbol gt gt lt lt Operator inclusive OR 20 Using expressions Action for examples see page 20 10 Compares two integers or tags on a bit by bit basis Returns an integer with a bit set to 1 if either or both of the corresponding bits in the original numbers are 1 If both bits are 0 the resulting bit is 0 exclusive OR XOR Compares two integers or tags on a bit by bit basis right shift left shift complement Returns an integer with a bit set to 1 if the corresponding bits in the original numbers differ If both bits are 1 or both are 0 the resulting bit is 0 Shifts the bits within an integer or tag to the right Shifts the bits within the left operand by the amount specified in the right operand The bit on the right disappears Either a 0 or a 1 is shifted in on the left depending on whether the left most bit is a 0 or a 1 and whether the operand consists of a signed or unsigne
99. ee page 20 8 Unsupported initial values Device tags in RSView do not use initial values Memory tags are converted with their initial values Converting RIO communications A You can use Remote I O RIO communications on the PanelView Plus and VersaView CE runtime platforms RIO communications are not supported for applications that use the Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating systems However you can test run your RIO applications on the development computer To convert an RIO application from PanelBuilder 1400e to RSView 1 Convert the application as described on page A 3 2 Open the RSLinx Enterprise data server and then double click Communication Setup 3 In the Communication Setup editor add an RIO driver m For PanelView Plus 400 and 600 terminals use the 2711P RN1 driver m For all other PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminals use the 2711P RN6 driver For information about adding drivers in RSLinx see RSLinx Help 4 Expand the RIO tree right click RIO Data and then click Configure RIO 5 Inthe RIO Configuration dialog box right click RIO and then click Import 6 Browse to the location of the RIO configuration file The file is saved in the root of the application s directory 7 Inthe Communications Setup editor create a device shortcut that points to the RIO data device 8 9 A Converting PanelBuilder 1400e applications For information about creating a device shortcut see RSLinx Help Ap
100. efinitions containing embedded double quotes in double quotes For example the string definition Start Backup motor must be enclosed in double quotes like this Start Backup motor File FileName Line x Invalid line format A line in the import file does not contain all the component name or string reference number fields The import continues with the next line in the file Open the backup text file and then copy the missing fields into the translated text file Unable to open FileName txt None of the strings The text file could not be opened Make sure the text file is in the from this file were imported folder from which you are importing files and that you can open the text file in Notepad or Microsoft Excel Setting up multiple language support for graphic libraries 23 12 When you create an application the graphic libraries installed with RS View are language neutral by default This means that graphic objects in the libraries always display their text strings as shipped regardless of the current application language Since the current application language is ignored text strings never appear as undefined You can change the default for any graphic library so that it supports multiple languages instead of a single language When you do this when you open the library you can view the text strings that are defined for the current application language If the library s text strings have not
101. elp Where you can use expressions You can use expressions in these editors Graphics You can define an expression to control various aspects of a graphic object s appearance For more information about assigning expressions to graphic objects see page 15 40 You can also use expressions to attach animation to graphic objects For more information see Chapter 17 Global Connections You can use expressions to remotely control when to open and print displays as well as the date and time to display For more information see Chapter 8 Alarm Setup When setting up alarms you can use expressions for alarm triggers and with some of the connections that silence and acknowledge alarms For more information see Chapter 9 Information Setup You can use expressions to determine when to display information messages For more information see Chapter 12 Macros You can use expressions in macros to assign values to tags For more information see page 22 1 Formatting expressions You can format expressions so they are easier to read However do not let tag names function names or function arguments span more than one line When formatting expressions you can use line returns and multiple spaces Enclose strings in quotes The string can contain any character and can include spaces Example Formatting an expression To format this if then else statement you can align the Else with the appropriate If so the logic i
102. ent containing two graphic objects The second object has states Element lt gfx gt lt displaySettings gt lt objectl gt lt caption gt lt imageSettings gt lt animations gt lt animateVisibility gt lt animateColor gt lt animations gt lt connections gt lt connection name Value gt lt connection name Indicator gt lt connections gt lt objectI gt lt object2 gt lt states gt lt state stateid 0 gt lt caption gt lt imageSettings gt lt state gt Description Root element Contains attributes from the Display Settings dialog box in the Graphics editor Contains attributes from the General and Common tabs in the object s Properties dialog box as well as elements for the object s caption image animation and connections Contains attributes for the object s caption Contains attributes for the object s image Contains an animation element for each type of animation set up for the object Contains attributes for Visibility animation Contains attributes for Color animation Indicates the end of the animations element Contains a connection element for each connection assigned to the object Contains attributes for the Value connection Contains attributes for the Indicator connection Indicates the end of the connections element Indicates the end of the object element Contains attributes from the General
103. erator to edit the data set value If a numeric ingredient has a minimum and maximum value defined these values are displayed in the numeric keypad If the table is defined as View only the operator cannot edit it To see how the buttons work with the RecipePlus selector and table open the RecipePlus Components graphic library see page 19 10 and start test mode For information about creating buttons see Chapter 15 For details about setting up the buttons see page 16 17 Example Editing and downloading recipe values at runtime This example shows how to use the RecipePlus graphic objects to edit and download recipe values at runtime 1 Inthe RecipePlus editor create a RecipePlus file containing ingredients several data sets a tag set and several units combining the different data sets with the tag set 2 Open the RecipePlus Components library 3 Start test mode 4 Use the move up and move down buttons next to the RecipePlus selector to highlight a unit in the selector and then press the Restore button The unit s ingredients are displayed in the RecipePlus table with the data set values in the Recipe column 5 Use the move up and move down buttons next to the RecipePlus table to select an ingredient and then press the Enter button The numeric pop up keypad opens displaying the minimum and maximum values for the ingredient If the ingredient is a string ingredient the string pop up keyboard opens 6
104. ese steps to convert a PanelBuilder 1400e application file with the extension pvc to an RSView application file with the extension med The original PanelBuilder 1400e application file is not modified by the conversion Steps to take in PanelBuilder 1400e before you convert the application 1 Delete the Pass Through file assignment RSView Studio does not support pass through file transfers 2 Make sure the block transfer file numbers are sequential without gaps If necessary renumber the block transfer file numbers so there are no missing numbers Tag addresses in the application will change automatically to match the new number 3 Save the application You can convert the PanelBuilder 1400e application when you open RSView Studio or once RSView Studio is already open To convert a PanelBuilder 1400e application when you open RSView Studio 1 Open RSView Studio New Open Machine Edition Application New Existing Application name Description Language Engish United States en US Create Import Cancel RSView Studio 2 Inthe New tab in the Application name box type a name for your converted application up to 32 characters long 3 Ifdesired type a description of the application A 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE A 4 If the PanelBuilder 1400e application contains an Application File Comment the Application File Comment will overwrite the description you type he
105. ewing alarms and messages 28 19 viewing communication errors 28 20 Runtime application mer files 27 1 opening 26 4 in Windows 2000 or Windows XP a 26 3 26 11 running in Windows 2000 or Windows XP a 26 4 on PanelView Plus terminals 27 3 on VersaView CE terminals 27 3 shutting down 26 5 transferring from PanelView Plus or VersaView CE a 27 6 to PanelView 27 1 27 5 to VersaView CE 27 1 27 5 to Windows 2000 or Windows XP a 26 1 26 3 Runtime application file creating 25 2 Runtime screen resolution 4 10 S Sample applications 2 2 Scale graphic object 15 6 16 44 16 48 Screen resolution at run time 4 10 Screen size See Window size Security and remote display changes 8 6 automatic logout 13 14 controlling who can stop the application a 13 15 for Application Manager 4 10 logging in and out 13 13 planning 3 7 RSAssetSecurity 13 1 RSView security 13 1 setting up 13 22 using visibility animation 13 15 13 24 17 9 Security codes assigning to graphic displays 13 9 assigning to RSView 3 x users 13 6 assigning to users 13 4 13 9 Security functions in expressions 20 14 using 13 13 13 24 17 9 Serial downloads cable to use for 27 5 Servers data 5 2 See also OPC servers Shutdown button graphic object 15 3 16 18 assigning visibility animation to 13 25 limiting access to 13 15 locating in display hierarchy 24 1 using to navigate 24 3 24 7 using to shut
106. f graphic displays that provide progressively more detail as users move through them Design your display hierarchy to meet the needs of the various users including managers supervisors and operators If you plan to use security determine which groups of users need access to which displays and decide where in the hierarchy to locate login logout password and shutdown buttons For information about setting up security see Chapter 13 24 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 24 2 A display hierarchy could include m an initial graphic display for logging in m agraphic display that serves as a menu m an overview of the plant m acomprehensive display of each process being monitored m process specific displays that provide more detail m management summary displays m trend displays of historical and current data The following illustration shows a sample display hierarchy Alarm Summary Process Monitoring 1 Area 1 Trend Display Main Menu Process Overview Process Monitoring 2 Area 2 Trend Display Management Summary Process Monitoring 3 Area 3 Trend Display Historical Data Trand Display 24 Setting up display navigation Testing display navigation Once you set up display navigation for your application test the application to make sure that navigation flows smoothly and that you have avoided problems like these m A graphic display contains no buttons for moving
107. f input characters the fill characters are placed after the string the operator enters m Spaces have a hex value of 20 m Zeroes have a hex value of 30 m FF characters have a hex value of FF m Null characters have a hex value of 0 The null character indicates the end of string input It does not add to the actual string length m Ifthe number of input characters is fewer than the number of characters in the length of the string tag assigned to the Value connection the remaining spaces are padded with the null character When the string is written to the Value connection the first character is placed in the high order byte of the first word at the tag address the second character is placed in the low order byte of the first word and so on 28 Using your application Problems with the string pop up windows Problems with the string pop up keyboard and scratchpad occur under these circumstances m Ifthe graphic display changes remotely before the user has pressed the Enter button the pop up window closes without writing out a string m Ifthe screen resolution is smaller than 236 pixels wide by 208 pixels high the pop up keyboard cannot open m Ifthe screen resolution is smaller than 236 pixels wide by 44 pixels high the pop up scratchpad cannot open m Ifthe string pop up window is set up to accept more characters than the Value connection tag length the pop up window remains open and the string is not written
108. finition po Graphic Display Pump station l Stop motor The file is sorted alphabetically by component name and then numerically by string reference number Each string reference number refers to a different object in the component In the example shown above string reference 1 might refer to a momentary push button in the graphic display called Pump station 23 8 23 Setting up language switching The string definition is enclosed in quotes in Notepad but not in the spreadsheet column in Excel In the translated text file the only text that can be modified is the text inside the quotation marks in the string definition column For example translated into German the file would contain these changes Component type Component name String reference String definition E Graphic Display Pump station l Motor abschalten Do not change the entries in the component type or component name columns unless the component was renamed in the application after the text was exported Do not modify the string reference number The string reference number is a unique number that is assigned to an object by RSView Modifying the string reference number prevents RSView from identifying the object correctly when you import the text Working with pairs of double quotes If a text string contains double quotes the whole string definition must also be enclosed in double quotes For example Call Duty Manage
109. formation about using the Expression editor see Chapter 20 or Help Equivalent expression syntax This table describes RSView expression syntax that is equivalent to PanelBuilder 1400e syntax When you edit the converted expressions replace the PanelBuilder 1400e syntax with the RSView equivalent Syntax that is not listed in this table or in the next section is okay the way it is Type of expression component or operator PanelBuilder 1400e syntax RSView syntax Comment REM or Line continuation _ underscore Not needed Equality EQ or Bitwise Not Not tilde Bitwise And And amp Bitwise Or Or pipe Bitwise XOr XOr a If both operands are Byte Integer Long Variant or any combination of these data types use the RSView syntax For other data types no change is needed A 14 A Converting PanelBuilder 1400e applications Unsupported expression syntax This table describes the PanelBuilder 1400e expression syntax that is not supported in RSView with information about how to achieve the same result where possible Type of expression component or operator PanelBuilder 1400e syntax Equivalent RSView syntax if any Exit statement Exit Local variables DIM varname AS varname Integer division i x x MOD y y Endif If then endif If then else 0 If then else endif If then else Select case Select Case Use nested if then else Casel CaseN CaseElse EndSelect Logica
110. g syntax for 7 6 creating tags in 6 3 Current trends 11 6 18 2 D Data log files 4 3 11 1 Data log models changing the model to use at run time a 11 5 deleting tags from 11 5 Data Log Models editor 11 2 using tags in 6 12 Data logging 11 1 choosing the data to log 11 5 methods 11 4 problems with 11 6 setting up 11 1 storage locations 11 3 Data server tags 6 1 browsing for 6 5 how to use 6 3 when to use 6 3 Data servers 2 8 4 1 5 2 creating 5 4 synchronizing caches for 5 5 Data sets for recipes 19 1 comparing 19 7 Data source ensuring values are read by 16 14 for alarms 9 3 for HMI tags 7 5 for information messages 12 3 for local messages 14 30 for tags 6 2 7 5 for trends 18 2 Default graphic displays ALARM display 9 5 DEFAULT user 13 3 at runtime 13 2 DeskLock tool 13 2 26 16 Device shortcuts editing atrun time 26 6 Device tags 7 5 addressing syntax for 7 5 Diagnostics clear all button graphic object a 15 9 16 18 using with diagnostic lists 10 12 Diagnostics clear button graphic object 15 8 16 18 using with diagnostics lists 10 12 DIAGNOSTICS display 10 10 at run time 28 19 opening and closing 10 11 window size 4 13 Diagnostics List 2 5 clearing messages in 2 5 displaying 10 5 moving 2 5 resizing 2 5 showing and hiding 2 7 using to test displays 14 10 Index Diagnostics list graphic object 1
111. ge All objects Blinking inner graphics If the inner graphic uses a color image it will not blink Use a monochrome image if you want the inner graphic to blink _ Aprenbr C System tags This appendix describes system tags System tags are preconfigured HMI tags created by RSView System tags are read only Display them as needed in your application Alarms The following tag contains the time and date when the status of alarms was last reset The date uses the long date format Tag name Type Function system AlarmReset String Contains the date and time of the DateAndTimeString last alarm reset For information about resetting alarms see page 9 8 Graphics The following HMI tags can be used to make graphic objects appear as though they are blinking on and off Tag name Type Function system BlinkFast Digital Toggles on and off every 100 ms 10 times per second system BlinkSlow Digital Toggles on and off every 500 ms twice per second A more efficient way to make graphic objects blink is to use the blinking color option in color animation For details see page 17 9 Also many objects have a Blink property that you can set up For information about specific objects see Help RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE C 2 Time User These HMI tags record time and date information in various formats Tag Name Type Provides this data Read or write system Date String System date Read on
112. ge 28 11 3 Type your old password in the string pop up keyboard or on an external keyboard and then press Enter The password is case sensitive 4 Press the New Password button or press F3 on an external keyboard 5 Type the new password in the string pop up keyboard or on an external keyboard and then press Enter 6 Press the Confirm Password button or press F4 on an external keyboard 28 5 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 28 6 7 Type the new password again and then press Enter 8 To close the Change Password window and complete the change press Enter Logging out When the current user logs out if a logout macro is assigned to the user the macro runs If the user belongs to a group and a logout macro is set up for the group the logout macro runs After the current user is logged out the DEFAULT user is logged in If a login macro is assigned to the DEFAULT user the macro runs You can also set up the application to automatically log out the current user after a specified period of inactivity For more information see page 13 14 To log out 1 Press the logout button Entering numeric values The operator can enter or ramp numeric values at runtime using the numeric input enable button or the numeric input cursor point When the operator presses the button or activates the cursor point the numeric pop up keypad or scratchpad opens If you set up the button or cursor point to ramp pre
113. graphic display specified in the Behavior tab of the Display Settings dialog box The trend window color By default the trend window uses the background color of the display specified in the General tab of the Display Settings dialog box 18 9 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE To use a different window color 1 Inthe Property Panel select the opaque WindowStyle and then specify the WindowColor property For information about using the Property Panel see page 15 31 Testing the trend cs Test Display tool m Edit Display tool You can quickly test the trend by switching to test mode If communications are active and there is data for the tags the pens plot values in the trend When you are finished testing switch back to edit mode to continue editing To switch between test and edit modes 1 On the View menu click Test Display or Edit Display or click the Test Display and Edit Display tools Test mode is not the same as running the display Test mode does not change the appearance or position of the display as set up in the Display Settings dialog box Also data logging is not turned on in test mode Using the Trends graphic library 18 10 The Trends graphic library contains a trend graphic object and buttons for controlling the trend It also contains numeric display objects that display the value of each tag used in the trend You can use the trend and objects as they are or you can edit them to
114. group objects begin with lt group gt and end with lt group gt The lt group gt element contains all the elements for each object in the group For more information about graphic object elements and their attributes see Help for the Graphics Import Export Wizard _ Aprenbrx F RFC1 766 names This appendix describes RFC1766 names for Windows languages Mapping languages to RFC1766 names The following table lists the languages that Windows supports and the RFC1766 name associated with each language You can use the codes to name the translated application files before importing them The codes are also used with the CurrentLanguage function RFC1766 Language Country Region Name af ZA Afrikaans South Africa sq AL Albanian Albania ar DZ Arabic Algeria ar BH Arabic Bahrain ar EG Arabic Egypt ar IQ Arabic Iraq ar JO Arabic Jordan ar KW Arabic Kuwait ar LB Arabic Lebanon ar LY Arabic Lybia ar MA Arabic Morocco ar OM Arabic Oman ar QA Arabic Qatar ar SA Arabic Saudi Arabia ar SY Arabic Syria ar TN Arabic Tunisia ar AE Arabic United Arab Emirates ar Y E Arabic Yemen hy AM Armenian Armenia az AZ Cyrl Azeri Cyrillic Azerbaijan az AZ Latn Azeri Latin Azerbaijan F 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE F 2
115. h the numeric pop up keypad and scratchpad occur under these circumstances m Ifthe graphic display changes remotely before the user has pressed the Enter button the pop up window closes without writing out a value m Ifthe screen resolution is smaller than 124 pixels wide by 240 pixels high the pop up keypad cannot open m Ifthe screen resolution is smaller than 124 pixels wide by 68 pixels high the pop up scratchpad cannot open m Ifthe value is too large for the data type of the tag assigned to the Value connection the pop up window remains open and the value is not written to the connection The scratchpad area changes to red to alert the operator of the error m Ifthe value is outside the minimum and maximum range specified for the object the pop up window remains open and the value is not written to the connection The scratchpad area changes to red to alert the operator of the error m If Enter key handshaking 1s still in effect the pop up window closes but the value is not written to the connection Entering string values The operator can enter string values at runtime using the string input enable button When the operator presses the button the string pop up keyboard or scratchpad opens depending on how you set up the button To use the scratchpad a keyboard must be attached to the runtime computer For information about setting up the string input enable button see Help 28 Using your application Using t
116. he ImportErrors txt file is overwritten If errors occurred while importing text or if the import was canceled a message appears in the Diagnostics List and in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics log file Common errors and their causes If text seems to have been imported for some components and not for others see the ImportErrors txt file for an error message The causes and solutions for common errors are described below If some but not all of the text in an application seems to have been modified the import might have been canceled If you cancel the import before it is complete any text strings that were changed are not restored to their original values To restore the text originally in the application import the text from the backup text file you created in step 1 on page 23 10 In the error messages that follow x is the line number in the text file Cause and solution Server defined in FileName txt does not exist None of The name of the HMI server is invalid If the HMI server was the strings in this file were imported renamed open the file and then correct the name of the HMI File FileName Line x ComponentType is not a valid The component type has been modified in the text file Open the server component type for the application The string was not text file and then correct the text for the component type imported File FileName Line x ComponentName is not a The component name has been modif
117. he runtime computer 1 Ifyou will be printing displays alarms or diagnostics messages set up printer connections on the runtime computer 26 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 26 2 For more information see page 26 10 If you are using RSLinx Enterprise set up communications as described in Chapter 5 If you are using RSLinx Classic as the OPC server on the runtime computer install RSLinx Classic on the runtime computer If you are using RSLinx Classic on a remote computer install RSLinx Classic on the remote computer If you are using an OPC server other than RSLinx Enterprise or RSLinx Classic install the OPC server software on the runtime computer or on another computer on the network For installation information see the documentation supplied by your OPC server vendor For information about OPC see Chapter 5 If your application uses third party ActiveX objects install and register the Windows 2000 or Windows XP version of the objects on the runtime computer For information about ActiveX objects see page 15 22 Install on the runtime computer all languages used by the runtime application If the runtime computer uses different time date or number formats than the development computer specify the time date and number formats to use at runtime For more information see page 26 16 If desired use the DeskLock tool to prevent users from switching to another software application or using the de
118. he string pop up keyboard The string pop up keyboard opens when the operator presses a string input enable button or the User or Password button in the Login dialog box The pop up is also used with the password button graphic object Scratchpad area ttt tT yy SESS SSS EEN OATES Pte bib LTR Boo Semen If the operator opens the pop up keyboard by pressing a string input enable button the number of characters the keyboard accepts depends on how you set up the button When the keyboard is open no other objects in the graphic display can accept input Using the string pop up character input You can use a string pop up character input instead of the string pop up keyboard With the string pop up character input you use the arrow keys to select the characters to input 28 11 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE The string pop up character input opens when the operator presses a string input enable button or the User or Password button in the Login dialog box The pop up is also used with the password button graphic object Scratchpad If the operator opens the string pop up character input by pressing a string input enable button the number of characters the input accepts depends on how you set up the button To use the string pop up character input in Windows 2000 and Windows XP applications 1 In RSView Studio on the Tools menu select Options 2 Click the String Pop Up tab 3 Select Use the string pop up charac
119. hether the files are identical or different For details about comparing applications see Help for the Transfer Utility 21 1 C28 Using your application This chapter describes m logging in and logging out m changing passwords m entering numeric and string values m changing tag values m viewing tag data m viewing alarms and messages m viewing information about runtime communication errors For information about navigating between displays see Chapter 24 For information about navigating between and using the graphic objects in a display see page 16 5 Logging in to a Windows domain To log data to a network location the runtime computer must be logged in to the same domain as the computer on the network To do this the user must have access rights for the domain To log in to a domain from Windows 2000 or Windows XP 1 When Windows starts type a user name password and domain name The PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminals cannot be part of a domain However you can verify that the user who is logged in to the Panel View Plus or VersaView CE terminal is on a user list that is part of a domain On the PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal logging in hard codes a domain member s credentials This gives the terminal access to permissible network resources such as network folders To authenticate a user on a PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal 1 Inthe RSView ME Station dialog box
120. hic 16 51 objects 15 38 15 40 using Enter key handshaking with 16 14 Property Panel Placeholders opening 15 32 See Tag placeholders setting up objects in 15 32 PLC tags using to assign connections to graphic importing 7 9 objects 15 33 Polygon graphic object 15 3 15 19 Push buttons 16 20 Polyline graphic object 15 3 15 19 Preconfigured graphic displays R ALARM display 9 5 DIAGNOSTICS display 10 10 INFORMATION display 12 6 Print alarm history button graphic object a 15 4 16 57 specifying time and date format for 26 16 using to print alarm information 9 9 using with alarm objects 9 36 Print alarm status button graphic object 15 4 16 57 using to print alarm information 9 9 using with alarm objects 9 36 Printers selecting on the development computer a 2 17 specifying at run time in Windows 2000 or Windows XP 26 10 type to use with PanelView Plus and VersaView CE 27 1 27 2 Problems at run time data logging 11 6 logging in 28 4 using the numeric pop up windows 28 10 using the string pop up windows 28 15 Ramp button graphic object 15 5 15 40 16 28 at run time 28 16 setting up auto repeat for 16 13 Range of motion for animation 17 6 Read connection 15 33 Read write connection 15 33 Real time trends See Current trends Recipe files setting up 19 6 specifying location for 19 5 RecipePlus 19 1 RecipePlus button graphic object 15 10 16 18 19 3 creating
121. iagnostics lists 10 12 using with recipes 19 12 using with trends 18 11 Horizontal position animation 15 7 17 12 atrun time 28 18 Horizontal slider animation 15 7 17 7 17 14 at run time 28 17 If then else logic in expressions 20 15 nesting 20 16 Image Browser 14 23 Image graphic object 15 3 15 15 Images editor 14 22 Importing alarm files 9 4 E 3 applications 4 5 global object displays E 4 graphic displays 14 4 E 4 tags 7 11 Importing application text 23 10 Indicators 16 39 Information acknowledge button graphic object a 15 8 16 18 at run time 12 7 INFORMATION display 12 6 at run time 28 19 opening and closing 12 7 window size 4 13 Information message display graphic object 15 11 16 64 at run time 12 8 28 19 Information message files 12 2 12 4 changing the file to use at run time 12 8 Information messages 12 1 creating your own display for 12 7 displaying 12 3 embedded variables in 21 2 multiple languages for 12 5 setting up 12 1 viewing at runtime 28 19 Information Messages editor 12 2 Information Setup editor 12 3 Ingredients for recipes 19 1 Initial values for tags 6 12 22 1 23 1 See also Tag values Input focus giving to graphic objects 16 9 Interlocked push button graphic object 15 5 16 27 at run time 28 16 ISA symbols 14 21 Isolated graphing in trends 18 8 K KEPServerEnterprise array tag syntax 9 16 Keybo
122. ication will need when you order the system All software comes pre installed Transferring applications l On the PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal start RSView ME Station For more information see page 27 3 In RSView ME Station if you re transferring via a serial connection specify and set up the serial driver If you are using Ethernet for the transfer you can skip this step For more information see page 27 3 On the development computer set up the RSLinx Enterprise driver to use for the transfer For more information see page 27 5 Move the application to the PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal using the Transfer Utility tool For more information see page 27 5 You can also transfer applications to the terminal using a Flash Card For information about this method see the Panel View Plus Terminals User Manual or the Versa View CE Terminals User Manual 27 Transferring applications to a PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal Starting RSView ME Station To start RSView ME Station on a VersaView CE terminal 1 On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software and then click RSView ME Station The RSView ME Station dialog box opens Waversaview ce RSView ME Station Run Application F2 Delete Log Files Before Running Starting RSView ME Station on a PanelView Plus terminal If you are running a Panel View Plus terminal the RSView ME Station dialog box ope
123. ied in the text file or the valid component for the application The string was component in the application has been renamed Open the text file not imported and then correct the text for the component name 23 11 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Error message Cause and solution File FileName Line x The string reference must be The string reference number has been modified in the text file and an unsigned long integer value between 1 and the new string reference number is invalid Open the backup text 4294967295 The string was not imported file and then copy the correct the string reference number into the translated text file File FileName Line x The string was not used in This error occurs if the application and was not imported a the string reference number has been modified in the text file and the new string reference number is not used in the application Open the backup text file and then copy the correct the string reference number into the translated text file m the object was deleted from the application after the text was exported If this is correct ignore the error File FileName Line x The string definition must be The translated string definition includes embedded double quotes contained within double quotes The string was not but the string definition itself was not enclosed in double quotes imported Open the text file and then enclose all string d
124. iew is not visible scroll right to see more data sets 19 13 C9 Using expressions This chapter describes m the types of expression components m using the Expression editor m which editors use expressions m formatting expressions m using tag names and tag placeholders with expressions m using constants m using operators m using math security and language functions m using if then else logic in expressions m the evaluation order of operators m using write expressions About expressions Sometimes the data you gather from devices is meaningful only when you m compare it to other values combine it with other values m create a cause effect relationship with other values Expressions allow you to create mathematical or logical combinations of data that return more meaningful values Depending on the components used in the expression the value returned can be in the form of a numeric value a true false value or a text string Expressions that result in floating point values If an expression results in a floating point value but an integer value is required the floating point value is rounded For information about how values are rounded see page 7 2 Expression components Expressions can be built from 20 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 20 2 m tag values m tag placeholders m constants m arithmetic relational logical and bitwise operators mathematical and security fu
125. ile format For files containing strings in English or other Latin based languages UTF 8 is recommended to reduce the size of the XML file For other languages such as Chinese Japanese or Korean UTF 16 is recommended E Importing and exporting XML files The first line of every XML file contains XML version and encoding attributes Make sure the encoding attribute matches the format that you are going to use when you save the file For example if the original file was saved in UTF 8 format and you plan to save it in UTF 16 format make sure the first line specifies encoding UTF 16 Testing XML files An XML file must be well formed to be imported To find out whether your XML file is well formed test it To test an XML file 1 Open the XML file in Internet Explorer If you can see the XML code your file is well formed If the XML code is not well formed Internet Explorer displays an error message Importing XML files You can import an alarm setup graphic display or global object display that has been created using an external programming tool or editor or you can import an XML file that you originally exported from RS View and then modified When you import an alarm setup graphic display or global object display your existing alarm setup or display will be overwritten Back up your application first using the Application Manager tool Or you can save a copy of your existing alarm setup or display by exporting it
126. ime 28 18 Rounded rectangle graphic object 15 3 15 21 RSAssetSecurity 13 1 installing 13 1 setting up 13 16 turning off 13 2 users creating 13 17 RSLinx Classic 1 1 and OPC 5 1 RSLinx Enterprise 1 1 array tag syntax 9 15 setting up drivers in at run time 26 9 for transfer to PanelView Plus 27 5 for transfer to VersaView CE 27 5 RSLogix 5 tags importing 7 11 RSLogix 500 tags importing 7 11 RSLogix 5000 6 2 RSView Enterprise RSView ME Station 1 1 RSView Studio 1 1 RSView Machine Edition 1 1 RSView ME Station exiting 26 5 starting in Windows 2000 or Windows XP 26 3 26 11 on Panel View Plus terminals 27 3 on VersaView CE terminals 27 3 supported versions 4 9 G 1 RSView Studio main window 2 4 starting and exiting 2 1 RSView tags importing 7 11 Runtime changing tag values 28 15 deleting log files 26 15 displaying tag values 28 17 entering numeric values 28 6 entering string values 28 10 font substitution 15 14 I 15 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE I 16 logging in and out 28 2 28 6 automatic logout 13 14 problems with logging in 28 4 printing 2 18 graphic displays 14 34 printing graphic displays 14 34 setting up communication drivers in Windows 2000 or Windows XP 26 9 setting up printers in Windows 2000 or Windows XP 26 10 switching language at 24 3 time date and number formats 26 16 using graphic objects 16 5 vi
127. ing the button gives the display focus The operator cannot use the goto display button to open Replace displays if display change is currently controlled remotely using global connections But the operator can still open On Top displays Goto configure mode buttons When the operator presses a goto configure mode button at runtime the current application stops running and the RSView ME Station dialog box opens While in configure mode the operator can use RSView ME Station to change applications application settings and terminal settings The operator can also delete log files For more information about the RSView ME Station dialog box see Chapter 26 24 Setting up display navigation Return to display buttons When the operator presses a return to display button at runtime the graphic display that the button is on closes and the display that was previously open reopens The current display does not close if m the display change is currently controlled remotely using global connections m there were no previously opened Replace displays m the operator does not have security access for the previous display This can only occur if a new user logs in using a login button in the current display The return to display button only goes back to the most recent display It doesn t go back through a series of displays For information about setting up return to display buttons see Help How display types affect the butto
128. ion syntax see Chapter 20 22 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Using the Macros editor Use the Macros editor to create macros i Blend recipe Pumphouse Macros Form lt Tag gt lt Expression gt blend percent eee 80 For details about using the Macros editor see Help When to use macros You can assign macros to run when the application starts or shuts down a graphic display opens or closes a user logs in or out Macros can be assigned to individual users and to groups of users a specified tag or expression changes to a new non zero value using global connections an operator presses a macro button At runtime when the macro runs the values are sent to the tags at the data source At runtime the tag assignments are executed asynchronously That is the system does not wait for the completion of one tag assignment before executing the next Therefore do not rely on the order of assignments to control your process 22 2 22 Using macros Running macros when tags or expressions change value You can use global connections to run macros when tags or expressions change value This means you can use the data source to trigger the macro to run RSView allows you to create up to five macros for use with global connections The macros must be named Macrol Macro2 Macro3 Macro4 and MacroS in order to work with global connections For more information about gl
129. isplay Set up communications and edit tags that don t convert directly For more information see page B 7 Set up graphic object features that don t convert directly For more information see page B 10 Converting PanelBuilder application files Follow these steps to convert a PanelBuilder application file with the extension pba or pva to an RSView application file with the extension med The original PanelBuilder application file is not modified by the conversion Steps to take in PanelBuilder before you convert the application l Semicolons in tag addresses are supported in PanelBuilder but not in RSView Studio Before importing the PanelBuilder application in the PanelBuilder Tag Editor change the semicolons to colons Dashes in tag names are supported in PanelBuilder but not in RSView Studio Before importing the PanelBuilder application in the PanelBuilder Tag Editor locate any tags whose names contain dashes and duplicate the tags Then rename the tags without the dash or replace the dash with an underscore _ Once the tags have been renamed use the Tag Search feature to find the graphic objects using the original tag names and edit the objects to replace the old tag names with the new ones You can convert the PanelBuilder application when you open RSView Studio or once RSView Studio is already open B Converting PanelBuilder and PanelBuilder32 applications To convert a PanelBuilder ap
130. itor add an RIO driver m For PanelView Plus 400 and 600 terminals use the 2711P RN1 driver B Converting PanelBuilder and PanelBuilder32 applications m For all other PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminals use the 2711P RN6 driver For information about adding drivers in RSLinx see RSLinx Help 4 Expand the RIO tree right click RIO Data and then click Configure RIO 5 Inthe RIO Configuration dialog box right click RIO and then click Import 6 Browse to the location of the RIO configuration file The file is saved in the root of the application s directory 7 Inthe Communications Setup editor create a device shortcut named PVRIO that points to the RIO data device For information about creating a device shortcut see RSLinx Help 8 Correct any invalid RIO configurations Invalid RIO configurations are highlighted with red x icons 9 Save the converted RIO application Unsupported PanelBuilder RIO tags A PanelBuilder RIO tag will be converted to an HMI memory tag and an error will be logged to the conversion log file if the RIO tag m has a blank address m has a data type of Bit Array and its address does not have an array size of 1 8 16 or 32 m has a data type of Bit Array and its array size is 16 or 32 but its address does not have a bit offset of 0 m has a data type of Bit or BOOL and its address does not contain the bit delimiter character m has a data type of 4 B
131. l Xor if one or both operands Xor NOT x AND y are Boolean or Single data types OR NOT x OR y Order of precedence The order of precedence is slightly different in RSView Check your expressions to make sure the result is what you intend PanelBuilder 1400e order of precedence RSView order of precedence negation NOT tilde negation floating point division MOD AND amp amp amp gt gt lt lt integer division OR e MOD EQ NE lt gt LT lt GT gt LE lt GE gt subtraction e A 15 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE A 16 PanelBuilder 1400e order of precedence RSView order of precedence Not And Or Xor For more information about order of precedence see page 20 10 Sas Dix B Converting PanelBuilder and PanelBuilder32 applications This appendix describes terms that are different in PanelBuilder and RSView steps for converting PanelBuilder applications names of equivalent graphic objects in PanelBuilder and RSView PanelBuilder graphic objects that are not supported in RSView PanelBuilder settings and controls that are not supported in RSView how communications are converted and which PanelBuilder communication protocols are not supported in RSView converting PanelBuilder Remote I O communications PanelBuilder graphic object features that are not supp
132. le bar with a Control box click the Close button at the right end of the title bar m Ifthe application is set up to use a title bar with a Control box on the Control menu at the left end of the title bar click Close Control box menm Mave Size Control MENU birimize OF Maximize X Close Ctrl F 4 Hegt Ctrl F E Close button For information about using a title bar in graphic displays see page 4 14 For information about preventing unauthorized users from shutting down applications see page 13 15 What happens when the application shuts down When the application shuts down m if you assigned a shutdown macro in the Startup editor the macro runs assigning values to tags and then the application stops For information about the Startup editor see Chapter 25 m RSView ME Station closes m The computer s FactoryTalk System Directory is restored Changing application settings Editing device shortcuts You can use RSView ME Station to edit device shortcuts that have been set up in the application Before editing device shortcuts load the application containing the device shortcut as described on page 26 4 To edit device shortcuts 1 Inthe RSView ME Station dialog box click Application Settings 2 Double click Device Shortcuts 26 Running applications in Windows 2000 or Windows XP 3 Double click the name of the shortcut to edit Edit ShortCuts Backplane lt No Devices gt Ethernet 178
133. les outside the HMI project If you store the recipe files outside the HMI project the runtime application can use updated recipe files without creating a new runtime application mer file Storing recipe files outside the HMI project also allows you to use RS View Studio to view and edit recipe data that is saved at runtime For more information see page 19 13 If you want to store recipe files outside of the HMI project at runtime make sure you move the files from the application s RecipePlus folder to the specified runtime location before running the application This is the path to the RecipePlus folder Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise ME HMI projects Project name RecipePlus Windows 2000 Or Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RS View Enterprise ME HMI projects Project name RecipePlus Windows XP If recipe files are stored outside the HMI project when you perform an action on a recipe file at runtime the file is locked until the action is completed This prevents other users from making changes to a file while you are working with it Storing recipe files with the HMI project If recipe files are part of the HMI project when a recipe file is saved at runtime RS View updates the mer file with changes to the data sets When you stop the runtime application the changes are retained and are displayed the next time you run the application and display the recipe file However yo
134. lete the application s log files on startup To start RSView ME Station when Windows starts without running an application 1 Inthe RSView ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click RSView ME Station Startup 26 13 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE RS View ME Station Startup Do not start RSView ME C Go to Configuration Mode On Startup F1 C Run Current pplication OK Cancel 3 Click Go to Configuration Mode 4 Click Configuration Mode Options Configuration Mode Options Yes Load Current Application F1 C No Replace RSLinx C Yes Enterprise Communications F2 No 5 Specify whether to load the current application when RSView ME Station starts This option is not available if you have not loaded an application 26 14 26 Running applications in Windows 2000 or Windows XP 6 Specify whether to replace the RSLinx Enterprise communication settings on the runtime computer with the application s settings when the application starts This option is not available if you have not loaded an application Deleting log files on the runtime computer When you run your application RSView ME Station stores log files for alarms and data logging if you use these features When you start RSView ME Station you can delete the alarm and data log files for the loaded application or for all the applications on the runtime computer Running a newer version
135. lication are copied For more information about using graphic libraries see Chapter 14 23 13 2 Setting up display navigation This chapter describes what display navigation is developing a hierarchy of displays testing display navigation using graphic objects to navigate controlling display changes remotely This chapter describes methods for navigating between graphic displays For information about navigating between objects in a graphic display see page 16 9 About display navigation The term display navigation refers to the way the operator moves between the graphic displays that make up an application Use these methods to set up display navigation for your application Develop a hierarchy of graphic displays to chart how users will navigate the application Determine which users will have access to which parts of the application Create graphic objects that the operator can use to navigate the application Use the Remote Display Number connection to automatically control display changes The use of this connection is optional Assign it in the Global Connections editor In the Startup editor specify the graphic display to open when the application starts Set up security so that only authorized users have access to the application or parts of the application For information about setting up security see Chapter 13 Developing a hierarchy of displays A display hierarchy is a series o
136. logs out Global Connections Specify the tags or expressions that will run the macros named Macrol to MacroS D2 setting up language switching This chapter describes what language switching is summary of steps for setting up language switching setting up Windows to support language switching adding languages to the application exporting application text strings for translation translating application text importing translated text files setting up multiple language support for graphic libraries About language switching The RSView language switching feature provides the ability to set up multiple languages for an application and switch languages dynamically at runtime You specify an initial language for the runtime application when you create it and select the languages that will be available at runtime You can use up to 20 languages per application When the application runs operators can change the language using a language switch button Set up a different language switch button for each language With language switching you can develop an application in one language export the user defined text strings for the application and then import translated strings for up to 20 languages into the same application use the same application in different countries allowing operators in each location to view the application in their own language allow operators in multilingual countries to use the langu
137. lue Button Sort alarms button Alarm Status Reset Qty Time Button Reset alarm status button Alarm Panel Alarm banner Single Line Alarm Window Alarm Status Screen Alarm banner Alarm status list Clear All Button Print Button in Alarm History screen A 6 Clear alarm history button Print alarm history button This PanelBuilder 1400e object Is converted to this RSView object A Converting PanelBuilder 1400e applications Notes Print Button in Alarm Status screen Print alarm status button Alarm Status Button Alarm Goto display button History Button Exit Button Close display button Alarm History List Alarm list Display Mode Button Alarm status mode button Time Display Time and date display During conversion the display is set up to show the time only The PanelBuilder 1400e time format is not converted For details about the RS View time format see page 16 17 Date Display Time and date display During conversion the display is set up to show the date only The PanelBuilder 1400e date format is not converted For details about the RS View date format see page 16 17 Arc with solid fill style Arc with solid back style and line The line graphic object is added because the solid RSView arc shape does not have a line between the two points of the arc RSView arc Unsupported graphic objects These PanelBuilder 1400e objects are not su
138. ly system DateAndTime Analog Number of seconds elapsed Read only Integer since midnight 00 00 00 January 1 1970 coordinated universal time system DateAndTime String Complete date and time Read only String display For example Monday December 12 2001 10 47 50 AM system DayOfMonth Analog Day of the month Read only 1 31 system DayOfWeek Analog Day of the week Read only 1 7 Sunday 1 system DayOfYear Analog Day of the year Read only 1 366 system Hour Analog Hour of the day Read and write 0 23 system Minute Analog Minutes 0 59 Read and write system Month Analog Number for month 1 12 Read only system MonthString String Name of the month Read only system Second Analog Seconds 0 59 Read and write system Time String System Time Read only system Year Analog The year 1980 2099 Read only For information about using the data source to update the system date and time or about sending the runtime computer s date and time to the data source see Chapter 8 This tag contains the name of the current user Tag Name Type Function system User String Contains name of logged in user C System tags We recommend that you use the expression security function CurrentUserName instead of the system User tag especially if you intend to convert the application to RS View Enterprise Supervisory Edition In distributed applications system User returns the name of the u
139. m messages The value of the embedded variable is read when the alarm occurs and is displayed in the message associated with the alarm It is not updated after that If the message is printed it is printed using the value the variable had when the alarm first occurred This value is retained if you shut down and restart the application How embedded variables are displayed at runtime If there is no valid data available for the embedded variable the variable is replaced with question marks This could occur when a display first opens and the data has not arrived yet or when there is a problem that prevents communication with the data source If a string or numeric embedded variable has been set up but no tag has been assigned the embedded variable is replaced with asterisks Numeric embedded variables The value shown for a numeric embedded variable depends on whether the tag value is a floating point number or an integer Integer values are displayed as is Floating point values are rounded to fit the specified number of digits for the variable RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 21 6 For example if the variable is set up to show 6 digits 1234 56 is rounded to 1234 6 1234 44 is rounded to 1234 4 The decimal counts as one of the digits For more information about how values are rounded see page 7 2 If the tag value including the decimal point and minus sign contains more digits than specified for the variable the
140. n s behavior Both the current display and the previous display must be Replace displays When the operator presses the return to display button m Ifthe graphic display that is closing is a Replace display the display closes and the previously opened Replace display opens Any On Top displays that were previously open with the Replace display are not reopened m Ifthe graphic display that is closing is an On Top display the display closes but no display is reopened We therefore recommend that you use return to display buttons in Replace displays only Example Navigating through displays This example uses the display hierarchy illustrated on page 24 2 and shows what happens as the operator navigates through the hierarchy The graphic displays are all Replace displays 1 Inthe Main Menu display the operator uses a display list selector to open the Process Overview display 2 Inthe Process Overview display the operator presses a goto display button to open the Process Monitoring 1 display 3 After viewing the state of the process the operator presses a return to display button to close the current display and reopen the Process Overview display 24 5 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 24 6 4 Inthe Process Overview display the operator presses a return to display button Which display opens The Process Monitoring 1 display because this was the previously opened display To return to the Main Menu display fr
141. n this manual do not claim to cover all the details or variations in the equipment procedure or process described nor to provide directions for meeting every possible contingency during installation operation or maintenance Doc ID ViewME UM005D EN E July 2005 18 Setting up trends This chapter describes what trends are summary of steps for creating a trend graphic object m creating trends and the Trend Object Properties dialog box m the parts of the trend graphic object m the different chart types m choosing colors fonts lines and markers for the trend m testing the trend m using objects from the Trends graphic library m using buttons to control the trend at runtime m printing trend data m runtime errors for trends About trends A trend is a visual representation of current or historical tag values The trend provides operators with a way of tracking plant activity as it is happening You can m plot data for as many as eight tags or expressions on one trend m create a trend that is part of a graphic display or acts as the entire graphic display plot data over time or plot one variable against another in an XY Plot chart to show the relationship between them m display isolated or non isolated graphs Isolated graphing places each pen in a separate band of the chart With non isolated graphing pen values can overlap m create buttons to allow the operator to pause scroll and print the trend data
142. nctions m if then else logic Tags arithmetic operators bitwise operators and mathematical functions such as SQRT square root return numeric values Relational and logical operators return true false values The security function CurrentUserHasCode x also returns a true false value The security function CurrentUserName returns a string value The language function CurrentLanguage returns a string value Expressions that use if then else logic can return numeric values true false values or text strings depending on how they are structured These are called conditional expressions because the result of the expression depends on whether the If statement 1s true or false When the If statement evaluates to true the result is defined by the Then statement When the If statement is false the result is defined by the Else statement The Objects 5 Screen Demo sample application contains many examples of expressions For example see the alarm trigger expressions in the Alarm Setup editor Using the Expression editor To create an expression you can m type it directly in the Tag or expression column for any connection that accepts expressions or in the Expression box for animation open the Expression editor and then create the expression in the editor Using the Expression editor versus typing expressions directly Once you are familiar with expression syntax you might find it quicker to create short expres
143. nection in the Global Connections editor When the value of the tag or expression changes from 0 to a non zero value the current display is automatically printed Program the data source to trigger the change as often as you want the data printed For more information about setting up remote display printing see Chapter 8 Everything on the screen is printed including the current display pop up windows and any visible background applications For information about specifying which printer to use at runtime for Windows 2000 or Windows XP applications see page 26 10 For information about specifying printer options for applications that will run on a PanelView Plus terminal see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual For information about specifying printer options for applications that will run on a VersaView CE terminal see the VersaView CE Terminals User Manual Improving clarity of the trend printout Depending on what type of printer you use pen lines with a width of 1 pixel might not appear in the printout Choose high contrast colors and wider line widths to ensure that the trend data prints clearly 18 Setting up trends Runtime errors for the trend If data for the trend is not available at runtime due to communication errors a message 1s sent to FactoryTalk Diagnostics See Help for information about solving common trend problems 18 13 C49 Setting up RecipePlus This chapter describes m what r
144. ns automatically when the terminal starts up Specifying the driver to use for the transfer You can download the runtime application file to the Panel View Plus or VersaView CE terminal using m Ethernet m adirect serial connection If you are using an Ethernet connection for the transfer you don t need to set up a driver for the transfer since the Ethernet driver is selected and loaded by default If you are using a serial connection for the transfer specify and set up the driver 2 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 27 4 You can also transfer applications to the terminal using a Flash Card For information about this method see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual or the VersaView CE Terminals User Manual To specify and set up a serial driver for the transfer l 2 3 In the RSView ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings Double click Networks and Communications In the Networks and Communications dialog box double click RSLinx Enterprise Communications IE vvce 20ef8e E Virtual Backplane _ lt No Devices gt E Ethernet lt No Devices gt Serial DF1 lt No Devices gt Click the Serial DF1 driver and then click Edit Driver Select Use Auto Configuration and then click Edit In the dialog box that opens select Yes and then click OK Auto configuration works with most devices including ControlLogix and PLC 5 If auto configuration is not successful for your
145. ns allow the operator to enter a value which is manipulated by an expression before being sent to the data source RSView substitutes the value the operator enters for the placeholder in the expression calculates the value of the expression and writes the result to the Value connection All write expressions must contain a question mark as a placeholder for the value the operator enters You can use write expressions with the numeric input enable button and the numeric input cursor point When the operator presses the button or cursor point a keypad or scratchpad opens The operator enters a value in the keypad or scratchpad and this value is substituted for the placeholder in the write expression 20 17 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 20 18 Example Using write expressions In this example the operator regulates the speed of a conveyor belt by entering a value in feet or meters per second When the operator enters the value in meters per second the value is converted to feet per second before being passed to the data source The operator first indicates whether the value is in feet or meters by pushing a maintained push button The push button has one state corresponding to feet per second and the other state to meters per second Then the operator presses the numeric input enable button and enters the value for the conveyor speed in a numeric pop up keypad The character in the write expression is the placehol
146. nterprise before re importing Otherwise multiple unused device shortcuts will be created in RSLinx Enterprise For more information about setting up communications see Chapter 5 Unsupported communication protocols These communication protocols are not supported in RS View ControlNet scheduled communications Modbus communications Tags that use these protocols are converted to HMI memory tags Once you have set up communications for your converted application change the memory tags to device tags that point to the correct addresses For information about editing HMI tags see Chapter 7 Unsupported tag data types These tag data types are not supported in RSView m Binary used with Remote I O communications Bit Position m 1 BCD 2 BCD 5 BCD 6 BCD 7 BCD 8 BCD m BIN3 BIN4 BIN6 BIN8 used with Modbus communications Tags that use these data types are converted to analog HMI tags with the Default data type The Default data type uses floating point values A 9 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE A 10 For Bit Position and Binary data types use the bitwise expression operators to display data that does not reference supported lengths For more information see the Rockwell Automation KnowledgeBase To open the KnowledgeBase 1 In RSView Studio on the Help menu select Rockwell Software on the Web and then click Rockwell Automation KnowledgeBase For information about using bitwise expression operators s
147. numeric variable is replaced with asterisks For example if the variable is set up to show 6 digits and the tag value is 123456 the variable will be replaced with asterisks Number formats The numeric variable uses the number format of the current application language For example if the application language uses a comma for the decimal symbol the numeric variable uses a comma for the decimal symbol For information about using multiple languages see Chapter 23 String embedded variables For string embedded variables that do not use a fixed number of characters the entire string tag value is displayed unless a null character is read Nothing after a null character is displayed If a fixed number of characters is used the variable displays the value of the tag up to the number of characters specified unless a null character is encountered before the specified length Nothing is displayed after a null character If necessary spaces are used to make up the required number of characters Null characters have a hex value of 0 The null character indicates the end of string input It does not add to the actual string length Time and date embedded variables For embedded variables that show both the time and the date a space is placed between the time and date when the embedded variable is displayed at runtime Time and date formats Time and date embedded variables use the time and date formats for the current application lang
148. obal connections see Chapter 8 Example Using macros to reset tag values This example shows you how to run a macro whenever the operator needs to reset production information tags to known values The macro writes the desired values to the tags whenever the operator presses a momentary push button 1 Create a memory tag called ResetProdData 2 Create a momentary push button with the caption Reset Production Data Assign the ResetProdData tag to the Value connection 3 Create a macro called Macrol with these tag assignments TotalProductionUnits 0 LineDownTime 0 TotalRejects 0 4 Inthe Global Connections editor assign the ResetProdData tag to the Remote Macrol connection When the operator presses the Reset Production Data button the value of the ResetProdData tag changes from 0 to 1 This tells RS View to run Macrol which writes the specified values to the tags in the macro Where to assign macros Once you ve created the macros you want to use assign the macros in these editors In this editor Do this Startup Assign application startup and shutdown macros 22 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 22 4 In this editor Graphics Do this Assign macros to run when displays open or close using the Display Settings dialog box User Accounts Assign macros to run when users log in and log out Macros that you assign to groups of users run each time any member of the group logs in or
149. of the application If you run a newer version of an application the alarm log file for the older version is deleted automatically The data log file for the older version is retained to allow the display of historical data in trends For more information about the alarm log file see page 9 9 For more information about data log files see page 11 5 Deleting log files manually To delete log files for the loaded application 1 Inthe RSView ME Station dialog box click Yes beside the Delete Log Files Before Running button All alarm and data log files for the loaded application are deleted To delete log files for all applications on the runtime computer 1 Inthe RSView ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Delete Log Files 3 Click Yes Log files for data log models that use the default path are deleted All alarm log files are deleted Turning off the FactoryTalk Directory Server warning When you load an application you are notified that the application s FactoryTalk System Directory of users and security policies will be loaded on the computer The computer s existing FactoryTalk System Directory is archived while you run the application It is restored when you stop the application You can turn off this notification warning 26 15 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 26 16 To turn off the overwrite warning 1 Inthe RSView ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double
150. om the Process Overview display the operator would have to press a goto display button that is set up to open the Main Menu display Close display buttons When the operator presses a close display button at runtime the graphic display that the button is on closes You can set up the button to write out a value when the display closes If the graphic display that is closing is a Replace display and the display change is controlled remotely the display does not close If the display does not close the close value if any is not written out If the display change is controlled by the operator and the graphic display that is closing is a Replace display if there are no On Top displays open an empty window is displayed The operator will not be able to use the application again unless a remote display change occurs or an alarm activity or information message display opens We therefore recommend that you use close display buttons in On Top displays only For information about setting up close display buttons see Help Display list selectors Use the display list selector to show a list of graphic displays that the operator can choose from The operator can scroll through the list and select the graphic display to open The specified display doesn t open if the operator does not have security access for the display You can also assign a parameter file that assigns tags to tag placeholders in the display when the display opens
151. ompted to keep the workbook in Unicode format that leaves out incompatible features click Yes Close the file When prompted to save changes click Yes When prompted again to keep the workbook in Unicode format that leaves out incompatible features click Yes 23 7 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Differences in file format for files saved in Excel If you use Notepad to open a Unicode text file that was saved in Excel you will notice some differences from a file edited and saved in Notepad You do not have to change the format of the file before you import it into RSView The differences are Double quotes surrounding the string definitions are removed for most strings m String definitions containing embedded double quotes or other characters that Excel treats as special characters such as commas are enclosed within double quotes m Any embedded double quotes are converted to a pair of double quotes Saving the Unicode text file in Notepad When saving the file save it using the Unicode encoding option in the Save As dialog box File schema Comments The text file uses the symbol as a comment delimiter if it is the first character on a line Header The first seven lines of the text file contain header information that must not be translated or modified Body The body of the text file starts on line eight and includes the following columns Component type Component name String reference String de
152. on Unsupported graphic objects These PanelBuilder objects are not supported in RS View Print Only Object Circular Scale Scrolling Text Print Alarm Button Horn Silence Button Lamp Horn Test Button Select Operator Button Enable Disable Security Button Verify Password Button The RS View Password button opens a dialog box that allows the user to type and verify a new password Unsupported settings and controls This section describes PanelBuilder settings and controls that are not used in RSView Settings and controls for alarms RSView does not use these PanelBuilder features and settings to manage alarms Ack setting for alarm messages in RSView all alarms can be acknowledged m bit alarm acknowledgement RSView does not use these PanelBuilder controls to manage alarms m Remote Ack All Handshake Tag m Remote Clear All Alarm Tag B Converting PanelBuilder and PanelBuilder32 applications m Remote Clear All Alarm Handshake Tag Invalid characters in screen names and tag names Characters in PanelBuilder screen names and tag names that are not supported in RS View are replaced with the underscore character Time and date PanelBuilder time and date formats are not converted For details about RS View time and date formats see page 16 17 External fonts PanelBuilder external fonts are not converted When you convert your application you can specify the font to use instead For details see Help for the Ma
153. one display and dropping it into another For more information about graphic objects see Chapter 15 18 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Setting up trends When you double click a trend object the Trend Object Properties dialog box opens Use the dialog box to set up the trend Set up the chart style and update mode Set up how the trend works at runtime Set up pens Set up the horizontal axis Set up the vertical axis Set up focus highlight and keyboard navigation Set up the tags to display data for Trend Object Properties General Display Pens AANS T Anis Common Connections Chart style f Standard Co ar Plot a E Chart update mode f Automatic Refresh Aate Second s t On Change El Cancel Help For details about the options in the Trend Object Properties dialog box see Help 18 4 18 Setting up trends The parts of a trend The illustration below shows a standard trend chart with three pens and a two minute time span Two of the pens have markers The third uses digital plotting For more information about chart types see page 18 7 ounday Decerber 31 2000 Trend border j Pen marker Trend window i HHHH i Pen icon Chart Digital plotting y axis Vertical axis label CR Cae a Ca E EE E E E E E E E E E E ca AE E ca AE AE Pen marker 12 54 50 Phd 12 55 14 12 55 35 12 56 26 12 56 50 Phi x axis Horizontal axis label Trend border Th
154. oning 15 51 with grid 14 8 replacing tags and expressions in 15 40 resizing 15 46 selecting 15 25 setting up 16 1 using the Properties dialog box 15 28 using the Property Panel 15 32 spatial properties of 16 1 time date and number formats 16 17 using at runtime 16 5 using keys to work with See Special keys using to display alarms and messages 15 10 using to display processes 15 6 using to enter and display numeric and string values 15 10 using to illustrate displays 15 3 using to navigate 24 3 using to start and control processes 15 5 visibility setting up 16 1 Grid in graphic displays 14 8 in trends 18 9 Group objects animating 15 49 17 14 creating 15 49 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE editing 15 50 naming 15 37 H Handshaking Enter key 16 14 for Alarm messages 9 20 for alarms 9 18 remote 9 20 Height animation 15 7 17 13 at run time 28 18 Historical trends 11 6 18 2 HISTORY display 9 5 editing 9 28 HMI servers 2 8 4 1 HMI tags 6 2 7 1 addressing syntax for 7 5 browsing for 6 5 creating 7 8 data sources 7 5 exporting 7 11 how to use 6 5 importing 7 9 7 11 merging databases 7 11 naming 7 7 searching for 7 4 when to use 6 4 See also Analog tags Device tags Digital tags Memory tags String tags System tags Home button graphic object 15 8 16 18 16 49 using with alarm objects 9 37 using with d
155. ormation about setting up RSLinx Enterprise drivers and devices see the RSLinx documentation Once the driver is set up RSView ME Station automatically starts the driver software when you run the application 26 9 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 26 10 Specifying the printers to use at runtime You can use local or network printers to print alarm messages reports diagnostics messages and graphic displays at runtime If desired you can use a different printer for each type of printing To specify the printers to use at runtime 1 Inthe RSView ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Print Setup Alarm Print Setup Diagnostics Print Setup Display Print Setup 3 Double click the type of printing to set up 26 Running applications in Windows 2000 or Windows XP Print Setup Paper Size z S Ounce Automatically Select Onentation Margins Inches ie Portrait Left f Right i t Landscape Top i Bottom i Cancel Printer 4 Click Printer Print Setup 7 Frinter Mame HP DeskJet 690C Properties Status Ready Type HP DeskJet 6900 Where LPT Comment Network Cancel 5 Modify the print options as required For detailed information about printer options refer to your Windows documentation Specifying startup options for RSView ME Station This section describes how to start RSView ME Station automatically when Windows st
156. orted in RSView with information about how to achieve the same result when possible This appendix uses the term PanelBuilder to refer to both PanelBuilder and PanelBuilder32 features For information about converting applications from PanelBuilder 1400e see Appendix A Terminology This section describes terms that are different in PanelBuilder and RS View PanelBuilder term RSView term screen display graphic display programmable controller data source control connection In RS View the data source can be memory or a device such as a programmable controller or an OPC server RSView writes values to and reads values from the data source The data source is configured to exchange information in the form of numeric or string B 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE B 2 values between RS View and the machine that your application is controlling The general term data source is used unless specifically discussing a programmable controller Summary of steps Follow these steps to convert PanelBuilder applications l 2 Convert the application file as described in the next section Specify additional project settings as described on page 4 10 For example if you want the application to have a border around its graphic displays or to use a title bar you can specify these options in the Project Settings editor If you select Convert to new window size check the position of the graphic objects in each d
157. oryTalk Directory PanelBuilder PanelView Plus SLC and WINtelligent are trademarks of Rockwell Automation Inc Adobe and Reader are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated TrueType is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc AutoCAD is a registered trademark of Autodesk Inc Ethernet is a registered trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation Intel Corporation and Xerox Corporation Modicon is a registered trademark of Groupe Schneider Zip is a trademark of Iomega Corporation KEPServerEnterprise is a trademark of Kepware Technologies ActiveX Microsoft OpenType Visual Basic Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries OPC is a registered trademark of the OPC Foundation All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged This Rockwell Software product is warranted in accord with the product license The product s performance will be affected by system configuration the application being performed operator control and other related factors This product s implementation may vary among users This manual is as up to date as possible at the time of printing however the accompanying software may have changed since that time Rockwell Software reserves the right to change any information contained in this manual or the software at any time without prior notice The instructions i
158. perating system s date and time in the format of the application s current language and therefore does not require tags or expressions Viewing alarms and messages The operator can view alarms and other messages at runtime using these graphic objects and graphic displays Appears in this In this default graphic This information object display For details see Alarm messages Alarm banner ALARM page 9 26 Alarm messages Alarm list No default although this page 9 25 object appears in the page 9 26 and ALARM MULTI LINE and page 9 28 HISTORY graphic libraries Alarm messages Alarm status list No default although this page 9 27 object appears in the STATUS graphic library System activity Diagnostics list DIAGNOSTICS page 10 11 Information messages Information message INFORMATION page 12 8 display Local messages Local message display No default page 14 33 The default alarm and information displays open automatically when the assigned tags match messages trigger values The default diagnostics display opens automatically when system activity occurs If desired you can set up your own graphic displays to open automatically instead of the default displays You can also set up any of the displays to open when an operator presses a goto display button or selects a display in the display list selector 28 19 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 28 20 The operator can acknowledge alarm an
159. plication when you open RSView Studio k 2 Open RSView Studio New Open Machine Edition Application New Existing Application name Description Language Engish United States en US Create Import Cancel RSView Studio In the New tab in the Application name box type a name for your converted application up to 32 characters long If desired type a description of the application If the PanelBuilder application contains an Application Description the Application Description will overwrite the description you type here You can add or change the description later as described on page 4 17 Specify the last language that was used to edit the application This will be used for the converted application For information about using different languages see Chapter 23 5 Click Import You can only import one language for your application even if the original application uses multiple languages The imported language will be the last language used to edit the application B 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE B 4 Machine Edition Import Wizard Import Type Select the import type PanelBuilder Application pba PanelBuilder 1400e Application pyc Panel iew Terminal pa ASview Machine Edition Project med me _ Heb 6 Follow the steps in the Machine Edition Import Wizard For details about the options in the Machine Edition Import Wizard
160. ply the shortcut to the RIO driver Correct any invalid RIO configurations Invalid RIO configurations are highlighted with red x icons 10 Create an alias for any data that is not a 16 bit integer or bit 11 Save the converted RIO application RIO configurations are not saved with the application when you exit RSView Studio However they are backed up with the application in the Application Manager For information about handling multiple applications with different RIO settings see the Rockwell Automation KnowledgeBase For information about using the Application Manager see page 4 10 Unsupported PanelBuilder 1400e RIO tags A PanelBuilder 1400e RIO tag will be converted to an HMI memory tag and an error will be logged to the conversion log file if the RIO tag has a blank address has a data type of 1 BCD 2 BCD 3 BCD 5 BCD 6 BCD or 7 BCD has a data type of Bit Position and its address does not reference a single bit has a data type of Binary and its address does not reference a single bit a single word or a length or range of 8 or 16 bits For Bit Position and Binary data types use the bitwise expression operators to display data that does not reference supported lengths For more information see the Rockwell Automation KnowledgeBase for block transfer tags and tags using SLC optional addressing has a data type of Byte and its address does not have a bit offset of 0 or 8 For other tag types has a da
161. port Backing up the language text 1s recommended because this allows you to restore the original text to your application if an error occurs while importing or if you cancel the import before it is complete For information about exporting text see page 23 4 2 On the Tools menu click Languages 3 Inthe Language Configuration dialog box select the application language for which to import text strings and then click the Import button 4 Follow the instructions in the String Import Export Wizard For details about options in the String Import Export wizard click Help If you cancel the import before it is complete any text strings that were changed are not restored to their original values To restore the text that was originally in the application 23 Setting up language switching for the language you just imported import the text from the backup text file you created in step 1 Troubleshooting importing Error message You do not have to check every graphic display in your application to verify that text was imported correctly If errors occurred while importing text they are displayed automatically from a log file called ImportErrors txt in the following folder C Documents and Settings All Users Documents RSView Enterprise Strings Windows 2000 Or C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RSView Enterprise Strings Windows XP Each time errors occur while importing text into an application t
162. pplication Explorer 2 4 2 5 showing and hiding 2 7 using 2 8 Application files deleting from disk 2 16 viewing location of 4 17 Application Manager 4 10 security for 4 10 Application properties viewing 4 17 Application text exporting for translation 23 4 importing 23 10 translating 23 6 Applications 2 1 backing up and restoring 4 10 closing 4 9 comparing 27 7 converting PanelBuilder B 1 PanelBuilder 1400e A 1 PanelBuilder 32 B 1 copying deleting and renaming 4 10 creating 4 4 importing PanelBuilder B 1 PanelBuilder 1400e A 1 PanelBuilder 32 B 1 multiple version support for 4 9 G 1 opening 4 6 multiple 4 9 problems with 4 8 planning 3 1 runtime creating 25 2 sample granting users access to 2 2 sample opening 2 2 security for 13 18 13 19 13 20 specifying language for 4 4 A 4 B 3 specifying language to open 4 7 testing on the development computer 25 2 transferring from PanelView Plus or VersaView CE 27 6 transferring to Panel View Plus or VersaView CE 27 5 using earlier versions of RSView 4 9 G 1 versus projects 4 1 Arc graphic object 15 3 15 17 Arithmetic operators in expressions 20 6 evaluation order of 20 10 Array tags 9 14 data types for 9 14 9 15 Arrow images 14 21 Index Audiences for diagnostics messages 10 4 Auto repeat 16 13 AutoCAD files See dxf files Automatic logout 13 14 B B
163. pported in RS View RSView arc with line Scrolling List includes Cursor List Multistate Indicator Object List Local Message Object List Numeric Data Display Object List Set Bit Cursor Point Unsupported settings and controls This section describes PanelBuilder 1400e settings and controls that are not used in RSView A 7 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE A 8 Controls for transferring runtime application files PanelBuilder 1400e uses these optional controls for transferring files to the runtime terminal m Transfer Inhibit control m Transfer Request control m Transfer Status control These controls are not necessary in RSView because the ME Transfer Utility allows you to transfer the runtime project file while running a project on the runtime terminal Settings and controls for alarms RSView does not use these PanelBuilder 1400e features and settings to manage alarms m alarm relays m bit alarm acknowledgement Remote Alarm Operation Hold Time The PanelBuilder 1400e Remote Alarm Ack Control Hold Time will be used for all alarm hold times You can change the hold time in the RSView Alarm Setup editor in the Advanced tab Remote Alarm Control Delay Time In RSView if an Ack connection is assigned when an alarm is acknowledged the Ack connection is set immediately without waiting for a delay time RSView does not use these PanelBuilder 1400e controls to manage alarms m PLC Controlled
164. presses the shutdown button at runtime the application stops and RSView ME Station closes To prevent an unauthorized user from stopping the application assign visibility animation to the shutdown button For details see page 13 15 Or place the button in a display that only authorized users have access to For information about setting up shutdown buttons see Help Controlling display changes remotely To control display changes remotely you can set up the data source to open graphic displays using global connections Global connections are connections that apply to your entire runtime application Global connections allow the data source to control or interact with your application at runtime For example the Remote Display Number connection is a global connection that you can use to control display changes from the data source You can also use global connections to print graphic displays from the data source to run macros from the data source and to control the date and time displayed on the runtime terminal For more information about global connections see Chapter 8 24 7 Specifying startup settings testing applications and creating runtime applications This chapter describes m specifying startup settings m testing your application m creating runtime application files Specifying startup settings Use the Startup editor to specify which application processes and components to start when the application s
165. r must be entered in the string file as Call Duty Manager Importing text containing multiple sets of double quotes If the string definition contains an odd number of double quotes the number of double quotes is rounded down to an even number and then each pair is imported as one double quote For example the string Call Duty Manager appears in the application as Call Duty Manager Working with backslashes and new line characters To force text to begin on a new line precede the text with the characters n For example Motor nabschalten appears in the application as 23 9 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 23 10 Motor abschalten To make the characters n appear as part of the text type n To make a backslash appear in the application type two backslashes Importing text containing multiple backslashes If the imported text file contains an odd number of backslashes next to each other one of the backslashes will be ignored For example the string Seven Eight is imported into the application as Seven Eight Importing text To import text from a file into your application the file must be saved in Unicode text format To import text into your application from a text file 1 Create a backup of the text currently in your application for the language you are about to import by exporting it Save the backup file in a different location than the translated file you are about to im
166. r expressions assigned to one or more connections Clear the tags or expressions assigned to the connections G 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE G 4 To remove or replace this feature Alarm list graphic object with Selected alarm indicator set to Cursor Do this Change the Selected alarm indicator to Highlight bar Alarm list graphic object with Lines per alarm set to gt 1 Change the Lines per alarm to 1 Alarm banner graphic object with Use alarm colors selected Clear the Use alarm colors check box Alarm status list graphic object with Use alarm colors selected Clear the Use alarm colors check box Alarm status list graphic object with Lines per alarm set to gt 1 Change the Lines per alarm to 1 Alarm status list graphic object with a Fore color other than white Change the Fore color to white Features that are not supported in version 3 0 The features listed in the previous tables are not supported in version 3 0 of RSView ME Station In addition these version 3 1 features are not supported in version 3 0 The right column describes how to remove or replace the feature To remove or replace this feature Piloted control list selector graphic object Do this Delete the object Try using a control list selector instead Alarm banner graphic object with a filtered trigger Clear the Filtered triggers box Alarm trigger with Message Notification connection
167. r images do not blink Monochrome images use the Blink property to blink Numeric Display Polarity If a PanelBuilder 1400e application was set up with the Polarity control requiring a negative number to display the minus sign the numeric display will not work properly after the application is converted to RSView Machine Edition Numeric Input Cursor Point Fixed Position and PLC Use an expression to achieve the same result Assign the Numeric Data Display Controlled decimal display expression to the object s Value connection For options information about expressions see Chapter 20 Numeric Input Cursor Point PLC Controlled and Decimal Objects are converted with the Decimal Point property Numeric Keypad Enable Button Key Controlled input options Numeric Keypad set to Implicit Numeric Input Cursor Point Retain Cursor on Cancel Maintained Push Button Initial state values The numeric input cursor point retains focus when the operator cancels entering a numeric value If you want to set these objects states on application Multistate Push Button Control List Selector startup create a macro to set the appropriate tag values for the objects connections For information about macros see Chapter 22 Assign the macro in the Startup editor For details see Help A 12 Unsupported feature in Graphic object RSView A Converting PanelBuilder 1400e applications Notes Trend Blinking pens Dat
168. r the first alarm message lt message 1d M2 gt Contains attributes for the second alarm message lt messages gt Indicates the end of the messages element lt alarm gt Indicates the end of the alarm element lt alarms gt Indicates the end of the alarms element You can specify multiple attributes for an element For example the alarm element contains 11 possible attributes from the Advanced tab of the Alarm Setup editor For more information about alarm elements and their attributes see Help for the Alarm Import Export Wizard Graphics XML file structure The graphic display or global object display XML file is an RSView XML document that describes the objects and settings for a display The root element of the XML document is called gfx It represents the display An XML document can contain only one root element All other elements in the document must be contained or nested within the root element In an XML document the start of an element is marked lt element name gt The end is marked lt element name gt If the element contains no subelements the end can be marked gt For example lt caption fontFamily Arial fontSize 8 bold false gt The syntax for specifying an attribute for an element is attribute value The attribute value must be enclosed in single or double quotes E 5 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Here is a sample structure for a graphic display XML docum
169. re You can add or change the description later as described on page 4 17 4 Specify a language for the converted application For information about using different languages see Chapter 23 5 Click Import Machine Edition Import Wizard Import Type Select the import type PanelBuilder Application pba PanelBuilder 1400e Ap ication pve Panel iew Terminal pa ASview Machine Edition Project med me _ Heb 6 Follow the steps in the Machine Edition Import Wizard For details about the options in the Machine Edition Import Wizard see Help When you complete the steps of the wizard RS View Studio converts the PanelBuilder 1400e application creates the converted application s folders and files and then displays the converted application in the Explorer window in RSView Studio If there are any messages about conversion they are displayed automatically in the Project Status dialog box The converted application is created in the ME HMI projects directory in a folder with the same name as the application name you specified in step 2 This is the path to the ME HMI projects directory Documents and Settings All Users Documents RS View Enterprise ME HMI projects Windows 2000 Or A Converting PanelBuilder 1400e applications Documents and Settings All Users Shared Documents RS View Enterprise ME HMI projects Windows XP Conversion messages are saved in a file called Convert log in the
170. re the application in PanelBuilder 1400e and then convert the application file as described in the next section Specify additional project settings as described on page 4 10 For example if you want the application to have a border around its graphic displays or to use a title bar you can specify these options in the Project Settings editor We recommend that you use the Project Settings editor to change the project window size rather than using the Convert to new window size option in the Machine Edition Import Wizard If you use the Convert to new window size option in the Machine Edition Import Wizard check the position of the graphic objects in each display Set up communications and edit tags that don t convert directly For more information see page A 9 Set up graphic object features that don t convert directly For more information see page A 12 Check each expression you used in PanelBuilder 1400e For more information see page A 13 If you are going to use a printer at runtime set it up for Ethernet or USB printing Adjust the printer settings on the PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal For information about setting up printers on the terminal see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual or the VersaView CE Terminals User Manual These manuals are available on the RSView Machine Edition CD A Converting PanelBuilder 1400e applications Converting PanelBuilder 1400e application files Follow th
171. remotely 9 19 9 20 9 24 clearing 9 7 9 39 creating your own display for 9 30 deleting 9 39 displaying 9 5 displaying in the alarm status list 9 40 expressions in 20 4 handshaking 9 18 for remote acknowledgements 9 20 importing and exporting 9 4 14 4 keeping a permanent record of 9 5 9 9 notification methods for 9 5 planning 3 5 printing 9 9 queueing 9 18 resetting status of 9 8 9 24 9 39 remotely 9 24 responding to 9 6 retaining status of 9 40 sending messages to the data source 9 22 setting up 9 2 silencing 9 7 9 23 9 39 remotely 9 23 sorting 9 8 9 39 testing on the development computer 25 2 Analog tags 7 1 how floating point values are rounded 7 2 logging values for 11 5 monitoring for alarms 9 4 using to generate a range of alarms 9 10 Animation 17 1 checking 17 15 copying 17 16 defining range of motion for 17 6 for global objects 16 4 17 17 for group objects 15 49 17 14 setting minimum and maximum values for 17 6 testing 17 5 using expressions 17 6 using Object Smart Path 17 4 17 7 using tags and placeholders 17 5 viewing in Object Explorer 15 27 Animation dialog box 17 2 Animation types 17 1 color 17 9 fill 17 12 height 17 13 horizontal position 17 12 horizontal slider 17 14 rotation 17 13 vertical position 17 13 vertical slider 17 14 visibility 17 8 width 17 13 A
172. rial communications I In the RSView ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Networks and Communications 3 Double click KEPServer Serial Port D s Kepware Serial Port ID s SERIAL15 zj Communication port com Edit Port Close F1 F8 ae In the Kepware Serial Port ID s dialog box click the serial port ID you specified when you set up the KEPServerEnterprise channel Click Edit Port In the Communication Ports dialog box click the COM port to use for KEPServerEnterprise communications 26 Running applications in Windows 2000 or Windows XP Setting up RSLinx Enterprise communication drivers Use RSLinx Enterprise to set up communication drivers for your runtime application You can set up the drivers directly in RSLinx Enterprise or open RSLinx Enterprise by using the RSView ME Station dialog box To set up the RSLinx Enterprise communication driver to use at runtime 1 Inthe RSView ME Station dialog box click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Networks and Communications 3 Double click RSLinx Enterprise Communications RSLinx Enterprise Configuration Virtual Backplane lt No Devices gt Ethernet a lt No Devices gt Edit Device F1 Restore Default F3 Edit Driver F2 4 To edit a driver select it and then click Edit Driver 5 To edit a device select it and then click Edit Device For inf
173. rm setup information you develop in one application import the setup information to another RS View application and then modify the alarm setup as needed Or you could modify the information in the XML file before importing it For more information about XML see the World Wide Web Consortium s web page about XML at http www w3 org XML Creating XML files by exporting The quickest way to create an XML file for your application s alarm setup or graphic displays is to export the data from RSView You can then open the XML file in Notepad make your changes and import the file back into RSView The strings for the application s current language are exported to the XML file To export strings for another language reopen the application in the new language and repeat the XML export The strings for the application s current language are exported to the XML file To export alarm information to an XML file 1 Inthe Explorer window right click the Alarm Setup editor E 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE E 2 2 Click Import and Export The Alarm Import Export Wizard opens 3 Follow the instructions in the wizard For information about using the Alarm Import Export Wizard see Help RSView creates a file with the name you specify in the location you specify To export graphic display information to an XML file 1 Inthe Explorer window right click the Displays editor or the Global Objects editor 2 Click Import an
174. rs to the user false 0 if not If checking multiple security codes do not type a space between the security code letters For example CurrentUserHasCode ABP returns the value 1 if the user has been assigned one or more of the specified codes CurrentUserName A string containing the name of the current user This function is case sensitive All RSView 3 x user names use uppercase letters For more information about setting up security for your application see Chapter 13 For an example of using the CurrentUserHasCode x function see page 13 13 For examples of using the CurrentUserName function see page 13 24 Language function The language function shows you which language your application is currently using You can display the current language in a string display or use it in expressions to generate language specific messages for your users This function Returns this value CurrentLanguage RFC1766 name of the current runtime language The RFC1766 name is a standard way of representing a language using the format languagecode Country RegionCode where languagecode is a lowercase two letter code and Country RegionCode is an uppercase two letter code For example U S English is en US 20 Using expressions For more information about setting up languages for your application see Chapter 23 For a list of RFC1766 names see Appendix F if then else If then else expressions carry out
175. s Documentation for RS View finding P 1 printing 1 1 Drawing objects 15 1 animating 17 2 coloring 15 35 creating 15 13 flipping 15 56 locking into position 15 58 reshaping 15 47 rotating 15 57 Drivers See Communication drivers E Edit mode 14 10 Editor types Alarm Setup 9 3 Data Log Models 11 2 Diagnostics List Setup 10 8 Expression 20 2 Global Connections 8 2 Graphic Displays 14 3 Graphic Libraries 14 16 Images 14 22 Information Messages 12 2 Information Setup 12 3 Local Messages 14 30 Parameters 14 26 Project Settings 4 16 RecipePlus Editor 19 6 19 7 RecipePlus Setup 19 5 User Accounts 13 3 Editors printing in 2 17 working with 2 10 Ellipse graphic object 15 3 15 18 Embedded variables 21 1 displaying at run time 21 5 syntax for 21 3 types of values 21 1 updating at run time 21 5 End button graphic object 15 8 16 18 16 49 using with alarm objects 9 37 using with diagnostics lists 10 12 using with recipes 19 12 using with trends 18 12 Enter button graphic object 15 8 16 18 16 49 and Enter key handshaking 16 14 using with alarm objects 9 7 9 37 using with recipes 19 12 Enter key handshaking 16 14 Error messages See Diagnostics messages Problems at run time Exporting alarm files 9 4 E 1 global object displays E 2 graphic displays 14 4 E 2 Exporting text for translation 23 4 Expression editor 20 2 using
176. s easy to understand if tag1 gt tag2 then 0 else if tagl gt tag3 then 2 else 4 Or you can condense it to the following 20 Using expressions if tag1 gt tag2 then 0 else if tag gt tag3 then 2 else 4 Using tag names and tag placeholders A tag name can be included as part of an expression or can stand alone as the entire expression To supply a tag name do one of the following m Type a tag name You can type a tag name that does not exist in the tag database When you click OK you are prompted to create the tag You can create it now or write down the name and create it later m Click the Tags button and select a tag from the Tag Browser Enclose tag names that contain dashes or start with a number in braces when you use them in an expression This distinguishes the characters in the tag name from the characters in the expression You can use string tags as operands with the plus arithmetic operator and with the relational operators Using tag placeholders instead of tag names The Graphics editor accepts tag placeholders instead of tag names Placeholders allow you to use the same display with different sets of tags You can use tag placeholders in m the graphic display that opens when the application is first run m graphic displays that are opened using a goto display button m graphic displays that are opened using a display list selector Use parameter files to specify which tags
177. s keyboard keyboard button equivalent To do this SHF none Capitalize a single letter or type a shifted character such as CAP none Capitalize multiple letters INS Insert Toggle between insert and overstrike modes SPACE Spacebar Insert a space lt Left Arrow Move the cursor to the left gt gt Right Arrow Move the cursor to the right 28 13 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 28 14 Use this pop up Or this keyboard keyboard button equivalent ESC Esc CLR Delete Backspace Backspace Enter Enter To do this Close the pop up window without writing the string to the Login dialog box the Change Password dialog box or the string input enable button s Value connection Clear the scratchpad Delete the character in front of the cursor Close the pop up window and write the string to the Login dialog box the Change Password dialog box or the string input enable button s Value connection If Enter key handshaking is set up for the string input enable button the button s Enter connection is set to 1 and the handshaking timer begins timing For details see page 16 14 What is written to the Value connection When the operator presses the Enter button in the pop up keyboard or scratchpad the string that is sent to the Value connection depends on how the string input enable button is set up m Ifa fill character is set up for the button and the operator enters fewer than the maximum number o
178. se a single interlocked push button to send a value to a tag Ramp button Increase or decrease the value of a tag by a specified integer or floating point value Use two ramp buttons together to create a raise lower control Numeric input enable button Enter a numeric value and write the value to a tag You can also use this object to ramp values Numeric input cursor point Enter a numeric value and write the value to a tag You can also use this object to ramp values String input enable button Enter a string value and write the value to a tag RecipePlus button Write values for all the ingredients in the selected recipe to a set of tags The button works with the RecipePlus table and RecipePlus selector graphic objects 28 16 Use this graphic object Drawing object with horizontal or vertical slider animation 28 Using your application To do this Control the value of a tag by dragging the slider object with a mouse The pixel position of the slider is translated into a value that is written to the tag If the value of the tag is changed externally the position of the slider changes to reflect this Control list selector Select from a list of states for a process or operation The list is highlighted to show the current state and the operator can scroll through the list to select a different state The value assigned to the selected state is written to the tag If the value of
179. ser logged into the HMI server not the user logged into the display client For more information about the security functions see page 20 14 C 3 _ lt Gauss Dix D ODBC database schema This appendix describes the ODBC database format or schema for messages from FactoryTalk Diagnostics The target table of the ODBC database to which you are sending messages must use the format shown in this appendix The option of logging FactoryTalk Diagnostics messages to an ODBC database is available for computers running Windows 2000 and Windows XP only For information about setting up FactoryTalk Diagnostics see Chapter 10 FactoryTalk Diagnostics log table FactoryTalk Diagnostics log data in ODBC format uses one table This column Contains SQL data type Length TimeStmp The time and date data was logged in coordinated SQL TIMESTAMP Driver universal time format Encoded as a date variant dependent MessageText Message to be logged SQL VARCHAR or 254 SQL CHAR Audience A number representing the message audience SQL SMALLINT or l 0 for Operator SQL_INTEGER 1 for Engineer 2 for Developer 3 for Secure Severity A number representing the severity of the SQL _ SMALLINT or l diagnostics message SQL INTEGER 0 for Error 1 for Warning 2 for Information 3 for Audit Area The FactoryTalk path to the area in which the SQL VARCHAR or 80 activity occurred Used for RSView Supervisory SQL_CHAR Edition only Loc
180. sing the numeric pop up scratchpad The scratchpad can accept up to 17 digits including the decimal point leading zero and minus sign 28 7 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Scratchpad area The scratchpad does not contain any buttons If the runtime computer does not have an external keyboard or keypad attached the operator will be unable to enter values or close the scratchpad When the scratchpad is open no other objects in the graphic display can accept input Using buttons and keys with the numeric pop up windows You can use the following buttons and their keyboard or keypad equivalents with the numeric pop up keypad For the pop up scratchpad you can use the keys on an external keyboard or keypad only Use this button or key To do this Decimal Type a decimal point This button is visible only if the decimal point type for the numeric input enable button or numeric input cursor point is Implicit Minus Toggle the value between positive and negative ESC Close the pop up window without writing the value to the object s Value connection Backspace Delete the right most digit in the scratchpad If no digits are left the minus sign if any is removed Enter Close the pop up window and write the value to the object s Value connection If the Optional Expression connection is assigned to the button or cursor point RS View calculates the value of the expression and writes the result to
181. sions by typing them directly in the Tag or expression column The Expression editor allows you to see more text at once which is useful for longer more complicated expressions Also you can click buttons to enter tag names operators and functions thus avoiding typing mistakes Another advantage of using the Expression editor is that you can check whether the syntax of the expression you ve created is valid 20 Using expressions To create an expression by typing it directly 1 Type an expression up to 999 characters long Expressions that you type directly are not checked for syntax To open the Expression editor do one of the following m Click the Browse button in the Exprn column for a connection that accepts Exprn l expressions The Browse button is not available for connections to which you can assign only tags Browse button in the Exprn column m Inthe Animation dialog box click the Expression button About the Expression editor The Expression editor has these parts Expression box Expression buttons Expression Editor Expression IF alan tagBlend sensar_on off IF Logical Arithmetic Bitwize Functions T age Check a Sunita f E gt GT Line 1 Column gt GE lt gt NE OF Cancel Help Cursor position Validation area 20 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 20 4 For details about using the options in the Expression editor see H
182. sktop at runtime For more information see page 26 16 Transferring the application Move the application to the Windows 2000 or Windows XP runtime computer For more information see page 26 3 Setting up options in RSView ME Station l On the runtime computer start RSView ME Station For more information see page 26 3 Load the application For more information see page 26 4 Edit device shortcuts if necessary 26 Running applications in Windows 2000 or Windows XP For more information see page 26 6 4 Setup FactoryTalk Diagnostics on the runtime computer if you have not already done SO For more information see page 10 6 5 Ifyou will be using KEPServerEnterprise specify serial port IDs For more information see page 26 8 6 Ifyou will be using RSLinx Enterprise set up communication drivers if you have not already done so For more information see page 26 9 7 Specify the printers to use For more information see page 26 10 8 Specify startup options for RSView ME Station For more information see page 26 11 Once you ve completed these steps you re ready to run the application For information about running your application see Chapter 28 Moving applications to the runtime computer The runtime application file has the extension mer You can use any standard file transfer method to copy your runtime application from the development computer to the runtime computer Yo
183. ssing the object gives it focus but does not open a pop up window To use the numeric pop up scratchpad a keyboard must be attached to the runtime computer or the terminal must be a keypad terminal For information about setting up the numeric input enable button and numeric input cursor point see Help You can also use a ramp button to ramp numeric values For details see Help for the button Activating the cursor point When the numeric input cursor point has focus the operator can activate the cursor point by pressing any of these keys on the keyboard or keypad numbers from 0 to 9 m the minus sign or decimal point m the Enter key or an enter button m the Backspace key or a backspace button 28 Using your application When the operator activates the numeric input cursor point the numeric pop up keypad or scratchpad opens Ramping numeric values If you set up the numeric input enable button or numeric input cursor point to ramp values the operator presses the object to give it focus When the object has focus the operator can press a move up or move down button or the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key on a keyboard or keypad to ramp the value at the Value connection Using the numeric pop up keypad The keypad can accept up to 17 digits including the decimal point leading zero and minus sign Scratchpad area When the keypad is open no other objects in the graphic display can accept input U
184. sts 10 12 using with recipes 19 12 Page up button graphic object 15 8 16 18 16 49 setting up auto repeat for 16 13 using with alarm objects 9 37 using with diagnostics lists 10 12 using with recipes 19 12 Panel graphic object 15 3 15 17 PanelBuilder 1400e applications converting A 1 PanelBuilder 32 applications converting B 1 PanelBuilder applications converting B 1 PanelView Plus terminals logging diagnostics messages from 10 6 10 8 running applications on 27 1 transferring applications to 27 1 Parameter files 15 42 assigning to graphic displays 14 27 using display list selectors 14 26 using goto display buttons 14 26 Parameters editor 14 26 using tags in 6 5 Password button graphic object 15 3 16 18 using at runtime 28 4 Passwords changing l 13 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE atruntime 28 4 Project files for RSView 3 x users 13 7 location of 4 1 for Windows users in RSView 3 x viewing 4 17 applications 13 8 Project Settings editor 4 16 for RSAssetSecurity users Project window size 4 10 4 11 managing 13 21 changing 4 12 Pause button graphic object 15 8 16 18 Projects using with trends 18 11 versus applications 4 1 Piloted control list selector graphic object Properties dialog box a 15 5 16 51 opening 15 30 controlling remotely 16 52 setting up objects in 15 28 differences from control list selectors using to assign connections to grap
185. t warning Do this Delete or replace the feature or shortcut A hardware patch might be available that allows you to use the feature Therefore the runtime application file will still be created Unsupported RSLinx Enterprise feature or shortcut error Delete or replace the feature or shortcut Global reference object that is not linked to a global base object Delete the global reference object or link it to a global base object All global reference objects that are linked to global base objects will be converted to standard graphic objects in the mer file Language switch button graphic Delete the button object Password button graphic object Delete the button RecipePlus button graphic object Delete the button RecipePlus selector graphic object Delete the selector RecipePlus table graphic object Delete the table Acknowledge all alarms button with a filtered trigger Clear the Filtered triggers box Print alarm history button with a filtered trigger Clear the Filtered triggers box Print alarm status button with a filtered trigger Clear the Filtered triggers box To remove or replace this feature Clear alarm history button with a filtered trigger G Features supported in different versions of RSView Do this Clear the Filtered triggers box Clear alarm history button with the Reset alarm status option cleared Select Reset alarm status
186. ta type of Byte and its address does not have a bit offset of 0 or 10 has a data type of Binary and its address has a length or range of 8 bits but its address does not have a bit offset of 0 or 8 for block transfer addresses and SLC I O addresses has a data type of Binary and its address has a length or range of 8 bits but its address does not have a bit offset of 0 or 10 for non SLC I O addresses has a data type of Binary and its address has a length or range of 16 bits but its address does not have a bit offset of 0 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE m has a data type of Default Unsigned Integer Signed Integer Long Integer Float 4 Digit BCD or 8 Digit BCD and its address has a bit offset assigned that is not 0 m has a tag type of Block m has an invalid PanelBuilder 1400e address Unsupported graphic object features This section describes features of PanelBuilder 1400e graphic objects that are not supported in RSView The Notes column provides additional information and describes methods for achieving the same result when possible Unsupported feature in Graphic object RSView Notes Image text arc ellipse line Blinking wallpaper objects panel rectangle wedge If you want an object to blink at runtime unlock the wallpaper In RSView all of the listed objects except images and panels use color animation to blink For details see page 17 9 Panels use the Blink property to blink Colo
187. tarts at runtime You can specify startup settings once you ve set up all the parts of the application or you can specify processes and select components in the Startup editor as you create them Startup Pumphouse Of x Start when project is run W Alarms W Infomation messages m Batalogging Blend inputs El W Startup macro Blend recipe Shutdown macro IM Initial graphic Login Parameter file for AE the initial graphic OF Cancel Help For detailed information about the options in the Startup editor see Help 25 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Testing your application a Test Application tool You can test your application in RSView Studio at any time during the development process to make sure that everything works the way you intend If the development computer is connected to the data source you can test all functions of the application including security settings language switching communications and alarm monitoring An RSView ME Station emulator opens on the development computer and runs the application This runtime version of the application 1s a temporary version for testing use only You cannot run it on another computer There is a two hour time limit for test running the application in RSView Studio The procedure in this section shows you how to test your entire application For information about testing a single graphic display see page 14
188. ter input To use the string pop up character input on a PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal 1 In RSView ME Station click Terminal Settings 2 Double click Input Devices 3 Select String Pop Up and then click Enter 28 12 28 Using your application 4 Specify whether to invoke the pop up character input instead of the pop up keyboard and then click OK Using the string pop up scratchpad If the operator opens the string pop up scratchpad by pressing a string input enable button the number of characters the scratchpad accepts depends on how you set up the string input enable button The scratchpad does not contain any buttons If the runtime computer does not have an external keyboard attached the operator will be unable to enter characters or close the scratchpad unless the runtime terminal is a keypad terminal If the runtime terminal is a keypad terminal the operator can enter numbers not letters in the scratchpad and close the scratchpad When the scratchpad is open no other objects in the graphic display can accept input Using buttons and keys with the string pop up windows You can use the following buttons and their keyboard equivalents with the string pop up keyboard For the pop up scratchpad you can use the keys on an external keyboard only The string pop up character input doesn t have a SHF or CAP key and it has additional arrow keys for selecting the characters to input Use this pop up Or thi
189. text is saved to a tab delimited text file in Unicode format The file can be translated and then imported back into the application These text strings allow language switching and are exported for translation m display titles for On Top displays defined in the Display Settings dialog box m text graphic objects m captions that you define for graphic objects including objects in global object displays m text descriptions and error messages for the Change Password window These strings are exported if you use a password button in your application local information and alarm messages The text descriptions and error messages for the Change Password window as well as the text strings for local information and alarm messages are exported in the file You 23 Setting up language switching can translate these strings but you cannot change their language dynamically at runtime the way you can for graphic object strings For the Change Password window the runtime application will use the strings that are in the application when the runtime application is created For example if the current application language is French and you have imported French text strings for the Change Password window then the French strings will be compiled in the runtime application If the operator opens the window the strings will be displayed in French If the operator changes to another language the strings will still be displayed in French
190. the pop up keypad or scratchpad has focus and the operator presses the Enter button the value that is sent to the Value connection depends on how the button or cursor point is set up The value the operator enters is compared to the minimum and maximum range for the object If the value is within the range the value is written to the Value connection If the Optional Expression connection is assigned and the original value is within the range but the expression result is a value outside the range the value is still written to the Value connection If the decimal point type is Fixed Position with a Digits after decimal value that is greater than 0 the decimal point is stripped from the value before comparing it to the minimum and maximum range For example if the entered value is 9 25 the stripped value is 925 If the stripped value is within the range the stripped value is sent to the Value connection or substituted for the in the Optional Expression If the decimal point type is Implicit and the tag assigned to the Value connection uses an integer data type floating point values are rounded If the Optional Expression connection is assigned the floating point value is substituted for the in the expression and the expression result is rounded For information about how values are rounded see page 7 2 28 9 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 28 10 Problems with the numeric pop up windows Problems wit
191. ting up multiple languages see Chapter 23 24 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 24 4 Display type The display type you use gives you additional control over how the operator navigates between displays For example use the On Top type to keep a graphic display on top at all times even when another display has focus Or use the Replace type if you want a display to replace all other open displays when it opens For more information about display types see page 14 12 Goto display buttons When you set up a goto display button specify the graphic display to open when the operator presses the button at runtime The specified display doesn t open if the operator does not have security access for the display You can also assign a parameter file that assigns tags to tag placeholders in the display when the display opens For more information about parameter files see page 14 25 For information about setting up goto display buttons see Help How display types affect the button s behavior The goto display button s behavior at runtime also depends on which types of graphic displays are already open and which type of display it is opening m Ifthe graphic display assigned to the button is a Replace display it closes any open On Top or Replace displays It does not close any On Top displays that use the Cannot Be Replaced option m Ifthe display assigned to the button is already open but does not have focus press
192. to the connection The scratchpad area changes to red to alert the operator of the error m If Enter key handshaking is still in effect the pop up window closes but the value is not written to the connection Changing tag values This section gives an overview of the graphic objects you can use to change tag values For information about setting up the objects see Chapter 16 and Help The operator uses these objects to start and stop plant operations and to control machines and processes Choose the objects that best suit your process Set up the data source to carry out the desired actions in response to the changes in tag values The operator can use function keys with all of these objects except control list selectors third party ActiveX objects and drawing objects with slider animation The last three types of objects can be pressed using a mouse or touch screen For information about assigning function keys to graphic objects see page 16 7 Do not use push buttons for emergency stops Emergency stop buttons must be hard wired You can also use macros to assign values to tags For more information see Chapter 22 The operator can change tag values at runtime using these graphic objects Use this graphic object To do this Momentary push button Start a process or action by sending one value to the tag when pressed and another value when released 28 15 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Use this graphic object M
193. to an XML file before you import the new one Error log file If errors occur during importing the errors are logged to a text file The file opens automatically when importing is finished The last paragraph of the file lists the location of the file Importing alarm XML files To import alarm information from an XML file 1 Inthe Explorer window right click the Alarm Setup editor 2 Click Import and Export The Alarm Import Export Wizard opens 3 Follow the instructions in the wizard For more information about using the Alarm Import Export Wizard see Help E 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE Importing graphics XML files You can import a single graphic or global object display XML file at a time or import multiple displays You can also choose whether to import new objects or update existing objects To import multiple displays specify the names of the displays in the file BatchImport Application name xml RSView creates this file when you export multiple displays For details see page E 2 To import display information from an XML file 1 In the Explorer window right click the Displays or Global Objects editor 2 Click Import and Export The Graphics Import Export Wizard opens 3 Follow the instructions in the wizard For more information about using the Graphics Import Export Wizard see Help Alarm setup XML file structure The alarm setup XML file is an RSView XML document that describes the alarm se
194. to substitute for which placeholders at runtime For information about using parameter files see page 14 25 The tag placeholder can replace any part of a tag name including folder names For example you could create a parameter file specifying that the tag placeholder 1 Folderl You could assign the folder and a tag name to a graphic object s connection 1 Tag1 20 5 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE To create a tag placeholder in an expression 1 Type the cross hatch character followed by a number no space in between For example 1 Constants A constant can have any of the following formats m integer 123 m floating point 123 45 m string constant character string Arithmetic operators Arithmetic operators perform math on two or more numeric values and calculate the result The arithmetic operators are Example Symbol Operator For these examples tag 5 and tag2 7 T addition tagl tag2 returns a value of 12 You can also use this operator with string operands See page 20 7 subtraction tagl tag2 returns a value of 2 a multiplication tagl tag2 returns a value of 35 division tagl tag2 returns a value of 0 7142857 MOD modulus remainder tag2 MOD tag returns a value of 2 The modulus operator is the remainder of one number divided by another In the example the remainder of 7 divided by 5 is 2 so 7 5 2 Important This operator is for integers only not flo
195. to the same runtime computer m anew copy of the application currently running on the runtime computer for use the next time the application is started If the download process fails or is cancelled the application file will be deleted from the destination directories Make a copy of the application file before you begin and make sure there is enough storage space on the destination computer Serial downloads To perform a serial download make sure the terminal is connected to the development computer using the correct cable Connect a Panel View Plus or VersaView CE terminal to the PC using the Allen Bradley serial cable 2711 NC13 27 5 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE 27 6 To start the Transfer Utility tool 1 On the development computer do one of the following m In RSView Studio on the Tools menu click Transfer Utility m On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software RSView Enterprise Tools and then click ME Transfer Utility Transfer Utility a I x Download Upload Compare Source file P wl Help l Download as Destination storage type WARNING intemal Storage 5 r a nea ee Include a goto configure mode button in your application if E you need to access the configuration mode screens Include a shutdown button in your application if you want to A be able to shut it down Select destination terminal E RSLins Enterprise CARBCKYREMPELO1 1789 417
196. tup for an application The root element of the XML document is called alarms It represents the Alarm Setup editor An XML document can contain only one root element All other elements in the document must be contained or nested within the root element In an XML document the start of an element is marked lt element name gt The end is marked lt element name gt If the element contains no subelements the end can be marked gt For example lt trigger id T1 type value ack all value 0 gt The syntax for specifying an attribute for an element is attribute value The attribute value must be enclosed in single or double quotes Here is a sample structure for an alarm XML document Element Description lt alarms gt Root element lt alarm gt Contains attributes from the Advanced tab of the Alarm Setup editor as well as the triggers and messages elements lt triggers gt Contains a trigger element for each trigger in the Triggers tab of the Alarm Setup editor E Importing and exporting XML files Element Description lt trigger id T1 gt Contains attributes for the first alarm trigger lt trigger 1d T2 gt Contains attributes for the second alarm trigger lt triggers gt Indicates the end of the triggers element lt messages gt Contains a message element for each message in the Messages tab of the Alarm Setup editor lt message id M1 gt Contains attributes fo
197. u can m copy the application file from the development computer to a floppy disk and then from the floppy disk to the runtime computer m if the application file is too large to fit on a floppy disk use a larger storage device such as a Zip disk m if the development and runtime computers are on the same network use Windows Explorer or My Computer to move the file For information about creating the runtime application file see Chapter 25 Starting RSView ME Station If you are running an application on the development computer we recommend that you exit RSView Studio before starting RSView ME Station 26 3 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE To start RSView ME Station 1 On the Windows Start menu select Programs Rockwell Software RS View Enterprise and then click RSView ME Station The RSView ME Station dialog box opens RS iew ME Station Current application Purphouse mer Load Application Run Application Application Settings F1 F2 F3 r Terminal Settings ai E j F4 F5 gol For information about specifying startup options for when RSView ME Station starts see page 26 11 Loading and running applications You can run any runtime application that is on the runtime computer Runtime applications have the extension mer To load and run the application 1 Inthe RSView ME Station dialog box click Load Application or press F1 26 4 26 Running applications in Win
198. u cannot upload the mer file to RS View Studio to view the changes Therefore if you want to use the development computer to view 19 5 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE runtime changes to recipe data we recommend that you store recipe files outside the HMI project cJ ili Bie f RecipePlus Setup Condiments C Recipe files are NOT part of the HMI project PGeeaneris and Seingner Occurence careet_ Hee _ For details about using the RecipePlus Setup editor see Help Setting up recipe files Use the RecipePlus Editor to set up one or more recipe files Each file is stored in the editor s folder You can open and work on multiple recipe files at the same time The RecipePlus Editor has special items on the Edit menu that allow you to easily copy and paste from the spreadsheet in the Ingredients tab to Microsoft Excel This editor also has items on the Recipe menu for adding deleting and renaming data sets and tag sets and for comparing recipes To help you get started RS View creates one data set tag set and unit You can rename them and assign data values and tags to them or delete them and create your own 19 6 Sy RecipePlus h RecipePlus Setup fe ERA ecipePlus Editor 19 Setting up RecipePlus For information about comparing recipes see the next section Specify the runtime name status tag and percent complete tag Set up ingredients minimum and maximum values data sets an
199. uage For example if you specify the short date format at runtime the display uses the short date format that the application language uses For information about using multiple languages see Chapter 23 Using macros This chapter describes m using macros to assign values to tags m using the Macros editor when to use macros m running macros when tags or expressions change value m where to assign macros Using macros to assign values to tags A macro is a list of tag assignments stored in a text file in the format lt tag gt lt value gt Each assignment assigns a value to a tag The value can be in the form of another tag an expression a numeric constant or a string Examples Using macros to set tag values Tagl 8 Sets the value of Tag to 8 Tank 1 Message Tank1 overflow Sets the string tag Tank1 Message to Tank1 overflow Tagl Tag2 Sets the value of Tag1 to be the same as Tag2 Tagl Tagl 1 Increases the value of Tag1 by 1 Tagl if Tag2 lt Tag1 then 4 else 3 Performs the if then else calculation and stores the result in Tag1 1Pump Industry 2 2Pump Adds the values of Industry 2 and 2Pump and stores the result in 1 Pump Brackets surround Industry 2 because of the dash in the name Brackets surround 2Pump because the name starts with a number No brackets are used for 1Pump because this name is on the left side of the equal sign For more information about express
200. uilder object Is converted to this RSView object Notes Numeric Entry Keypad Enable Button Numeric Entry Cursor Point Numeric input enable button Numeric input enable button Increment Decrement Entry Button Numeric input enable button The numeric input enable button is set up to work as a ramp button using the Fine Step value The Coarse Step value is not converted ASCII Entry Keypad Enable button String input enable button The Show Current String on ASCI Scratchpad setting is not converted The pop up scratchpad or keyboard is always blank when opened ASCII Entry Cursor Point String input enable button The Show Current String on ASCII Scratchpad setting is not converted The pop up scratchpad or keyboard is always blank when opened Message Display Multistate indicator Numeric Data Display Text The text object contains a numeric embedded variable that displays the read tag Connected Line Polyline Circle Ellipse The ellipse has a circular shape Freeform Freehand Screen List Selector Display list selector B 5 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE This PanelBuilder object Is converted to this RSView object Notes Goto Screen Button Goto display button Return Screen Button Return to display button New Password Button Password button Print Alarm List Button Print alarm history button Clear Alarm List Button Clear alarm history butt
201. version of RSView ME Station you are using 1 In RSView ME Station click Terminal Settings 2 Click System Information 3 Click About RSView ME Station Creating runtime application files for previous versions When you create the runtime application file with the file extension mer you can specify the version of RSView ME Station for which to create the file For example if the application will run on a terminal that uses RSView ME Station version 3 2 you can specify that version for the mer file If the application contains features that are not supported by the version you select RSView displays a validation report that lists the unsupported features The runtime G 1 RSVIEW MACHINE EDITION USER S GUIDE G 2 application file is not created You must remove or turn off the unsupported features before you can create the runtime application file For information about creating runtime application files see Chapter 25 The remainder of this appendix lists the features that are not supported in previous versions of RS View ME Station The tables also show how to remove or replace the unsupported features Features that are not supported in version 3 2 or earlier These version 4 0 features are not supported in version 3 2 of RSView ME Station nor in earlier versions The right column describes how to remove or replace the feature To remove or replace this feature Unsupported RSLinx Enterprise feature or shortcu
202. ways to plot a value across the full width of the chart m Inthe Connections tab assign a constant value to a pen 18 Setting up trends When values for the pen have been plotted across the full width of the chart the pen appears as a solid line m Inthe Connections tab assign to a pen the tag expression or constant whose value will be used to determine the position of the line and then in the Pens tab choose the pen type Full Width As soon as the trend is displayed the pen appears as a horizontal line across the full width of the chart Its vertical position is determined by the tag expression or constant s value If the value changes the position changes Choosing trend colors fonts lines and markers The following table summarizes where in the Trend Object Properties dialog box to specify colors fonts lines and markers for a trend You can also specify these settings in the Properties tab of the Property Panel To specify this Use this box or column In this tab Chart background color Background color Display Horizontal label color Text color Display Text font style and size Font button Display Pen line pen marker pen icon and Color Pens vertical label color Pen line width Width Pens Pen line style Style Pens Pen marker Marker Pens Vertical grid line color Grid color X AXxiS Horizontal grid line color Grid color Y Axis The trend border color The trend border uses the highlight color for the
203. ws languages We recommend that you install all the languages that your application will use on both the development and runtime computers Installing languages turns on the Windows font support features which allow applications to display characters for different languages using a single application font For details about installing languages see Windows Help PanelView Plus and VersaView CE terminals are shipped with languages already installed Setting up Windows fonts For applications that will run on a PanelView Plus or VersaView CE terminal install the fonts that the application will use For applications that use the Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system the fonts you want are generally installed when you install the languages for the application For details about choosing fonts that work well with language switching see page 15 14 23 Setting up language switching Make sure that the development and runtime computers are set up to use the fonts you want for the title bar and inactive title bar Specify the font in the Windows Control Panel in the Display Properties dialog box For information about setting up fonts on a Panel View Plus or VersaView CE terminal see the PanelView Plus Terminals User Manual or the VersaView CE Terminals User Manual These manuals are available on the RS View Machine Edition CD Windows locale settings Windows locale formatting determines how the application displays time date

User`s Guide Volume 2

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents