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Visualizing tasks have become a
solid part of automation engineering. When steering,
regulating and supervising is performed, the visualizing is always the
interface to the user. Clear representation of the function process
lightens the usability, servicing and error searching and that way
decreases the operating costs and increases the availability of the plant. |
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| Designing the screenpage | |||
| The integrated
visualization gives you the opportunity to lay out screens clearly
and explicitly. For every drawing element (e.g. graphics, text, etc.)
you can use the following options: · define an active or inactive appearance (color, font, etc.) · determining individual conditions for active/inactive or blinking state · assigning a click function (button, switch) · dynamic enlargement and movement depending on variables · visible/invisible |
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| Screen masks | |||
| The visualization system
facilitates the creation of any number of screen masks. You define
one of them as startup-screen, which will be loaded at the start of
the system. Other screens can be loaded by buttons or program instructions. You can use this for example to switch to a special screen when a failure appears. |
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| Screen masks for the easy operating | |||
| On the layers you can
place drawing elements (diagrams, bitmaps, input fields, text fields,
buttons, lines, etc). Every element possesses attributes like position,
size, visibility, frame, color, blinking (yes/no), value for movement,
zoom factor, button funtion, etc. The user can operate the facility
with the screens. On them the important information is shown and only
the necessary actions are served. Critical data can be hidden or disabled. |
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| Layers/Foil | |||
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Every screen can contain several foils which are located on top of each other. For example background foil, machine foil, sensor- and actuator foil, labelling foil and the service foil. |
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| Drawing elements | |||
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The drawing elements lie on the foil. There are several types of them like: lines and squares, rectangles, text fields, input fields and output fields, buttons, bitmaps and diagrams. |
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| Operating elements | |||
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Buttons can
take effect as switches, push buttons, set or reset functions directly
or on variables and inputs. On the screen you can use edit fields
for text, numbers or date. |
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| Attributes | |||
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For
each drawing element, for example graphic, text, etc. on the screen
page special properties can be assigned. This attributes determine
the position, size, color, visibility, blinking, moving value (dynamic
moving and enlarging dependent on a variable), extension value,
frame, button function, etc. |
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| Access on process values | |||
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| Multilingual service element | |||
| For all required language a data set will be created. Switching through the data sets, the language of the text can be changed - for example english for the initial operator and spanish for the operating staff. And this is possible at every moment the machine runs. | |||
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| Touchscreen | |||
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Touchscreen support is
implemented. Using this mode a machine- or number keyboard - depending on the type
of the variable - is displayed on screen. No conventional keyboard is needed. |
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| Failure indication | |||
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Optical indication
of failures and automatically generated actions (e.g. stopping a
motor, activating a hooter) keep an installation safe. You can react
quickly to failures. |
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| Password system | |||
| Critical data can be hidden or blocked for
change. Sequences are displayed clearly. All input functions can be blocked by
the password system. |
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| Protocol entries | |||
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Important events or interesting data are put into a
protocol, so you can reconstruct sequences or changes later on. |
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| Support when searching for errors | |||
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When an error
occurs you can show the physical location of the defective part
or show an extract of the circuit diagram on the screen. This is
an important facilitation when searching for errors. |
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| Operate | |||
| On the screen you can
use edit fields for text, numbers or date. Furthermore buttons or
function keys can be used. So for many functions the hardware buttons
on the machine, the wiring and the inputs can be saved. |
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| Graphical positioning | |||
| In reality
it frequently occurs, that processes have to be optimized empirically,
either to reach the highest possible frequency cycle or to react concerning
changes in properties of handled materials. In such cases it's often
necessary to adapt the process. If circuitous many numbers must be
entered, that´s very different for the user. Here you can take advantage of an important feature of MPC-Solution: The graphical optimization of positioning diagrams. |
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| The user can mark one point of the diagram on the screen and move it using the mouse. The changed values take effect when running the cycle the next time. That way even less qualified operators can optimize positioning diagrams (only if the system security allows him to do so). | |||
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processes is to switch outputs graphically depending on way curves. For this case we offer digital diagrams. A process takes a specific time. To make it faster or slower the total time must be changed. If the time to pass through the process is changed because of any optimization, all time points for switching are adapted. This is a very easy way to perfect complex sequences rapidly. |
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Including
these features MPC-Solution is the ideal control software to optimize
processes in an easy, quick and comfortable way. |
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| Symbol library | |||
| MPC-Solution
contains a bitmap library (for hydraulic, pneumatic, electronics and
general components). |
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| MPC-Visu as inexpensive stand-alone packet | |||
| The visualization part of MPC Solution can be used also as pure visualization system e.g. with a Hard-PLC supporting Profibus DP, Tcp/Ip or other interface. This represents a very favorable and nevertheless efficient alternative. Required
soft- and hardware components: |
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