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Command: HMI Views

Function: This is a list of all views that help you as an HMI developer for creating an HMI application: Data Sources, HMI Features, Programming, and Visualizations.

Call: View menu

Requirement: The command is visible when HMI is displayed in the programming system.

An HMI project can contain any number of applications for both controllers and HMI devices. However, a view contains only the objects that are linked into the selected application.

This application is selected in the list box List of all applications. The list is located in the standard toolbar. It lists all applications of the project and always the POUs entry. When the POUs entry is selected, the objects valid across the project are displayed in the views (similar to the POUs view).

View: Data Sources

The view contains the Data Source Manager node object of the selected application with the Data Source objects below it.

View: HMI Features

. The view contains all objects of the following type in the selected application:

  • Visualization Manager

  • Device

  • Alarm Management

  • Recipe Manager

  • Text Lists

  • Image Pools

  • Trend Recordings

  • Unit Conversion

View: Programming

The view contains objects of the selected application that often do not have to be modified for the creation of an HMI application. If this view is closed, then you have a better overview of your HMI application.

. Non-HMI relevant object types:

  • DUT

  • External file

  • Global Variable List

  • Global Variable List (Receiver)

  • Global Variable List (Sender)

  • Persistent Variables

  • POU

  • POU for Implicit Checks

  • Symbol Configuration

  • Trace

  • Library Manager

  • Task Configuration

View: Visualizations

The view contains all visualizations of the selected application:

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