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The visualization system integrated in Automation Studio is an effective tool that can be used to create line displays or control integrated or remote XGA displays with keys and/or touch screens.

Integration of the visualization system in the control means that the communication times that are normally required for remote visualization systems are no longer an issue.

Visual Components

Creating process diagrams WYSIWYG
Displaying process diagrams on the target system
Common management of both the visualization and controller projects
Supporting displays from 2x20 characters to XGA resolution
True color support for color displays
Interactions via keys and touch screen
Flexible key assignments for hardware keys and touch buttons
Structured arrangement of visualization components in the project
Standard controls for designing process images
Language switching with Unicode support
Management and display of current and past alarms
Display of trend data
Style sheets for managing the properties of objects (GUI template)
Uniform management of and access to process data
Unit switching, scaling and limiting process data
Open user interface (API)
Remote operation in terminal mode or as VNC visualization system
Scalable runtime system

Control elements

Lines and shapes
Touch keys with bitmaps and text whose appearance and responses can be configured
Hotspots for defining touch fields on touch screens
Text input and output fields, Unicode-capable with language switching and format options
Bitmaps which can be animated by overlapping and connecting with groups
Flexible bar graphs with color switching
Numeric input and output with touch screen support
ListBox control element for input and output
Drop down control element
Date and time formats, display can be configured (depending on language)
Flexible alarm control element with colors and symbols to differentiate between alarms
Flexible trend control element for displaying trend curves
Edit control element for entering texts (similar to Notepad)
HTML control element for displaying HTML pages
Password entry
Pie chart
Media control element for playing audio and video files (Windows®-based visualization systems)

Language switching with Unicode support

International configuration with scalable Unicode True Type fonts
Language switching during runtime and during development
Unlimited number of languages
Text translation with Export/Import formats
External language import using a command line tool

Representation on graphic displays

Support of TrueColor (32-bit) graphics in the editor and during runtime
Management of all image files used in a project (BMP, PNG, GIF)
Transparent colors for 8-bit and 32-bit graphic files (alpha channel)
Preset images for alarm system and numeric/alphanumeric touchpads
Symbol library with over 6000 graphics
Color mapping tables for indexing the foreground and background colors of control elements using Boolean variables

Scalable runtime system

Automation Runtime or Windows runtime system
Terminal mode - multiple visualization systems can be configured on a controller
Remote operation of the visualization system via VNC using a modem, Intranet or Internet connection
Parallel access to multiple visualization systems
Visualization, drive and control programs and an operating system on a Compact Flash