Visual Components is a powerful yet versatile tool within Automation Studio for designing dynamic HMI applications that allow operators to clearly and intuitively view even the most complex real-life industrial processes in graphic form. A visual editor and rich selection of pre-designed controls open up virtually unlimited design possibilities.
Objectives and content
- Introduction to Visual Components
- Creating an initial visualization application
- Working with the Visual Components editor
- Workspace, visualization structure and help system
- Creating your own visualization application
- Managing variables and data points
- The layering method when designing pages
- Displaying and entering process values
- Creating static and dynamic text
- Language and unit switching
- Touch and keypad operation
- Using graphic objects