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CONFIGURING THE MONOCHROME VIRTUAL HMI
CONTROLLING THE VIEW
CONFIGURING THE MONOCHROME VIRTUAL HMI
Now that you have configured your communications options, and created data tags for the
various items that you wish to display, you can create display pages to allow the user to view
or edit these data items. These pages are manipulated by selecting the User Interface icon
from the main screen. Please note that this chapter refers specifically to the monochrome
virtual HMI. If you are configuring the Master to have a color display, please refer to the next
chapter for configuration details.
CONTROLLING THE VIEW
By default, the User Interface window shows the entire front panel of the mono HMI,
including the display and all the available keys. If you want to allocate more of your PC’s
screen to show the HMI’s display, you can use the four different zoom levels as shown
below…
As you can see, at each level, fewer keys are shown, and more of the window is allocated to
the display itself. The zoom level can be controlled from the View menu, by using the
magnifying glass icon, or by pressing the Alt key together with the digits 1 through 4.
OTHER VIEW OPTIONS
As well as controlling the zoom, the View menu contains the following options…
• The Page List command can be used to show or hide the left-hand pane of the
User Interface window. If the page list is disabled, even more space is made
available for editing the display. The F4 key toggles the page list on and off.
• The Hold Aspect command can be used to control whether or not Crimson
attempts to maintain the aspect ratio of the display. If aspect holding is enabled,
a figure that would appear as, say, a circle on the G303 will appear as a perfect
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