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CONFIGURING THE COLOR VIRTUAL HMI
CONTROLLING THE VIEW
CONFIGURING THE COLOR 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 Masters configured
with a color virtual HMI. If you are configuring the Master to have a monochrome virtual
HMI, please refer to the previous chapter for configuration details.
CONTROLLING THE VIEW
By default, the User Interface window attempts to show the entire front panel of the virtual
HMI, including the display and all the available keys. In many cases, this will not allocate
enough screen space for the display to be edited, so you will probably want to use one of the
other 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 panel view level can be controlled from the View > Panel menu, or by
using the panel icon , or by pressing the Alt key together with the digits 1 through 4.
ZOOM FUNCTION
In addition to the panel views, a zoom is available to help graphic designs. Zooming in and
out can be achieved from the View > Zoom menu, or by using the magnifying glass icon ,
or by rolling your mouse wheel up or down.
The Zoom will center on the mouse cursor so you can control which area of the screen you
are zooming to. There are four levels of zoom. The highest level would give the following
screen for the above database.
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