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3 - 22 PANELWARE MMI Application Manual for GE Fanuc Genius Protocol - June 1995 GFK-1115
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Section 8 Creating Pictures
Pictures make up the basic elements of every Panel project. They include static elements such as
text and lines
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, and/or dynamic elements like input and output fields. Output fields allow
information, such as temperature, RPM, etc., to be updated and displayed for the user. Input fields
can be used to display entries given to the process that you enter using the keyboard.
A project must contain at least two pictures—one picture that displays when the Panel powers up,
and another that displays in the event of a communications failure. This example project will
contain three pictures, as follows:
1. Picture 1 is the picture where values will be entered using the keyboard, transmitted to the
PLC and output in another field.
2. Picture 2 is the start-up picture that is to be displayed when the Panel and PLC are switched
on. Only the Panel’s date and time, and the scan rate of the Genius bus will be displayed.
3. Picture 3 is displayed if there is a communications failure between the PLC and the Panel.
Only text providing notice of a communications error will be displayed in this picture.
Picture 1
To edit or create a picture using the picture editor, select the Picture option from the F2 Edit
pull-down menu or press Ctrl + B.
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Lines can only be inserted in a picture if a graphic display has been selected in the project
definition. See the PANELWARE™ Hardware Installation User's Manual (GFK-0848) for a
list of available graphic displays.