MarkVIe Maintenance Class

Cimplicity Screens

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Objectives

Learn how to add and modify Cimplicity

screens
Learn how to add and animate Cimplicity
objects
Learn how to configure linked objects

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 Managing Cimplicity Screens
Cimplicity screens are maintained
in the Cimplicity project file using
Cimplicity Workbench.
-Start>Programs>Cimplicity>HMI>
Workbench
-File>Open>F:\Cimproj\*.gef
To create a new screen:
-Select screens (it should be
highlited in blue)
-File>New>Object
To modify a screen:
-Right click on screen name and
select Edit Screen
Usually, a master set of screens
are kept on one Cimplicity server.

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Draw Cimplicity Graphics
The Drawing toolbar allows Text Button
you to draw different
graphical images. The
most commonly used tools
are:
•Line – drawing objects
Line

•Rectangle – display boxes Object Explorer

and objects Rectangle

•Text String – descriptions Text String

and numeric animations
•Text Button – Command
pushbuttons
•Object Explorer – Advanced
graphical objects
After objects are drawn,
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Draw Cimplicity Graphics -2
Multiple objects can
be resized, spaced
evenly, and aligned
from the menu bar.
Select all objects to
be affected first.
The anchor object
(last object selected)
has squares around
it.

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Animate Cimplicity Objects
The 3 basic objects
used by GE are the
text button, numeric
animation and bar
graphs.
Right
click>Properties or
double click on the
object to configure
and animate.

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Animate Cimplicity Objects - 2
To animate a text
button, configure the
following items on
the Text Button tab:
String – text that
appears on the
button
Button Color –
default color of the
button
Color Animation –
Text or Button face

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 Animate Cimplicity Objects - 3
To animate a numeric
animation, configure
the following items on
the Text tab:
String – a series of #
symbols as place
holders
Expression – the
signal name which
has the value you
want to display
Display format –
match the signal’s
engineering units
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Animate Cimplicity Objects - 4
To animate a bar
graph, configure
the following
items on the
Rotation/Fill tab:
Expression - the
signal name
which has the
value you want
to display
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Signal Browser
Click the Point ID
PopUp Button to
start the signal
browser.

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Signal Browser -2
Select the right
project
Enter search criteria
in the supplied fields
and click on Browse.
Wild cards (asterisk *)
can be used in the
search criteria.
After selecting the
right signal, click OK.
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Expression Editor
Click the Expression Editor Button
Always click in the window to deselect all items, or
they will be deleted.
Double click on any mathematical/boolean function
to use it.
Use the keypad to enter numerical values and
parenthesis ( ).

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Assign Commands
To assign a
command to a
button:
•Double click
on the button
•Click on
Procedrues
Tab>New
•Select Action
Type> Absolute
Setpoint or
Variable Assign
•Enter Point ID
and Value
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Assign Commands -2
Now define the event that invokes
the procedure:
•On the Events tab, select an event
from the drop down window
•Select an Action (procedure) from
the drop down window and click New
•Click OK to confirm
The above example defines the
procedure as part of the button and
therefore can only be used by that
button. Procedures can also be
defined as part of the screen
properties and be used by any object
on the screen.
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 Test Screen
Dynamic Screen Test screen
Testing lets you
test editing
changes in
CimEdit.
Click on the Test
Screen button to
open a separate
CimView window.
When you make
additional
changes, you must
close and re-open
the Test Screen.

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Grouped Objects
Multiple objects are
grouped together so that
they stay together and are
moved as a group.
You usually do not want to
ungroup a grouped object,
just double click on the
grouped object to modify
the group properties.
CAUTION: If you ungroup a
grouped object, all group
properties will be lost.
Notice that the selected
item in the Group tab is
highlighted in the CimEdit
view.
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 Linked Objects
Linked object are a shell
(Link Container) for
another object. They are
created using Copy and
Paste Special.
Master objects which are
linked to runtime screens
are stored in a template
screens (tp_xxxx.cim).
These screens are not
used for control.
Linked objects use local
variable string
substitutions to identify
unique process signal
names for each
application.
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Linked Objects - 2
The template
screen,
tp_7fa_overview.
cim, has a master
object, 7FA_DUAL,
that will be used
on multiple
runtime screens.
The object has
the same
appearance on all
screens.
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Linked Objects - 3
On the runtime screen,
the link container for
the turbine is linked to
the 7FA_DUAL object in
the
tp_7fa_overview.cim
screen.
A linked object can be
identified by the
presence of a
LinkContainer tab in its
properties dialogue box.
The Variables tab is
used to attach unique
signal names or ascii
strings to internal
variables within the
object.
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Smart Objects
Smart objects are inserted
just like linked objects, using
Copy and Paste Special.
Smart objects prompt the
user for any information
required by the Variables tab
Smart objects can be quickly
identified by right clicking on
an object. If Trigger Smart
Object pick appears, the
object is a smart object.

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Smart Objects - 2
Here the smart
object opens a
configuration
dialogue box for
a group of
pushbuttons.

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Lab # 14

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