Creating the Operator Screen

At a Glance

The operator screen is used to animate graphic objects that symbolize the application. These objects can belong to the Control Expert library, or can be created using the graphic editor.

NOTE: For more information, refer to chapter Operator screens.

Illustration on an Operator Screen

The following illustration shows the application operator screen:

NOTE: To animate objects in online mode, you must click on

. By clicking on this button, you can validate what is written.

Procedure for Creating an Operator Screen

The table below shows the procedure for creating the Start button.

Step	Action
1	In the Project browser, right click on Operator screens and click on New screen. The operator screen editor appears.
2	Click on the and position the new button on the operator screen. Double click on the button and in the Control tab, select the Run variable by clicking the button and confirm with OK. Then, enter the button name in the text zone.

The table below shows the procedure for inserting and animating the conveyor.

Step	Action
1	In the Tools menu, select Operator screens Library. Double click on Machine then Conveyor. Select the dynamic conveyor from the runtime screen and Copy (Ctrl+C) then Paste (Ctrl+V) it into the drawing in the operator screen editor.
2	The conveyor is now in your operator screen. You now need a variable to animate the wheels. Select your conveyor then click on . A line on the wheel is selected. Press enter and the object properties window opens. Select the Animation tab and enter the concerned variable, by clicking on (in the place of %MW0). In our application, this will be Encoder.INPUT_A, the physical input A state. Confirm with Apply and OK.
3	Click on to select the other lines one by one and apply the same procedure.

NOTE: In the Instance Selection, tick the IODDT checkbox and click on

to access the I/O objects list.

The table below shows the procedure for inserting and animating a display.

Step	Action
1	Click on and position it on the operator screen. Double click on the text and select the Animation tab.
2	Tick the Animated Object checkbox, select the concernd variable by cliking on and confirm with OK.