Dear Readers,
It has been a busy month. I was up against some deadlines and did not get to post as planned. Another problem occurred when the video card in my computer died. The fan on the card stopped working, the chip over heated and sagged power. The result was that my hard drive did not write properly and destroyed the boot sector along with parts of the file sector.
So, I am currently posting from another computer.
So, what does all of this have to do with HMI's?
Well, you be assured that with an HMI product that these problems won't occur. There are no fans or hard drives in our HMI's. This guarantees long service life. This minimizes downtime.
Hopefully, next year, things will go better for me an my PC.
Have a Happy and Productive New Year!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Event History Display Elucidation
Event History Display:
Shows only the current day's events. What's up with that? How can I look back at the history? Isn't that what "history" is all about?
The MMI8000 handles Event History viewing in an unexpected way. (Thus this post.) It is true that the Event History display only shows current day's events if.... it is not redirected to show some other day's events. The secret to displaying past day's events rests in the Option List object. I know, very cryptic, why did they do it this way, etc, etc.
I think you will agree with me that scrolling through long lists of events can be quite boring and frustrating. The longer the list the more tedious this becomes. I am sure some people don't mind doing this. But, if you are like me, then you want to go right to the day in question. But I digress...
OK, open EB8000, go to the Objects menu, to Button and expand out to select the Option List object. or click on the
tool.
If you have a historical Event Display object there should be a field labeled Source (dates of historical data).
Enable this feature and EB8000 takes care of the details internally to make it work. When placed on the screen with the event Display object, it shows the current active date and allows the user to select a past date for review.
Your screen might look something like this... during project editing.
When running, dates are shown in the Option List Object next to the larger Event History Display Object.
Feel free to leave a comment if you are uncertain about this.
Shows only the current day's events. What's up with that? How can I look back at the history? Isn't that what "history" is all about?
The MMI8000 handles Event History viewing in an unexpected way. (Thus this post.) It is true that the Event History display only shows current day's events if.... it is not redirected to show some other day's events. The secret to displaying past day's events rests in the Option List object. I know, very cryptic, why did they do it this way, etc, etc.
I think you will agree with me that scrolling through long lists of events can be quite boring and frustrating. The longer the list the more tedious this becomes. I am sure some people don't mind doing this. But, if you are like me, then you want to go right to the day in question. But I digress...
OK, open EB8000, go to the Objects menu, to Button and expand out to select the Option List object. or click on the
tool.If you have a historical Event Display object there should be a field labeled Source (dates of historical data).
Enable this feature and EB8000 takes care of the details internally to make it work. When placed on the screen with the event Display object, it shows the current active date and allows the user to select a past date for review.
Your screen might look something like this... during project editing.
When running, dates are shown in the Option List Object next to the larger Event History Display Object.
Feel free to leave a comment if you are uncertain about this.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Widescreen Monitor Problems
Recently some have been complaining about font problems. The usual complaint is that the fonts on the PC screen during editing are different than during simulation and also after download. Some have speculated that it is widescreen equipment or an incompatibility with the software.
The usual problem is that the PC Monitor's settings need to be tweaked. Simply setting the monitor's DPI setting to 96, usually fixes the problem. OK, how do I get to the DPI setting? Here are the easy steps.....
1. Right click on an unused part of the PC Monitor's background. (A menu pops up.)
2. Select Properties from the pop up menu. (Display Properties Dialog appears.)
3. Select the Settings tab in the Dialog.
4. Click the Advanced button in the Settings tab.
5. Confirm the DPI setting is 96 or change it to 96.
The PC may ask you to reboot or install the Windows CD but this is not necessary. The new settings can be applied immediately.
The fonts should be working properly. When done editing with EasyBuilder8000, you can always put the DPI setting back to whatever it was previously.
The usual problem is that the PC Monitor's settings need to be tweaked. Simply setting the monitor's DPI setting to 96, usually fixes the problem. OK, how do I get to the DPI setting? Here are the easy steps.....
1. Right click on an unused part of the PC Monitor's background. (A menu pops up.)
2. Select Properties from the pop up menu. (Display Properties Dialog appears.)
3. Select the Settings tab in the Dialog.
4. Click the Advanced button in the Settings tab.
5. Confirm the DPI setting is 96 or change it to 96.
The PC may ask you to reboot or install the Windows CD but this is not necessary. The new settings can be applied immediately.
The fonts should be working properly. When done editing with EasyBuilder8000, you can always put the DPI setting back to whatever it was previously.
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