ABB Zenon Template v.8.10 - User Manual ABB Template
ABB Zenon Template v.8.10 - User Manual ABB Template
ABB Zenon Template v.8.10 - User Manual ABB Template
Table of contents
Table of contents
1 General
Contents of this chapter .......................................................................... 5
Applicability ........................................................................................ 5
Target audience .................................................................................. 6
4 Tables
Table wizard ....................................................................................... 31
Exemplary tables .................................................................................. 32
Example 1: Table with just static values ................................................... 32
Example 2: Table with each field set as dynamic ......................................... 33
Example 3: Mixed table with static such as dynamic values ............................ 33
Write set value and styles ....................................................................... 33
5 Other features
Screen types ....................................................................................... 35
Themes, keyboard and vertical menu ......................................................... 36
User login .......................................................................................... 37
4 Table of contents
Alarm ............................................................................................... 38
Alarm list (active alarms) ..................................................................... 38
Alarm list log (alarm history) ................................................................. 39
CEL (Chronological Event List) ................................................................. 40
Trend ................................................................................................ 41
Trend filter elements .......................................................................... 42
Further information
General 5
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General
Applicability
Information
The manual includes only general information of the software. If the software was
adapted to a specific customer requirement or application, the changes to the
software, that is handling, installation and operating instructions are not described
in the manual. You may find this information in a separate document, e.g. technical
data or engineering notes. For further assistance, contact your local ABB
representative.
Attention
Target audience
This manual is intended for people who install, operate and maintain the zenon software.
The personnel must have knowledge of:
• software and relevant specifications
• functions of the operating panel and the driven process
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ABB zenon Template
■ Welcome tab
In the Welcome window, read information about basic settings and click (next).
Hint
Click the ? (Help ) button at top-right corner, to open the ABB zenon Template
Manual.
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6. Click (next).
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■ Logo tab
In the Logo window,
1. Select a logo to customize your project.
2. Set the required Width and Height.
3. Click (next).
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Alarm List of warnings and error messages. See also Alarm (on page 38) .
User User administration function. You can also link this menu item to your company's admin-
istration system.
Reload Updates runtime without restart. This function quickly confirms and applies the changes.
Theme Changes the theme. See also Themes, keyboard and vertical menu (on page 36) .
3. Drag and drop the items if you prefer to change the structure of the menus. To revert
back to the original or default structure, click Reset.
4. Click (next).
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■ Finish tab
1. In the Finish window, click Finish, to complete the wizard configuration and to load the
new project.
2. Wait for a while until the template is installed. You can also check the status reading
the messages in the progress box.
3. When the message Template has been installed successfully appears. Click OK.
4. In the Finish window, click Close to close the wizard window.
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Editing projects and control elements
In the zenon workspace, you can edit and customize projects according to your requirements.
The Symbol Library contains the several usable control elements needed to edit projects.
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Editing projects and control elements 17
Information
Variable buttons
The add-on template consists of a set of variable buttons and input/output fields (see table
below). To view the list, in project manager, go to Screens → Symbol Library. Open the
interface of an element and set the required parameters.
For example, if you selected the interface ABB_UI_TextInput Field, double-click or right-click
and select Properties. In the Linked symbol wizard, select an element/parameter and click
Exit.
Text input field (alphanu- Input field that allows text or numbers. $_Input: Connected variable to write.
merical) $_lock: Used to lock the box either by itself
of through interlock button.
Number input field (numer- Inputs field that allows only numbers. $_Input: Connected variable to write.
ical) $_lock: Used to lock the box either by itself
of through interlock button.
Output field Output field to show the input vari- $_Input: Variable to show.
ables. Note: Only one output field exists.
Normal Button See the representation of Normal $_NormalButton: Connected variable which
Button in the figure. triggers when button is hit.
$_Text: Label of the button.
$_ABB_UI_Locked_Text: Label of the but-
ton in locked state.
$_ABB_UI_Locked: Locks the button
See also interface parameters of Normal
button in below figure.
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Primary Action Button The Primary Action Button is same $_PrimaryActionButton: Connected variable
Input/output fields (start as Normal Button, except that it is which triggers when button is hit.
screen) highlighted in blue. See in figure Se- $_Text: Label of the button.
lectors (on page 20) . $_ABB_UI_Locked.Button.Text: Label of
the button in locked state.
$_ABB_UI_Locked Button: Locks the
primary action button
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■ Radio buttons
The default setting is based on radio button functions listed in below table. You can find
them in the zenon workspace.
ABB_UI_Ex_PressRadioButton1 Script:execute
ABB_UI_Ex_PressRadioButton2 Script:execute
ABB_UI_Ex_PressRadioButton3 Script:execute
■ Function buttons
To set up a function button,
1. In Project Manager window, go to Screens → Symbol Library, select the state0 element,
for example, ABB_UI_Normal_button_state0.
2. From zenon tool bar, drag a default button.
3. In the button's style settings, set the background color to transparent.
4. Change the parameters of this button to trigger a specific function.
For examples of function buttons, see figure in section Variable buttons and inputs/outputs (on
page 17) .
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WPF controls
The figure below shows the different WPF controls.
WPF controls
Information
4. Configure the links. See Configuring a WPF element (on page 24) .
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Information
• The items that can be changed start with a "_" in front of its name.
• You can connect a variable or a constant to each parameter. If no value is
connected, the standard value in WPF-Info is used. See description of each
parameter in the sections below.
Options Description
Parameters Description
_ColorIndexEmpty Background color of empty slider. The index number is used from color palette.
_ColorIndexFilled Bar color of the filled slider. The index number is used from color palette.
_ColorIndexText Text inside the control. The Index number is used from color palette.
_ColorIndexThumb Handle of slider. The Index number is used from color palette.
Parameters Description
_colorIndexBarAlarm Color of bar, warning triangle and value, if value is lower than _LimitLowLow or
higher than _LimitHighHigh. The index number is used from color palette.
_colorIndexBarEmpty Background color of the empty bar. The index number is used from color palette.
_colorIndexBarNormal Color of filled bar. The Index number is used from color palette.
_colorIndexBarWarning Color of the bar, warning triangle and value, if value is between _LimitLow and
_LimitLowLow or _LimitHigh and _LimitHighHigh. The Index number is used from
color palette.
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Parameters Description
_colorIndexBarText Color of text inside the control. The Index number is used from color palette.
Parameters Description
_colorIndexBarWarning Color of bar and warning triangle when value is in the range of _LimitLow and
_LimitLowLow or _LimitHigh and _LimitHighHigh.
_colorIndexBarAlarm Color of bar and warning triangle when value is lower than _LimitLowLow or higher
than _LimitHighHigh.
Parameters Description
Parameters Description
_ItemText* Allows configuration of up to 100 different options for selection: Item Text001 to Item-
Text100 and ItemValue001 to ItemValue100.
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Tables
Table wizard
With the table wizard, you can customize tables and display data.
3. In the Table Wizard window, select the required values to their specific fields.
Fields Description
Style Standard table style. For example, selecting new style enables all given
customization options.
Note:You can find all styles in the zenon workspace at Screens → Styles.
You can edit the styles later, for example, change colors or fonts.
X position Coordinates of upper left corner of the table in the selected screen
Y position
Exemplary tables
The examples below show different tables and table styles. Each table contains four rows,
three columns and first row header enabled.
Data Settings
type
Without dialogue
INT
Write set value
STRING
Write set value
As default, text is displayed in defined colors for limit values (red/green). To change this
behavior,
1. In Properties, go to Text.
2. Find Text color dynamic and uncheck Use Limit Value Color.
For each table you set up, a new style is created. You can find the new styles in Style
overview. All styles are customizable. As standard, the table text style follows the default
guidelines of your project.
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Other features
Screen types
The ABB template provides a customized ABB-style picture for each scenario. As default,
there are several useful control elements given in a basic grid for every picture.
You can,
• edit every ABB screen type template according to your requirements
• insert an ABB screen type to use the intended control elements.
See the different screen types depicted in below figure.
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Themes In the Hamburger menu, you can select a theme: Light theme or dark theme. All control
elements change their color automatically based on the selected theme.
With dark theme all control elements appear with higher contrast to the background.
Note: If the Discrete button labeled with an icon is used, make sure to set a matching picture
for each theme. See Variable buttons and inputs/outputs (on page 17) .
Keyboard You can drag and drop the on-screen keyboard using mouse or touch (exception: in Trend).
User login
The ABB-bar, displays the current user status. For example, see in below figure, no user is
signed in. There is also the logout button.
• If a user is signed in, a pop-up asks if the user wants to sign out.
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Alarm
■ Alarm list (active alarms)
The Alarm screen displays all active and unacknowledged alarms. In the vertical menu,
click Alarm, to identify the different lists: Alarm List and Alarm List log.
The table below describes the different states of alarms and its associated symbols. You
can customize the appearance of these symbols using the function in zenon workspace.
When there is an alarm, several information is displayed. The alarm can be acknowledged
individually or all currently displayed alarms can be acknowledged using the Acknowledge
page button. The acknowledged alarms are archived in the Alarm list log (see Alarm list
log (alarm history) (on page 39) .
You can also set filters to display alarm messages according to your requirements, for
example, time period or message type (error/warning/ ...). The filter elements are similar to
the Trend filter elements (see Trend (on page 41) . In the workspace, you can redefine all
default options of the alarm list filters with the function ABB_UI_Activate Picture Alarmlist.
Trend
Using the Trend element, you can display output in graphics format (see figure below). To
set up a Trend, you must define two or more variables that should be tracked.
The ABB template includes the function ABB_UI_Activate page Extended Trend, that
functions similar to the Filter menu and enables you to customize all important options of
the Trend projection. The template also provides a default screen with several control
elements with which you can change the elements in editor. See Editing projects and control
elements (on page 15) . To add new buttons, see Function buttons (on page 21) .
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• Vertical area: at the right of trend graphic (see fig xx control elements)
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Filter Opens the Filter menu, which enables you to adjust some options. For example, Refresh
rate is set to standard maximum value of 1 sec.
To add new variables or to change the default values, go to ABB_UI_Activate page
Extended Trend function.
Filter profiles A dropdown menu that shows current and other filter profiles defined in the Filter dia-
logue. Select a profile to apply to the graphics.
Zoom/Rezoom Zooms into a specific sector. Place your cursor on the point you want to zoom into.
Zoom—scales the X- and Y-axis
Rezoom—resets to previous value
Cursor on/off Enables/disables the cursor, which can be used to select a specific data point and dis-
plays its values.
<< / >> Moves the cursor along with trend graphic. Press Stop to enable.
Copy to clipboard Copies the current trend graphic to the clipboard. Paste it into a graphic tool (e.g. MS
Paint) to save it as an image file.
Print Save a PNG file in the project folder. You can change this to actually printing the trend
graphic in a physical printer in the Filter dialogue.
Appendix: Open source software licenses 45
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Appendix: Open source software
licenses
This appendix includes information about the open source software licenses used in ABB
zenon Template.
General help
If you cannot find any information you require in this help chapter or can think of anything that
you would like added, contact via email at [email protected] .
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.abb.com/zenon
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