Analog clock...

The new HMI release includes a new analog clock graphic element.

Creating custom analog clocks is made simple by the wide range of adjustable visual attributes.

DNP3 outstation...

The HMI has supported the DNP3 protocol, as a master station, for several years. Today we released a new version of the HMI that can emulate DNP3 outstations. Any data point in the HMI can be used as a source point in an outstation. For example, data from a device needs to be made available to a DNP3 master and the device only supports a non DNP3 protocol (MODBUS or Allen Bradley or GE, etc.) the HMI can read the data from the device, transfer it to the emulated DNP3 outstation and the DNP3 master can access the data via TCP/IP.

The number of outstations that can be emulated is unlimited.

Here is a screen shot of the default group/item settings.

Percent fill...

The HMI has provided a “percent fill” with directions of left, right, top and bottom since the first release and the MA (Manual/Automatic) complex object has provided up, down and middle fills.

“Middle” (vertical) selection provides for fill from the middle of the object towards the top if the value is 51% of full scale or greater and towards the bottom if the value is 49% of full scale or less. 50% has no fill.

For example; a temperature is maintained +- 10 degrees. The range is -10 to 10 degrees. The percent fill using “middle” is a better visual indication of the temperature in relation to the desired value.

Today we extended the “Middle” direction to all graphic elements that support “percent fill” and also added “Middle (Horizontal)".

 

PDF...

Yesterday we released a new version of the HMI that added support for PDF output.

Reports, screen captures, window captures, DMCP plots and trend plots now all support PDF as an output option.

CFR 21 Part 11...

Yesterday we released a new version of the HMI to support CFR 21 Part 11 user/password control. The HMI has always provided a user/password system to control and monitor access to the HMI. The HMI now provides more options for passwords.

New protocol added...

Today a new version of the HMI was released that supports the Saia-Burgess Serial-S-Bus (RS232/485) and Ether-S-Bus protocols.

Registers, counters, timers, flags, inputs, outputs and data blocks are supported.

Boolean, integer, float and string data types are supported.

 

Graphics addition...

From the release of the HMI the option to set a graphic element to transparent or opaque has been present. This allowed the selected brush style to be applied to the graphic element and the “background” (whatever is behind) to show thru the graphic element.

Yesterday we released the latest version with an “Opacity” setting. This allows for the background to show through graphic elements with a “blend” of the foreground and background. A setting of 0 (zero) is totally transparent and a setting of 255 is totally opaque.

Here is a sample.