LaunchPad
Development System:
The LaunchPad serves as the command and control center from
which you may access the main program elements of InstantHMI
5.1. It
allows you to design your HMI projects
on Windows PC and deploy it on your target runtime platforms
(Windows PC, Windows CE, Pocket PC, Palm OS and Smartphone). You may view project
outline, design your screens, edit
project setup including choice of runtime platforms,
run your pc project, transfer and view reports
including historic trends.
Screen Designer:
The
Screen Designer allows
you to place widgets and other objects on the screen to
view/modify application I/O data. You may also create and
attach scripts to screen objects to transform and present
data to your operator in convenient format. You may create
macro based touch zones and buttons for switching screens,
entering data, saving recipes and other functions. You may
setup data sources, screen passwords, recipe control flags,
data entry tab order, TCP/IP links with InstantHMI nodes,
etc.
Report Designer:
The Report Designer allows you to generate customized
free-form report templates to be used for printer reports.
It also allows you to generate spool record templates, which
you can use with the help of the spooling capability
provided, to print multiple reports to disk concurrently.
This spooling capability in effect provides you with
multiple (up to 100) virtual printers. You may also merge
the spooled reports into a single printed report whose
template is under your total control.
Runtime Engine:
InstantHMI projects may be run on any of the supported
platforms. Runtime engines are available for Windows PC,
Windows CE, Pocket PC, Smartphones and Palm OS. Each
runtime engine (including PDA) can stand-alone or networked
with other runtime engines. It utilizes a communication link
and a driver DLL to link the operator with the raw data
source (programmable and other I/O controllers used in the
application).
Historic Trending:
Historic Trend utility provides you with a graphical
representation of data logged by InstantHMI runtime engines.
You may view selected data items over time periods of
interest with or without data interpolation (Linear or Cubic Spline). This provides a powerful utility for analyzing
trends and printing graphical reports. You may also view
trend history in the runtime engine using the enhanced real
time/historic plot object.