Appendix B : Examples to build objects
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1. 45 gt Graphics Similar to the Text format each graphic represents one of the PLC s register data or relay states According to the value accessed from the PLC device the corresponding graphic is displayed on the screen Options corresponding to this format are similar to those in the text format The No of states are defined in the States option The maximum number of states are 32 Instead of assigning a text string we assign the filenames of graphics corresponding to each state in the Content option Similarly the filenames must also be arranged in sequence and separated with commas The extension name does not need to be specified in the Content option It is already specified by the Graphic Type option States 2 Graphic Type BMP 1 Font 15 8 SIZE Content fieft_ss tight_ss Fig 4 12 Graphic Format display left_ss display right_ss if reading value O if reading value 1 The Graphic Type option selects the bit map file format The EasyBuilder supports BMP and PUT formats All files specified in the Content must belong to the same type It is noted that all the specified files must be located in the animation graphics directory specified by directories option of tool menu In the MMI700 1000 when the number of state 1 and the reading value 1 it will display the graphic as blinking 46 EasyBuilder_User s Manual gt Range The format sets NUM or JOG JOG type pus2. These two options help you to display a page in proper scale When either one of them is selected the other one is deselected automatically Tool Bar open new file print zoom open file version grid copy screen temporal file delete screen lessage PLC resgister Cursor format setup PLC control addressing position screen overlay met hod Fig 6 2 Tool Bar screen no This option enables you to display the tool bar To activate or deactivate the Tool Bar option simply select it A d i symbol indicates that the option has been selected Status Bar This option enables you to display the status bar at the bottom of the screen A brief description corresponding to current operation is displayed in the status bar Like the Tool Bar option select the option to activate or deactivate it Tool Box This option activates the toolbox for fast creation of objects The toolbox is opened at the right bottom side of the screen when option is selected To move it to another position move the cursor to its headline and drag it time display Easy View 300 text display date display PLC data display Lal die f blinking P em GOTO PANEL s jA OW data button hard copy 1L animation graphics file transfer Fig 6 3 Tool Box Graphic Files This option displays the list of graphic files used in the working file It includes the graphic files used by Graphic object Animation object
3. 3 Select options in the message object dialog and click OK to create the object 4 Click on the OK to exit the Message Object List window Control Device M P 12 Message Temperature of the Fig 3 32 Message Object Dialog e Control Device Assign a PLC internal relay to activate the message display and printing e Message Input a text string be printed or displayed e Display Mark this option to enable the message display function e Print for MMI1010 only Mark this option to enable the message printing function 40 EasyBuilder_User s Manual 4 Edit be lool Object Miew Hel Click on the Edit in the menu bar to pull al SIE down the Edit menu as shown in Fig 4 1 Cany Geka The Edit menu includes the following Paste Sebaa functions D s ES e Format define format library coe Temporary File define the filename and Temporary Files size of each temporary file PLE Controls The functions of PLC control and message Messages are described in the Object Designs chapter Fig 4 1 Edit Menu Format Each project file can define at most 256 formats Formats represent the PLC data type to display or the range limit for data entry These formats are divided into two classes display formats and range formats Each data object needs to designate a display format The MMI displays the PLC data based on the predefined display format Please refer to the section Data Object in the chapter Object Design
4. if it cannot find the graphics files in the default directory It s the same for those text files referred by text objects Animation Graphics The EasyBuilder will search this directory for the graphics files referred to by the graphics format and animation objects if it cannot find the graphics files in the default directory ASCII Fonts This is the directory where ASCII pattern files are located EasyBuilder requires both ASCFONT 15 and ASCFONT 24 files 52 EasyBuilder_User s Manual 6 View The View menu contains scaling ae AUF ey functions that allow you to choose an e 100 appropriate way to display a page The menu 75 is depicted in Fig 6 1 It includes the following options Toolbar Status Bar Tool Box Ctrl T e 100 display screen in normal size e 75 reduce the screen size to 75 CSR CH Names e Tool Bar display the tool bar at the top of Se SE 1 the screen Es e Status Bar display the status bar at the Object Contents i Select Page Mo bottom of screen e Tool Box display the toolbox on the screen Fig 6 1 View Menu e Graphics Files display a list of the graphic files used in the working project e Align Grid force new added objects to be positioned on the grid e Grid display 8x8 grid covering the whole working area e Object Contents display the corresponding PLC device of each object e Select Page No display the object summary at each page 100 and 75
5. 12 is popped up Display Device D E Display Format 15 Fig 3 12 Data Object Dialog 4 In Display Device option fill in the address of the PLC relay or register to be 22 EasyBuilder_User s Manual displayed Also assign the display format in the Display Format dialog You may use the View Formats button to browse the format library and select an appropriate format number 5 Click on the OK button to create the data object e Display Device This option specifies the address of a PLC device to be displayed Refer to the chapter The Types of PLC to get the details about address assignments for different PLC types e Display Format The option specifies a predefined format for the data object The format number can be from 0 to 255 It must be a properly defined format Details about how to define formats are in the Format section of the Edit chapter e Blink This option is applicable for MMI700 and MMI1000 only If the display format is graphic or text it is possible to control blinking by a PLC relay Data Object As the above setting display format 10 is a graphic display format state number 2 state graphics but1 but PLC relay M10 controls the display graphics Oe when M10 0 it displays butl bmp when M10 1 it displays but2 bmp If the blink field is marked the next PLC relay M11 will control the blinking state when M11 1 the state graphics will blink in 1 2 sec ON and 1 2 sec OFF interva
6. After the transfer is done the word device is reset to zero if RESET option is set If you designate a bit devices as the control device such as M relay the file number is decided by the File No option Whenever the bit device turns ON the MMT transfers data from the temporary file to the PLC registers or from the PLC registers to the temporary file After the transfer is done the bit device is reset if RESET option is set gt Write Device The start address of a block of PLC registers where the MMT transfers file gt File No Fill in a file number 1 511 if Bit device is selected gt Direction Select the transfer direction Select gt PLC is to load data from the temporary file to the PLC registers and lt PLC is to save data from the PLC registers to the temporary file Example Use the PLC relay M30 to control the file transfer operation The options are setup as shown in Fig 3 28 Control Type File Transfer P Control Device Di 20 X Reset Write Device D 200 File No s Direction PLC Fig 3 28 Bit Device File Transfer Whenever M30 turns ON the MMI transfers all the file no 5 data to the PLC registers starting from D200 Then M20 is reset 3 Example Use the PLC register D10 to control the file transfer operation The options are setup as shown in Fig 3 29 PLC Control Object Control Type File Transfer P Control Device D 10 X Reset Write
7. Choose the Line option in the Object menu or click left on the Line icon in the toolbox 2 Move the cursor to the start position of the line you want to draw 3 Drag the cursor to the end position of the line 4 Release the left mouse button the line object is built up You can then select the line object and delete duplicate or move it Fig 3 4 Drawing Lines Rectangles and Circles CH Rectangle Use this option to draw a rectangle Each rectangle represents one rectangle object To draw a rectangle on the screen perform the following steps 1 Choose the Rectangle option in the Object menu or click left on the Rectangle icon in the toolbox 2 Move the cursor to an arbitrary corner of the rectangle where you want to draw 3 Drag the cursor to the diagonal corner of this rectangle 4 Release the left mouse button the rectangle object is built up You can then select the rectangle object and delete duplicate or move it EasyBuilder_User s Manual OU Circle Use this option to draw a circle Each circle represents one circle object To draw a circle on the screen perform the following steps 1 Choose the Circle option in the Object menu or click left on the Circle icon in the toolbox 2 Move the cursor to an arbitrary corner of the square rectangle which is tangent to the circle you want to draw 3 Drag the cursor to the diagonal corner of this circle 4 Release the left mouse button the circle o
8. Device D 200 File No s Direction gt PLC P Fig 3 29 Word Device File Transfer Whenever the value in D10 becomes nonzero such as D10 15 the MMI takes this value and transfers all file No 15 data to the PLC registers starting from D200 Then D10 is reset to zero WE Backlight control operation gt Control Type Select Backlight control for this operation gt Control Device designate a bit device for this operation When the control device is switched from 1 to 0 the MMI turns the backlight off When the device is switched from 0 to 1 the MMT turns the backlight on state of control device 1 turn off backlight turn on backlight During the period when backlight is turned off the MMI turns the backlight on immediately whenever the screen is touched 38 EasyBuilder_User s Manual Message Use this option to create a message object A message object activates the printing operation and or displaying a predefined text string whenever the corresponding control device is triggered the control device value is nonzero Note that the printer connected to the MMI must be compatible with ESC P2 commands for example EPSON LQ 570 printer Otherwise it will not work properly If your MMT is equipped with an internal clock it prints out the date and time records with the message as shown below 96 03 10 10 11 12 Warning 96 03 10 10 11 12 The safety door is not closed 96 03 10 10 11 13
9. Temperature of the spillway is too high A message is displayed and scrolling in the message window until the control device value becomes 0 If there are several messages activated at the same time all these messages are displayed and scrolled in the message window one after another As shown in Fig 3 30 user configurable screen area message window Warning The safety door is not closed Temperature of the Fig 3 30 Message Window Also note that the message window is popped up as per page configuration You have to mark the option message under Overlap in Edit menu settings in order to display the message window The message object must be defined in the common page page 0 unless there is some special consideration In this way whichever page is displayed on the screen the message text string object is displayed or printed whenever its control device is triggered 39 To create a message object follow the following steps 1 Choose the Message option in Edit menu or click on the Message icon in the tool bar A Message Objects List window is popped up as Fig 3 31 Control Device Message Prnt Display Fig 3 31 Message Objects List Window 2 Click on the Append button to create a new message object or click on the Modify button to modify an existed message object A message object dialog as shown in Fig 3 32 is popped up If you click on the Delete button the current selected object is deleted
10. all objects from another page to the current page e Directories setup the directory for graphics text files Overlap Directories Fig 5 1 Tool Menu This function lets you set overlap page and enable the message window display of each page from 1 to 255 For details about overlap page characteristics refer to the section General page Overlap page and the Common page in chapter Introduction Overlap Table Message Page 0 1 H 3 d 3 6 2 Move the cursor to the page that you want Overlay Overlay Page Fig 5 2 Overlay Table to setup and click left To assign an overlap page follow the following steps 1 Choose the Overlap option in the Tool menu or click on the Overlap icon in the toolbar An Overlap table as Figure 5 2 is popped up Overlap Page 10 Overlap Cancel Fig 5 3 Overlap Dialog 3 Click on the Setting button An Overlap dialog for the page is popped up as shown in Fig 5 3 49 gt Overlay Select to set an overlap page De select to cancel the existing overlap relation gt Overlap Page Assign the overlap page for this page gt Message Select to enable a message window on this page If you use a message object to display a specific message you must mark this option so that the message window can display messages 4 Choose the proper options in Overlap dialog and click on the OK button The overlap relation of this page is built a
11. circle rectangle text and bit map graphic objects e Real Time Clock Object Objects in this class display the MMII010 s internal clock data The real time clock objects include time and date objects e Dynamic Display Object Objects in this class display PLC relay or register data periodically The dynamic display objects include data animation and lamp objects e Touch Control Object Objects in this class define a rectangular region on the screen The rectangular region when touched activates a specific operation such as write data to the PLC s registers switch screen hardcopy and file transfer The touch control objects include push button screen button hardcopy button and file button objects e PLC Object Objects in this class define a PLC control device The PLC control device when triggered activates a specific operation such as switch screen hardcopy file transfer and back light control The PLC objects include PLC control and message objects General Page Overlap Page and Common Page Pages are numbered from O to 255 They also can be classified into three classes the general page the overlap page and the common page Page O is always used as the common page PLC control objects and message objects have to be defined in the common page with the exception for special considerations Page O is vested with a special characteristic Any objects defined on page O are always effective regardless of the active scre
12. corner of animation region 4 Release the mouse button the Animation Object Dialog as shown in Fig 3 13 is popped up Control Device DL P lo Graphic File Name COM T300 cutp ont bmp Fig 3 13 Animation Object Dialog 5 Assign proper registers to control animation in the Control Device option 6 Input the name of graphics file to be displayed in the animation or use 24 EasyBuilder_User s Manual browse to select one 7 Click on the OK button An animation object is created and displayed as shown in Figure 3 14 Figure 3 14 Animation Object e Control Device Set the register address that controls the animation operation e Graphic Name Set the graphics file name to be displayed on the animation It s a good practice to put the animation file under the directory Animation graphics see Directories of the Chapter Tools You can input the filename directly or browse the files under the working directory by clicking on the Browse button After an animation object is created the animation region can not be modified Modifications of the dialog contents can be made after selecting the object and clicking in the tool bar refer to the section Select Object Push Button Use this option to create a push button object The push button object specifies a rectangular region on the screen Whenever the region is touched the system writes a new value to the corresponding PLC address There are sever
13. designate a word device as the control device such as D register the destination page is decided by the register s contents Whenever the value in the register is nonzero the MMI takes the value as the destination page number and switches the screen to display the page then it writes zero into the register if RESET option is set If you designate a bit device as the control device such as M relay the destination page is decided by the Screen and Page No Options Whenever the bit device turns ON the MMI switches the screen to display the destination page and then it reset the bit device if RESET option is set gt Screen GOTO designate Page No as the destination page RETURN designate the last page number saved as destination page gt Page No Fill in a page number 1 255 if Bit device and GOTO is selected gt Save Set it to save the current page into the internal memory when performing screen switch operation It makes the current page as the destination page whenever a screen switch RETURN operation option is specified Example Use PLC internal relay M20 to control the switch screen operation The options are setup as shown in Fig 3 24 Control Type Screen Control Device D 100 k Reset Screen GOTO Page No 30 save Yes Fig 3 24 Bit Device Switch Screen Operation Whenever the M100 relay turns ON the screen switches to display page 30 and the M100 relay is reset 34 EasyBuild
14. fonts and to amplify them in 1 to 4 multiples Display Num 2 Type 24 16 SIZE D Fig 4 5 ASCII Format Options The ASCII code stored in the lower byte is displayed at the left and the other stored in the higher byte is displayed at the right For example Assign options as Fig 4 5 The data 4241h will be displayed as AB gt File Name The File Name format uses the value accessed from the PLC registers as the temporary file number and displays the file name corresponding to this 43 number The file name to be displayed is not allowed to be larger than 14 characters It is displayed in 15 8 fonts The only format option is the amplified size 1 4 multiples Fig 4 6 Options Corresponding to File Name Format gt Bar Graph V With this format the accessed PLC register data is displayed in a vertical bar graph as shown in Fig 4 7 span length Ke width L Zero Fig 4 7 vertical bar graph Options corresponding to the format are depicted in Fig 4 8 The Length and Width options set the bar graph length and width in pixels The span and zero of the bar graph are assigned in the Max Min options If Max is larger than Min the bar graph grows from bottom to top If Max is less than Min the bar graph grows from top to bottom Length 130 Width a Max Min ag lo Fig 4 8 Vertical Bar Graph Format Options gt Bar Graph H With this format the accessed PLC register data is di
15. in a page it s better to rearrange them to access DO D1 D2 D3 D4 continuous instead Design Screen by Tool Box Configuration of the MMT is easy To setup objects select an icon from the toolbox click on the desired screen position and drag the boundary to size a dialog box will appear Fill in the blanks to complete the setup It s a clean simple and consistent process After completing screen editing connect the MMI to COM1 or COM2 of your PC run the loader program it will transfer your screen data to flash memory of the MMI directly time display 13 15 20 Easy View 300 text display date display 06 01 96 Bag d 4 bitmap graphics OJA Sec PLC data display EISES SE Jr blinking screen l button ON data button T 3 SE hard copy animation graphics file transfer Fig 1 5 EasyBuilder Toolbox 2 File Management The EasyBuilder provides some simple file operations in the File menu Some options frequently used in File menu have functional icons in the tool bar to provide fast way call up File menu The File menu includes all operations pertaining to the creation loading saving and printing of project files The menu includes the following options New Creates a new working project Open Opens an existing project as the working project Save Saves the working project with its original name Save As Saves the working project with a new name Print Options Se
16. osm e fooo Jm CC ooo 017 ROV All address is octal RL consists of two continuous R Hitachi H Address Style R hhh hhh mm DR hhh hhh mur All address are hex decimal except TC DR consists of two continuous WR GoldStar Master K address style nnh T Laag dda o 255 C ddd daa 0 255 D ddaa dddd 0 4095 DL consists of two continuous D h O F Allen Bradley SLC address style N s corresponding PLC address I dddh ddd 0 255 oi ee dddh ddd 0 255 dddh ddd 0 255 Kg C T GORRI LC consists of two continuous N ou o dddd dddd 0 4095 N dddd dddd 0 4095 dddb ddd 0 255 b 0 PRE 1 ACC dddd 0 255 Siemens S7 address style Sharp JW address style Se R foo 000 7777 b 0 7 mG b O 7 TC Jooo 000 777 nnn 0 511 Address is in octal DL consists of two b 0 7 continuous DM must be even VD dddd dddd 0 4 8 must be quadruplicate VD consists of two continuous VW 60 EasyBuilder_User s Manual 8 Download This chapter describes the operations to load a project file created by the Easy Builder into the MMI flash memory Remember to save the project file in the EasyBuilder before you start to load the project file The load procedure is listed as follows 1 Connect the MMT RS232 port to COM or COM2 of the PC 2 For MMII1010 set the switch SW8 ON and set SW7 to select a transmission speed ON 19200 baud rate OFF 9600 baud r
17. 3 8 000 Fig B 13 A numeric data is created The rectangular area marked with a dashed line is the effective push button touch area A numerical keypad will be popped up when the effective area is touched 67 Appendix C Difference between MMI700 MMI1000 and MMI1010 mmmoo Mun MMI700__ Objecttype S Der beten me a 640x480 dot 640x480 dot 320x240 dot 1 PLC control objects do not support hardcopy function 2 Message objects do not support printout function d
18. Control Device M1 Reset Fig 3 22 the PLC Control Object Summary 32 EasyBuilder_User s Manual To create a PLC control object follow the following steps 1 Choose the PLC Control option in Edit menu or click on the PLC Control icon in the tool bar A PLC Control Object Summary window is popped up as show in Fig 3 22 2 Click on the Append icon to create a new PLC control object or click on the Modify icon to modify an existing PLC control object A PLC control object dialog as shown in Fig 3 23 is popped up If you click on the Delete icon the current pointed object is deleted 3 Assign proper options in the PLC control object dialog and click on the OK button to create the object and exit the PLC control object dialog 4 Click on the OK button to exit the PLC Control Object summary PLC Control Object Control Type Screen Control Device M P 10 IX Reset GOTO Page No 30 re Write Device s p File No o Direction Fig 3 23 PLC Control Object Dialog e Control Type Assign the operation activated by this object There are four selections in the dialog Screen Hardcopy File Transport Backlight Note Hardcopy and File Transport are applicable for MMI1010 only e Control Device Assign the address of PLC control device it can be a PLC register or relay W Screen switch operation gt Control Type Select Screen switch operation 33 gt Control Device If you
19. Fig 4 3 E ope pS n the Format dialog and No above Point 4 ont 15 8 P eee kv Gg mp click on the OK button to Align oy Te define it 5 Repeat steps 2 to 4 to i 15 8 BR i f a i Display No Type kl define other formats or Length Width Maximin S click on the OK button to close the Format Table States Graphic Type BMP Font 15 8 E Size H EP Content Format Type Numeric Fig 4 3 Format Dialog 42 EasyBuilder_User s Manual Format type The Format type option is a general option for every format It defines the attribute of each format gt Numeric Displays the PLC register data in numeric style The corresponding options are depicted in Fig 4 4 The options are used to assign the number of Figures displayed before and after the decimal point You can also choose to display the value in 15 8 or 24 16 fonts and to enlarge them in 1 to 4 multiples No above Pomt 3 Font 24 16 d Wo below Point p MIZE D Align Right Fig 4 4 Numeric Format Options For example Assign options as Fig 4 4 A number 1234 will be displayed as 123 4 gt ASCII Displays the PLC register data as ASCII codes The corresponding options are depicted in Figure 4 5 With these options you assign the number of ASCII characters to be displayed It uses two characters per single word You can also choose to display these ASCII characters in 15 8 or 24 16
20. PLC device address Control Devic E Lamp Display Device A Data Control Deaee HN Animation Write Deyice L Fush Eutton Desitation Page ki Sereen Button Write Device E File Button Fig 6 5 the options under Object Contents display PLC register Fig 6 6 Display PLC Register on the Screen 5 6 EasyBuilder_User s Manual Select Page No The Select Page No option shows the object details for each page Choose Select Page No at View menu the Fig 6 7 displays the total number of objects in each page Select Page No Fig 6 7 Number of Objects Summary Press or a to select the right page then click Content Fig 6 8 shows the number of each object type in the page Fig 6 8 Classified Number of Objects in a Page 51 7 PLC device address naming style The MMT provides separate device drivers to link with most popular PLCs The available PLC drivers include OMROM SIEMENS S7 200 300 A B SLC MITSUBISHI FACON FB MATSUSHITA FP KOYO Direct GOLDSTAR Master K Sharp JW HITACHI H etc More device drivers are added every day If you cannot find a device driver for your PLC check technical support person or our agent The names and the addressing style of devices in different PLC types are usually different After you open a project file in the EasyBuilder you MITSUBISHI FX must select the proper type for your PLC from the MITSUBISHI Axx PLC TYPE drop down li
21. T INTRODUC d e TE 3 KEE EE 4 GENERAL PAGE OVERLAP PAGE AND GOMMONHAGE 4 LIMITATION OF NO OF OBJECT KEN 6 DYNAMIC gg TE IEN 7 DESIGN SCREEN BY TOOL BOX EE 7 2 FILE MANAGEMENT ccccccsssscccccssssccccccsccccccccsccccccccsccccccccccccccscccccccseccccoes 8 KEE ME 8 ROP aN Le a EE 9 I a E BE 9 EE 10 eRT OPTION EEN 10 EE 11 PRINT DEN 11 PAINT KT EEN 11 dn WE 11 3 OBJECT DESIGN RE 12 EELER 12 EI DATE FOR MMI1010 ONLY 19 TIME FOR MMI1010 ONLY 19 LAMP FOR MMI1010 ONLY 20 RAR 22 ANIMA TON DEN 24 EE SCREEN Cum re 28 FILE BUTTON FOR MMI1010 ONGe 30 HARDCOPY BUTTON FOR MMI1010 ONLY 31 E PCO Oe eege 32 Eege 39 TED E 41 Sei 41 El nun FILE FOR MMITOTO ONLY E 48 SELECT PAGE NO EEN 57 7 PLC DEVICE ADDRESS NAMING STYLE wuuiuuuu ccc cccccccccccsssssssscsssssssccccccccccsessees 58 Bo OO VINO BD E 61 APPENDIX A INSTALLATION OF THE EASYBUILDER SOFTWARE 63 APPENDIX B EXAMPLES TO BUILD OBJECTS eeeececssssscccccsssssccccccssssecccsssssee 64 CREATE AN ON OFF PUSH BUTTON 64 CREATE A NUMERIC DATA DISPLAY sccesesecccccccccccccccccssssesseseeecccccceccccecesausssseseeeeeeeeeeeess 66 APPENDIX C DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ccccccccccccccssssssssssssssssssscccccccccssssees 68 MMI700 MMI1000 AND dd INN 68 EasyBuilder_User s Manual 1 Introductions The EasyBuilder is graphic editor software to configure the MMI PLC O
22. When you need the same PLC control operation in several different pages you can use the first way to define these PLC objects in each page In another way you can define these duplicate objects in an general page then use the Overlap option to set this page as the overlap page for those that need the same PLC control operations If you need the same PLC control actions in every page you just have to put these PLC control objects in the common page By defining objects in an overlap page or in the common page you save time and memory over duplicating objects in each individual page The EasyBuilder screen displays all the current page objects and its overlap page concurrently To distinguish objects in the overlap page from those in the current page the EasyBuilder displays the overlap objects in gray Overlap objects cannot be moved deleted modified and copied in the current page After the screen data has been loaded into the MMI general page and overlap page objects appear the same EasyBuilder 300 CAMT300 BUTTEST PRJ b_i oles ea eee graphics in gray color represents graphics in black color represents it is set in the overlap page it is set in the current page For Help press F1 Fig 1 4 difference between objects in overlap page and in current page Limitation of No of Objects The EasyBuilder does not limit the amount of static display objects in a page However it limits the total amount of dynamic objects in
23. al button types available Momentary MOM Alternate Toggle ALT Numeric NUM Jog plus 1 JOG Jog minus 1 JOG and Temporary filename select FILE Push Button Object Write Device ly 17 Button Type MOM Range Format 0 Fig 3 15 Push Button Dialog e Write Device Set the PLC relay or register address that new value is written to e Button Type There are several button types provided in the option gt MOM button When touched the MMI sends a command to the PLC to energize the relay The MMI sends another command to de energize the relay when released gt ALT button When it is touched The MMI sends a command to the PLC to write a value of the opposite state ON gt OFF OFF gt ON to the PLC relay gt NUM button When it is touched a numeric keypad is displayed at the right bottom screen area Key in the new value and press ENT The MMI sends a command to the PLC to write the new value to the PLC register gt JOG button When it is touched The MMT sends a command to the PLC to add 1 to the current value in the corresponding register If the current value in register is the maximum limit it is set to be the minimum limit 26 EasyBuilder_User s Manual gt JOG button When it is touched The MMT sends a command to the PLC to subtract 1 from the current value in the corresponding register If the current value in register is the minimum limit it is set to be the maximum limit g
24. and those referred to in formats 54 EasyBuilder_User s Manual Listing all used graphic files l Graphics Object 265 C MT300 FRAME BMP 2 Graphics Object 268 C MT300 SWLU BMP 3 Graphics Object 272 C MT300 BOARD1 BMP 4 Graphics Object 275 C MT300 VIND BMP 5 Graphics Object 315 C MT300 FLOW1 BMP 6 Graphics Object 316 C MT300 FLOW2 BMP 7 Format 0 C MT300 0FF BMP 8 Format 0 C MT300 0N BMP 9 Format 1 C MT300 0FF1 BMP 10 Format 1 C MT300 O0N2 BMP 11 Format 2 C MT300 SWA BMP 12 Format 2 C MT300 SWB BMP 13 Format 3 C MT300 DSWA BMP 14 Format 3 C MT300 DSWB BMP Fig 6 4 List of Graphic Files 5 Align Grid After this option is activated new added objects or objects to be moved will be positioned on the grid Grid This option displays a grid in gray color on the working area The grid size is 8 8 pixels Object Contents As described in previous chapters some dynamic objects such as data objects lamp objects animation objects push button objects or file transfer objects correlate to a specific PLC relay or register This option enables you to display the objects along with their corresponding PLC device address Several selections are provided under this option for different dynamic objects as shown in Figure 6 5 These selections enable you to specify some specific dynamic object types to be displayed with their corresponding
25. ar in each rectangular corner of the selected object the status line shows the selected object type Selected Object Type Data MOTOR Fig 3 3 Select Object 3 You can then use the Copy Paste and Delete options in the Edit menu to copy or delete objects or just drag the mouse to move the objects or click in the tool bar to call up the dialog box of the object If there are several objects at the pointed position the EKasyBuilder arranges these objects in order and selects the first one automatically Objects of different types are sequenced in the following order line rectangle circle text graphics date time lamp data animation push button screen button file button hardcopy If there are several objects of the same type they are arranged in the sequence of first add first select Clicking the mouse enables you to switch the current selection to next object in the sorting sequence By this way you can select any overlapped object easily You can also select multiple objects simultaneously press the left mouse button and drag a dashed rectangular box to cover all the target objects release the left mouse button Four or two small painted boxes appear in each rectangular corner of the selected objects Drag the mouse to move the objects ALARM Line Use this option to draw a line Each line represents one Line object To draw a line on the screen perform the following steps 1
26. ate For MMI700 1000 Set the switch SW8 ON and set SW7 to select a transmission speed ON 19200 baud rate OFF 9600 baud rate 3 Press the RESET button 4 Execute the EasyView Download Utility the screen displays as follows ae EVA iew Dowmload Utility Model UT300 x PLC Driver LG GLOFA GK4 wl Load PLC Driver W User Project EW nei Ee Load User Project Vv COM Port COM Baud Rate 19200 gt Cancel Model select the appropriate MMI model MMI700 MT200 MMI1000 MT250 MMI1010 MT300 PLC driver select appropriate PLC type to connect with MMI User Project fill in project name created by EasyBuilder editor software or use browse function to select the project 61 COM Port select COM port COM1 or COM2 of your PC to connect with MMI Baud Rate transmit speed between MMI and PC if the DIP SW7 ON of MMI1010 or SW3 ON of MMI700 1000 select 19200 otherwise select 9600 After fill in the above selection press OK to start the download procedure Note The MMI1010 is equipped with two flash memories One is for project data and the other for the driver The MMI700 1000 is equipped with one flash memory for both project data and driver Therefore the driver amp project can be download separately by selecting v in the load driver and load user project field if the model is selected as MMI1010 For the MMI700 1000 the driver and project data must be download togethe
27. ates 2 BMP Font 15 E Size H BR No of states Content BUT1 BUT2 filename list Format Type Graphics a Fig B 1 0 Graphics BUT1 BUT2 l 2 at M1300 Fig B 2 4 Click on the data object Display Device ly P D icon j Move the cursor to l a desired position to create Display Format lo the data object then click The data object dialog box is popped up as shown in Fig Fig B 3 B 3 64 EasyBuilder_User s Manual Fill in the PLC device address and display format number then click on the OK button A data object is created and it is shown on the screen as in Fig B 4 Fig B 4 5 Click on the push button icon 5l Move the arrow cursor to the left top Push Button Object data object corner Drag a rectangle area to cover the data object The Write Device ly D rectangular area is the effective Button Type MOM touch push button area Release the left mouse button the push button Ee o dialog box is popped up as in Fig B 5 Fig B 5 Fill in write device and button type File Edit Object View Help then click on the OK button a push button object is created and it is shown on the screen as in Fig B 6 The ON OFF push button is Fig B 6 created The rectangular area marked with dashed line is the effective push button touch area 65 Create a numeric data display To create a numeric data display follow th
28. bject is built up You can then select the circle object and delete duplicate or move it Text Use the option to create a text string Each text string represents one text object The EasyBuilder supports both 15 8 fonts and 24 16 fonts both fonts can be amplified 2 multiples to 4 multiples Each text object displays one line of text or a text file To create a text Text Object object on the screen follow Text EasyView PLC Operator Panel these steps 1 Choose the Text option in the Object menu or click on the Text icon in the Fig 3 5 Text Object Dialog toolbox Move the cursor to the upper left corner of the location where the text string is to appear and click left the text dialog as shown in Fig 3 5 is popped up 2 Put the cursor bar at Text box click left and input the text string that you want to display 3 Select font size and other options for this text object 4 Click on the OK button to create it or click on the Cancel button to cancel this operation without creating any object 5 The text string appears at the cursor position e Text All characters in the option will be displayed on the screen e Font There are two types of fonts 15 8 or 24 16 can be selected e Size You can choose to enlarge texts in multiples of 1 2 3 or 4 e Reverse If you mark this option texts are displayed in reverse color like text in reverse e Text File EasyBuilder is able to import a complete text f
29. cluding dynamic display objects touch control objects and PLC objects on the screen as 256 at maximum It also limits access to a maximum of 64 PLC data blocks Each data block is limited to 30 continuous registers The above limitation includes objects belonging to the general page the overlap page and the common page For example there are 30 data objects defined in the overlap page and 10 data objects defined in the common page Then the maximum number of dynamic objects that can be defined in the current page is 216 If you exceed the above limitation on the page the MMT displays the message The number of dynamic objects exceeds 256 or The number of PLC data blocks exceed 64 when it switches to the page EasyBuilder_User s Manual Dynamic Data Management The MMI uses dynamic data access approach to manage PLC data You can put a lot of data objects that access PLC relays or registers on 255 pages But the MMT can only access PLC data related to the current page The system automatically compiles a variable scan list for each display page optimized for PLC communication By the dynamic data management approach The MMI collects all continuous PLC registers to be accessed in a command automatically This improves the communication efficiency and accelerates screen update speed Therefore we recommend you to keep the continuity of PLC data in each page For an example if registers DO D1 D2 D4 D5 not continuous are accessed
30. d graphics in a library Those graphic files must be put under the working EasyBuilder directory i e WMMI Whenever you click on the Library icon a Graphic Library dialog as shown in Figure 3 8 1s popped up The left side of the window shows the list of graphics in the library The Preview area at the right side displays the graphics that you select as a default Graphic Library Comment Preview solenoid valve control valve manual valve three way valve motor symbol Fig 3 8 the Graphic Library Dialog By using the Append Delete and Modify buttons in the Graphic Library dialog you can easily add a graphic file into the library delete any one from it or modify any one in the list You can write a comment up to 16 characters corresponding to each file to make a simple description The Append and Modify option dialog is depicted in Fig 3 9 Library Options File Name circle Type EMP P Comment a button of circle object Fig 3 9 Library Element Dialog EasyBuilder_User s Manual e Use Default This option displays the selected default graphics directly The default graphics is selected in the Graphic Library dialog Options of a graphic object can be modified again by selecting it and clicking in the tool bar Date for MMI1010 only The option creates a date object that displays current date of the MMT real time clock 95 06 12 The date is displayed in 24 16 fonts Follow the f
31. ding control device is triggered PLC control objects are classified into four types e Screen switch e Screen hardcopy e File transfer between PLC and MMT e LCD Back light power control The PLC control object is usually defined in the common page page 0 unless there is some special consideration In this way whichever page is displayed on the screen the PLC control object activates the specific operation whenever the control device is triggered It is recommended that you designate a continuous block of PLC registers or relays as the control devices It makes the PLC control objects respond faster without affecting the screen update speed For examples if you use DO D1 D3 D4 and D5 registers as control registers it is better to rearrange them as DO D1 D2 D3 and D4 Regarding the bit device relay it is better to take full use of bit devices as whole word units since the MMT retrieves PLC relay data in word units For example If you use M15 M16 M17 M40 M41 and M42 it is better to pack them as M15 M16 M17 M18 M19 and M20 PLC Control Object l Screen Control Device M10 Reset GOTO 30 Screen Saved No 2 Screen Control Device MII Reset GOTO 31 Screen Saved No 3 Screen Control Device M12 Reset GOTO 32 Screen Saved No 4 Hardcopy Control Device D 50 Reset Page No 0 5 File Transfer Control Device D5 Reset Write Device D500 File No 0 Direci 6 Eacklight
32. e is selected 3 Example Use PLC register D60 to control the hardcopy operation The options are setup as shown in Fig 3 26 Control Type Hardcopy P Control Device D 60 IX Reset SCreen save This two options are ignored This option is ignored if control in Hardcopy type device is word device Fig 3 26 Word Device Hardcopy Operation Whenever the value in D60 becomes nonzero such as D60 30 the screen switches to display page 30 and it is printed out After the printing job is finished the screen is returned to the original page Then D60 is reset to zero Example Use PLC relay M20 to control the hardcopy operation The options are setup as shown in Fig 3 27 Control Type Hardcopy Control Device D P 20 E Reset Screen GOTO BR Page No 10 save No Fig 3 27 Bit Device Hardcopy Operation Whenever M20 turns ON the screen switches to display page 10 and it is printed out Then M20 is reset W File transfer operation for MMI1010 only gt Control Type Select File transport operation 36 EasyBuilder_User s Manual gt Control Device If you designate a word device as the control device such as a D register the file number is decided by the register content Whenever the value in the register becomes nonzero the MMI takes the value as the file number and transfers data from the temporary file to the PLC registers or from the PLC registers to the temporary file
33. en or switches to another page For example A PLC control object to switch active screens is defined in the page 0 the control device is M10 relay No matter what page is displayed on the screen the screen switches to the page designated by the PLC control object when the M10 relay turns ON EasyBuilder_User s Manual general page overlap page common page page 1 255 page 1 255 page 0 Fig 1 3 the general page overlap page and common page When a general page page 1 255 is called up the MMT displays all the objects defined in the page It also displays all the objects defined in its overlap page if overlap option is set for the page All touch control objects such as push button screen button hardcopy button and file transport button defined in the overlap page are also effective Besides if there are any display objects in the page O they will also be displayed on the screen and all touch control objects defined in the page 0 are effective too Each page is allowed one overlap page An overlap page is usually configured for common use of background graphics tables titles and live data Any page can be set as the overlap page of another page except page 0 PLC control objects are active in three situations The first situation is that it is defined in the current page the second is that it 1s defined in the overlap page the third is that it is defined in the common page 0 The third one is the most common usage
34. er_User s Manual Example Use PLC registers D50 to control the switch screen operation The options are setup as shown in Figure 3 25 Control Type Screen Control Device D P 50 X Reset Screen GOTO E Page No 30 save Yes These two options are ignored when control device is a word device Fig 3 25 Word Device Switch Screen Operation Whenever the content in PLC register D50 becomes nonzero such as D50 25 the screen switches to display page 25 and the D50 is reset to zero WE Screen hardcopy operation for MMI1010 only gt Control Type Select Hardcopy operation gt Control Device If you designate a word device as the control device such as a D register the page to be printed is decided by the register s contents Whenever the value in the register is nonzero the MMI takes the value as the page number switches the screen to display the page and then prints it out After the printing job is finished the screen is returned to the original page and zero is written to the register if RESET option is set If you designate a bit devices as the control device such as M relay the page to be printed is decided by the Page No option Whenever the bit device turns ON the MMI switches the screen to display the page and prints it out After the printing job is done it returns to the original page and resets the bit device if RESET option is set gt Page No Fill in a page number 1 255 if Bit devic
35. ese steps 1 Select Formats by clicking on the icon Nurm above Point a Font 24 16 Num below Point lo SIZE D a and add a numeric display format If you need to limit the input Align Right 2 number within a range set a range format as in Fig B Format Table 0 Numeric Alion Right 0000 Size 1 24 16 l Range Max value 9999 Min value 0 2 Fig B 9 After the above setting the format Display Device D 20 table is shown as in Fig B 9 Display Format 2 Click on the data object icon j Move the cursor to a desired position to create the numerical data then click left A data object Fig B 10 File Edit Object View Help f f SSS Ce SS dialog box is popped up Fill in the PLC ge ae ge displa Fae ee format then click on the OK button A data object is created and it is displayed on the screen as in Fig B 11 EasyBuilder User s Manual 3 Click on the push button icon E Write Device D gt f o move the cursor to the left top data object corner Drag a rectangle to pm Je mg H cover the data object The Range Format lo rectangular area is the effective push button touch area Release the left mouse button A push button object dialog box is popped up Fig B 12 File Edit Object View Help Set Button type to NUM Click the OK button A push button object is EEC created and it is displayed on the screen as Fig B 1
36. h button limits Options corresponding to this format are the maximum value and the minimum value as Fig 4 13 Fig 4 13 Range Format Options For a NUM type push button the format limits the numbers within its range that can be accepted For instance set the range format as in Fig 4 13 and designate it to a NUM type push button object Only the numbers from 1 to 1000 can be written into the corresponding registers For a JOG JOG type push button the format sets the increasing upper bound and the decreasing lower bound For example the lower bound is 1 and the upper bound is 5 The JOG push button will vary register data as 1 gt 2 gt 3 gt 4 gt 5 gt 1 gt 2 The JOG push button will vary register data 3 gt 2 gt 1 gt 5 gt 4 gt 3 4 2 temporary File for MMI1010 only This function lets you create temporary files used in file transfer There are 512 temporary files at maximum in the MMI The size of each temporary file can be set to be from 1 to 255 words The total capacity of all temporary files is 24 576 words 24k words at maximum Each temporary file can be assigned a file name with a maximum of 14 characters Perform the following steps to create the temporary files 1 Choose the Temporary File in Edit menu or click Temporary File icon in the tool bar A Temporary File Summary as in Fig 4 14 is popped up 2 Cursor to the desired file number and click to create a temporary f
37. ile 3 Click the Modify button to pop up the Temporary File dialog 4 Assign the temporary file size in the Capacity dialog The maximum temporary file capacity is 256 0 255 words 5 Input the file name of the temporary file in the File Name option The maximum filename length is 14 characters 6 Click on the OK button to define the temporary file 7 Repeat step 2 to step 6 to define each temporary file 8 Click on the OK button in Temporary File List window to close it Temporary File Temporary File Options File Name Capacity NO 0 Words AN1001 96 100 Words File Name Lamm ze AN1002 96 100 Words AN1003 96 100 Words Capacity 100 4 AN1004 96 100 Words 5 AN10035 96 100 Words 6 AN1006 96 100 Words 7 AN1007 96 100 Words 8 AN1008 96 100 Words Fig 4 15 Temporary File Dialog 9 NO 0 Words v Total Capacity 800 Words Fig 4 14 Temporary File List The created temporary files are loaded or saved by File Transport or PLC Control objects Please refer to the sections File Button or PLC Control in the chapter Object Designs 48 5 Tool EasyBuilder_User s Manual Click on the Tool in the menu bar to pull down the Object Vier Tool menu as Fig 5 1 The Tool menu includes the Overlap following functions Page Cut e Overlap set overlap pages and enable message Page Copy window display of each page e Page cut erase all objects in the current page e Page copy duplicate
38. ile into the screen Use this option to import a text file to the KasyBuilder Mark the text file option and fill in text file name or use browse button to select the right text file the whole text file will display at the cursor position Text Object File test txt M Reverse kV Text File Browse si Cancel Fig 3 6 Import a Text File The text length cannot be over than the maximum MMI screen width 640 pixels for MMI1010 and 320 pixels for MMI700 Therefore the font option and size option that you select decide the maximum number of characters in a line For example Considering the MMI1010 with 15 8 font and 1 multiple size each line can accommodate 80 characters with 24 16 font and 1 multiple size each line can accommodate 40 characters at maximum Options of a text object can be modified by selecting it and clicking in the tool bar EasyBuilder_User s Manual Graphics Use this option to import bit map graphics from a graphic package The EasyBuilder can display graphic files in BMP or PUT format The size of each image file must be less than 640 400 pixels 32k bytes Otherwise The EasyBuilder will reject it The bit map graphic files must also be in monochrome or 16 color mode You can use paintbrush software supported by Windows to create a BMP graphic file The simplified steps to create a BMP file by paintbrush are described as following 1 Execute the paintbrush sof
39. in different files may cause confusion when a page is duplicated from another file The KasyBuilder resolves this problem with the following rules If the format corresponding to the duplicated object does not exist in the working file the EasyBuilder duplicates it from the source file accompanied with the object If the format has already defined in the working file the EasyBuilder keeps it without duplicating the one from the source file It may cause the duplicated object to relate to an unsuitable format You have to note this problem in executing this function Cut The page cut function erases all the objects on the current page Perform the following steps to delete the objects on the whole page 1 Choose Cut option in the Tool menu or click on the cut icon in the tool bar A warning message is displayed and requests you to confirm it again Do you want to cut this page Fig 5 4 Warning Message for Page Delete 2 Click on the Y button to confirm the operation or click on the N button to cancel it Directories In order to provide an efficient way to manage graphic files EasyBuilder allows each project to create its own directory to store graphics and text files Static Grahics Text c easyview Animation Grahics c easyview ASCI Fonts c easyview on 1 OK Static Graphics Text The EasyBuilder will search this directory for the graphics files referred by graphics objects
40. ing to previous descriptions 6 Click on the OK button A file button object is created and displayed as shown in Fig 3 20 P file button object graphic object text object Fig 3 20 Example of a File Button All options in the File Button dialog are allowed to be modified But the marked region for this button is fixed If you want to change it delete the object and create it again Hardcopy Button for MMI1010 only Use this option to create a hardcopy object The hardcopy button object defines a rectangular region on the screen Whenever the region is touched the MMT transmits current screen image to printer to print them out The printer connected to MMI must be compatible with ESC P2 commands for examples EPSON LQ 570 printer Otherwise it will not work correctly To create a hardcopy button follow the following steps 1 Choose the Hardcopy Button option in Object menu or click on the Hardcopy Button icon in the toolbox 2 Move the cursor to the left top hardcopy button corner 3 Drag the cursor to the diagonal hardcopy button corner 4 Release the mouse button A hardcopy button object is created and displayed as shown in Fig 3 21 2 hardcopy button object PRINT SCKEE graphic object text object Fig 3 21 Example of a Hardcopy Button 31 PLC Control Use this option to create a PLC control object The PLC control object activates a specific operation whenever the correspon
41. ject must be the same as the control device of the lamp object Otherwise the data object in the blinking region may be blinking irregularly when M10 0 L 20 lamp object define a rectangle region control device M10 data object no of state 2 display device M10 1 2 sec when M10 1 a 1 2 sec define object online operation EasyBuilder_User s Manual Follow the following steps to create a lamp object 1 Choose the Lamp option in Object menu or click on the Lamp icon in the toolbox 2 Move the cursor to any corner of the rectangular region you want to set the lamp object 3 Drag a dashed line to create the rectangular region 4 Release the left mouse button The Lamp Object Dialog is popped up as shown in Fig 3 10 Control Device IM 10 Fig 3 10 Lamp Object Dialog 5 Assign a PLC relay as the control device The address assignments are different for different PLC types Please refer to the chapter The Types of PLC 6 Click on the OK button A lamp object is created and is displayed as a dash rectangle on the screen as depicted in Fig 3 11 Fig 3 11 Lamp Object After a lamp object is created it can be moved deleted duplicated or modified The modification allows changes to the control device not changes to the blinking region If you want to change the blinking region you have to delete the lamp object and to create it again 21 Data Use
42. lects data type to be printed Print Prints out the selected data em Edit Tool bject Mew Ctrl M pen Ctro Save Cults Save S Print Options Print Print Preview Print Setup Exit Fig 2 1 File menu Print Preview Displays the draft on the screen before printing Print Setup Configures the printer Exit Exits the EasyBuilder New Ctrl N This option enables you to create a new project You are requested to assign a name to the project Each project consists of five files All these files use the same name with different extension names The extension names are DEL tbl txt Jon and fle The file with extension name prj is the dominating file If the name you assigned is as same as an existing project the EasyBuilder gives you a warning message and asks you about whether you want to replace it or not EasyBuilder_User s Manual Open Cirl O Use this option to open an existing project as the working project The prj tbl and related bmp files must exist in the directory otherwise it will fail to open the project file Save Cirl S This option saves the working project with its original project name and compiles the screen data to generate the download files It translates the original data into another format accepted by the MMT ri txt Hi l fon tbl compile raw fle data to generate tbl the download file After finishing the SAVE
43. ls The MMI accesses data as words Therefore if the PLC relay is the last bit in a word blinking is not possible Modifications of the dialog contents can be made by selecting the object and clicking in the tool bar refer to the section Select Object 23 Animation Use this option to create an animation object that controls the movement of graphics in the X Y direction If the control device is a double word device DL it controls the movement of graphics in X Y direction The low address register controls the operation in X direction while the high address register controls the operation in Y direction If the control device is a single word device D it controls the movement of graphics in X direction only For example the control device is DL10 then the register D10 controls the movement in X direction and the register D11 controls the movement in Y direction The value in each register decides the distance from original in pixels i The boundary limit L the movement of graphics The low address l register control a bit mapped the movement in graphics X direction The high address register control the movement in Y direction Perform the following steps to create an animation object 1 Choose the Animation option in Object menu or click on the Animation icon in the toolbox 2 Move the cursor to the left top corner of the desired animation region 3 Drag the cursor to the diagonal
44. nd displayed in the Overlap Table 5 Repeat step 2 to 4 to set overlap of each page Copy The page copy function duplicates all the objects from another page to the current page All the original objects in the current page are erased concurrently All display objects including line circle rectangle text graphic data animation and lamp objects and touch control objects including push button screen button hardcopy button and file transfer button objects in the source page are duplicated onto the current page However the PLC control and the message objects are not duplicated onto the current page Perform the following steps to copy all the objects from source page 1 Choose the Copy function in the Tool menu or click on the Copy icon in the tool bar The Page Copy dialog is popped up as in Fig 5 5 2 Assign the source page number in the Page No option 50 Page No 2 File Name CAMT300BUTTEST source ype 2 Working File Other File Figure 5 5 Page Copy Dialog EasyBuilder_User s Manual If the source page is in the working file select the Working File option in the Source Type dialog Otherwise select Other File and fill the File Name option with the source project file If Other File is selected you can also use the Browse button to choose a file Click on the OK button to duplicate the page Since each Data or Push button object refers to a format the different format definitions
45. number to the PLC register specified by the Write Device option gt No Switch the screen and do not write page number to PLC register Under this selection the Write Device option is ignored e Write Device If Page No gt PLC option is Yes specify the PLC register to be written in the destination page number To create a screen button object follow the steps 1 Choose the Screen Button option in Object menu or click on the Screen Button icon in the toolbox 2 Move the cursor to the left top screen button corner 3 Drag the cursor to the diagonal screen button corner 4 Release the mouse button A Screen Button Object Dialog as Fig 3 17 is popped up 5 Assign proper options in each dialog according to previous descriptions 6 Click on the OK button A screen button object is created and displayed as shown in Figure 3 18 Screen object graphic object text object a complete screen button is composed of a screen object a graphic object and a text object Fig 3 18 Screen Button Object All options in the Screen Button Dialog are allowed to be modified But the marked region for this button is fixed If you want to change it delete the object and create it again 29 File Button for MMI1010 only Use this option to create a file button object The file button object defines a rectangular region on the screen Whenever the region is touched the system transmits the temporary file selected by o
46. ollowing steps to create it 1 Choose the Date option in Objects menu or click on the Date icon in the toolbox 2 Move the cursor to the desired screen location and click left again a date symbol appears and a date object is created Cl Time for MMI1010 only The option creates a time object that displays current time of the MMT real time clock 23 10 10 The time is displayed in 24 16 fonts Follow the following steps to create it 1 Choose the Time option in Objects menu or click on the Time icon in the toolbox 2 Move the cursor to the right position click left again a time symbol appears and a time object is created 19 Lamp for MMI1010 only Use this option to create a lamp object that designates a blinking region on the screen All static objects including line rectangle circle text and bit mapped graphic objects in the region blink when the corresponding PLC control device a relay turns ON value 1 Blink characteristics cause the object s to appear for half second and disappear for another half second L d MOTOR when M20 0 L d MOTOR graphic object text object a lamp object define the rectangle region control device M20 define object when M20 1 L L online gt operation MOTOR 1 2 sec 1 2 sec It is noted that if there is any data object in the blinking region the display device of the data ob
47. operation it displays a Memory Utilization window to report MMI memory usage information It is depicted as Fig 2 2 The memory utilization is divided into four categories Under each category the maximum capacity No used and free percentages are listed M1300 Memory Detail Total Used Free Objects 3368 0 100 o Pointers 1792 0 100 Strings 52E Bytes 0 Bytes 100 iraphics 416E Eytes 0 Bytes 100 Fig 2 2 Memory Utilization e Objects The maximum number of objects is 5368 The EasyBuilder will not add a new object when there are no free objects e Pointers Every text graphic or message object needs a pointer There are 1792 pointers in total After all these pointers are allocated The EasyBuilder will not accept more text graphic or message objects e Strings The maximum text strings memory space is 52K bytes When this space is not enough to store all the text strings EasyBuilder displays a warning message after the SAVE operation e Graphics There are 416K bytes to store the bit mapped pattern font graphic data When the space is not enough the EasyBuilder displays a warning message on the screen after the SAVE operation Save As Use this option to save the working project as a new project name If you want to save the modified screen data without losing original data you can use this option to save the modified data as a new project As same as the Save option the EasyBuilder creates a Memo
48. perator to a block of PLC registers or reads a block of PLC registers back to the temporary file File Button Object Write Device Ip E lo File Selector LIST BR Direction PLC Fig 3 19 File Button Dialog e Write Device Define the start address of a block of PLC registers to put data The block size depends on the number of data points defined in each temporary file see section temporary file For example The register start address is 100 The temporary file length is 100 words The system will transmit temporary file data into PLC registers D100 to D199 e File Selector Choose the method to select a temporary file at online operation gt NUM pop up a numerical keypad to input the number of temporary files gt LIST pop up a list of temporary files to select one from them e Direction Define the file transfer direction gt gt PLC transmit data from temporary file to PLC registers gt lt PLC transmits data from PLC registers to temporary file To create a file button follow the following steps 1 Choose the File Button option in Object menu or click on the File Button icon in the toolbox 2 Move the cursor to the left top corner of the file button 30 EasyBuilder_User s Manual 3 Drag the cursor to the diagonal corner of the file button 4 Release the mouse button The File Button Object Dialog as shown in Fig 3 19 is popped up 5 Assign proper options in each dialog accord
49. perator Panel The EasyBuilder Screen Editor Software takes advantage of the Microsoft s Windows graphical interface and object oriented scheme It offers fast and intuitive configuration simplifies application design and reduces development costs It makes configuration a snap no programming You can draw the graphics using familiar graphics drawing tools such as Designer CorelDraw AutoCAD etc then save the graphics in BMP format or cut the graphics and use PAINTBRUSH to convert it to BMP format In the EasyBuilder you can import any graphics in BMP format to customize your application EasyBuilder 300 CAMT300 BUTTEST PRJ it Object View Help EIS Bele Nf DRAIN TANK re F e COOLING WAT z COOLING HAT BY PASS VALVE OUTLET CR For Help press F1 Fig 1 1 EasyBuilder Screen Editor Each project can accommodate 256 pages at maximum Each page is constructed with several different ee as shown in Fig 1 2 circle data button Aatat craphics PRESSURE ALARM 00 00 00 NEXT 00 00 00 screen rectangle data button data numeric vue date button graphics Fig 1 2 Screen Objects Classes of Objects In general objects can be classified into five classes static display objects real time clock objects dynamic display objects touch control objects and PLC objects e Static Display Objects Objects in this class consist of background graphics and text The static display objects include line
50. r 62 EasyBuilder_User s Manual Appendix A Installation of the EasyBuilder software To install the EasyBuilder software perform the following steps Under the windows environment insert the EasyBuilder diskette into disk driver A and execute the command A setup to start the installation program The dialog box as Fig A 1 is popped up EasyBuilder install Setup will install this application into the following directory which it will create on your hard disk IF you want to install the application in a different directory and or dive Type the name of the directory below Copy to ATENT Fig A 1 Enter the directory in which you want to install the EasyBuilder Click on the OK button the installation process will start After the installation is completed it creates an MMI group in windows and an icon for the EasyBuilder in this group Gegen FIA D I m EasyBuilder 300 Fig A 2 63 Appendix B Examples to build objects Create an ON OFF push button To create an ON OFF push button follow these steps 1 Use paintbrush software L to create two graphics that represent ON and OFF states respectively The first is the graphic of OFF state Name it as BUT1 BMP The second is the graphic of ON state Name it as BUT2 BMP 2 Start the KasyBuilder by clicking on the icon 3 Select the Formats by clicking on the icon to add a graphic display format file format St
51. ry Utilization window to display the memory usage information after finishing the SAVE AS operations Print Options This option allows you to select data to be processed by the Print or Print Preview options A simple print option menu is popped up when you choose this option There are four data types that you can select It is shown in Figure 2 3 Y Hardcopy Strings Graphic File Names Formats Fig 2 3 Print Options Hardcopy Select the current screen image contents Strings Select all text strings used in text or message objects Graphic Files Select all graphic files name used in graphic or graphic display format Formats Select the format summary 10 EasyBuilder_User s Manual Print This option prints out data selected by Print Options Print Preview The option enables you to preview a printing draft of the selected data type without printing it out Print Setup Under this option you can setup the printer driver suitable to your printer change paper size and rotate paper orientation Exit Exits the EasyBuilder 3 Object Design Object menu The Object menu is to create display and touch control objects The menu is depicted in Fig 3 1 It includes the following options e Select Object select an existing object e Line draw a line e Rectangle draw a rectangle e Circle draw a circle e Text input a text string e Graphics import a bit map graphics e Date display date e Time di
52. s A push button object with NUM or JOG option needs a range format to limit the data entry range Refer to the Push button section in the chapter Object Designs e Display formats The PLC data can be displayed on the screen by using a Data object with numeric ASCII filename bar graph text or graphics style For each style you have to define a proper format before creating the data object The MMI provides the following display formats Numeric ASCII File Name Bar Graph Horizontal Bar Graph Vertical Text Graphics VV VV VV V 4 e Range format The range format sets bounds for data entry The NUM or JOG JOG type push button objects use it gt NUM type push button limit the numeric data input range gt JOG JOG type push button set the increasing upper bound and the decreasing lower bound off on off on swa swh dswa dswh follow these steps ic Align Right 0000 Size 2 24 16 chutl chut2 1 Choose the chut3 chutS sw_left sw_right Format option amar in the Edit menu Lamp off Lamp on or click on the To define a format 11 Vertical Bar Length 100 Width 10 Max 1000 Min 0 Gs Format icon in Setting the tool bar The Format Table Fig 4 2 Format Table Fig 4 2 is displayed 2 Move the cursor to the format number you want to define and click left 3 Click on the Setting button to create a format option dialog as shown in
53. splay time e Lamp mark a blinking area e Data display current value of a specific PLC register or relay e Animation create a graphics moving on the screen e Push Button set a touch cell when activated writes data into PLC register or relay e Screen Button set a touch cell when activated switches the screen to display another page View Help v Select Object Line Rectangle Circle Text Graphic Date Time Lamp Data Animation Push Button ocen Button File Button Hardcopy Button Fig 3 1 Object Menu e File Button set a touch cell when activated transfers the file between the PLC and MMT e Hardcopy set a touch cell when activated prints out the screen image Toolbox select line rectangle object circle text graphics date time lamp data anim push ation button screen file hardcopy button button button Fig 3 2 Toolbox 12 The EasyBuilder provides a fast way to select options in Object menu There is an icon in the Toolbox for each option as shown in Fig 3 2 You can enable or disable the toolbox by selecting the Toolbox option in View menu EasyBuilder_User s Manual Select Object The procedure to select an object on the screen is described as follows 1 Click left on the Select Object icon LA then move the cursor to the object that you want to select and click left again 2 Four or two small boxes appe
54. splayed in a horizontal bar graph as shown in Fig 4 9 Zero span a width length Fig 4 9 Horizontal Bar Graph 44 EasyBuilder_User s Manual Options for this format are the same as those for Bar Graph V If Max is larger than Min the bar graph grows from left right If Max is less than Min the bar graph grows from right to left gt Text With this format each text string represents one of the PLC register s values or relay s states According to the value accessed from the PLC device the corresponding text string is displayed on the screen Options for this format are shown in Fig 4 11 States 2 BMP Font 15 8 SIZ p Content oft on Fig 4 11 Text Format Options States The States option defines the number of states The maximum number of states is 32 Content The text strings which represent each state are filled in the Content option Each text string 1s separated from others by commas The length of each text string must be equal All these text strings must be arranged in the sequence corresponding to the state value starting from 0 The maximum length of content is 160 characters including commas For example Assign options like Fig 4 11 The MMI displays off when the value accessed from PLC register is 0 and it displays on when the value is 1 Font and Size These two options define the character font and the amplified scale of the text to be displayed
55. st in the tool bar It is Matsushita FP Allen Bradley SLC depicted in Fig 7 1 This function makes the EACON FB EasyBuilder use the same register names and Pe 7 1 PLC type Drop addresses as those used in your PLC program If down List in the Tool bar you forget to select a proper PLC type when Opening a new project the device names and addressing method will be different from those of your PLC OMRON address Style ddd 0 255 bb 0 15 HR dddbb asabove AR dddbb_ asabove L Top ddd ddd 0 255 Du dddd__ dddd 0 4095 DL dddd dddd 0 4095 DL consists of two continuous DM R HR AR DM DL 58 MITSUBISHI FX address Style Range ooo 0 177 Octal as above ddd Jgd 0 999 ddd Jet ddd Jo 0 TV V ddd ddd 0 255 Cup dda ddd 0 255 D daa ddd 0 511 DL ddd ddd 0 511 DL consists of two continuous D MITSUBISHI AXX Address Style TEV ddd ddd 0 255 CPV ddd ddd 0 255 D ddaa ddad 0 1023 DL consists of two continuous D Matsushita FP Address Style X ddh dd 0 99 dddh ddd 0 255 h 0 F TC fada ddd 0 999 sv dda ddd 0 999 EV dda ddd 0 999 DL consists of two continuous DT FACON FB address Style x fddd Jim y faa Jg RT ddd 0 255 RC ddd Jung RD daaa 0 4095 DL consists of two continuous RD EasyBuilder_User s Manual KOYO Direct Address Style r fooo 0477 ou foo 047 So
56. t FILE button N A for MMI700 When it is touched a list of the temporary files is displayed Select desired temporary files from the list and press ENT The MMT sends a command to PLC to write the corresponding file number to the PLC register e Range Format Assign a range format number to set the high and low limit of the valid input range The format corresponding to this number must be predefined For a NUM type button the range limits the number to be written into PLC register For JOG JOG type buttons the range limits the upper bound and the lower bound of the value See Format section for details To create a push button object follow the steps 1 Choose the Push Button option in Object menu or click on the Push Button icon in the toolbox 2 Move the cursor to the left top push button corner 3 Drag the cursor to the diagonal push button corner 4 Release the mouse button The Push Button Dialog as shown in Fig 3 15 is popped up 5 Assign proper selections for each option 6 Click on the OK button A push button object is created and displayed as show in Fig 3 16 A complete push button includes two objects one data object and one push button object both objects refer to the same PLC address a push button object to write new value into PLC relay a data object to display current PLC relay status Fig 3 16 Push Button Object All options in the Push Button dialog are allowed to be modified again bu
57. t the marked region for the push button is fixed If you want to change it delete the object and recreate it again 21 Screen Button Use this option to create a screen button object The screen button object defines a rectangular region on the screen Whenever the region is touched the MMI displays the predefined page GOTO selection or the last saved page on the screen by RETURN selection Screen Button Object SCreen GOTO 66 NATE No Sek Page No PLC Yes PLC Write Device fD 50 register address Fig 3 17 Screen Button dialog e Screen There are two selections in the Screen option i e GOTO and RETURN gt GOTO The screen switches to the predefined page when this screen button is touched The page option must be filled in the destination page number gt RETURN The screen switch to the last saved page when this screen button is touched Under this option the page option is ignored e Save Select whether to store current page number into memory or not gt Yes Store the current page number into memory before the screen switches This operation makes current page to be a target page when the next screen button is pressed with RETURN option gt No Switch the screen and do not update the last saved page number 28 EasyBuilder_User s Manual e Page No gt PLC Select whether to write the destination page number into a specified PLC register or not gt Yes Write the page
58. this option to create a data object that displays the current value of a PLC relay or register Data is displayed according to the format assigned to the data object The display formats include numeric ASCII filename vertical bar graph horizontal bar graph texts and graphics The speed of data refresh on the screen depends on the following e The amount of PLC data on the current screen e The continuity of the PLC data on the current screen e The PLC response time e The display format assigned to these data object The MMI uses dynamic data access approach to manage data You can access any PLC relay or data register only PLC data defined on the current screen will be accessed at the same time It is better to use continuous blocks of PLC data in each page For example the data on the screen includes M8 M9 M10 M15 D20 D21 and D22 It would be better to use D23 D30 continuous The system automatically compiles a variable scan list for each display page optimized for PLC communication You don t have to worry about how to manage data The continuity of PLC data on the same page would optimize the communication efficiency and speed up the data update To create a data object follow the following steps 1 Choose the Data option in Object menu or click on the Data icon in the toolbox 2 Move the cursor to left top corner of the position where you want to display the data 3 Click left the Data Object Dialog as shown in Fig 3
59. tware and draw the graphics at the tool bar 3 Move the cursor to the left top corner of the graphics Drag the cursor to 2 Click on the select icon cover the whole graphics A dashed line box appears around the graphics 4 Select the Copy to option in the Edit menu 5 Fill in graphic file name select the file format as single color or 16 color 7 Click on the OK button to save the graphics to the file The details of how to use paintbrush are not illustrated here You can use the paintbrush on line help or refer to other documents about paintbrush Use the following steps to create a graphic object on the screen 1 Choose the Graphic option in the Object menu or click on the Graphic icon in the toolbox move the cursor to the upper left corner of the graphics click left A dialog box as Fig 3 7 1s popped up Graphic Object File Name Directions Preview motor bmp C MT300 Fig 3 7 the Graphic Object Dialog IN 2 Select the graphics filename that you want to display The graphic that is shown in preview window helps you identify the right one 3 Click on the OK button to create it or click on the Cancel button to cancel this operation without creating any object 4 The graphic object appears at the cursor position The Library and Use Default options in the dialog provide another way to choose a graphic file e Library option This option enables you to gather commonly use
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