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1. Undefined Number The number variable used in the expression is not defined Undefined Property The element property used in the expression is not defined Undefined Variable The project variable used in the expression is not defined Cannot find a close bracket that matches the open bracket at 1 The syntax error in the built expression Missing variable property or expression between brackets at 1 and 2 The syntax error in the built expression The element must be different from the Logic Builder itself The link set to action true and action false actions cannot be the same logic builder No expression set The expression is not set for the logic builder The expression is incomplete The expression set in the logic builder is not valid Visual Element Cannot find visual element 1 in the screen The visual element used in any of the function element is deleted or does not exist in the screen Page 62 of 73 The colour is invalid Please choose a valid colour The colour set for the visual element is invalid The size is invalid The size of visual element is not valid The corner radius must be between 0 and 100 The corner radius must be within this range The corner radius must be smaller than or equal to 1 px The corner radius value must be smaller or equal to this value to render the element in proper shape on the canv
2. The element templates can be any combination of visual elements hardware elements and function elements Element templates created are available in the library under user defined templates Creating user templates To create a user defined element template follows these steps e Select the elements on the canvas can be a combination of visual elements function elements hardware elements Or Select the elements in the function builder can be a combination of visual elements function elements hardware elements e Right click for context menu select save as template action in this menu e The template thus created is added to the library user templates Context menu actions provided for user templates e Renaming To rename saved user templates go to library user templates select the user template to rename right click for context menu and select rename e Import To import the saved user templates from any other location into the Design studio application Note 1 If the imported template is a project template template is added to design studio as a project template and is available as a user defined project template in the welcome window templates 2 If the imported template is an element template the template is added to the library as a user defined template e Export To export the user template to any other location save as a pptemplate file e More Information Give preview of the template and information on the eleme
3. The file already exists at path 1 Renaming the project in the project browser if project with new name already exists in the projects path The following project cannot be opened the project file may be damaged n 1 Open Project action is not able to load the project as some of the project elements are not recognized by the Design studio The name cannot start or end with Project name should follow some naming conventions The name cannot start or end with white space Project name should follow some naming conventions The project 1 has been modified Do you want to save your changes Close the design studio without saving the working projects will show this message The project 1 is already deleted The project which is open in the design studio if deleted outside the design studio will show this message on performing any save or close action on the project The project cannot be opened because the following image cannot be found 1 The image resources of the project are deleted and project cannot be loaded in the design studio The project file cannot be found Trying to open a project in design studio which is already deleted or does not exist The project file is damaged Trying to open a project in design studio which has some elements that are not recognized by the design studio Project Variables related errors and warning Error Message or Warning Tro
4. characters name The name must not be empty Elements name cannot be empty The type is not supported Element properties that are not recognized by the design studio The name cannot have more than 255 characters The name of the library elements added to the design studio should not exceed 255 characters The name is not unique All the elements in the project need to have unique name Project Scope screen name project variables Screen Scope visual elements function elements hardware elements The name must have at least 2 characters All screen project variables visual elements function elements and hardware elements names must have at least two characters The name must not be empty The name of all the design elements should not be empty The name must start with a letter and only letter number and underscore are allowed Elements name should be valid This name is reserved Renaming project screen project variables visual elements hardware elements function elements and user defined elements cannot use any reserved words The supported languages list is read Text Box from the font file the actual language may not be supported The text box is too small please The text box element is resized to a very small increase the size to a minimum of size 1x 2 Out of Range Duration of one blink must be Behavior type is blink and duration of blin
5. colour when maximum value of the analogue input is reached Visual elements colour property value colour is used as the start colour colour when minimum value of the analogue input is reached Date Time Display This configures the TextBox Visual element to display the date and time Time Zone Set the time zone or use the system default time Text element Set up the link to the TextBox Visual element Date amp Time Format Set the date and time display format the help button provided on the right hand side gives more information on the type of formats available and you can also test the format before setting in this more information dialogue Digital Channel Indicator This configures the visual element to indicate the digital input output hardware element s digital input or output value Digital Input Output Element link to a digital input output hardware element Indicator Element set link to a visual element which indicates the digital input output value On State set the indicator elements visibility state Digital Display This Element configures a text box element as a digital display for an Analogue Input Properties of this element are Analogue Input Element link to an analogue input hardware element Voltage Scaling This scaling property is applied on the analogue input values e Min Value the analogue input s min voltage is mapped to this value e Max Value the analogue input s max voltage is mapped to this valu
6. e Images A folder that stores all the images used in designing the project e Project A file with project name followed by a ppproj extension e Preview image A preview png file that stores the project s default screen image PanelPilotACE Design Studio is a Multiple Document Interface MDI it supports working on multiple project files Features supported are Page 2 of 73 e Multiple project files can be opened in Design Studio e Multiple project files can be saved with Save All option e Multiple project files can be closed with Close All option e User can use the project elements from another open project in the Design Studio to any other open project in the Design Studio using copy and paste actions on elements e Screen from an open project in Design Studio can be copied to another project in Design Studio using copy and paste actions on screen Using Projects Project Properties A project is designed using screen screens Project is associated with the device model it is designed for Project properties that can be configured are e Project Name This sets the name of the project and the project name is valid if it satisfies the following validator conditions The project s identifier name must have at least 2 characters and cannot have more than 248 characters Only the following characters are allowed g to Ia IA to E IO to CN UI Space ne ie ON H EN CH d d N II d Gi e ON Y
7. factor at the potential cost of lower quality e Quality the value indicates that rendering quality is the most important factor at the potential cost of lower performance e Animation the value indicates that the blur radius is going to be animated hinting that the implementation can keep a cache of blurred versions of the source Do not use this hint if the source is going to be dynamically changing Effect Colourise Page 27 of 73 This element applies the colourise effect on any given visual element Properties that need to be configured for this element are Visual element set up link to the visual element Colour the value is used to create the colourise effect on the original visual element Strength the value set indicates strength in percent of the colour set in the colour property above to create the colourise effect Effect Drop Shadow This element applies shadow effect on any given visual element Properties that need to be configured for this element are Visual element set up link to the visual element Blur Radius The radius with respect to the center of the visual element around which this effect is visible value is in pixel Colour The value set is used to create the shadow effect on the original visual element Offset The value set defines the offset between the original visual element s x and y position and the x and y position of the shadow Effect Opacity This element applies opaque effect to
8. in the group element o The control provides an ungroup option to ungroup all the elements in the group into individual elements o The control also provides context menu to remove individual elements for the group Page 22 of 73 Function Elements Common Properties All the function elements are provided with Enable This property when set enables the respective function and disables when unchecked this property is also available in runtime objects and can be controlled by the other function elements during runtime Action Action elements need a trigger to get executed Actions can be triggered using other function elements like Button Timer Properties Trigger Logic Builder Set Rule RS232 Send RS232 Recieve Change Properties When triggered changes the properties of element elements on the screen Property of this element that needs configuring Property Changes This is a list of element with properties set to be changed Note 1 Can only change the properties of Visual Elements in the screen 2 Cannot change the order of elements in the group element 3 Cannot change the element s name Load Screen This action loads another screen or reloads the current screen Property of this element that needs configuring Load Screen set link to the screen to be loaded Set Rule The action performs the setting of rules This action element provides the user with the option to perform change properties action be
9. to Z IO to CN Ge The first character must be an English alphabet letter and the following keywords are reserved case sensitive v abstract alignof asm auto bool boolean break byte case catch char char16_t char32_t class console const onst Cast constexpr continue debugger decltype default delete do double dynamic_cast else enum explicit export extends extern false final finally float for friend function goto if implements import in inline instanceof int interface let long mutable Math namespace native new noexcept nullptr operator package private protected public register reinterpret_cast return short signed sizeof static static_assert static_cast struct super switch synchronized template this thread_local throw throws transient true try typedef typeid typename typeof union unsigned using var virtual void volatile wchar_t while with yield Page 16 of 73 vi The element s identifier must be different from any other element in its screen its parent screen and all project variables For more information about the reserved words please visit https developer mozilla org docs Web JavaScript Reference Reserved_Words Position defines an element s x and y coordinate on the screen and its z value v Xand Y within the bounds of the screen Layer An element s z value specifies its depth i e if items are stacked on top of each ot
10. 2 Drop to anywhere resource will be imported Files 1 Does not contain any Import the image file s as ppproj file and contains at image resource s to the least one valid image file project at the dropped 2 Drop to the area within a position project under the project s root tree item Folder s 1 Contains at least one Open all included ppproj and or file s ppproj file or at least one folder contains ppproj file 2 Drop to anywhere 3 If a folder contains multiple ppproj files the folder will be ignored 4 The ppproj must be directly in the folder cannot in sub folder file s in the selection or in the folders in the selection No image resource will be imported This is a fast method to open multiple projects Image 1 Image resource from Import an image resource resource another project from another project 2 This function is currently disabled because the dragging image resource is disabled Export Same as in Welcome Template Page 53 of 73 Library pptemplate file s Any file with pptemplate extension will be accepted We don t validate the file s The file s will be validated in the actual importing process Import template s Only element template s can be imported Canvas This is the same as in Function Builder except all visual elements will be added and centered to the dropped position on screen Image Resource A valid ima
11. active Ctrl S file proj 2 At least one project open 3 The current project is modified 1 The designer window is Ctrl Shift Export the current project active l l E to project template in a 2 No other dialogue is visible 3 At least one project open Page 47 of 73 F4 Validate the current project 1 The designer window is active 2 No other dialogue is visible 3 At least one project open F5 Preview the current project in the emulator 1 The designer window is active 2 No other dialogue is visible 3 At least one project open If the current project does not have any validation error the emulator dialogue will show otherwise the validation error dialogue will show F6 Upload the current project to the current selected device 1 The designer window is active 2 No other dialogue is visible 3 At least one project open 4 t least one devices connected 5 There is a device selected If the current project does not have any validation error and the current project is compatible with the current selected device the upload dialogue will show otherwise the validation error dialogue will show F7 Open the function menu for the current device 1 At least one device is connected 2 There is one device selected 3 No other dialogue is visible Ctrl F4 Close all projects 1 The designer window is active 2 At least one project ope
12. create one The indicator element is not set Link to a visual element which will be set as indicator is not set The output element is not set Link to an output element is not set The range is not set If the range value is empty The reset element is being used by 1 Link to a visual element which will be set as a reset button cannot be used by any other control elements like 1 Alarm Indicator element used to reset alarm for manual type 2 Switch that uses on switch element and off switch element and 3 Switch with Indicator that uses visual element to control the on and off Page 64 of 73 behavior of the output 4 Control switch that uses visual element to increase and visual element to decrease the PWM output value The screen is not set Link to screen is not set The screen link set in the screen loader The visual element is being used by 1 The visual elements cannot be used by any other function elements if it is used by Analogue clock or Date and time display The visual element s position and rotation cannot be changed because it is being used by 1 Change properties function element cannot change the position and rotation of visual element which is used by analogue clock The visual element s position and rotation should not be changed by 1 Analogue clock cannot use visual element whose rotation and position is being changed by other func
13. device fonts dialogue Show a file dialogue to U select a ppsw file to upgrade the device software R Reboot the selected device Device An item is selected in the Space Show the context menu Function Menu current list widget Page 50 of 73 Manage At least one item is Device Fonts Escape Clear selection selected in the current list Dialogue widget Shift Plus 1 The All added Main Add the selected fonts to i ee a e i fonts list widget is active keyboard Fonts to be added to eer 2 At least one item is Plus device list selected Numpad 1 The Available fonts on Shift Plus device list widget is active Main Unmark the selected fonts 2 At least one item is keyboard in Available fonts on selected Plus device 3 Some selected items are Numpad marked for removal strike out and red colour 1 The Available fonts on Delete Mark the selected fonts for device list widget is active Backspace removal 2 At least one item is selected 1 The Fonts to be added Delete Remove the fonts from to device list widget is Backspace Fonts to be added to active Minus device 2 At least one item is selected New Project GEN The label Name or the i Show the project s Dialogue ee f name edit or the orange F1 identifier information question mark button is dialogue active 1 The label Device Model or the device Show the description model combo
14. is configured only when the service type is terminal type Each of the options provided format the data transmitted on the terminal display and is provided with following options Single Raw Data Multiple Raw Data Scroll up with Prompt Fixed Prompt Error Check Level This property is configured only when the service type is native type and the is provided with following options Level 0 The data values transmitted or received are not checked for data value length and CRC check Level 1 The data values transmitted or received are checked for data value length only Level 2 The data values transmitted or received go through CRC check only Level 3 The data values transmitted or received go through both data value length and CRC check Send Terminator Configures the terminating character for the RS232 Send function to be performed over this serial COM Port Receive Terminator Configures the terminating character for the RS232 Receive function to be performed over this serial COM Port Send Separator Configures the separator character for the set of data values to be transmitted using RS232 Send function over this serial COM Port Receive Separator Configures the separator character for the set of data values to be received using RS232 Receive function over this serial COM Port Page 39 of 73 User Defined Elements Element Templates Element templates can be created by the user accessing the context menu option provided on the canvas
15. off visual element cannot be the same Toggle with Indicator Similar to switch includes an indicator element with an on state All the properties of Switch and Indicator Visual Element set link to the visual element to be used as an indicator to show the on off state of the output element Page 36 of 73 On State Set the indicator element s visibility depending on the on state Timer Configure this element to trigger an action Interval Set the regular interval of time in milli seconds for the timer to trigger the action Repeat Behavior An integer value set to zero by default which repeats the timer action set continuously Any other integer value set will repeat this timer action for that specific number of times Action Element set link to an action element which will be triggered on start of timer The action element can be Change Properties Start Delay set a time interval after which the timer will start performing the configured action Hardware Integration Hardware Integration elements are the non visual elements that expose the device s hardware features to other elements The Other elements linked with this element can access the properties of this hardware element Alarm output Configures the Channel to set the alarm output value Channel Set the Channel number to associate the value set on Alarm output element v Validation 1 Depends on the number of alarm output channels supported by the har
16. projects can be added using Drag and Drop action Image resources can be added to the project by selecting image elements from windows Page 14 of 73 Project Variables The controls provided through project variables context menu Library The Add Boolean Variable Add Number Variable Add String Variable Paste Copy Delete Rename Find References controls provided for all elements in the library through context menu More Information F1 Provides the elements default properties and its preview image Import Ctrl Imports the element templates to the library and is listed under user defined templates Expand All Ctrl Shift X tree view control Collapse All Ctrl Shift C tree view control Elements available in the library The basic elements provided in the library for designing projects are Standard Meters pre designed meters with pre configured non visual and visual elements Visual Elements Basic visual elements with no functionality Function Elements are non visual elements that add a defined functionality to the screen A function element has a link to a visual component a Basic Element or Container Element and often one or more Hardware Integration Elements The function element contains all the necessary logic to manipulate the visual component and or Hardware Integration Elements Container Elements are non visual elements that contain basic Visual Elements A container element is u
17. test the font rendering on the device once the project is designed and modify either the font size or the text box size to adjust the font rendering on the device 3 Korean language is supported only by NanumGothic font family the other font families do not support Korean language Container Elements Container element is a non visual element that contains visual Elements A container element is useful to assign functionality to a group of elements as a whole A container element has a position property which is used as a reference location for all its contained elements Group Element This element is not available in the library and can be created using the context menu actions provided in the canvas Two or more visual elements on the canvas can be selected and grouped together using the canvas context menu group action The group element formed can be linked to a Function Element If linked to a Function Element that requires an ordered group the elements contained in the Group Element must be manually ordered to ensure the correct run time behavior Group element has all the common properties of the visual element and Element index property Element index property this property holds the order of elements contained in the group element This order is used to ensure the correct run time behavior when connected to function elements o The control of this property provides up and down arrows to control the order of elements
18. the Path Set the path to the folder Dialogue line edit Welcome Templates pptemplate Any file with pptemplate Import template s Only file s extension will be accepted project template s can be We don t validate the imported file s The file s will be validated in the actual importing process User Templates An image file Drag an image bmp jpg Select the image as the Export jpeg png to the preview preview image for the image line edit project template Designer Function Builder Element Dragged from Library Add the template s content template to the current screen visual elements will be added to the center of the screen Image Dragged from Project Create an Image element resource Browser this function is with the source set to the currently disabled due to some bug in Project image resource The image element will try to use the Page 52 of 73 Browser original image size but limited to 1000x1000 The image element is added to the screen s center Valid image Valid image files from Valid image files will be file s external imported as image resource s first Then create image element s which are using the imported image resource s or existing image resource s if already imported All image element s will be added to the screen s center Project Browser Files 1 Contains at least one Open all included ppproj ppproj file file s as project no image
19. the initial state for this output channel On Off Serial COM Port Configures the channel for serial communication The properties that need to be configured for using the serial COM Port are Channel Set the Channel number to associate the value set on PWM output element v Validation 1 Depends on the number of Serial COM port channels supported by the hardware device Any integer value within 1 to maximum number of output channels supported Page 38 of 73 Note Depending on the configuration of the device the project is designed for this control will automatically provide valid set of channel numbers Service Type set the type of communication set up needed with the device Terminal Type The device is connected to the terminal for communication Native Type The device is connected to another PanelPilotACE Device for communication Baud Rate The baud rate for the communication set up Parity Bit This can be set to either none odd or even depending on usage This is used for detecting errors during transmission Stop Bit Stop bits sent at the end of every character allow the receiving signal hardware to detect the end of a character and to resynchronise with the character stream can be set to either 1 bit or 2 bits Flow Control A serial port may use signals in the interface to pause and resume the transmission of data This can be configured to none Xon Xoff Software control or Hardware Control Terminal Mode This property
20. the same Range values set for scale meter scaling range rotating needle angle out of range behavior Voltage scaling analogue input voltage scaling both range values cannot be the same The value is not within range The valid value range set for voltage scaling should be within the actual voltage scale set within value at min voltage and value at max voltage The visual element is not set The link to a visual element is not set Cannot find PWM output element 1 in the screen The link set to a PWM output element exists but the output element does not exist anymore Cannot find action element 1 in the screen The link set to action element exists but the action element does not exist anymore Cannot find alarm output element 1 in the screen The link set to an alarm output element exists but the alarm output element does not exist anymore Page 63 of 73 Cannot find digital input output element 1 in the screen The link set to digital input output element exists but the digital input output element does not exist anymore Cannot find digital output element 1 in the screen The link set to digital output element exists but the digital output element does not exist anymore Cannot find element 1 in the screen The link to an element is used in a function element but the element does not exist anymore Cannot find group element 1 in the sc
21. throw throws transient true try typedef typeid typename typeof union unsigned using var virtual void volatile wchar_t while with yield The screen s identifier name must be different from any other screen in the project any element in this screen and all project variables For more information about the reserved words please visit https developer mozilla org docs Web JavaScript Reference Reserved Words e Screen Size This is a read only property and is set from the device configuration depends on the device model e Colour Set the screen background colour also provides an option to set the same colour to all the screens used in the project e Orientation Set the screen orientation also provides an option to set the same orientation to all the screens used in the project Creating New Screen To add a new screen to the project go to the Project browser right click screens and click add new Rename Screen To rename screen do one of the following e Project browser double click screen and enter the new name for the screen in the tree view e Project browser right click screen and select rename and enter the new name for the screen in the tree view e Select screen in the project browser go to property editor that displays the properties of the screen and enter the new name for the screen in the name field Page 9 of 73 Change Screen Order To change the order of the screens designed for the project
22. to acquire file lock When an application instance is already running and tries to open another Failed to create picture from selected elements Canvas perform save as picture action on the current screen elements if this action created an empty image gives this message Failed to create project at 1 Create project using project templates in welcome window if project could not be created due to invalid project template Page 54 of 73 Failed to create temporary directory Save as project template performed on a project creates a temporary directory to store the project and create the project template file if there was problem creating this temporary directory Failed to export element template at path 1 Export template action performed on library user defined templates fails due to incorrect path Failed to export project template at path 1 Export as project template performed on project fails due to incorrect path Failed to import template 1 Import project template or element template file due to incorrect path Failed to prepare temporary files Export template action could not be completed as it was not able to create temporary files Failed to remove temporary directory at path 1 Export template action could not remove the temporary directory path created Failed to replace 1 Save as Picture action performed on canvas elements fails as th
23. to the device is complete Would you like to import the following element template 1 Drag and Drop performed on single or multiple element templates Would you like to import the following project template You must upgrade the device software to at least 1 to use this project Upgrading the software might include two updates or one update One for the design software and the other for the device software If the user upgrades only the design studio and skips the upgrade procedure for the device software this message is displayed asking the user to upgrade the device software 1 is the same as system project template 2 Importing project template which already exists as a system template in the design studio Cannot open the application style sheet Application look and feel settings file is damaged or could not be opened Failed to communicate with the application Could not open the requested file in the design studio as it failed to establish communication with the application Font file 1 could not be loaded The font files related to the application are damaged or do not exist could not be loaded Fonts directory does not exist Font s directory storing the font files related to application does not exist Fonts directory is empty Font s directory storing font files exists but is empty The Project files directory cannot be created Application creates a folder t
24. user templates Recent projects Recent projects show all recently created projects using Design Studio This shows the list of recently used projects with a preview image of the default screen this also provides open and removes options PanelPilotACE Design Window The design window provides a complete graphical user interface to design new projects with different control windows to add in and edit properties of elements within the project The center of the design window is provided with a canvas to create the project design The different browsers provided are e Project Browser e Library e Properties editor Page 13 of 73 Function Builder Project Browser of multiple screens Image resources and Project variables Project Screen The control features provided in the project browser explorer or web browsers using Drag and Drop The controls provided through projects context menu Save Save As Save Copy As Export as Template Open Directory Rename Validate Preview in Emulator Upload Close Expand All Collapse All The controls provided through screen context menu Add New Paste Copy Move Up Move Down Find References Delete Rename Project browser shows the structure of projects being worked on Every project can be made up Every element in the project browser tree structure is provided with context menu with related The project browser supports Drag and Drop functionality New project
25. value v Validation 1 Depends on the number of digital input output channels supported by the hardware device Any integer value within 1 to maximum number of digital input output channels supported 2 Multiple digital input output elements cannot be associated to the same channel 3 The configuration of the digital input output channels in the project set the signal type for the digital input output 4 Some of the function elements Digital channel indicator use input signal type and some function elements Switch Switch with indicator Digital input output controller use output signal type Note Depending on the configuration of the device in the project channel control will automatically provide valid set of channel numbers Signal Type This is a read only property displays the signal type of the channel set Initial Value Set the initial state for digital input output channel On Off PWM output Configures the Channel to set the PWM output value Channel Set the Channel number to associate the value set on PWM output element v Validation 1 Depends on the number of PWM output channels supported by the hardware device Any integer value within 1 to maximum number of output channels supported 2 Multiple output elements cannot be associated to the same channel Note Depending on the configuration of the device the project is designed for this control will automatically provide valid set of channel numbers Initial Value Set
26. 73 Select all Select inverted Select layer Hide Selected Copy Paste Cut Delete Save as template e Context menu actions for multiple overlapping visual elements selected in function builder Group Extra features for Visual Elements in Function builder The context menu actions are common to visual elements hardware elements and function elements The visual elements in function builder are also provided with controls to change the visibility of the visual elements and display the layer number of the visual elements on the canvas Drop actions support Function builder supports drop action for the following designer elements e Images Image resources dropped from any other source are added as an image element on drop action performed on function builder e All elements provided in the library dropped in the function builder are added to the current screen Tool bar Tool bar provided in the Design window of the Design studio provides some quick usability features e Switch between Home and Design window e Create New File e Open an existing project e Save the current project e Save the current project As e Save a copy of the current project e Center the current screen in the view e Zoom inthe current screen view e Zoom out the current screen view e Undo Design actions e Redo Design actions e Device state Page 44 of 73 Change Language Settings PanelPilotACE Design Studio supports multip
27. E Device Once the device is recognized by the application select upgrade device option in device configurator Select the downloaded device software package ppsw file in the file dialogue There are different cases of upgrade Upgrade Both PanelPilotACE Design Studio and PanelPilotACE Device Software Upgrade only PanelPilotACE Design Studio Upgrade only PanelPilotACE Device Software Every new release of design software may not need an upgrade of device software Every design software has a minimum compatible device software version supported This minimum compatible version is changed only if new PanelPilotACE Device Software version is released Glossary Term Definition ppproj file PanelPilotACE Design Studio project file PanelPilotACE Design Studio project template and pptemplate f element template files XML Extensible markup language Page 72 of 73 Reporting bugs Page 73 of 73
28. Format the different types of format are o Natural Format o Scientific Format o Automatic Format o Hexadecimal Format Letter Case the different type of format are o Natural Case o Upper Case o Lower Case Zeroes enable or disable trailing zeroes or leading zeroes in the case of hexadecimal Decimal Places Controls the number of decimal places required for the number String NaN Can specify a customised value for NaN if not NaN is used String Infinity Can specify a customised value for Infinity if not Infinity is used String Infinity Can specify a customised value for Infinity if not Infinity is used String True Can specify customised value for true if not True is used String False Can specify customised value for false if not False is used Prefix Can add in a prefix for the string constructed with the value Suffix Can add in a suffix for the string constructed with the value This configures the two visual elements to control the alarm output or digital output on the respective hardware elements PWM output element Alarm output element set link to the PWM output element or an Alarm output element Switch on Visual Element set link to the visual element used to switch on the output element s value Switch off Visual Element set link to the visual element used to switch off the output element s value Note The switch on and switch
29. Installing and Upgrading the Software 71 a DU e TEE 71 Pre requisites for PanelPilotACE Design Studio Application 72 Upgrading the Somtweare egener ee cesgsdbeelae ans A NR R 72 Ee EE 72 Reporting IT 73 Page 1 of 73 PanelPilotACE Design Studio Target System Requirements e Minimum Operating System Windows XP SP3 or Windows Server 2003 SP2 not tested on Windows Servers e CPU x86 AMD64 e RAM 512 MB e Hard disk 200 MB free space e Minimum Screen Resolution 1152x800 e Network Not required e USB Port at least 1 free USB 2 0 or above Port e Administrator privilege to install the application e Key board and Mouse Getting Started Starting Panel Pilot ACE PanelPilotACE Design Studio provides user with two windows one is the PanelPilotACE Home Window and PanelPilotACE Design Window Each time you open PanelPilotACE Design Studio you are taken directly to the Home Window which gives quick information on Recent Projects Project templates and getting started information with tutorial videos The projects designed in design studio can be directly opened by double clicking the project file The project is opened in the design studio and you are directly taken to the designer window which provides the user with all the tools for designing the project Working with projects Design studio project specifies the files folders and image resources that make up the project A project is stored in a folder and is made up of
30. PANEL PILOT ACE DESIGN STUDIO USER MANUAL Contents Panel PIlOtACE Design Studios EE 2 Target System REQUIFEMENTS waccccecececccsctencncacexacctacdeccaSacenesetecducdadacemasecacdacencacecatececdue dncacewesctecdecdadacewescceceaes 2 GETTING Sta Mss EE 2 Starting Panel Pilot ACE tte eageeen ees dee REES 2 Working ele lege ET EC 2 let geen 3 SING teen eigene E g eenegt oyseueeeese wees ebaeeeectaneneet Get 8 BESTANEN 10 Using lun Ee le 10 RISCH TEE 11 PanelPilotACE Integrated Development Environment DEI 12 PanelPilotACE Home Window 13 Panel PiloOtACE Design Wipdouw 13 PanelPilotACE Emulator Window iisipin i a e aaia 45 PanelPilotACE Complex Widgets c cccccccecssssssssscececscseseneseeeeecessesseaeaeeeesceseeuaeeeeeesseeseseaeeeesesseesegs 45 PanelPilotACE Design Studio Short cut keys cccccccccccsssssssseceeecesseseceseeeeeceeseseeaeeeeeeesessesseaeeeesesseeeegs 47 PanelPilotACE Mouse Double Click and Drag N Drop Support 51 Ertors apg Warning suerge e i ege seas E E EEE RE EEE OEE EEEE EEEE 54 Design Studio errors and warning 54 Project related errors and warning 57 Project Variables related errors and warning ccccccccssssssssecececesseseceaeeeeecesseseeaeseeeeseesseseeaeeeeeesseeees 59 Screen related errors and warning csessssccececessesensececececesseseaaeseceeecesseseaaeseeeeecesseseaaeseeeessessesenaeess 60 Element related errors and warning 60 Emulator dialogue errors And warmings 70
31. Page 61 of 73 Component at 1 must be an open bracket or value The logical expression built using logic builder has syntactical error Missing close bracket The logical expression built using logic builder has syntactical error Missing value or expression The logical expression built using logic builder has syntactical error Missing variable property or expression between brackets at 1 and 2 The logical expression built using logic builder has syntactical error Missing variable property or expression The logical expression built using logic builder has syntactical error The expression is incomplete The logical expression built using logic builder has syntactical error The first component must be open bracket or value The logical expression built using logic builder has syntactical error This component is not a valid The element property used in building the property expression is not valid This component is not a valid The project variable used in building expression variable is not valid This component must be close The syntax error in the built expression bracket or operand This component must be open The syntax error in the built expression bracket or value This component must be value or open bracket The syntax error in the built expression Undefined Boolean The Boolean variable used in the expression is not defined
32. Saving the project with a new name and location To save the current working project in PanelPilotACE Design Studio do one of the following e Click the Save As project button on the toolbar In the Save As Project Dialogue enter the new name and location for new the project file e On File menu click Save As Page 5 of 73 e Save As option provided in the context menu for the project in the project browser This option provides the user an option to save the current working project with a new name and location and start working on this newly created file it will close the current working project Saving a copy of the project To save a copy of the current working project in PanelPilotACE Design Studio do one of the following e Click Save Copy As button on the toolbar in the Save Copy As dialogue enter the new name and location of the new project file e On File menu click Save Copy As e Save Copy As option provided in the context menu for the project in the project browser This option provides the user an option to save the copy of current working project with a new name and location and continue working on the current working project Validate Project To validate the current working project in PanelPilotACE Design Studio do one of the following e Onthe File menu click validate e Press F4 e Validate option provided in the context menu for the project in the project browser Validation of the project gives you the i
33. T dk ee KE The name cannot start with space or and the following keywords are reserved case insensitive AUX COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 COMS COM6 COM7 COMB COM CON LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 LPT4 LPTS LPT6 LPT7 LPT8 LPT9 NUL PRN For example identifier name aux is not allowed and aux project is also not allowed But aux_project and project aux are allowed e Device Model This is a read only property displays the model of the device for which this project is designed e Display Brightness The display brightness of the device can be set here e Device Screen Size The device screen size is a read only property this is set with the initial device configuration related to the device model e Analogue Input Channels This is a read only property and is set with the device configuration related to the device model Page 3 of 73 Alarm output Channels This is a read only property and is set with the device configuration related to the device model PWM Output Channels This is a read only property and is set with the device configuration related to the device model Digital Input output Channels The number of digital input output channels available is set with the device configuration related to the device model The signal type of these channels can be set o Signal Type configured to Input Function elements that use input signal type Digital Channel Indicator o Signal Type configure to Output Function eleme
34. The resultant path after performing the subtract merge action depends on the order of visual elements selected Change in the order of selection of elements gives different resultant shape path 3 The visual elements used to create this path element do not exist after performing merge action Text Box This element provides context menu option Auto Fit Auto Fit to Text Box and Auto Fit to content Text Defines the text to be displayed within the box can be multiple lines Text Alignment Defines the text alignment within the box e Top Left e Top e Top Right e Left e Center e Right e Bottom Left e Bottom e Bottom Right Font Defines the type of font for the text to be displayed Pixel Size defines the size of the font o Font Style Bold Italic Underline Over line Strikeout o Letter spacing The spacing provided between the letters of the text o Word spacing The spacing provided between the words of the text Page 21 of 73 Text Style Defines the style of the text displayed e Raised e Sunken e Outline Note 1 Each of the font families provided in the font drop down support a different set of languages users can choose the font family according to the language requirement The language support information is provided through the help button or as tool tip 2 The Font rendering is not the same on PC and the device hence the emulator preview and the view on the device may vary User needs to
35. al element s behavior is not valid Change Properties Empty element name found in list Action change properties the list of properties to be changed for elements where element name is set empty invalid Empty property name found in list for element 1 Action change properties this list of properties to be changed for elements where the property name set in the list does not exist No property change is set The change properties list is empty Gradient Elements Gradient colours cannot be all the same Gradient colours set for the gradient element cannot all be same for this case you can use a simple visual element without gradient feature Gradient colours cannot be all transparent Gradient colours set for the gradient element cannot all be transparent instead can set the element invisible Gradient stop at position 1 already exists The gradient stop added is already defined in the gradient stops If the given focal point is outside the circle defined by the center point and radius it will be re adjusted to lie at a point on the circle where it intersects with the line from the center to the focal point This is applicable to Radial gradient The gradient stops cannot have more than 1 stops If the gradient stops exceeds the maximum number of stops 0 100 The gradient stops must have at least 2 stops There must be at least 2 stops for a linear g
36. alibration directory does not exist Device configurator on configure action initialized if the calibration directory does not exist on the device The calibration file of this device already exists Would you like to overwrite it Device configurator configure device action on back up calibration file selected and if the calibrations file already exists on the device The calibration file of this device does not exist Device configurator configures device action on restore calibration file selected and if the calibrations file does not exist on the device The following files are not valid templates 1 Import templates action or Drag and Drop templates into the designer if the template files are not valid The project directory is inaccessible If recently used project is deleted outside the design studio and in Welcome window recent projects select a project Page 55 of 73 from the available list which is already deleted or does not exist anymore Upgrade finished the device will reboot This dialogue box will automatically close Upgrade device action when completed for the device will show this message in the upgrade device progress dialogue Upload finished the device will reboot This dialogue box will automatically close Upload action F6 on the current working project in the design studio will show a progress dialogue which will show this message on upload project
37. any given visual element Properties that need to be configured for this element are Visual Element set up link to the visual element Opacity the level of opacity to be applied in percent 0 fully transparent and 100 fully opaque Opacity mask the type of mask to be applied on the set visual element e Colour selecting this will show an extra colour property and the colour set in this property is used to create a colour mask over the visual element using the opacity value set in the above property e Conical Gradient the opacity is applied using conical gradient on the given visual element e Linear Gradient the opacity is applied using linear gradient on the given visual element e Radial Gradient the opacity is applied using the radial gradient on the given visual element Error Handler Error Handler RS232 I 0 This element sets an error behavior for any input output error detected during RS232 communication If the received signal name is not decoded properly this error is triggered The properties that need to be set for this element are Serial Port Set up link to the serial COM Port hardware element over which communication is established Page 28 of 73 Error Triggers this property enables the type of error to be detected during input output operation on serial COM Port at present provides the receive signal name decode errors is supported Error Behaviour set up link to the error behavior element that needs t
38. as The angle must be larger than or equal to 0 and less than 360 Visual elements the rotation set must be within the specified range The opacity must be between 10 and 100 Visual elements the opacity set must be within the specified range Group Element Please fix validation error in element 1 before grouping Group Element action can be performed on only valid visual elements if visual element like image have validation error Please fix validation errors in the following elements before grouping n 1 Group Element action can be performed on only valid visual elements if multiple visual elements like image have validation error Function Elements The function element is not set The link to a function element is not set If no function element of the required type exists in the screen you need to create one The hardware element is not set The link to a hardware element is not set If no hardware element exists in the screen you need to create one The link 1 cannot be found If the link set to an element exists but the element does not exist in the screen anymore The link is not set If the link to an element is not set The property link 1 cannot be found If link to a property is already created but the element property does not exist anymore The property link has not been set The link to a property is not been set The two values cannot be
39. be used with visual elements which are already used by Date and Time display Dependent on Real time clock always kept working does not depend on user input Property Trigger This element helps the user construct customised meters by providing a trigger on change in any of designer element s properties This change in a property can trigger any number of required actions The properties that need to be configured for this element are Element Property set the element s property the change in value of which will trigger the action actions scheduled to be performed Actions Scheduler set the action or set of actions to be performed the order follows the order in the actions scheduler PWM Control Switch This element uses three visual elements to act as controlling elements for the PWM output PWM output element set up link to the PWM output hardware element Increase Switch element set link to a visual element to be used as a control to increase the PWM output when clicked Decrease Switch element set link to the Visual element to be used as a control to decrease the PWM output when clicked Level Indicator element set link to the visual element which will indicate the level of PWM output Step Size defines the step size by which the increase element and decrease element will change the PWM output value Full side defines which side of the visual element which represents the full side of the meter e Top the top edge of t
40. box or the F1 dialogue of the selected blue exclamation button is device active 2 A device model is selected Full Screen Originated from a colour Colour Picker Cancel the action no widget through the Pick Escape colour will be picked Colour action in context menu PanelPilotACE Mouse Double Click and Drag N Drop Support Scope Sub Scope Content Type Condition Effect Page 51 of 73 Global Device Manager Frame Device software A ppsw file and a device is connected and selected Use the ppsw device software to upgrade the device compatibility will be checked later Manage Device Fonts Dialogue Standard list item Drag fonts from user added list to device 2 list widgets Add the selected fonts to device Device Configurator An image file 1 The image must jpg jpeg or bmp 2 The image must be dropped to the splash screen image path edit or the browser button Select an image to be used as the splash screen image Settings Fonts Font file s 1 The font file s must be Add the fonts to be used by ttf or otf the designer application 2 Drag the files to the area The fonts can be later within Application Fonts transferred to device to be group box any list widget used on device Invalid or is OK duplicate fonts will not be added New Project A folder Drag a folder to
41. ction element is provided for advanced users to build logic and depending on the logic built a set of actions to be performed The properties that can be configured to set up this function element are Logical Actions This property is a list of logical expressions each connected to respective action elements that will be performed if the logical expression evaluates to true Logical expression here is constructed using the properties of visual element function element hardware element mathematical constants and other constant values provided by the user Default Action set up link to an action element this will be performed when none of the conditions provided in the above property evaluate to true Math Builder This element is used to construct a value using a mathematical expression Each of the operand in the expression are either properties of visual elements function elements hardware elements project variables constant numbers or any standard mathematical constants values Mathematical Expression set up the expression using individual operands which can be properties of visual elements function elements hardware elements project variables constant numbers or any other standard mathematical constants values Decimal places Set the number of decimal places for the value calculated or built using the mathematical expression set Opacity Meter This element configures a visual element to change its opacity depending on th
42. ded to the project and should have unique name in the project The other visual elements hardware elements function elements are added to the screen and should have unique name in the screen The name cannot have more than 255 characters Visual elements name cannot have more than 255 characters The name cannot start or end with Visual elements name should be valid The name cannot start or end with Visual elements name cannot start with a white white space space The name is in the wrong format Elements name should be valid Only letters numbers and underscore are allowed The first character must be a letter The name is in the wrong format Only letters numbers and underscore are allowed The first letter must not be capitalized Elements name should be valid The name is in the wrong format Only letters numbers and underscore are allowed Elements name should be valid The name is in the wrong format The following character may not be used 1 Elements name should be valid The name is in the wrong format Elements name should be valid The name is invalid Elements name should be valid Page 68 of 73 The name is not unique Elements name should be unique to the screen The name must be unique Elements name should be unique to the screen The name must have at least 2 characters Elements should have at least 2
43. dware device Any integer value within 1 to maximum number of output channels supported 2 Multiple output elements cannot be associated to the same channel Note Depending on the configuration of the device the project is designed for this control will automatically provide a valid set of channel numbers Initial Value Set the initial state for this output channel On Off Analogue input Configures the Channel number for the analogue input Channel Set the Channel number to associate the analogue input value v Validation 1 Depends on the number of analogue input channels supported by the hardware device Any integer value within 1 to maximum number of analogue input channels supported 2 Multiple analogue input elements cannot be associated to the same channel Note Depending on the configuration of the device in the project channel control will automatically provide valid set of channel numbers Voltage Range Set in the voltage range for the analogue input e Minimum The minimum voltage of analogue input element e Maximum The maximum voltage of analogue input element Page 37 of 73 Digital input output Configures the channel number of the digital input output element The channel s input or output state is configured for the project For more information on configuration of the digital input output channels for the signal type refer device configuration Channel Set the channel number to associate the digital input output
44. e Page 11 of 73 Each PanelPilotACE device s analogue input channels are calibrated This feature will be used only if there is a need to install the firmware if a Device on board storage crash use device calibration restore option b To enhance the hardware feature upgrading the firmware is the only option You will need to back up the calibration information before applying the firmware upgrade and restore the calibration after upgrading the firmware Select None to disable this process Set real time clock Enable this option to synchronize the device real time clock according to the date time of the PC User can also set the time adjustment to meet with the target place time zone without changing the PC clock Configure Splash Screen Splash screen shows up when the device initializes after power up or hardware reset You can upload a custom splash screen or restore the default splash screen To customise splash screen a Click the file selection button and select a picture or photo file in the dialogue b Click Yes to accept the splash screen image in the image preview dialogue To disable the custom splash screen after select the image file click the cross button and the file name on the text box will reset to No splash screen selected To restore the default splash screen on the device click the Restore Default Splash Screen check box gt Upgrade device software To upgrade the device features
45. e Page 26 of 73 e Valid Value Range the user can set a valid value range value is in between min and max values Text Element link to a text box element which will display the set value on analogue input change Decimal Places This sets the decimal places for the displayed text value Digital Output Controller This element configures the analogue input values to control the digital output value Properties of this element are Analogue Input Element link to an analogue input hardware element Set digital Output to 1 Condition set in this property controls the digital output value set Using this condition you can set the digital output when e Less Than the value e Greater Than the value e Less Than or Equal to the value e Greater Than or Equal to the value e For setting digital output to 1 for all values that lie in between two input values the user can choose to use amp amp or button to add two conditions Value here refers to the scaled value for more details on scaling refer to Voltage Scaling property above Effect Blur This element applies blur effect to a visual element Properties that need to be configured for this element are Visual element set up link to the Visual element Blur Radius The radius with respect to the center of the visual element around which this effect is visible value is in pixels Blur Hint e Performance the value indicates that rendering performance is the most important
46. e analogue input The properties that need to be configured Analogue input element set up link to the analogue input hardware element Voltage Scaling This scaling property is applied on the analogue input values e Min Value the analogue input s min voltage is mapped to this value e Max Value the analogue input s max voltage is mapped to this value e Valid Value Range the user can set a valid value range value is in between min and max values Visual element set up link to the Visual element Opacity The property sets the opacity level for the max valid range value The min valid value range takes the visual elements opacity as the min opacity level Page 31 of 73 Out of Range Behavior This element configures out of range behavior for the selected visual element This function element can be linked to any visual element that is configured to work as any other function element The properties to be configured Analogue input element set up link to the analogue input hardware element Voltage Scaling This scaling property is applied on the analogue input values Min Value the analogue input s min voltage is mapped to this value Max Value the analogue input s max voltage is mapped to this value Condition Property Condition set in this property controls when the out of range behavior is set Less Than the value Greater Than the value Less Than or Equal to the value Greater Than or Equal to the value For sett
47. e designed project on the emulator Emulator can be used to test the minor changes in the project design and then once the design is complete can be uploaded on to the device for testing For more information on how to use the emulator view for testing refer PanelPilotACE Emulator Window Note 1 Text Box visual element font rendering system on the device and PC are different and hence the fonts might not be rendered exactly similar on the preview dialogue window and the device Project Templates A project template contains the design elements and their default settings that you can use as a starting point when you create a PanelPilotACE project Project templates can be e System templates e User templates System Templates System templates are the project templates installed with the Design Studio application for more information on where to find the system templates follow templates User Templates User templates are project templates created by the user You can create project templates using any of the projects designed in PanelPilotACE Design Studio e Open an existing project in the designer or create a new project e On File menu click Export as Template e Export As Template option provided in the context menu for the project in the project browser in the Export Project Template Dialogue enter the template name and the required details details will be displayed when the template is selected in the templates click ex
48. e new name given to the picture file already exists and this action is not able to replace the old file with the new image Please specify a name for this element template Export as template action on user defined library elements should specify a name for the exported template file Please specify a name for this project template Export as template action on projects should specify a name for exported template file Please wait until the configuration is finished Device configurator click device configuration and start configure This action cannot be aborted until configure action is completed Please wait until the upgrade is finished Device configurator click upgrade device and once upgrade process begin you cannot abort the process or close the dialogue until upgrade is completed Please wait until the upload is finished Once the Upload F6 for current project in the designer is initiated you cannot abort the process or close the progress dialogue until the upload process is complete The application language is changed please restart the application to take effect Change in language settings will need the application to restart to apply the changes The application language is changed you must restart the application to take effect Would you like to close the application now Change in language settings will need the application to restart to apply the changes The c
49. e visual element set Change Position set the position of the visual element set Change Visibility sets the visibility of the visual element set Change Rotation sets the rotation of the visual element set Show Message sets the text to be displayed for the visual element Should be Text Box element set Page 34 of 73 e Zoom in Zoom out sets the Zoom factor of the visual element set RS232 Receive This element receives the set of data values and performs the configured action on receiving the data values The properties that need to be configured are Serial Port Set up link to the serial COM Port hardware element over which communication is established Receive values Set up the list of data values that need to be received or set can be elements property or project variables but cannot be constants Action Element set link to an action element which will be triggered on receiving the required set of data values RS232 Send This element sends the set of data values The properties that need to be configured are Serial Port Set up link to the serial COM Port hardware element over which communication is established Send values Set up the list of data values that need to be sent can be elements property or project variables and constants Scale Meter Configures the analogue input to control the scaling factor of the visual element Analogue input element set up link to the analogue input hardware element Volta
50. e visual elements bounding rectangle v Any integer values from 0 to 100 e Final Stop This sets the final point at which the gradient colour applied on the visual element stops v Any integer values from 0 to 100 The start stop and final stop cannot be the same Page 19 of 73 Conical Gradient Includes all properties mentioned in common properties and e Gradient Stops This sets the colour stops for the visual element input values in percentage with respect to the visual elements bounding rectangle v Any integer values from 0 to 100 and 101 are the maximum number of stops that can be added e Focal Point This sets the focal point from which the gradient colour gets applied on the visual element input value is with respect to the visual element e Radius This sets the radius for the gradient colour applied on the visual element e Center This sets center point from which the gradient colour gets applied on the visual element input value with respect to the visual element e Spread o Pad Spread o Reflect Spread o Repeat Spread Radial Gradient Includes all properties mentioned in common properties and e Gradient Stops This sets the colour stops for the visual element input values in percentage with respect to the visual elements bounding rectangle v Any integer values from 0 to 100 and 101 are the maximum number of stops that can be added e Start angle This sets the start angle at which the gradient colour is applied o
51. ehavior for any send related errors that occur during RS232 communication RS232 Send set up link to the RS232 send element for which the error handling is to be configured Error Behaviour set up link to the error behavior element that needs to be set on triggering the error Error Behaviour duration set up the duration for which the error behavior is to be in force for the error triggered On Error Action set up the action to be performed on error triggered Page 29 of 73 Fill Meter This element configures the visual element to function like a fill meter The properties that need to be configured to set up a visual element to function as a fill meter are Analogue input element set up link to the analogue input hardware element Visual element set up link to the Visual element Background colour set the background colour to the fill meter Full side defines which side of the visual element represents the full side of the meter e Top the top edge of the bounding rectangle e Left the left edge of the bounding rectangle e Right the right edge of the bounding rectangle e Bottom the bottom edge of the bounding rectangle y Default value Right Group Meter This element configures the group element to function like meter which enables the visibility of the visual elements within the group element according to their index value set Analogue input element set up link to the analogue input
52. ement is not set The right hand side of the rule element is not set The right variable is not set The right hand side of the rule is not set Page 67 of 73 The rule is not set The rule is not set and is empty Switch The element is being used by the Switch visual element set as switch on element switch off element is also used by switch off element Cannot be the same visual element The element is being used by the Switch visual element set as switch off element switch on element is also used by switch on element Cannot be the same visual element Switch with The element is being used by the Link to a visual element which will be set as Indicator indicator element switch visual element cannot be used as indicator element The element is being used by the Link to a visual element which will be set as switch element indicator visual element cannot be used as switch element Designer Screens Project variables and image resources Elements includes visual hardware function elements project variables and screen The name cannot be the same as the project variables are added to the project and should have unique name in the project The other visual elements hardware elements function elements are added to the screen and should have unique name in the screen The name cannot be the same as the screen s name Screens Project variables and image resources are ad
53. enter the project browser and right click the screen the context menu provides Move up Move down options to change its order Note This order need not be the same as the order in which the screens are loaded on the device display this order can be controlled using other function elements Find References Project browser right click on the selected screen and click find reference this gives a list of function elements that use this screen link Copy and Paste Screen To copy screen in to the same project or another project do one of the following e Select screen in the project browser right click and click copy and paste it in required project e Select screen in the project browser press Ctrl c and then press Ctrl v in the required project Using Project Variables Project variables are added to the project and they are used as global storage entities which can be used throughout the project Project variables are of three different types e Boolean Variable e Number Variable e String Variable e Colour Variable All variable types are provided with an initial value property configure the initial value for the project variables All variable types are provided with a persistent property enable this property to retain the value during power off or reboot This property should only be used for variables whose values need to be stored as enabling persistent property If not needed will consume CPU and memory resource Project var
54. et provides controls to build a logical expression or set of logical expressions together with respective action elements that perform the required action on the expression being evaluated to be true The steps to create a logical expression are 1 Add button to add an expression and the related action 2 Every expression widget is provided with an Edit button to build an expression The expression builder uses the same widget as that of Boolean builder 3 Select the action to be performed if the set expression evaluates to true by selection the action element in the actions drop down provided with every expression 4 The actions can be added using insert before insert after options provided in the context menu of this scroll widget 5 The index of the actions can also be changed using change index option provided in context menu for all the individual widgets added 6 Clear button is provided to clear the entire expressions and actions list set Mathematical Expression Builder Math Builder This widget provides controls to build a mathematical expression using the properties of elements used in the project project variables and mathematical constants The steps to create a mathematical expression are Page 46 of 73 1 Double click or right click and select Add in the area provided for mathematical expression or click Add button 2 Select the operators functions and operands property of elements project variables numbers stri
55. fore executing rules and perform load screen after executing rules Change Properties set a link to change properties action element Set Expressions list of rules to be performed when this action gets triggered Load Screen set a link to load screen action to be performed after executing the rules set Alarm Configures the alarm condition for the analogue input The configurable properties for setting an alarm Analogue Input Element set link to an analogue input hardware element Alarm Output Element Set link to an alarm output hardware element Indicator Element set link to a visual element which indicates the alarm output state this element is also used as a reset element for Manual Reset Behavior Page 23 of 73 Turn on Alarm When Conditions set in this property controls the alarm trigger Using this condition you can trigger alarm when e Less Than the value e Greater Than the value e Less Than or Equal to the value e Greater Than or Equal to the value e For setting alarm for all values that lie between two input values the user can choose to use amp amp or button to add two conditions Value here refers to the scaled value for more details on scaling refer to Voltage Scaling property above Reset Behavior sets the alarm s reset behavior e Automatic When analogue input is in the valid range the alarm turns off automatically if the alarm was already set by an out of range analogue input value The ind
56. ge A valid image file to the A fast method to select an and Property Trigger Dialogue file whole dialogue image file A folder Drag a folder the Path line A fast method to change edit the folder for searching images List Style Widget List widget Drag a single item to other Reorder the list Group Element item position within the same list widget to reorder the list must press the most right button Errors and Warning Design Studio errors and warning Error Message or Warning Trouble shooting Information An unknown error occurred Device Configurator select upgrade device software and if this action is interrupted by any other process Are you sure you want to delete template 1 Welcome window user templates delete option clicked in context on any of the available templates will confirm the remove action can choose to cancel this action Are you sure you want to delete the item When delete action is performed on the element templates in the library this action is confirmed with this message You can choose to cancel this action Are you sure you want to reboot the device Device configurator reboot device action when clicked is confirmed using this message You can choose to cancel this action Cannot find application directory Upload project F5 performed on a project and if the application directory is not created on the device Failed
57. ge Scaling This scaling property is applied on the analogue input values e Min Value the analogue input s min voltage is mapped to this value e Max Value the analogue input s max voltage is mapped to this value e Valid Value Range the user can set a valid value range value is in between min and max values Visual element set up link to the Visual element Scale Origin This configures the rotation point for the visual element For a valid set of values please refer rotation in common properties Scale Range This configures the minimum and maximum scale factor for the minimum and maximum voltage value of the analogue input This scaling is applied on the visual element v Validation The minimum scale factor value should be smaller than the maximum scale factor value String Converter This element is provided to construct a string value from any other type of element properties like Integer Boolean Colour Real which can then be used for exact comparisons in the logical expressions constructed using the logic builder or for displaying the custom output by adding prefix and or suffix to the string values constructed The properties that need to be configured are Page 35 of 73 Input Variable Property Set the property of any element or project variable the string form of which is needed The different options available depending on the type of variable converted to string are Input Variable is Integer format Toggle
58. gning the project e Browse to Home window click the recent projects tab Here is the list of recent projects with a preview default screen image of its content Click open on the project to start designing Note In case the recent project selected is not available anymore or is deleted externally error message is displayed Using Screens Screen Properties Screen properties that can be configured by the user e Screen name This sets name of the screen used in the project The screen s identifier name must have at least 2 characters and cannot have more than 247 characters Page 8 of 73 Only the following characters are allowed D g to C IA to Z ak to KK ms The first character must be an English alphabet letter and the following keywords are reserved case sensitive abstract alignof asm auto bool boolean break byte case catch char char16_t char32_t class console const const_cast constexpr continue debugger decltype default delete do double dynamic_cast else enum explicit export extends extern false final finally float for friend function goto if implements import in inline instanceof int interface let long mutable Math namespace native new noexcept nullptr operator package private protected public register reinterpret_cast return short signed sizeof static static_assert static_cast struct super switch synchronized template this thread_local
59. hardware element Voltage Scaling This scaling property is applied on the analogue input values e Min Value the analogue input s min voltage is mapped to this value e Max Value the analogue input s max voltage is mapped to this value e Valid Value Range the user can set a valid value range value is in between min and max values Group element set up link to the Group element which is to be configured to work as meter Start from Zero enable or disable the meter to start from the first index of the group element Linear Needle This element configures the visual element to function like a linear needle The properties that need to be configured to set up a visual element to function as a linear needle are Analogue input element set up link to the analogue input hardware element Voltage scaling This configures the voltage scaling for the analogue input value of the linked analogue input element e At Min Voltage The scaled value at min voltage of analogue input element e At Max Voltage The scaled value at max voltage of analogue input element e Valid Value Range The range of values within the actual range set above is configured to be used by the visual element to set in the linear needle behavior Visual element set up link to the Visual element Displacement e X The horizontal displacement to be set for the visual element e Y The vertical displacement to be set for the visual element Page 30 of 73 Logic Builder This fun
60. he bounding rectangle of level indicator element e Left the left edge of the bounding rectangle of level indicator element e Right the right edge of the bounding rectangle of level indicator element e Bottom the bottom edge of the bounding rectangle of level indicator element Y Default value Right Background Colour Set background colour to the indicator element v Validation All the three visual elements used in this function element need to be different PWM Output Controller Configures an analogue input to control the PWM output Analogue input element set up link to the analogue input hardware element PWM output element set up link to the PWM output hardware element Voltage Scaling This scaling property is applied on the analogue input values e Min Value the analogue input s min voltage is mapped to this value Page 33 of 73 Max Value the analogue input s max voltage is mapped to this value Valid Value Range the user can set a valid value range value is in between min and max values Visual element set up link to the Visual element Rotating Needle Configures the analogue input to control the rotation of the visual element Analogue input element set up link to the analogue input hardware element Voltage Scaling This scaling property is applied on the analogue input values Min Value the analogue input s min voltage is mapped to this value Max Value the analogue input
61. he line the v Maximum value 9999 e Angle Defines the angle of the line v 0 to 360 e Thickness Defines the thickness of the line v Maximum value 100 px Irregular Polygon e Points List Defines the number of points that make up this polygon v Value from 3 to 20 This property also includes a rotate property this is different from the normal rotation property as this will generate a new polygon with the rotation set Regular Polygon e Edges Defines the number of edges that make up this polygon v Value from 3 to 20 e Edge Length Defines the length of the edges that make up this polygon v Value from 1 to 320 Gradient Element This element is not available in the library and can be created using the context menu actions provide in the canvas Add gradient fill actions are available in the context menu for any visual element other than group element and textbox element selected on the canvas The gradient fill actions that can be performed to create this element are Linear Gradient includes all properties mentioned in common properties and e Gradient Stops This sets the colour stops for the visual element input values in percentage with respect to the visual elements bounding rectangle v Any integer values from O to 100 and 101 are the maximum number of stops that can be added e Start This sets the start point from which the gradient colour gets applied on the visual element input value in percentage with respect to th
62. her the z value is used to determine each element s order in the stack Items with lower z values are lower in the stack This property can be changed by other elements The positions of a Container element s children elements are relative to the Container Element s position YZ greater than 0 Size defines an element s width and height v greater than 0 Colour defines an element s fill colour v Valid RGB code hex code or recognized name Border defines an element s border width and colour The Line element does not have this property v Same as colour property Opacity defines an element s transparency The value can be between 0 and 100 where 0 is transparent and 100 is opaque If this property belongs to a Container Element it changes the Opacity of the Container Element s children elements v between 10 and 100 Rotation defines the rotation of an element in terms of a fixed point and an angle This property can be used to change the orientation of the element at design time or run time A design time example is to use a triangle A and use it as an arrow pointing left gt by setting its angle to 90 A run time example is to define a condition value pair for the angle that will change its rotation at run time e g creating a rotating needle The angle is in degrees of rotation with O degrees being north d of the fixed point rotating clockwise as the angle
63. iables can be added to the project by using the context menu provided for Project variables in the project browser Project variables can be deleted using the context menu delete option or by pressing delete key Project variables can be used in Logic Builder Set Rule Math Builder String Converter Boolean Builder and Colour Builder function elements Using Image Resources Image Resources are added to the project and they are available throughout the project Page 10 of 73 Adding image resources Image resources can be added to the project using any of the following steps e Project browser right click image resources and click add new e Images from any other file browser internet browser can be added to the project using Drag and Drop e Project browser select the image to be copied and paste it to any other project this image resource will be added to the project specified Removing image resources Image resources can be removed from the project using any of the following steps e Project browser right click image resources and select delete e Project browser go to the image resources and right click on the image to be deleted and select delete e Project browser go to image resources and right click and select remove all unused message this will delete all the image resource files which are not used in the project Device configurator Device configurator can be found on the right hand corner of the toolbar This all
64. ialogue has a default butt t i t Press the default buttonin j Se SS eegne Enter diafogue if set is identical to press that g button The button may vary in different dialogues Menu Bar Show the fil in th Alt F SE E eye sy No other dialogue is visible main window Show the edit menuinthe 1 No other dialogue is Alt E main window visible Page 49 of 73 2 The designer window is the active Show the window menu in Alt W SE No other dialogue is visible the main window Alt S Show the settings dialogue No other dialogue is visible Show the hel in th Alt H Gr D EE No other dialogue is visible main window Menu Bar File N Opena dialogue to create a The file menu is visible new project O Ee EE to The file menu is visible select a pproj file to open Ste 1 The file menu is visible R H KS 2 At least one recent menu i projects 1 The designer window is Save the current project to active S file proj 2 At least one project open 3 The current project is modified Quit the designer No other dialogue is visible X SEOS any dialogue will block the application ay OS application from quitting Menu Bar H Open the online help Help A Open the about dialogue W Open the product website Device Identify device Function Menu Show a dialogue of the H selected device s information D Show the device configuration dialogue F Show the
65. ication Page 60 of 73 An element with name 1 already exists in the current screen Adding an element to the project screen and if the element with this name already exists on the screen Image 1 will be removed from the project Remove unused image action performed on image resources will show a confirmation message before deleting the image files You can choose to cancel this action Image resource 1 already exists in the project Please rename it and reapply the template User template applied on to the screen image resource with the same name as in the current project to store both the images in the project you need to rename the image in the project and then apply the user template The following image is invalid or its extension does not match the image format 1 Image resources added to the project are invalid the image format does not match the file content The following images already exist in the project 1 Image resources added to the project already exist in the project The following images have an unsupported filename 1 Format of the Image resources added to the project are not supported by the Design studio The following images will be removed from the project 1 Remove unused image action in the project browser will show a confirmation messaged before removing unused images from the project The image name is invalid Image name i
66. icator element is not a must have element for this behavior e Manual Once the alarm is set by an out of range analogue input value a touch screen click of the indicator element is required to reset the alarm when the analogue input is in a valid range Indicator element is a must have element for this behavior e Custom Similar to Manual behavior but that it provides an extra visual element to be set as a reset element to reset the alarm Reset Element set link to a visual element which will reset the alarm when in a valid range of analogue input Analogue Clock Configures the Visual Elements as an analogue clock The properties to be configured to build a customised analogue clock Time Zone set the time zone as required or use the system default time zone Clock Hand hour Set the visual element to be used as the hour hand Fixed Point hour Set the point of rotation for the hour hand for a valid set of values refer to rotation in common properties Clock Hand minutes Set the visual element to be used as the minute hand Fixed Point minutes Set the point of rotation for the minute hand for a valid set of values refer to rotation in common properties Clock Hand seconds Set the visual element to be used as the second hand Fixed Point seconds Set the point of rotation for the second hand for a valid set of values refer to rotation in common properties Clock hand style Set the style of movement for the clock hands e D
67. igning the project Page 4 of 73 Using Templates to create the New Project Your project templates are listed in the Home Window Templates tab For more information see Basing New Projects on Templates Opening projects To open an existing PanelPilotACE project do one of the following e Click the open project button on the toolbar e On the File menu click open In the open dialogue box navigate to the project file Multiple files can be opened in Design Studio e Press Ctrl O e Click the File Menu Recent projects and click on the recently opened project link provided in the list or PanelPilotACE Home Window recent projects tab e Double click a project file ppproj on the desktop or in Windows Explorer e Drag and Drop the project file ppproj from the desktop or from Windows Explorer on to the project browser provided in the Design Window Multiple project files are supported for Drag and Drop With the exception of clicking a specific file or file link and Drag and Drop all of the above options launch the Open dialogue box which enables you to browse to your project file Saving Projects To save the current working projects in PanelPilotACE Design Studio do one of the following e Click the Save project button on the toolbar e On the File menu click save single project save all multiple projects e Press Ctrl S e Save option provided in the context menu for the project in the project browser
68. increases If the angle is a negative value the rotation is anti clockwise originating from the O degrees position If this property belongs to a Container Element it changes the rotation of the u Container Element s children elements as a whole o Fixed point v Data type enumeration Top Left Top Top Right KL E Left Right A l Page 17 of 73 Bottom Left Bottom Bottom Right e Top Left the top left corner of the bounding rectangle e Top the center of the top edge of the bounding rectangle e Top Right the top right corner of the bounding rectangle e Left the center of the left edge of the bounding rectangle e Center the center of the bounding rectangle e Right the center of the right edge of the bounding rectangle e Bottom Left the bottom left corner of the bounding rectangle e Bottom the center of the bottom edge of the bounding rectangle e Bottom Right the bottom right corner of the bounding rectangle e Visible defines whether an element is visible or not at run time This property can be changed by other elements If this property belongs to a Container Element Group element it changes the visibility of the Container Element s children elements e Maintain Aspect Ratio this property is not saved with project this is only used during design time to lock the elements aspect ratio while resizing the element o
69. ing out of range behavior for all values that lie in between two input values the user can choose to use amp amp or button to add two conditions Value here refers to the scaled value for more details on scaling refer to Voltage Scaling property above Out of Range Behavior Can be of following types Note 1 Blink o Number of blinks sets the number of times the blinking is to be performed on the visual element set o Blink interval Set the interval between blinks in seconds o Blink duration Set the duration for blinking Change Colour This allows the user to choose colour o Inverted Colour The colour of the visual element set is inverted o Transparent The visual element set is made transparent o Custom Colour The visual element set will change to the custom colour set Change Opacity to change the opacity of the visual element set Change Position set the position of the visual element set Change Visibility sets the visibility of the visual element set Change Rotation sets the rotation of the visual element set Show Message sets the text to be displayed for the visual element Should be Text Box element set Zoom in Zoom out sets the Zoom factor of the visual element set Change Position and Change Rotation cannot be used with a visual element used by an analogue clock Dependent on Real time clock always kept working does not depend Page 32 of 73 on user input 2 Show Message cannot
70. iscrete e Continuous Page 24 of 73 Boolean Builder This function element is used to create a Boolean value that can be used by other functions like logic builder and math builder for expressions containing conditional operator The property that needs to be configured Set Expressions This conditional expression can be built using a combination of an element s properties visual element function element or hardware element The value of the expression that evaluates to true false Button Configures the visual element as a button Visual element set up link to the Visual element Action element set up link to the Action Element Normal state set change in properties for the set visual element to represent normal state Pressed state set change in properties for the set visual element to represent pressed state On clicked perform set the action to be performed when the button element is clicked On double clicked perform set the action to be performed when the button element is double clicked Double click interval set the interval for the double click action On long pressed perform set the action to be performed when the button element is long pressed Long press interval set the interval for the long press action Button Checkable This configures the visual element to behave like a check buttons The properties that can be configured for this element are Visual element set up link to the Visual ele
71. ithin the text box is resized to fit to the text box size Context menu actions for multiple selection of Visual elements Group Creates a group element with all the selected visual elements on the canvas Align Elements Aligns the visual elements with respect to the first element selected in the selection depends on the order of elements selected Align bottom Align center Align left Align right Align top Align vertical center Or OO Er EL E O Align horizontal center Distribute Elements Distributes the visual elements o Horizontally o Vertically Note Group action can be performed only on visual elements Context menu Merge actions for two overlapping Visual elements excludes group text box Combine Elements Subtract Elements Intersect Elements Tips and Tricks for Canvas 1 10 When the visual elements are small use the zoom in feature of the canvas to make manipulation of smaller elements easier As irregular polygon will show the exact point selected in the points list with a small circular mark around it to make it easier for the user to design irregular polygons Line shows the start point marked when the angle and length are selected If you want to align multiple items selected on the canvas use align elements action provided in the context menu with multiple elements selected If you want to distribute multiple items selected on the canvas use distribute action provided in the context menu with mul
72. k is behavior shorter than the interval shorter than the interval for blink set Missing required information Behavior type not set this message is displayed The blink duration is invalid Behavior type is blink and the blink duration is not valid The blink duration is not set Behavior type is blink and the blink duration is not set The blink duration must be between 0 1 and 1 Behavior type is blink and the blink duration must not be out of the mentioned range The blink interval must be between 0 2 and 10 0 Behavior type is blink and the blink interval must not be out of the mentioned range The number of blinks is invalid Behavior type is blink and if number of blinks set is not valid value The number of blinks is not set Behavior type is blink and if number of blinks is Page 69 of 73 not set for the visual element The scale factor must be between 10000 and 10000 The scale factor is not within the valid range The scale origin is invalid Behavior type is Zoom in Zoom out and the scale origin is invalid The visual element cannot be an image or group Behavior type is change colour then visual element set cannot be image or group element The visual element does not support text Behavior type is Show message then the visual element set should be a text box element The fixed point is invalid The fixed point set for the visu
73. ld be linked to three unique visual elements The visual element is being used as the minute hand by the clock Analogue clock should be linked to three unique visual elements The visual element is being used as the second hand by the clock Analogue clock should be linked to three unique visual elements Emulator The emulator cannot be opened An error occurred If the emulator dialogue could not create Installing and Upgrading the Software Panel Pilot ACE Design software is available for installation setup guide to install the software Installer Features The installer features download Once downloaded follow the e Double click installation setup file will also install the device driver After installation Plug SGD 43 A in and have it recognized by the computer e Upgrade to new version of the software Double clicks the single installation setup and have the old software removed and new software is installed without having to go into the control panel or similar on the PC e The device driver is automatically upgraded to a new version along with the up gradation of the Design software e User is given the option to clear the temporary files and settings to clear the registry entries related to the product during installation procedure This feature is internally handled through some scripts embedded in the installer for the better performance e The dependent Re distributable
74. le languages at present only supports UK English and US English Language setting of the application can be changed using Help menu change language action and then select the language Application needs to be restarted on changing the language settings PanelPilotACE Emulator Window The emulator window is provided to test the projects before uploading it to the device display The emulator is designed with hardware elements for testing varying input and output values The controls provided on the Emulator window e Alarm output channels e PWM output cannels e Analogue input channels e Digital input output channels e Rotate screen Landscape Portrait e Functions Capture Screen CPU Over usage Memory over usage Low battery state e RS232 Send and Receive values update when the send receive actions are performed e RS232 IO Error Send Error and Receive Error simulating controls to test the error behavior PanelPilotACE Complex Widgets Action Scheduler Property Trigger This widget provides controls to schedule multiple actions in a specific order The steps to be followed to add an action in to the action scheduler 1 Click Add button 2 Select the action in the drop down provided for the action widget 3 Can change the order of the actions added using the right most button for each of the actions widget Clear button is provided to clear all the actions in the action scheduler Boolean Expression Builder Boolean B
75. ment Control switch uses link to three visual elements All these visual element link need to be different The visual element is being used by the increase switch element and Control switch uses link to three visual elements All these visual element link need to Page 66 of 73 level indicator element be different The visual element is being used by the increase switch element Control switch uses link to three visual elements All these visual element link need to be different The visual element is being used by the level indicator element Control switch uses link to three visual elements All these visual element link need to be different Screen Loader The screen must be different from the current screen The screen link used for screen loader should not be the same as the current screen Set Rule The left operand must be different to the right operand Rule set cannot have the same operand on the both sides of the assignment operator The left operand s type is undefined The left operand s type of the rule is not defined The right operand s type is undefined The right operand s type of the rule is not defined There are errors in the list would you still like to save the list The lists of rules created are not valid and confirms if you still want to save the invalid list of rules There is an error in the list would you still like t
76. ment Un Checked State set the change in properties for the set visual element to represent checked state On unchecked perform set action to be performed when visual element is set to unchecked state Checked state set change in properties for the set visual element to represent checked state On checked perform set the action to be performed when the button element is set to checked state Checked set the initial state for the visual element Colour Builder This element creates a colour constant which can then be used in any other function elements that make use of colour type in assignments in comparisons The properties that need to be set Colour Set a colour from the colour picker Page 25 of 73 Colour Meter Configures the visual element to change the colour depending on the analogue input Analogue Input Element link to an analogue input hardware element Voltage Scaling This scaling property is applied on the analogue input values e Min Value the analogue input s min voltage is mapped to this value e Max Value the analogue input s max voltage is mapped to this value e Valid Value Range the user can set a valid value range value is in between min and max values Visual element set up link to the Visual element Colour Role e Major Role Set the colour change for visual element s colour property e Minor Role Set the colour change for visual element s border colour property Colour Set the end colour
77. ment and it should be a valid link 1 is not an alarm output element Alarm function element connected to alarm output element should be a valid link 1 is not configured as INPUT or OUTPUT Digital channel indicator function element connected to digital input output element can be configured to INPUT OUTPUT signal type Page 65 of 73 The PWM output element is not set Link to PWM output element is not set The alarm output element is not set Link to alarm output element is not set Hardware The minimum value cannot be Analogue input the voltage range set for the Elements greater than the maximum value element should be valid The minimum value must be smaller Analogue input the voltage range set for the than the maximum value element should be valid The PWM output element is being The PWM output elements added should use used by 1 unique output channels numbers If the channel number is already used by another PWM output element this message is displayed The alarm output element is being The Alarm output elements value cannot be set used by 1 or controlled by two different function elements The digital channel is not configured The digital input output element used in to receive an OUTPUT signal functions that set the output value should configure the digital input output channel number that is configured to take OUTPUT signal type The digital input ou
78. n Page 48 of 73 Quit the designer No other dialogue is visible Ctrl Q aie any dialogue will block the application ee DS application from quitting Close th t ee S ge This is the system default dialogue window If no ae SE SE short cut for quitting There Alt F4 dialogue is visible it will try 8 is no way to block and to close the designer A e modify the shortcut application Close the current dialogue In some dialogues the In general it is identical to shortcut is disabled The pressing the user must click on some Escape Cancel Close No button or button to close the the user clicks the close dialogue or the dialogue button in the title bar can close automatically 1 At least one project open Ctrl Z Undo 2 The current focus widget does not has use its own undo redo functions such as text edit Ctrl Y Redo 3 The project is modified undo redo available Ctrl D switch to the designer 1 No other dialogue is window visible Switch to the welcome 2 The welcome is not in Ctrl W window floating state This is a system default key All shortcuts embedded in Alt Show embedded shortcuts menu button etc will be in the current UI highlighted The actual key can be changed in the localization file Trigger the default action of a widget For example pe show the pop up of a combo box press a button toggle a checkbox radio button etc If a d
79. n builder is split into three parts one each for Visual Elements Hardware elements Function elements Function builder has three modes for displaying relationships between visual elements hardware elements and function elements To select the mode follow these steps 1 Right click function builder just below the title bar show element relationships Select the mode from this sub menu To change mode once this mode is enabled click on the elements header for respective relationship display mode e Visual Elements Mode All visual elements in the project are enabled and selecting a particular visual element will show all connected function elements Similarly clicking on the available function elements will show all connected hardware elements e Function Elements Mode All function elements in the project are enabled and selecting a particular function element will show the connected visual element and also the connected hardware element e Hardware Elements Mode All hardware elements in the project are enabled and a particular hardware element will show the connected function elements and selecting the function element will show the connect visual elements Context menu actions provided in the function builder Context menu actions provided in the function builder also depend on the type of elements selected e Context menu actions for all elements Select layer Sort by 1 Name 2 Layer 3 Ascending 4 Descending Page 43 of
80. n the canvas Element Related Properties Some of the elements have extra properties other than these common properties Image e Name defines an element s identifier The image resource s identifier name must have at least 2 characters and cannot have more than 255 characters including the file extension Only the following characters are allowed KC to EN IA to Z IO to EN WI Space se ae E TH St KA CN We II H Reg G SH ON Re E T The name cannot start with space or and the following keywords are reserved case insensitive AUX COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 COMS COM6 COM7 COM8 COM9 CON LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 LPT4 LPTS LPT6 LPT7 LPT8 LPT9 NUL PRN For example identifier name aux png is not allowed and aux image png is also not allowed But aux_image png and image aux png are allowed The image resource s identifier must have the same extension as the image format e Source This property stores name of the image source which is set in for the image element Change in this source will change the image shown in this element Should be a valid image file v The image formats supported for this element are bmp jpg jpeg png gif tif and tiff Page 18 of 73 Note Too big animated files may consume more CPU on the device The max size of animated files supported on the device also depends on the other elements used to design the project Line e Length Defines the length of t
81. n the visual element v Any decimal values from 0 to 359 99 in degrees The start stop and final stop cannot be the same e Center This sets center point for the gradient colour that is applied on the visual element input value is with respect to the visual elements e Spread o Pad Spread o Reflect Spread o Repeat Spread Note 1 Performing this gradient fill action creates a new visual element which can be used like any other visual element to combine with function and hardware elements 2 The original visual element on which this action was performed does not get deleted and still exists on the canvas after performing this action Page 20 of 73 Path Element This element is not available in the library and can be created using the context menu actions provided in the canvas Merge Actions are available in the context menu when there are two elements which overlap each other The Merge actions that can be performed on two elements to create this element are Combine Elements This combines the two elements by performing add on the two visual elements path Intersect Elements This combines the two elements by performing intersect on the two visual elements path Subtract Elements This combines the two elements by performing subtract on the two visual elements path Note 1 The performed merge action creates a new visual element which can be used like any other visual element to combine with function and hardware elements 2
82. name cannot contain these characters 1 Renaming the project and the entered new name is invalid and does not satisfy the validity conditions The project name cannot start or end with Renaming the project and if is used at the start or end of the project id name The project name cannot start or end with white space Renaming the project and if white space is used at the start or end of the project id name The project name is invalid Renaming the project and the project name entered does not satisfy the validity conditions This project is already open Open new project and the new project selected is already open in the design studio This project may have been created in a later version of 1 You can still open it but the project may not work properly and data may lose if you change the project s name image resources or save the project Would your like to open it anyway Try to open a project which was created by a newer version of the Design studio Page 57 of 73 This project was created in an earlier version of 1 You must upgrade it first Try to open a project which was created by an older version of the Design studio Unknown Project Version Try to open a project whose version number is modified externally and is not recognized by the design studio This name is reserved Rename project with a standard reserved key for the list of reserved key words
83. nformation on the validity state of the project If the project has validation errors this action will display a dialogue box with a list of validation errors The project can be uploaded to the device if and only if all the validation errors are resolved Upload Project To upload the current working project in PanelPilotACE Design Studio do one of the following e On the File menu click upload e Press F6 e Upload option provided in the context menu for the project in the project browser Upload project action validates the current project and if the project has no validation errors upload project dialogue box appears and the once you confirm upload action the project is uploaded to the device In case of validation errors you have to resolve the issues and then upload action can be performed For more information on validation errors refer to Errors and Warning Note Page 6 of 73 1 The upload action is disabled in the File menu if the device is not connected to the system 2 F6 pressed when device is inactive not connected will show up information dialogue asking the user to connect the device to perform this action Preview in Emulator To preview the current working project in PanelPilotACE Design Studio do one of the following e On the File menu clicks preview e Press F5 e Preview option provided in the context menu for the project in the project browser PanelPilotACE Design Studio has an option to preview th
84. ng rectangle Center screen the screen view can be shifted by right click of the mouse on the canvas view and drag Center screen action centers the view e Context menu actions for Visual Elements excluding group elements and text box elements All the actions provided for screen Copy copy any visual element Cut cut any visual element Paste paste the visual element after performing cut or copy action Delete delete the visual element Send Backward decrease the layer number by one Send to back decrease the layer number to zero Bring Forward increase the layer number by one Bring to front increase the layer number to the highest layer number in the project Save as Template save the selected elements as template in the user templates Save to picture save the image of selected elements to image a file long format Add Gradient Fill creates a gradient element using the selected visual element e Context menu actions for Group Elements All actions provided for visual elements except Add Gradient Fill Ungroup ungroup the group elements in to individual visual elements and the group element get deleted any function or hardware elements connected to this group element becomes invalid e Context menu actions for Text Box Elements All actions provided for visual elements except Add Gradient Fill Auto Fit Page 41 of 73 o Auto fit to content The text box is re sized to fit the text o Auto fit to text box The text w
85. ngs value mathematical constants to construct the mathematical expression 3 The context menu in the expression area provides insert before insert after options to insert operators functions or operands to the expression 4 Clear button is provided to clear the entire expression constructed The buttons marked red indicate syntactical errors and orange indicate the selected current selected part of the expression Set Expression Action Set Rule This widget is provides controls to add in set of assignment expressions The steps to be followed to add in assignment expression 1 Double click or Right and select add in the area provided for assignment expression or click Add button provided 2 Double click in the box provided table widget for left hand side of the assignment expression to add in the left hand operator 3 Double click in the box provided table widget for right hand side of the assignment expression to add in the right hand operator 4 Clear button is provided to clear the entire table widget PanelPilotACE Design Studio Short cut keys pptemple file Scope Sub Scope Windows Description Condition Global The main Open a dialogue to create a Se Ctrl N No other dialogue is visible window has new project to be visible o file dial t Ctrl O para j SEN g No other dialogue is visible select a pproj file to open 1 The designer window is Save the current project to
86. nts included If the user provides a description during export action the description will show in the tool tip e Edit Description The description can be changed using this option e Delete To delete the user template from the library also supports delete key e Expand All Tree view control e Collapse All Tree view control Canvas The canvas provides an area to design the project screens The size of the canvas view is same as that of the display screen Adding Elements to the Canvas To add an element to the canvas do one of the following Page 40 of 73 e Double click the selected element from the Library e Drag the selected element and Drop them on the canvas to its required position e Canvas Context menu provides option to create Path Elements and Gradient Elements Note The visual elements that are contained within the screen size provided are visible on the device display or emulator view Context menu actions for Canvas Context menu actions on the canvas are different for different elements that come under the mouse click area e Context menu actions for screen Position X and Y coordinates of the mouse click point convenient to drop visual elements in exact position Paste perform paste actions for copied visual elements image resources Zoom In Perform zoom in actions for the screen canvas view Zoom Out Perform zoom out action for the screen canvas view Screen Boundary show the screen boundi
87. nts that use output signal type Switch Switch with Indicator Digital Output Controller Default Screen Project s default screen can be set here Default screen is the first screen to be loaded on to the device display screen To set default screen for a project do one of the following Project browser click project change the default screen property in the property editor Project browser right click the screen and select set as default screen option provided in the context menu Note Default screen in the project browser is always indicated in bold fonts Creating a New Project This tutorial guides you through the process of creating a new project in PPACE Design Studio Design Window To create a new project in design studio do one of the following Click the New Project Button on the toolbar Press Ctrl N On File Menu click New Any of these steps launches the New Project dialogue box from which you can select the project that you want to create The New Project Dialogue Once the New Project Dialogue opens user can change the project name and also the storage path for the created project files User can select the Device Model for the project to be designed An option is provided to remember the Device Model and the project path as default Project location this is the default Device Model and path set in for new project action The new project thus created has an empty screen for the user to start des
88. o be set on triggering the error Error Behaviour duration set up the duration for which the error behavior is to be in force for the error triggered On Error Action set up the action to be performed on error triggered Error Handler RS232 Receive This element sets an error behavior for any receive related errors that occur during RS232 communication RS232 Receive set up link to the RS232 receive element for which the error handling is to be configured Error Triggers this property enables the type of error to be detected during receive operation performed on serial COM Port e Name decode error enables the name decode error for the variable value to be received by the RS232 receive element linked e Data type decode error enables the data type decode error for the variable values to be received by the RS232 receive element linked e Data value decode error enables the data value decode error for the variable values to be received by the RS232 receive element linked e Data overflow error enables the data overflow error for the RS232 receive element it is linked to Error Behaviour set up link to the error behavior element that needs to be set on triggering the error Error Behaviour duration set up the duration for which the error behavior is to be in force for the error triggered On Error Action set up the action to be performed on error triggered Error Handler RS232 Send This element sets an error b
89. o save the list The rule in the list created is not valid and confirms if you still want to save the invalid list Cannot assign value to itself The left side of the rule and the right side cannot have same operands Duplicate expressions found The rule list set has duplicate set of rules Element 1 does not have runtime property 2 The operand used on the right hand side of the rule is a function element s property and the function element set does not have any runtime properties The left part is invalid The left part of the rule is invalid The left property is not assignable The property set on the left hand side of the rule is a read only property The left property is not set The element is selected for the left hand side of the rule but the property is not set The left property s element is not set The element is not set for the left hand side of the rule The left variable is not set The variable is not set for the left hand side of the rule The right part is invalid The right hand side of the rule is invalid The right part is not a valid Boolean value The right hand side of the rule is Boolean but is not valid The right part is not a valid number The right hand side of the rule is not a valid number The right property is not set The right hand side of the rule element is set but the property is not set The right property s el
90. o store the project files if this files directory could not be created The application path does not exist The application path which stores the application related information could not be found The calibration files directory cannot be created The application creates a file structure to store the calibration information for the device if this directory could not be created The user directory cannot be accessed The application creates projects folder to store the user created project using the Design studio if this directory cannot be accessed The user directory cannot be created The application creates projects folder to store the user created project using the Design studio if this directory could not be created There was a problem loading the application tutorials The application getting started tutorials could not be loaded There was a problem loading the emulator The emulator initialization was not successful There was a problem loading the hardware configurations The hardware configuration for the application could not be loaded Page 56 of 73 There was a problem loading the plugins The plugins directory could not be loaded There was a problem loading the project versions log The project versions log for upgrading the projects was not loaded There was a problem loading the templates The project templates and element templates could n
91. ot be loaded Project related errors and warning Error Message or Warning Trouble shooting Information The following image already exists in the project 1 Adding image files if the image already exists in the project s image resources The project 1 has been modified Do you want to save your changes The current working project in the design studio is changed and if user tries to close the design studio without saving the project file The project 1 is already deleted Try to close the project which is already deleted The project cannot be opened because the following image cannot be found 1 The image resources of the project are deleted for a saved project file and try to open the project in the designer The project directory is inaccessible Try to open a project in recent projects tab in welcome window and the project file is already deleted The project file cannot be found Try to open a project file using recent projects link in the Design window file menu and the project file is already deleted The project file is damaged Trying to open a project in the design studio and if the project has some invalid objects not recognized by design studio Are you sure you want to delete this image When delete action is performed on the image resource of the project this is action is confirmed with this message You can choose to cancel this action The project
92. ows the user to control the connected PanelPilotACE Device The configurator has these features e Once device is connected it displays the Device serial number Device Model and the Device Software version number e Design Studio supports multiple device connection A pull down connected device list allows the user to select the target device Only the target device will respond and process the request from the Design Studio e If the device is not connected inactive it displays not connected e The Drop down menu provided at the right hand corner of the device configurator provides these actions gt Identify device when clicked shows the device information on the selected target device Therefore user can identify the target device if multiple devices are connected gt Hardware Information Gives the detailed device information Hardware information includes the firmware version and software version of the device Based on the version number you can check the compatibility of the latest upgrade package on the web site before applying the upgrade gt Device Configuration Gives user an option to back up or restore the device calibration information set real time clock and set a splash screen on the device By default all configure options are disabled on the dialogue User can enable the configure options individually All changes will be applied to the device when you click the Configure button Device calibration backup and restor
93. packages are embedded within the setup file and extracted during installation e Downgrade of the installed version of the designer software is not allowed and can only be upgraded to a newer version The user if need be can uninstall the new version and then install the older version Page 71 of 73 Pre requisites for PanelPilotACE Design Studio Application The Panel Pilot ACE application is dependent on the Microsoft Visual C 2010 Re distributable package This will be automatically installed on the system if not already installed Upgrading the software Upgrading the Software includes upgrading two components 1 Panel Pilot ACE Design Studio Application software The changes in design software and bug fixes will need to upgrade the design software New release of the PanelPilotACE Design Studio software is provided with a new installer which will upgrade the current installed software on the system to the new version Every upgrade of the software includes the bug fixes for the older versions of the software 2 Panel Pilot ACE Device Software The changes in device components due to changes in the design software with modified features or new features added in the designer elements will need to upgrade the device software New release of the PanelPilotACE Device software is available as ppsw file To upgrade the device software follows these steps Run PanelPilotACE Design Studio application Connect the PanelPilotAC
94. port and provide the location to store the project template is saved in a file template name provided pptemplate format Page 7 of 73 Once the template is exported to a location it can be imported in to the Design Studio to make it available in the application using following options e On File Menu click Import Templates e Double click the project template file e Drag and Drop project template project templates in to the Design Studio Note In case the Design Studio is busy with any device related action such as upgrade upload reboot the templates may not get added to the Design Studio on performing any of the above actions to import the project templates Basing new projects on templates To save time you can base multiple projects on a single project template that contains default settings and design elements You can create a new project using the project templates as base designs follow these steps e Browse to the Home Window Templates e Select the type of template System Templates or User Templates e Double click the template in the New Project Dialogue provide the new name and project location Note In case you have not imported any user templates in to the Design Studio Templates will only display the System Templates and the User Templates tab is not created Recent Projects To open recent project do one of the following e On the File menu click recent projects and select the project link and start desi
95. radient The start position must be different from the final stop position The start point and final stop point for linear gradients cannot be same Irregular Polygon The size is too small If the size is too small for irregular polygon You cannot have more than 1 points The maximum number of points an irregular polygon regular polygon can have Emulator dialogue errors and warnings Element Error Message or Warning Trouble shooting Information Analogue The range is too small If the range set for analogue input is too small Page 70 of 73 input settings dialogue The range is too small the minimum precision is 1 The analogue input in the emulator has a slider control and is provided with settings button to set the input value range and it s precision The range set should be larger than the precision set Analogue Clock The visual element is being used as the hour and minute hand by the clock Analogue clock should be linked to three unique visual elements The visual element is being used as the hour and second hand by the clock Analogue clock should be linked to three unique visual elements The visual element is being used as the hour hand by the clock Analogue clock should be linked to three unique visual elements The visual element is being used as the minute and second hand by the clock Analogue clock shou
96. rce having the same name as the one that already exists in the project adding image resource image element using Copy and Paste Drag and Drop The image file is invalid The image file is damaged The image file you have chosen does not exist The image file is deleted outside the design studio The image format of 1 does not match its file extension The image content and file extension do not match or invalid image resource The image name cannot have more than 255 characters Image name is not valid The image name is invalid Image name does not satisfy validity conditions The image source is not set Image resource of the project the source is not set The image s name cannot contain these characters 1 Image name is not valid The image s name cannot contain this character 1 Image name is not valid The image s name cannot have more than 255 characters including the extension Image name is not valid The name is in the wrong format Please ensure you include the image s file extension 1 Image name is not valid The name must have the same file extension as the image file Image file and the image file name extension do not match This is an invalid image Please choose another image The image resource set for the image element is not valid Unknown Format The image file added is not supported by the design studio appl
97. reen The link to a group element exists but the group element does not exist anymore Cannot find hardware element 1 in the screen The link to a hardware element exists but the hardware element does not exist anymore Cannot find output element 1 in the screen The link to an output element exists but the output element does not exist anymore Cannot find project variable 1 The link to a project variable exists but the project variable does not exist anymore Cannot find screen 1 in the project The link to a screen exists but the screen in the project does not exist anymore Cannot find text element 1 in the screen The link to a text box element exists but the text box element does not exist anymore Cannot find visual element 1 in the screen The link to a visual element exists but the visual element does not exist anymore The action element is not set Link to an action element is not set If no action element of the required type exists in the screen you need to create one The from value and to value must be different The valid value range set for voltage scaling both the values cannot be the same The group element is not set Link to a group element is not set If no group element exists in the screen you need to create one The hardware element is not set Link to a hardware element is not set If no hardware element exists in the screen you need to
98. refer validity conditions At least one screen is required A project has no screen added The following characters are not allowed 1 Open new project and entered new name of the project has invalid characters The project name cannot contain these characters 1 The name of project should not contain the invalid set of characters The project name cannot contain this character 1 Project name should follow some naming conventions The project name cannot have more than 248 characters Project name should follow some naming conventions The project name cannot start or end with Project name should follow some naming conventions The project name cannot start or end with white space Project name should follow some naming conventions The project name is invalid Project name should follow some naming conventions Are you sure you want to delete this project variable When delete action is performed on the project variables action is confirmed with this message You can choose to cancel this action Are you sure you want to delete this screen When delete action is performed on the project screen action is confirmed with this message You can choose to cancel this action 1 There are validation errors in 2 3 Please fix them and try again Preview F5 Validate F4 performed on Project shows this error if the project elements are not valid 1 There i
99. s a validation error in 2 3 Please fix it and try again Preview F5 Validate F4 performed on Project shows this error if any project element is not valid Cannot delete the default screen Project browser try to delete the screen which is set as default screen Default screen in the project cannot be deleted Change the default screen of the project and then delete the screen Cannot delete this image resource because it is used by some image element in a group Delete action performed on image resource in the project browser will show this information if the image is used by any image element in the project Cannot detect the project s version When open project action is performed and if the project to be loaded has a version number which is not recognized by the Design studio this message is displayed Page 58 of 73 Failed to save copy File save copy as action performed failed File name cannot contain these characters 1 Project name should follow some naming conventions Please supply a name for your project New Project action should enter a name for the new project to be created The directory you have chosen does not exist New Project action if the directory specified for the new project does not exist The following image has an unsupported filename n 1 On adding image resource to the project and if the image format is not supported
100. s max voltage is mapped to this value Valid Value Range the user can set a valid value range value is in between min and max values Visual element set up link to the Visual element Fixed Point This configures the rotation point for the visual element For a valid set of values please refer rotation in common properties Angle Range This configures the minimum and maximum rotation angle for the minimum and maximum scaled voltage value of the analogue input This rotation is applied on the visual element v Validation The minimum angle range value should be smaller than the maximum angle RS232 Error Behavior This element is used to configure error handling behavior for RS232 related communication functions The properties that need to be configured are ErrorBehaviour The type of behavior to be set on the visual element it gets connected to when used in RS232 error handlers Can be of following types Blink o Number of blinks sets in the number of times the blinking is to be performed on the visual element set o Blink interval Set the interval between blinks in seconds o Blink duration Set the duration for blinking Change Colour This allows the user to choose colour o Inverted Colour The colour of the visual element set is inverted o Transparent The visual element set is made transparent o Custom Colour The visual element set will change to the custom colour set Change Opacity to change the opacity of th
101. s not valid The image s name cannot contain these characters 1 Image name is not valid The image s name cannot contain this character 1 Image name is not valid You must supply the file extension 1 Renaming an image resource in project browser property editor should provide a valid extension to the image file name Logic Builder Cannot find a close bracket that matches the open bracket at 1 The logical expression built using logic builder which has syntactical error Cannot find a close bracket that matches this open bracket The logical expression built using logic builder which has syntactical error Cannot find an open bracket that matches the close bracket at 1 The logical expression built using logic builder which has syntactical error Cannot find an open bracket that matches this close bracket The logical expression built using logic builder which has syntactical error Component at 1 is an invalid property The element property used in building logical expression is not valid Component at 1 is an invalid variable The variable used in building logical expression is not a valid variable Component at 1 must be a close bracket or operand The logical expression built using logic builder has syntactical error Component at 1 must be a value or open bracket The logical expression built using logic builder has syntactical error
102. seful to assign functionality to a group of elements as a whole A container element has a position property which is used as a reference location for all its contained elements Hardware Integration Elements are non visual elements that expose the device s hardware features to other elements User Defined Templates Element Templates is a collection of any of the above set of elements selected and saved by the user as template to reuse the basic set of components while designing the screens of the project Page 15 of 73 Standard Meters This provides users with some of the common and basic pre designed meter with pre configured elements Once this element is added to the canvas customise the individual settings and configurations of its elements can be adjusted as needed For more information on adding elements to the canvas follow Adding elements to canvas Visual Elements This provides users with some basic shapes which can be a used to design meter displays e Ellipse e Image e Line e Polygon Irregular Polygon e Polygon Regular Polygon e Rectangle e Text Box e Path Element e Gradient Element Common Properties The following are some of the common properties and their valid value e Name defines an element s identifier The element s identifier name must have at least 2 characters and cannot have more than 255 characters Only the following characters are allowed v g to Le IA
103. tion elements 1 is neither an alarm output element nor a digital output element Switch Function elements the output hardware element should be linked to either digital output or alarm output 1 is not a PWM output element Output Controller and Control Switch function elements should be connected to PWM output element only 1 is not a digital input output element Digital Channel Indicator function element can be connected to digital input output element only 1 is not a digital output element Digital output controller function element should be connected to digital output element and is controlled by an analogue input element 1 is not a group element Group meter function element can be applied on visual element which is a group element only 1 is not a text element Date and time display and Digital display function elements can be linked to visual elements which are Text box element only 1 is not an Action Load Screen element Set Rule function element provides link to screen to perform load screen action if this link to screen is not valid 1 is not an Action Property Changes Load Screen Set Rule or Logic Builder element Logic Builder function element is connected to two action elements which should one of Property changes Load screen or Set rule 1 is not an Action Property Changes element Set Rule can be linked to Change properties action ele
104. tiple elements selected To know the exact position on the canvas right click canvas for context menu the first item in this menu shows the coordinates To know the exact number of the point of an irregular polygon use tool tip provided on the canvas it displays the point number To know which is the start point and the end point of a line use the tool tip provided on the canvas To shift the canvas position right click the mouse and drag the canvas to the required position To work with overlapping visual elements use check box provided on the left hand side of the visual elements in the function builder to hide the visual elements and lock their position Page 42 of 73 11 To change the order in which the visual elements are overlapped change their layer number Properties Editor Properties of all designer elements that include visual elements hardware elements and function elements can be edited using controls provided for the properties of each of these elements in the properties editor Properties of visual elements can be changed using mouse handles on the canvas Every property of the designer element has a label to display the property name control to change its property value and an error field label which will display the validation errors if any Some of the properties of the visual element are inter dependent Function Builder Function builder is designed to show the relation between each of the designer elements Functio
105. to include the new features enhance the available features introduced in the Design Studio Select upgrade device software on the menu and select the upgrade software package file to start the upgrade process available online if new device software is released For more information on upgrading software refer upgrading the software Design Studio will check the device compatibility with the application before applying the upgrade process After clicking upgrade button to confirm the upgrade process Design Studio will upload the upgrade software package and install the package onto the device Device will restart after the installation Do not disconnect or power off the device until the device upgrade process is complete gt Reboot device User may connect PPA device to his own circuit and want to test the project startup hardware initialization or status change User can use the reboot device function to warm boot the device PanelPilotACE Integrated Development Environment IDE PanelPilotACE Design Studio provides a complete integrated development environment for designers to create display applications without writing a line of code it has two main Windows Page 12 of 73 e Home Window This window guides the user with creating projects e Design Window This window provides an environment to add different elements to the project with a canvas view to control the designing features PanelPilotACE Home Window The home window pro
106. tput element is Link to digital input output element is not set not set The digital output element is being Digital output elements values cannot be set or used by 1 controlled by two different function elements The digital output element is not set Link to digital output element is not set If no digital output hardware element exists in the screen you need to create one The element is not in a project The link set to an element exists but the element does not exist anymore Alarm The indicator and reset elements Alarm function element the link to indicator cannot be the same visual element and the reset element visual element should be two different visual elements Colour Meter The visual element does not have a border property Colour meter changes colour of the border and also the colour of the visual element Border property does not exist for the visual element that it is connect to invalid link The visual element does not have a colour property Colour meter changes colour of the border and also the colour of the visual element Colour property does not exist for the visual element that it is connect to invalid link Control switch The visual element is being used by the decrease switch element and level indicator element Control switch uses link to three visual elements All these visual element link need to be different The visual element is being used by the decrease switch ele
107. uble shooting Information Project variable with name 1 already exists in the current project Project variables added to the project should have unique name The name cannot have more than 248 characters Project variables name cannot have a length more than these many characters The name is not unique Project Scope Project variables defined in a project are available to all the screens in the project so their name should be unique for the entire project Page 59 of 73 Screen related errors and warning Error Message or Warning Trouble shooting Information At least one element is required Upload project is performed with a screen with no elements on it The screen s name cannot have more Screen name cannot have more than 247 characters than 247 characters Element related errors and warning Element Error Message or Warning Trouble shooting Information An image named 1 in the project is the same as this image Image Adding an image resource which already exists in the project with another name adding image resource image element using Copy and Paste Drag and Drop An image named 1 is already in the project Please choose another image Adding an image resource which already exists in the project adding image resource image element using Copy and Paste Drag and Drop An image resource with name 1 already exists Adding an image resou
108. uilder This widget provides controls to build a logical expression using the properties of elements used in the project project variables and constant values The steps to build a logical expression are 1 Double click or right click and select add in the area provided for expression Page 45 of 73 2 The expression area also provides a context menu to add copy paste clear while building an expression 3 Different types Number Boolean String of constants are provided which can be used in constructing the expression The current button is marked in orange and the syntax error in the expression is highlighted with button marked in red Change Properties Action This widget provides controls to set changes in properties of elements with a view of the element and its properties in the dialogue The steps to set a change in properties of element elements used in the project are 1 Double click on the element for which the properties are to be changed 2 In dialogue that opens select the properties that need to be changed and the required value of the changes 3 Once the required changes are set user can test using preview button and re select it to bring back the visual elements to normal state 4 Clear button is provided to clear all the property changes set 5 Debug button is provided to show the elements and the properties that are changed with the new value set Logical Expression builder Logic Builder This widg
109. vides an interface to guide you through designing projects using design studio have access to recently created projects and a set of pre designed basic templates This window is designed as a separable window to allow switching of home and design window This enables users to watch tutorial videos and design projects simultaneously The Home window can be made a separable window by using this option Window menu and click separate welcome If the user has two displays on one PC the user can have the design window and the other can have welcome window showing the tutorial video Getting Started Getting started is designed to help beginners start designing projects using different elements provided in the library and making use of the controls to change their properties as required for building customised display projects These tutorial videos are installed with the software and available to the user for guidance Templates Templates are the basic pre designed project with pre configured element settings which can be used as base for creating new projects Templates can be system templates or user templates System templates are pre designed project templates installed with PanelPilotACE Design Studio the templates page has list of system templates whilst the user templates page is available only after user templates have been imported in to the design studio For more information on creating and importing user templates follow the steps given in

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