Screen Hierarchy; Accessing Displays From The Hierarchy; Accessing Displays With Screen Hierarchies And Associations - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx Operator's Manual

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Screen Hierarchy

Accessing Displays
from the Hierarchy
Accessing Displays
with Screen
Hierarchies and
Associations
SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx 4.1.2 Operator
When the system is in the Operate state and a user is logged in, the screen
hierarchy for the current display appears in the navigation area of the
screen shown in Figure
device to select an associated display from the screen.
To access associated displays in a screen hierarchy, the operator selects one
of the targets in the navigation area of the screen, or presses the
appropriate key (
Report
The operator may use the directional navigational buttons (Up, Down, Left,
Right) for one display, but they do not operate from an associated display if
the engineer has not configured them in that display. The operator can
always use the Previous button to return to the previous display.
Figure 1-25 Screen Hierarchy Page Area
Only the screen types configured for the hierarchy of the current display
appear in the navigation area while the system is in the Operate state.
OSx allows the plant engineer to link process graphics and other associated
displays logically in screen hierarchies. This structure, or hierarchy, allows
an operator to take shortcuts when paging from screen to screen. The
operator can monitor a process more easily and respond to problems with
greater efficiency.
Each display type (graphic, real-time trend, historical trend, tag group) can
have one or more displays associated with it.
of how displays could be associated. The current display can be an overview
graphic, for example, with real-time and historical trends and help screens.
A page to the right could show another production line or area with its own
associated displays.
If you want an operator to configure or to modify screen hierarchies, you
must assign the appropriate security privileges. Refer to the chapter on
configuring screen hierarchies in the
Configuration Manual
information.
1-25. This allows an operator to use the pointing
, for example) on the operator keyboard.
SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx Process
for configuration procedures and additional
Figure 1-26 shows an example
OSx Station Basics
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