Expanding User Displays From The Operator Interface; Set Wide Display - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

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Expanding user displays from the operator interface

"Expand user interface" is implemented with an interpreter and configuration files that
describe the user interfaces. The "Expand user interface" tools can be used to create user
interfaces, which display functional expansions designed by the machine manufacturer or
end user, or simply to implement your own screen form layout.
User interfaces configured by Siemens or non-Siemens machine manufacturers can be
modified or replaced. The interpreter is available for HMI-Embedded, ShopMill and
ShopTurn on the NCU.
Part programs, for example, can be edited on user interfaces created by users. Screen forms
can be created directly on the control system.
The application diskette and PaintShopPro (http://www.jasc.com) are required to create
graphics and images.
The tool box supplied contains configuration examples for new screen forms. You can also
use these examples as a template for creating your own forms.
You cannot call user-defined dialog windows simultaneously in different channels, i.e., you
can only use the MMC command with a 1:1 link.
The exact procedure is described in the following submanual:
References
Expand User Interface (BE1)
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Set Wide Display

Introduction
The HMI-Embedded program is displayed on a large screen as "Wide Display" in such a way
that an area for OEM applications remains free in the upper section.
Prerequisite
To activate the "Wide Display" function, the following prerequisites apply:
● In conjunction with JobShop on PCU 50.
● The screen resolution must be at least 1280*1024 pixels.
● The "UpperScreen" function must be set to TRUE in the configuration file REGIE.INI.
● The sequence control stores the start position of the HMI program in the HMI_Start entry
● OEM applications must be regenerated with the current OEM package and the expansion
Commissioning HMI-Embedded (IM2)
Commissioning Manual, 01/2008, 6FC5397-8CP10-1BA0
in section [CONTROL] in the MMC.INI file.
of procedural control.
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