The WinCC OA DemoApplication is a simple WinCC OA project that implements a number of process control and visualization tasks from different sectors of the automation industry as examples. The project is primarily intended for demonstration purposes and getting a basic understanding of the range of features WinCC OA has to offer. However, this application can also be used as an introductory manual for users collecting first experiences while creating their own WinCC OA projects. The DemoApplication can thus be applied to numerous smaller project exercises or used as a basis for new projects. A few of the different scenarios described originate from real applications and have merely been simplified. Others again have been made up for imagined situations. In either case, the interfaces, contents and data structures are only intended for demonstration and should in no way be seen as real world representations. |
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Users looking for a quick introduction into drawing process displays or linking process variables to the graphics properties of display elements, should particular look at the chapter Getting Started - GEDI Quicktour. |
Buttons for direct and context-based access to the help facility are found in various key places in the interface. The DemoApplication help contains links to relevant chapters of the WinCC OA online help. |
From a user viewpoint the help facility presents the contents in two different ways. One approach starts from the interface, explaining the relevant function, usually in the context of the scenarios used. In the other approach, explanations of how a particular animation, set of functions or analysis has been created are provided at numerous points within the help facility. These references should not be seen as a "snap course" in WinCC OA, but simply provide an entry point. Understanding more complex parameter settings and functions is often only possible after reading the relevant chapter of the online help or attendance on a WinCC OA training course. |
Two short chapters on the subject "Graphics Editor - GEDI" and "Data point configuration - PARA Module" complete this highly interface-oriented introduction to the subject. |
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Introduction, motivation and target group for the DemoApplication |
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Software and hardware requirements, installing the DemoApplication |
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Opening and closing the project, starting individual components |
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User names and passwords for accessing the DemoApplication |
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Information about multi screen configuration and about the individual configuration of screens. |
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Layout of the central operational panel of the DemoApplication |
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Process displays used in the DemoApplication |
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Summary of what the operating block buttons do |
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Options for panel selection and operation |
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Facility for setting visibility layers in process displays |
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Alert panel, alert horn, group alerts, etc. |
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Details about the process displays used |
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Example panels for presentation of the WinCC OA graphics possibilities |
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Trend diagram options and examples |
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Details of the WinCC OA reporting tools |
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Implemented simulation for generating realistic values for the various industry scenarios. |
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Central settings for the project |
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Panel from which you can open standard dialog boxes for reporting or configuration |
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Changes to the design, simulation, sounds etc. can be made in this panel |
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Values in WinCC OA are saved in a dedicated database (History DB) |
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Compression of measured values in several levels (5 min value, 15 min value etc.) |
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Alerts in WinCC OA are archived in the RAIMA DB. |
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Creating panels in WinCC OA and links to more advanced topics |
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Configuration of data points/data point types in WinCC OA and links to more advanced topics |
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Links to other relevant chapters in the Online help |
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