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Building HMI Applications in Visual Studio .NET

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Mike Smith, Development Tools Product Manager

Building HMI Applications in Visual Studio .NET

Agenda – 1 Hour Reading / Writing PLC data using runtime

free components Displaying animated graphics using the

Symbol Factory .NET library of 3600 industrial objects

Read data from OPC data sources Trending data Sending plotted data to a log file Summary Discussion, Questions & Answers

What are the Requirements?

Visual Studio .NET (2005 is used in this example). You can use C# or VB.

Components to communicate to your PLC. Connecting directly to the PLC

using the INGEAR.NET family of components.

Connecting to an OPC Server using the OPC Extender component.

EMD Virtual Keyboard for keyboard-less applications

Symbol Factory .NET to supply you with over 3,600 industrial symbols – each that can be animated.

Plot Pack .NET to display your trend data and to log the data.

Visual Studio to 1-N Devices

INGEAR.NET Components for Visual Studio.NET

Supported on both Visual Studio 2003 and 2005

Makes DIRECT connections to the PLC.

Components available to connect to Allen-Bradley and GE Fanuc PLCs via Ethernet.

Easy to use. No point count limits or other

artificial limits.

OPC Extender.NET

Supported in Visual Studio 2003, 2005, and 2008.

Turn any .NET component into an OPC Client without writing any code.

Connects to any OPC Server (TOPServer, OmniServer, INGEAR, Kepware, Matrikon, etc.), which in turn talks to your PLC.

EMD Virtual Keyboard .NET

Supported in Visual Studio 2005 Set of on-screen keyboard

components perfect for: Industrial Operator/Machine Interfaces Point of Sale applications Information Kiosks

Multilingual keyboards Easy to implement, easy to deploy

Symbol Factory .NET

Supported in Visual Studio 2003, 2005, and 2008.

Over 3,600 industrial graphics that can be animated.

Each graphic is a vector graphic – meaning it can scale up and down in size without loss in image quality.

Free tank cutaway control for showing tank fills.

Unlimited number of instances on a form.

Plot Pack .NET

Supported in Visual Studio 2003 and 2005.

Real-time plotting component perfect for trending data or scatter diagrams.

Unlimited number of channels. Mix and match trending data from different sources for maximum visual effect.

Visual layout can be changed at both Design and Run time.

Log incoming data to a log file.

Live Demonstration

Now, let’s take a look at a live demonstration:

What Tools are Needed?

Runtime-free distribution rights. Bundled solutions available containing:

INGEAR.NET direct connect components for Allen-Bradley and GE Fanuc PLCs Two Allen-Bradley components and one GE Fanuc

component available. Developer Licenses: $999 US per component

OPC Extender .NET OPC Client components for connecting to OPC Servers - $1195 US

EMD Virtual Keyboard - $395 US Symbol Factory .NET Industrial Graphics

Component - $795 US Plot Pack .NET Visual Trending component -

$895 US

Contact Information & Other Learning Opportunities

Questions later? Mike Smith

msmith@softwaretoolbox.com 888-665-3678 x 1328 or 704-849-2773 x1328

For More Information: Visit our Visual Studio .NET HMI Information Web

Page and download FREE demonstration packages of the products you’ve seen here: http://www.vsnethmi.net

Other learning opportunities: Visit www.softwaretoolbox.com/webinars for a

listing of other webinars.