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Contents
Contents
1
Introduction.................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1
About the RTU500 series Function Description...................................................1-1
1.2
Preface................................................................................................................1-1
1.3
References.......................................................................................................... 1-1
Integrated HMI function..................................................................................................2-1

2.1
Overview............................................................................................................. 2-1
2.2
Connecting RTUs to a PC.................................................................................. 2-1
2.3
System requirements.......................................................................................... 2-2
Organization of the Integrated HMI................................................................................ 3-1

3.1
Elements of the Integrated HMI function.............................................................3-1

3.1.1
HMI Editor..........................................................................................3-1
3.1.2
User projects..................................................................................... 3-1
3.1.3
Component configuration...................................................................3-1
3.1.4
Deploying user projects..................................................................... 3-1
3.1.5
Starting HMI applications................................................................... 3-2
3.1.6
HMI client...........................................................................................3-2
Configuration.................................................................................................................. 4-1
4.1
Initial configuration of the HMI function............................................................... 4-1
4.2
Configuring the Process Archive functionality......................................................4-2
4.3
Configuring data points in monitoring direction................................................... 4-2

4.3.1
The Archive /Print tab........................................................................ 4-2
4.3.2
Configuring commands......................................................................4-4
HMI Editor......................................................................................................................5-1
5.1
Purpose of the HMI Editor.................................................................................. 5-1
5.2
Installation........................................................................................................... 5-1
5.3
Main elements of the HMI Editor........................................................................ 5-1
5.4
5.5
5.3.1
Project................................................................................................5-1
5.3.2
Pages.................................................................................................5-1
5.3.3
Components...................................................................................... 5-2
Main functions of the HMI Editor........................................................................ 5-2

5.4.1
Drawing function................................................................................ 5-2
5.4.2
Group function................................................................................... 5-2
5.4.3
Changing position and size................................................................5-3
5.4.4
Text font, text style and text size....................................................... 5-3
5.4.5
Line style selector.............................................................................. 5-3
5.4.6
Color picker....................................................................................... 5-4
5.4.7
Configuration object selector............................................................. 5-4
5.4.8
Keyboard support.............................................................................. 5-5
Using the HMI Editor.......................................................................................... 5-5
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5.5.2
'Page' menu...................................................................................... 5-6
5.5.3
'Insert' menu......................................................................................5-7
5.5.4
'Project menu................................................................................... 5-8
5.5.5
'Options' menu................................................................................ 5-16
5.5.6
'Info' menu.......................................................................................5-17
Properties of the active page............................................................................5-18
5.7
Manipulating components................................................................................. 5-18
HMI Library.................................................................................................................... 6-1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
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'File' menu......................................................................................... 5-5
5.6
6.1
5.5.1
Static components..............................................................................................6-2
6.1.1
Line component.................................................................................6-2
6.1.2
Rectangle component........................................................................6-2
6.1.3
Ellipse component............................................................................. 6-2
6.1.4
Polygon component...........................................................................6-3
6.1.5
Label component............................................................................... 6-3
6.1.6
Image component..............................................................................6-4
Dynamic components......................................................................................... 6-5

6.2.1
Byte value component....................................................................... 6-5
6.2.2
Integrated totals component.............................................................. 6-5
6.2.3
Text field component..........................................................................6-6
6.2.4
System time component....................................................................6-7
6.2.5
System event component.................................................................. 6-9
6.2.6
System event line component..........................................................6-10
Dynamic components with control....................................................................6-10

6.3.1
Symbol component..........................................................................6-11
6.3.2
Tap position component.................................................................. 6-13
6.3.3
Normalized value component...........................................................6-14
6.3.4
Bit string component....................................................................... 6-15
6.3.5
Floating point component................................................................ 6-15
Link components.............................................................................................. 6-16

6.4.1
Link label component.......................................................................6-16
6.4.2
Link button component....................................................................6-17
Table components............................................................................................ 6-18

6.5.1
History table component..................................................................6-18
6.5.2
Process archive list component....................................................... 6-19
6.5.3
Alarm list component....................................................................... 6-22
6.5.4
Time representation in tables........................................................... 6-22
HMI control components.................................................................................. 6-23

6.6.1
Control authority component........................................................... 6-23
6.6.2
Acknowledge audible alarm component.......................................... 6-24
6.7
Trend chart component.................................................................................... 6-24
6.8
Project-specific library extensions..................................................................... 6-25
Component views.......................................................................................................... 7-1
Contents
7.1
HMI Editor mode................................................................................................ 7-1
7.2
Component view editor.......................................................................................7-1

7.2.1
'View' menu....................................................................................... 7-2
7.2.2
Creating a new component view....................................................... 7-2
7.2.3
Changing the size of a component view............................................ 7-4
7.3
'Insert' menu.......................................................................................................7-4
7.4
Properties of view items..................................................................................... 7-5
7.5
Using component views......................................................................................7-6
Additional languages...................................................................................................... 8-1

8.1
Overview............................................................................................................. 8-1
8.2
Localizing the Integrated HMI: Step-by-step instruction...................................... 8-1
HMI runtime system....................................................................................................... 9-1

9.1
Loading a project into the RTU...........................................................................9-1
9.2
Starting an HMI application.................................................................................9-1
10
Limitations.................................................................................................................... 10-1
11
Glossary....................................................................................................................... 11-1
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Introduction
About the RTU500 series Function Description
1 Introduction
1.1
About the RTU500 series Function Description

The Function Description consists of several parts:
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Part 1: Overview
Explanation
Overview of the RTU500 series and system
architecture
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Part 2: Rack mounted solutions
Description of the RTU500 series rack solutions
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Part 3: DIN rail solutions
Description of the RTU500 series DIN rail solutions
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Part 4: Hardware modules
Overview of the RTU500 series rack and DIN

rail modules
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Part 5: SCADA functions
Description of the RTU500 series SCADA

functions
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Part 6: RTU500 functions
Description of the RTU500 series functions
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Part 7: Archive functions
Description of the RTU500 series Archive

functions
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Part 8: Integrated HMI
Description of the RTU500 series Integrated

HMI interface
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Part 9: Interfaces and Networks
Description of the RTU500 series Interface

and Network functions
Table 1: Parts of the Function Description
1.2
Preface
This manual describes the configuration engineering process for the integrated Human Machine
Interface (HMI) of the RTU500 series:
1.3
Organization of the HMI

Configuration
HMI Editor
Component library
Component views
Support of additional languages
HMI runtime system
Limitations of the HMI
References
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Integrated HMI User's Introduction into the usage of the integrated

Guide
HMI
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References
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Integrated HMI function

Overview
2 Integrated HMI function

2.1
Overview
The Integrated HMI function consists of the following software components:
HMI Editor (for offline configuration)
HMI runtime system (installed on the RTU)
The HMI Editor allows you to create customer-specific HMI pages using predefined components
from the included HMI Library.
You can use the HMI Editor to connect dynamic components to RTU data points. To support this
feature, the HMI Editor reads the list of data points from the RTUtil500 configuration file.
For each Integrated HMI function of the RTU500 series, the HMI Editor generates an HMI project
file (see "Fig. 1: Overview", page 1). The HMI project file is an additional configuration file that
needs to be uploaded to the RTU.
2.2
Connecting RTUs to a PC
To connect an RTU to a PC, use one of the following connection options:
Local area network (LAN) connection

Wide area network (WAN) connection
Dialed line or modem (PPP) connection
Direct serial (PPP) connection
USB interface connection (only RTU511)
Editor
Library
Client
RTU560
Figure 1: Overview
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Integrated HMI function

System requirements
2.3
System requirements
System requirements for the local PC:
Microsoft Windows compatible operating system
Microsoft Internet Explorer (recommended) or other Web browser
Java Runtime Environment (available on the RTUtil500 installation CD)
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Organization of the Integrated HMI

Elements of the Integrated HMI function
3 Organization of the Integrated HMI

3.1

The Integrated HMI function consists of the following elements:
3.1.1
HMI Editor
HMI Library
User project
HMI server
HMI application
HMI client
HMI Editor
The HMI Editor is an offline program for configuring user-specific pages for the Integrated HMI using
predefined components from the included HMI Library.
It generates user projects that can be uploaded to the RTU's CompactFlash file system. User
projects can be deployed as HMI applications.
3.1.2
User projects
A user project consists of one or more pages to which you can add components from the HMI
Library.
3.1.3
Component configuration
Components can be configured with the HMI Editor by the user.
Configuration of components is component-specific. This means that every component type has
its own configuration facilities.
The components available in the HMI Library are described in chapter "# 6" "HMI Library".
The HMI Editor provides also an interface to RTU configuration file (*.rcd) so that it is possible to
connect components to process data configured in RTUtil500. The selection of process data is done
by the object-name of the process data, so no separate addressing has to be done by the user for
this function. Modifications to the RTU configuration do not influence a link to a process data point,
until the process data is deleted.
3.1.4
Deploying user projects

To deploy a user project and start it as an HMI application, the user project needs to be uploaded
to the RTU CMU board on which the HMI server is configured. In order to run the HMI application,
a matching version of the HMI Library must be also be available on the CMU board.
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Organization of the Integrated HMI

3.1.5
Starting HMI applications

During startup of an HMI application on a client system, the HMI application automatically runs a
requirements check to ensure that the local cache of the client system contains the required version
of the HMI Library and the uploaded user project. If the cached version of the HMI Library or the
uploaded user project is out of date, the HMI application will update it.
If the requirements check was successful, the HMI application starts on the client system using the
uploaded user project.
3.1.6
HMI client
The HMI application includes an HMI client.
The HMI client automatically initiates the communication session with the HMI server on the RTU.
Once the connection is established, it retrieves dynamic information of linked process data points.
If updates of the requested process data are available, the HMI server sends the updated information
to the HMI client. The HMI client distributes the updated information within the HMI application.
If an HMI application is closed, the communication session between the HMI server and the HMI
client is also closed.
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Configuration
Initial configuration of the HMI function
4 Configuration
4.1
Initial configuration of the HMI function

The following initial configuration is required before using the Integrated HMI function in RTU500
series:
1.
In the Hardware Tree of RTUtil500, add an HMI server to a CMU board.
Figure 2: Using RTUtil500 for initial configuration of the HMI function
2.
On the HMI Server tab, enter the required connection information (see "Fig. 3: Configuring the
HMI server"). For detailed information, refer to "# Table 2:""Connection parameters of the HMI
server".
Connection parameter
Description
Default
Port number
TCP/IP port number for the communication be-
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tween the HMI server running on the RTU and

the HMI application running on the local PC
Control authority timeout
Timeout time for the local control authority
Table 2: Connection parameters of the HMI server
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Configuration
Configuring the Process Archive functionality
Figure 3: Configuring the HMI server
4.2
Configuring the Process Archive functionality

In order to use the Proces Archive functionality within the Integrated HMI, you must also configure
a process archive on the same CMU.
Figure 4: Configuring a process archive using RTUtil500
The following limitations apply to the process archive:

Property
Parameter range
Default
Number of entries per archive
100 100,000 entries each
2,500 entries each
Text size of objects
16 128 characters
32 characters
Text size of values
8 32 characters
16 characters
Table 3: Limitations of the process archive
The HMI server can run on any CMU of the RTU500 series.
Use a network-based TCP/IP connection for best performance results.
4.3
4.3.1
Configuring data points in monitoring direction

The Archive /Print tab
Enabling the Process Archive function
To enable the Process Archive function for a data point in monitoring direction, use the Archive
function enable option on the Archive / Print tab.
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Configuration
If the Process Archive function is enabled for a data point, the data receveiced at this data point
will be archived.
Figure 5: Enabling the Process Archive function
Defining the object text and event class for a data point
Use the Object text field on the Archive / Print tab to define the object text for a data point.
Use the Event class field on the Archive / Print tab to assign a data point to a particular digit.
Figure 6: Configuring a monitoring data point
Alarm list
To configure an alarm value that can be used to generate an alarm entry in the alarm list, enable
the Alarm list option.
Figure 7: Configuring an alarm entry
A data point can be assigned to one out of 10 alarm classes. Select the required Alarm class.
If the Acknowledgement required option is enabled, any alarms which have not yet been acknowledged will remain on the alarm list until acknowledged by the operator.
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Configuration
You can assign one or several of the following alarm states to the Alarm value by enabling the
corresponding option:
Intermediate
Off
On
Indeterminate
ADVICE
Not all value labels are possible for all types of information objects (e.g. with Single point information SPI). The above example is valid for DPI only.
4.3.2
Configuring commands
If the Process Archive function is enabled (see "Fig. 5: Enabling the Process Archive function") for
a command data point, a record will be created in the event list for each execution of a command
at this data point.
Use the Object text field on the Archive / Print tab to define the object text for a data point.
Use the Text command 'on' field on the Archive / Print tab to define the descriptive text for the ON
state.
Use the Text command 'off' field on the Archive / Print tab to define the descriptive text for the OFF
state.
Use the Event class field on the Archive / Print tab to assign a command to a particular digit.
Figure 8: Configuring a command
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HMI Editor
Purpose of the HMI Editor
5 HMI Editor
5.1
Purpose of the HMI Editor

The HMI Editor is an offline program for configuring user-specific pages for the Integrated HMI using
predefined components from the included HMI Library.
It generates user projects that can be uploaded to the RTU's Compact Flash file system. User
projects can be deployed as HMI applications.
5.2
Installation
No installation is required to set up the HMI Editor. Simply copy the editor to a free target directory.
The directory structure of the HMI Editor is as follows:
Path: \lib
Directory where the HMI libraries have to be located:
HMILib.jar
HMILibExt.jar (project specific, see chapter "# 6.8" "Project-specific library extensions")
HMILibInterface.jar
jnlp.jar
Path: \tmp
Automatic generated directory for temporary storage of files during editing
Path: \set
Automatically generated directory for storage of editor specific settings
File: HMIEditor.jar
Offline editor for the Integrated HMI
5.3
5.3.1
Main elements of the HMI Editor

Project
A user project contains all configured information made by the user about a HMI application. The
HMI Editor can create new user projects, open already existing user projects and save them. All
information of a user project is hold within one project file. The file extension of this file is 'jar'.
The absolute path and the filename of a user project will be displayed in the title of the HMI Editor frame. Before saving a user project a backup is made. This backup-file has the file-extension
'jar_bak'.
User projects are organized into several entries like pages and components.
5.3.2
Pages
Pages are used to organize a user project. Pages can be added, deleted, renamed or moved within
a user project.
Pages must have the extension '.page'. Otherwise they will not be identified as pages.
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HMI Editor
Main elements of the HMI Editor
Open a page using the HMI Editor means to open it for editing in the editors workplace.
To close a page means to hide the selected page.
Pages can be interlinked using link components (see chapter "# 6.4"). One page has to be specified
as start page of the user project.
5.3.3
Components
Components are placed on the pages of the project.
These components are elements of the HMI Library.
The selected component can be changed in position, size, color and style. Static components will
not change their style on the runtime system, while dynamic components will change dependent
on the actual state of the process.
The HMI Library is described in chapter "# 6" "HMI Library" of this document.
5.4
Main functions of the HMI Editor

This chapter describes the basic functions of all available components.
5.4.1
Drawing function
In order to place a component on the actual page of a project, the component is selected in the
component tool bar by the left mouse button, and placed into the drawing area. The selected component is marked by a rectangle and may be manipulated by windows standard functions.
Figure 9: Drawing function
5.4.2
Group function
Several components can be grouped to one element by marking all elements with the left mouse
button. All selected elements will be manipulated (Move, Copy, ) in parallel.
Figure 10: Group function
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5.4.3
HMI Editor
Changing position and size

Use one of the following methods to change the position and size of a component:
Edit the values in the Properties dialog of the component.
Modify the component in the drawing area using the left mouse button (see "Fig. 11: Changing
position and size").
Figure 11: Changing position and size
5.4.4
Text font, text style and text size

Use the Properties dialog of a component to change the text font, text style and text size.
The fonts available may vary depending on your Windows installation.
Figure 12: Text font and text size
The following font styles are available:
5.4.5
Normal
Bold
Italic
Bold/Italic
Line style selector

Use the Line style selector in the Properties dialog of a Line component to change the style of lines,
rectangles, ellipses and polygons.
The number following the line style specifies the ratio of visible to hidden pixels.
Figure 13: Line style selector
While connecting two bold Line components it may be necessary to change the style of the line end
caps. This is done by the End cap selector.
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Figure 14: Line end cap selector
5.4.6
Color picker
Use the Color picker in the Properties dialog of a component to specify the color of the component.
Use one of the following methods to set the color:
Specify the color values for Red, Green and Blue.
Use the Select function to select from a palette of available colors.
Figure 15: Color picker
5.4.7
Configuration object selector

Dynamic components are connected to the process data point of the RTU by selecting the Configuration object selector in the Properties dialog of the component. The dialog shows a list of all
process data points, which can be linked to the component type.
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HMI Editor
Figure 16: Configuration object selector
5.4.8
Keyboard support
The following keys are supported by the HMI Editor:
Key
5.5
Function
<Cursor keys>
Moves a selected component in that direction
<Tab>
Shifts the focus to the next component
<Shift><Tab>
Shifts the focus to the previous component
<Del>
Deletes the active component(s)
Using the HMI Editor

The HMI Editor has the same look-and-feel as other Microsoft-compatible products. The HMI
Editor is operated by pull-down menus placed in the header of the editor screen.
Figure 17: Menu bar
5.5.1
'File' menu
The File menu contains the following options:
Option
Action
New project
Create a new project
Open project
Open an existing project
Save project
Save an open project
Save project as
Save an open project with another name
Close project
Close an open project
Exit
Exit the HMI Editor
Table 4: File menu: Available actions
While opening or saving a project, a progress dialog appears on the screen. While the progress
dialog is active, no other operation is possible.
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Figure 18: Progress dialog
5.5.2
'Page' menu
The Page menu is only available if a project is open.
The Page menu contains the following options:
Option
Action
New
Create a new page
Open
Open an existing page
Rename
Rename the active page
Close
Close the active page
Import
Import a page from another project
Export
Export the active page
Delete
Delete the active page
Table 5: Page menu: Available actions
After opening a new page, an empty worksheet is displayed to which you can add components
(see chapter "# 6"#).
Use the Options dialog to configure the layout of this worksheet.
Figure 19: Empty worksheet
If you open an existing project that contains more than one page, select Open from the Project
menu, browse to the project file you want to open and click OK.
The Project pages dialog opens with a list of all pages available in this project. You can select a
single page, multiple pages or all pages to open.
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Figure 20: Project pages dialog
After opening the selected pages, the pages are available in the worksheet.
Figure 21: Available pages in a project
5.5.3
'Insert' menu
The Insert menu is only available if a page is open.
The Insert menu contains the following options:
Option
Action
Acknowledge audible alarm component
Insert a component of the type Acknowledge audible alarm
Rectangle component
Insert a component of the type Rectangle
Line component
Insert a component of the type Line
Symbol component
Insert a component of the type Symbol
Line component
Insert a component of the type Line
Polygon component
Insert a component of the type Polygon
Image component
Insert a component of the type Image
Text field component
Insert a component of the type Text field
History table component
Insert a component of the type History table
System event line component
Insert a component of the type System event line
Ellipse component
Insert a component of the type Ellipse
Normalized value component
Insert a component of the type Normalized value
Table 6: Insert menu: Available actions
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Option
Action
Integrated totals component
Insert a component of the type Integrated totals
Floating point value component
Insert a component of the type Floating point value
Local control authority component
Insert a component of the type Local control authority
Byte value component
Insert a component of the type Byte value
Bit string component
Insert a component of the type Bit string
Tap position component
Insert a component of the type Tap position
Label component
Insert a component of the type Label
Link button component
Insert a component of the type Link button
Trend chart component
Insert a component of the type Trend chart
Alarm list component
Insert a component of the type Alarm list
Process archive list component
Insert a component of the type Process archive list
Link label component
Insert a component of the type Link label
System time component
Insert a component of the type System time
System event component
Insert a component of the type System event
Table 6: Insert menu: Available actions
To insert a component, select the respective option from the Insert menu or select the component
from the component tool bar.
Figure 22: Component toolbar
5.5.4
'Project menu
'Configure client settings' dialog
Any settings that apply to the entire project are specified in the Configure client settings dialog.
This dialog contains four tabs:
Alarm list
Application
Colors
Process archive list
Some of these tabs are described in the following sections.

To open the Configure client settings dialog, select Project > Settings.
'Application' tab
Use the Application tab to specify the settings that will apply to the HMI application created from
the project.
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The Application tab contains the following options:

Option
Description
Character set
This setting is retrieved via the configuration file. It is read-only. From release 11 on configuration data is stored in UTF-8 format.
Date format and Time format
Format of the System Time component (see chapter )
Time format
Time format used in Table components (see chapter )
Frame title
Title of all pages in this project
Start page
Name of the page, that will be shown after start up
Language
The dialog language of the runtime system
Table 7: Application tab: Options
Figure 23: Application tab
'Colors' tab
Use the Colors tab to define the color change of dynamic components in the runtime system. The
color of dynamic components depends on the state of the connected process object.
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Figure 24: Colors tab
'Process archive list' tab

Use the Process archive list tab to specify the settings for the process archive list.
The Process archive list tab contains the following options:
Option
Description
Type of archive download
Synchronization type of process archive entries between RTU and HMI

application. See chapter "# 6.5.2".
Default sorting order
Sorting order if page with process archive list is entered. See chapter "#
6.5.2".
Spontaneous refresh
Select if the list is refreshed spontaneously. This is only valid for Complete
download. See chapter "# 6.5.2"#.
Table 8: Process archive list tab: Options
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Figure 25: Process archive list tab
'Alarm list' tab

Use the Alarm list tab to specify the settings for the alarm list.
The Alarm list tab contains the following options:
Option
Description
Color of alarm class n
Properties of the Color of alarm class n type represent the color assignment to alarm classes used by alarm list function.
Acknowledge audible alarm without authoriza-
If set to true, any user may acknowledge the audible alarm. Otherwise on-
tion
ly authorized users can acknowledge it.

The Acknowledge audible alarm component is enabled accordingly.
Activate audible alarm
Defines when an audible alarm is played: for coming alarms only or for
coming and fleeting alarms.
This option can only be selected if an audible alarm is selected.
Audible alarm
Select the sound to be played when an alarm is activated and/or terminated again. For detailed information on importing sound file, see section
"Using sounds in a project".
Spontaneous refresh
Select if the list is refreshed spontaneously.

The Spontaneous refresh option is always active if an audible alarm is
configured.
Default sorting order
Sorting order if page with alarm list is entered.
Table 9: Alarm list tab: Options
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Figure 26: Alarm list tab
Using images in a project

The Image component can be used to include images in a project. Images need to be imported
before they can be used by the Image component.
Use the Image option from the Project menu to import the images you want to use in a project.
Supported image file types are GIF and JPG.
Use the Import image dialog to select from the available images.
Figure 27: Import image dialog
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Using sounds in a project

The Alarm list component can be used to include sounds in the alarm lists of a project.
Before a sound can be used by the Alarm list component, the corresponding sound file needs to
be imported into the project and assigned in the project settings.
To import a sound file, proceed as follows:
1.
2.
Select Project > Sound > Import. The Import sound dialog opens.
Select the sound file. The supported sound file type is WAV.
Figure 28: Import sound dialog
You can now use the sound file in components of the Alarm list type. For detailed information, refer
to the section "'Alarm list".
Configuration file
The configuration file of RTUtil500 needs to be assigned to the active project. Select Project >
Configuration file to open the Configuration file dialog.
If the project was previously assigned to a configuration, the Configuration file dialog displays the
last configuration.
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Figure 29: Configuration file dialog
The character set information is set in RTUtil500 and imported into the HMI project. It is needed for
converting special characters when importing object names and displaying archive and event list
object archive texts. This value is READ-ONLY in the HMI project.
In case of important differences between the last used configuration and the new selected configuration, the differences are listed and the user has to accept the selected configuration as the actual
configuration.
Figure 30: Differences in the configuration
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Consistency check
The system is able to update the links between dynamic components und connected process objects, if the name of a process object was not changed. If the object name of the process object is
not available any more in the selected configuration, the link to this component is deleted. This will
be checked in the Consistency Check dialog.
Archive objects (available for trend chart component) are read and mapped to the object name. If
archive object texts are changed this is change is overtaken automatically when the configuration
is read.
After finalizing a project, the user has to check his project with the help of the project consistency
check. This feature will check:
The availability of a link to one start page in a project

For all dynamic elements, the necessary links to process objects
For all dynamic elements, the necessary links in monitoring direction
For all trend chart elements the necessary link to archive objects
All links between the pages
The links to available images in the image components
It depends on the user to select the necessary tests.
Figure 31: Consistency Check dialog
Any errors found during a consistency are displayed in a new Consistency Check dialog.
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Figure 32: Errors in the consistency check
By double-clicking on one of the error messages in the list, the software will open the related page
of the project and will mark the related component.
5.5.5
'Options' menu
The Options menu contains the following options:
Option
Action
Grid
Create a new project
Language
Open an existing project
Mode
Select the Editor mode
Table 10: Options menu: Available actions
Grid
The grid is used to make the drawing more simple. It is useful to connect the components to each
other. If necessary, the grid can be turned off.
Grid is the visible part on the screen, the gap between the lines is calculated in pixels.
Snap is an additional invisible grid.
Normally Snap is less or equal to Grip, respectively Grip is a multiple of Snap.
Figure 33: Grid and Snap functions
Language
Use the Language dialog to select the language used by the HMI Editor.
The following languages are available
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English
German
Figure 34: Language selection
Restart the HMI Editor to apply the selected language as the active language.
Figure 35: Request to restart the editor
Mode
Use the Mode menu to select the HMI Editor mode.
The following options are available:
Option
Action
Page Editor
Open the HMI Editor in edit mode
Component View Editor
Open the HMI Editor in component view mode
Table 11: Mode menu: Available actions
5.5.6
'Info' menu
Select Info > About to open the About dialog.
The About dialog will show the actual version of the HMI Editor and the used libraries.
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Properties of the active page
Figure 36: Version information
5.6
Properties of the active page

To change the properties of the active page, proceed as follows:
Right-click on an empty space of the active page.
The Properties [Page] dialog opens.
Figure 37: Properties [Page] dialog
5.7
Manipulating components
To manipulate a component placed on the active page, proceed as follows:
1 Right-click on the component.
A context menu opens to manipulate the selected component.
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Figure 38: Manipulating components
The following options are available:

Option
Action
Cut
Copy selected component to clipboard
Copy
Copy selected component to clipboard, ignore object link
Copy with object link
Copy selected component link to clipboard, include object link
Paste
Paste copied component from clipboard
Delete
Delete selected component
Bring to front
Bring selected component to the front
Send to back
Send the selected component to the back
Bring forward
Bring selected component one level forward
Send backward
Send selected component one level backward
When you try copying a linked component, the following actions are available:
Delete the link in the component
Keep the link in the new component
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6 HMI Library
The HMI Library consists of the following files:
HMILib.jar
HMILibInterface.jar
(project specific) HMILibExt.jar
These files contain all components that can be inserted into a page of a user project.
The HMI Library contains the following component types:
Static components
Line
Rectangle
Ellipse
Polygon
Label
Image
Dynamic components
Byte value
Integrated totals
Text field
System time
System event
System-event line
User definable Libraries
Dynamic components with control
Symbol
Tap position
Normalized value
Bit string
Floating point
Page link components
Tables
History table
Process archive list
Alarm list
HMI control components
Local control authority
Chart components
Trend chart
Use the Components toolbar or the Insert menu to select components.
Figure 39: Components toolbar
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6.1
6.1.1
Static components
Line component
The Line component generates a line from position X1/Y1 to position X2/Y2.
Position, line color, line width, line style, and line end cap style are defined in the Properties dialog.
Figure 40: Line component: Properties dialog
6.1.2
Rectangle component
The Rectangle component generates a rectangle or square at position X/Y with the set width
and height.
Position, size, color, line width, and line style are defined in the Properties dialog. By default, the
component is filled if required.
Figure 41: Properties dialog of rectangle component
6.1.3
Ellipse component
The Ellipse component generates a circle or an ellipse at position X/Y with the set width and height.
Position, size, color, line width, and line style are defined in the Properties dialog. By default, the
component is filled if required.
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Static components
Figure 42: Ellipse component: Properties dialog
6.1.4
Polygon component
The Polygon component generates a polygon.

The first line has to be dragged, the additional points are added when the left mouse button is
clicked. Move the cursor to the start point for closing the polygon.
Points, color, line width, and line style are defined in the Properties dialog. By default, the component
is filled if required.
Figure 43: Polygon component: Properties dialog
6.1.5
Label component
The Label component generates a static text field at the position X/Y.
Position, size, text font, text size, text color, and text string are defined in the Properties dialog.
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Figure 44: Label component: Properties dialog
6.1.6
Image component
The Image component generates a place maker for a bitmap file at position X/Y with the set
width and height.
Position, size and the name of the file are defined in the Properties dialog.
Figure 45: Image component: Properties dialog
Images need to be imported before they can be used by the Image component. Supported image
file types are GIF and JPG.
For detailed information, refer to chapter "# 5.5.4" "'Project menu", section "Using images in a
project".
Figure 46: Placeholder for not linked / linked image
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6.2.1
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Dynamic components
Dynamic components
Byte value component
The Byte value component generates a dynamic text filed at the position X/Y.
Position, size, text font, text size, and color are defined in the Properties dialog.
Figure 47: Byte value component: Properties dialog
The component is linked to a monitoring object of the current RTU configuration. The text depends
on the state of this data point and can be configured in the Properties dialog.
Figure 48: Byte value component: Value label selector
ADVICE
Not all value labels are possible for all types of information objects (e.g. with Single point information SPI).
6.2.2
Integrated totals component
The Integrated totals component generates a numeric field for an integrated total (ITI) at the
position X/Y.
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Position, size, text font, text size, color, number of decimal digits, engineering units, and pulse weight
are defined in the Properties dialog.
The component is connected to a integrated total information (ITI) object within the current RTU
configuration.
Figure 49: Integrated totals component: Properties dialog
6.2.3
Text field component

The Text field component generates a dynamic text string at the position X/Y.
The component is linked to a monitoring object of the current RTU configuration. Dependent on the
state of this object the text will change according to the configuration of this process data point.
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Figure 50: Text field component: Properties dialog
6.2.4
System time component
The System time component generates a field for the current system time of the RTU at
position X/Y.
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Dynamic components
Figure 51: System time component: Properties dialog
The representation of date and time depends on the client settings. For detailed information, refer
to chapter "# 5.5.4" "'Project menu", section "'Configure client settings' dialog". At runtime the
component is updated once every second, and may be used as a watchdog.
"Fig. 52: Representation of the current system time""Fig. 52: Representation of the current system
time" shows an example of a system time component in the HMI Editor.
Figure 52: Representation of the current system time
The following placeholders are available for date and time format (see chapter "# 5.5.4" "'Project
menu", section "'Configure client settings' dialog"):
Basic
Explanation
yy
Year
04
yyyy
Year
2004
MM
Month in year
12
MMM
Month in year
Jul
dd
Day in month
31
HH
Hour (0 23)
23
KK
Hour (0 11)
11
mm
Minute in hour
59
ss
Second in minute
59
aaa
AM / PM
AM
ww
Week in year
52
WW
Week in month
EEE
Day in week
Tue
DDD
Day in year
365
Table 12: Placeholders for date and time format
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Basic
Explanation
Example
FF
Day of week in month
Time zone
GMT
6.2.5
System event component

The System event component shows the states of the RTU internal system events in graphical
or textual style. The following representations are available:
Fixed text in the language of the running application
Colored ellipse with changing colors
Colored rectangle with changing colors
Position, size, colors, and type are defined in the Properties dialog.
Figure 53: System event component: Properties dialog
The component can be linked to any system event of an RTU configuration.
Figure 54: System event component: Configuration object chooser
The HMI Editor always displays the Not OK representation.
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Representations only change in the runtime system.
Figure 55: System event component
6.2.6
System event line component

The System event line component shows the states of the RTU internal system events in graphic
style as a line.
Position, size, and colors are defined in the Properties dialog.
Figure 56: System event line component: Properties dialog
The component can be linked to any system event in the current RTU configuration.
6.3

Dynamic components share a common feature: a command and/or a monitoring process data point
can be connected to each of them.
If a command process data point is connected to a dynamic component, the following properties
will be used by that component:
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The 'Direct execute' or 'Select before operate' command execution mode can be selected.
A command dialog sequence can contain the following values:
Select and Execute dialog
A two-step dialog sequence will be shown (Select and Execute).
Execute dialog
A single-step dialog sequence will be shown (Execute only).
No dialog
Depending on the command value calculation, either the default value or the toggled value is
set.
The user cannot modify the command default value at runtime.
No information dialog will be shown.
Display of command activation response
This option allows to configure the responses that are displayed after a command has been
sent. Responses are displayed in a message box.
Figure 57: Available response combinations
6.3.1
Symbol component
The Symbol component generates a dynamic symbol that changes its style and color depending on the current state of a process data point.
The following process data points can be connected to a Symbol component:
SPI Single Point Information

DPI Double Point Information
SCO Single Command Output
DCO Double Command Output
The following symbols are available:
Disconnector (up, down, right, left)

Circuit breaker (up, down, right, left)
Diamond
Square
Circle
Button
Position, size, color, line width, and symbol type are defined in the Properties dialog.
In order to change style and color of the symbol at runtime, it is necessary to link the component to
a monitoring object of the actual RTU configuration (see "Fig. 58: Symbol component: : Properties
dialog"). The color changes according to the settings in "Fig. 24: Colors tab".
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Command execution is possible, if a command object is linked to the component. In this case, the
button texts of the command dialogs can be configured with the Command button texts property.
If this property is not enabled, the default texts according to the selected application language will
be used.
In addition to the other control components, the Symbol component offers the Command value
calculation property. The following values are available for this property:
Default value
The default value as defined in Command default value is preselected in the execution dialog,
or set directly when no dialog is selected.
Toggle monitoring object value
The current value of the monitoring object is toggled: When it is in the ON state. the command
value is OFF, and vice versa. If the current value is invalid, the system uses the default value as
defined in Command default value.
The toggled value is preselected in the execution dialog, or set directly when no dialog is selected.
Figure 58: Symbol component: : Properties dialog
"Fig. 59: Representation of dynamic system components" shows the different symbols of a dynamic
component.
Additional symbols can be created in the Component View Editor (see chapter "# 7.2" ).
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Figure 59: Representation of dynamic system components
6.3.2
Tap position component

The Tap position component generates a numeric symbol that changes its content depending
on the actual state of a process data point.
The following process data points can be connected to a Tap position component:
STI Step Position Information
RCO Regulation Command Output
Position, size, color, and font type are defined in the Properties dialog.
Command execution is possible if a command object is linked to the component. In this case, the
button texts of the command dialogs can be configured using the Command button texts property.
If this property is not enabled, the default texts according to the selected application language are
used.
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Normalized value component

The Normalized value component generates a numeric symbol that changes its content depending on the actual state of a process data point.
The following process data points can be connected to a Normalized value component:
AMI Analogue Measured Information

DMI Digital Measured Information
ASO Analogue Setpoint Output
DSO Digital Setpoint Output
The process data points in monitoring and command direction can be scaled using maximum and
minimum values.
The engineering unit is included in the runtime system.
Command execution is possible if a command object is linked to the component.
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Bit string component

The Bit string component generates a numeric symbol that changes its content depending on
the actual state of a process data point.
The following process data points can be connected to a Bit string component:
BSI Bit String Input
BSO Bit String Output
The representation of the process data points in monitoring direction can be changed from decimal
to hexadecimal.
Command execution is possible, if a command object is linked to the component.
6.3.5
Floating point component

The Floating point component generates a numeric field for a floating point value at position
X/Y.
Position, size, text font, text size, color, number of decimal digits, and engineering unit are defined
in the Properties dialog.
The following process data points can be connected to a Floating point component:
MFI (Analog Measured value Floating Input)
FSO (Floating Set point command Output)
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Link components
The object in monitoring direction is multiplied with the value of the Conversion factor property at
runtime.
Figure 60: Floating point component: Properties dialog
6.4
6.4.1
Link components
Link label component
The Link label component generates a link-label at the position X/Y.
Position, size, text font, text size, color, text, and the link to another page in the current project are
defined in the Properties dialog.
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Link components
Figure 61: Link Label component: Properties dialog
The value of the Link field must be a valid page in the same project. The file type is .page.
"Fig. 62: Representation of link label" shows an example of a link label in the HMI Editor.
Figure 62: Representation of link label
6.4.2
Link button component

The Link button component generates a link-button at position X/Y.
Position, size, text font, text size, color, text, and the link to another page in the current project are
defined in the Properties dialog.
Figure 63: Link Button component: Properties dialog
The value of the Link field must be a valid page in the same project. The file type is .page.
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"Fig. 64: Link button" shows an example of a link button in the HMI Editor.
Figure 64: Link button
6.5
6.5.1
Table components
History table component
The History table component generates a table at position X/Y.

Position and size are defined in the Properties dialog.
The component is linked to a monitoring object of the actual RTU configuration. The actual state
of this object and all state changes (with date and time) will be recorded while the page containing
the History table component is active.
"Fig. 66: History Table component" shows an example of the component.
Figure 65: History table component: Properties dialog
ADVICE
Immediately after the entering a page with this component, this table will contain only the actual
state of the linked object. State changes will be recorded, as long as the Integrated HMI is running
on the target PC and the link to the RTU is active.
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Figure 66: History Table component
6.5.2
Process archive list component

The Process Archive list component is the visualization of the Process Archive functionality in
RTU.
The Process Archive list component can be added to multiple pages of a user project.
The Integrated HMI supports the following process archive types:
Measurement values archive (AMI, DMI, MFI)
Counter value archive (ITI)
Event archive
The Event Archive may contain the following entries:
Event archive entry
Visibility
Single Point Information (SPI)
Configurable
Double Point Information (DPI)
Configurable
Step Position Information (STI)
Configurable
Commands
Configurable
System Events
Configurable
User Login / Logout
Always visible
Table 13: Display of events in a Process Archive list component
Use the following settings properties to customize the Process Archive list component (see "Fig. 67:
Process Archive list component: Properties dialog"):
Property name
Description
Archive type
Archive type to be displayed
Show column of alarm class
Display the specified column in the process archive list component
Show column of event class

Show column of archive index
Show column of object type
Cell font
Font that is used to display the data in the table
Table 14: Process Archive list component: Settings properties
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Property name
Description
Alarm transition mode
Alarm entries that change their alarm state to ALARM can be colored
according to their alarm class. Use the Alarm list tab of the Configure client settings dialog to speficy the settings for this function (see
"Fig. 26: Alarm list tab").
Default filter
Use the the Filter dialog to set predefined filter criteria for the Process
Archive list component (see "Fig. 68: Filter dialog").
The following filter criteria are available:
Start time
End time
Object text
Event class
Alarm class
Qualifier
By selecting Exclude checkbox lines NOT matching the entered criteria are filtered.
Filter settings can be updated at runtime.
Table 14: Process Archive list component: Settings properties
Figure 67: Process Archive list component: Properties dialog
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Figure 68: Filter dialog
Depending on the Process Archive list settings of the project, the component can be used in two
ways:
Interval download
Only an interval of the process archive content will be downloaded to the HMI application at
runtime
Complete download
The complete content of the RTU process archive will be downloaded to HMI application at
runtime.
This mode supports filtering, sorting, and spontaneous updates.
"Fig. 69: Process Archive list component - Interval download" and "Fig. 70: Process Archive list
component - Complete download" show examples of Process Archive list components in the HMI
Editor.
Figure 69: Process Archive list component - Interval download
Figure 70: Process Archive list component - Complete download
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6.5.3
Alarm list component

The Alarm list component is placed on pages of a user application.
The position of the Alarm list component and the Alarm transition mode are defined in the Properties
dialog.
Figure 71: Alarm list component: Properties dialog
Alarm transition mode

Alarm entries that change their alarm state to ALARM can be colored according to their alarm
class. Archived process information that changes its alarm state to ALARM can be colored according to its alarm class. Use the Alarm list tab of the Configure client settings dialog to specify the settings for this function (see "Fig. 26: Alarm list tab").
"Fig. 72: Alarm list component" shows an example of the Alarm list component in the HMI Editor.
Figure 72: Alarm list component
If audible alarms are configured in the alarm list settings, only the spontaneous update button is
visible.
The RTUtil500 configuration defines which process data points will be allowed to generate an alarm.
For more details see chapter "Configuring data points in monitoring direction".
6.5.4
Time representation in tables

The following placeholders are available for date and time format (see chapter "# 5.5.4" "'Project
menu", section "'Configure client settings' dialog"):
Basic
Explanation
Example
yy
Year
04
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Basic
Explanation
Example
yyyy
Year
2004
MM
Month in year
12
MMM
Month in year
Jul
dd
Day in month
31
HH
Hour ( 0 23 )
23
KK
Hour ( 0 11)
11
mm
Minute in hour
59
ss
Second in minute
59
SSS
Millisecond
123
aaa
AM / PM
AM
ww
Week in year
52
WW
Week in month
EEE
Day in week
Tue
DDD
Day in year
365
FF
Day of week in month
Time zone
GMT
6.6
6.6.1
Control authority component

The Control authority component shows the state of control authority.
The following states are available:
Requested
Available
Locked (if another party has requested control authority)
The status can be represented by Text, Rectangle, or Rectangle with text.
Position, size, texts, font, and colors are defined in the Properties dialog.
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Figure 73: Control authority component: Properties dialog
6.6.2

The Acknowledge audible alarm component allows the user to acknowledge audible alarms.
Figure 74: Acknowledge audible alarm component: Properties dialog
6.7
Trend chart component

The Trend chart component generates a trend chart at position X/Y.
Position and size are defined in the Properties dialog.
The component is linked to a monitoring measurement object of the current RTUtil500 configuration.
Available are objects of type AMI, ITI, MFI, or DMI with the Process Archive function enabled.
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Project-specific library extensions
Use the Displayed interval property to specify the time period displayed on the x-axis. The following
time periods are available: Hour, Day and Month. The time period displayed on the chart may be
shorter if the linked archive object does not provide a sufficient number of values.
Figure 75: Trend chart component: Properties dialog
The graph is drawn based on the historical values retrieved from the measurement or counter archive
list. The text from the archive object is used to map the values.
Figure 76: Trend chart component
6.8

The HMI Editor supports project-specific library extensions. These libraries have the fixed name
HMILibExt.jar and are placed in the \lib subdirectory and on the CompactFlash card of the RTU.
A project-specific library is available if the following icon is displayed in the component tool bar:
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Component views
HMI Editor mode
7 Component views
The user is able to create user defined representations for dynamic Symbol components (see chapter
"# 6.3.1" "Symbol component") called 'component views.
7.1
HMI Editor mode

Use the Options menu button to change the mode of the HMI Editor:
Page Editor to maintain pages
Component View Editor to maintain component views
Figure 77: Changing the HMI Editor mode
The Mode menu button is only available if a project is open. The HMI Editor mode is displayed in
the status bar.
You can toggle the modes at any time without losing information. It is not necessary to save the
project before changing to Page Editor mode.
In Page Editor mode, the Page button is displayed. Use the Page button to maintain pages.
Figure 78: Menu and status bar: Page Editor mode
7.2
Component view editor

In Component View Editor mode, the View menu button is displayed.
Figure 79: Menu and status bar: Component View Editor mode
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7.2.1
'View' menu
The View menu contains the following options:
Option
Action
New
Create a new component view
Open
Open an existing component view
Rename
Rename an existing component view
Close
Close the active component view
Import
Import a component view to the current project
Export
Export a component view from the current project
Delete
Delete a component view from the current project
Table 16: View menu: Available actions
Figure 80: View menu
7.2.2
Creating a new component view

Select New > Symbol from the View menu to create component views for Symbol components.
Figure 81: Creating a component view for symbol components
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Component views
To create a component view, enter the name, e.g. test,and click on New.
Figure 82: Entering the name of a new component view
The following conditions and limitations apply to the name of a new component view:
It must be unique. If there is another component view with this name, an error message will be
displayed.
It must not contain any \ characters. If the new name of the component view contains any \
characters, an error message will be displayed.
It should have a .jar file extension. If a different file extension is used, an error message will
be displayed. If no file extension is used, the .jar extension will be automatically added, e.g.
test.jar
It will be displayed in the status bar.
By default, when you create a new component view for symbol components, the HMI Editor automatically creates four pages.
The pages of the component view represent the states of the dynamic symbol component.
For a single-point input (SPI), only the Off and On pages are relevant. The Intermediate and Indeterminate pages are not used for a single point input (SPI).
For a double-point input (DPI), all pages are used.
Page
SPI
DPI
Intermediate
Off
On
Indeterminate
Table 17: Pages for SPI and DPI
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Figure 83: New component view: test.jar
7.2.3
Changing the size of a component view

To change the size of a component view, right-click on an empty space inside the active page.
To set the page size for all pages of a component view, change the values of the Page size property
as required.
7.3
'Insert' menu
Use the view items of the Insert menu in Component View Editor mode to add component views.
The following view items are available:
Rectangle view item

Image view item
Line view item
Ellipse view item
Polygon view item
Figure 84: Insert menu: View items
Alternatively, you can can add component views by selecting the view items from the toolbar (see
chapter "# 5.5.3" "'Insert' menu").
To draw a component view, place the view item on the page as required.
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Component views
Properties of view items
Figure 85: Component view: Example for OFF state
Figure 86: Component view: Example for ON state
7.4
Properties of view items

The Dynamic color property is available for all view items.
Figure 87: Properties of a view item
If the Dynamic color property is active (true), the view item displayed at runtime uses the colors defined in the project settings (see chapter "# 5.5.4" "'Project menu", section "'Colors' tab"), depending on the qualifiers of the linked object. If no qualifiers are applied to the linked object at runtime,
the view item s displayed using the value of the Color property as the default color.
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Component views
Using component views
If the Dynamic color property is set to false (inactive), the view item uses the value of the Color
property for display at runtime.
The other properties available for view items are identical to the corresponding properties available
for components (see chapter "Main functions of the HMI Editor").
7.5

To use a component view, proceed as follows:
1.
2.
3.
Switch to Page Editor mode (see chapter "HMI Editor mode").

Draw a Symbol component.
Select the symbol type.
Figure 88: Drawing a Symbol component
To change the symbol type, use the Properties dialog and select the required symbol type from
drop-down list. All component views in the current project are available as symbol types in the dropdown list.
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Component views
Figure 89: Changing the symbol type of a Symbol component
Figure 90: Symbol component with component view
To change the size of the Symbol component, set the Bounds property in the Properties dialog.
The component view will be displayed in relation to the size of the component view and the size
of the Symbol component.
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Component views
Figure 91: Changing the size of the symbol with component view
In the example shown in "Fig. 91: Changing the size of the symbol with component view""Fig. 91:
Changing the size of the symbol with component view", the left symbol component has the same
size as the component view. The component view is displayed in the same size as drawn by the user.
The right symbol component has a smaller size. The display of the applied component view corresponds to the size of the symbol component.
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Additional languages
Overview
8 Additional languages
8.1
Overview
The following HMI software components contain language files:
HMI Editor
File name : HMIEditor.jar
Language filename structure: editor_xx_YY.properties *)
Relative path: com/abb/rtu560/hmieditor
HMI Library
File name : lib\HMILib.jar
Language filename structure: lib_xx_YY.properties *)
Relative path: com/abb/rtu560/hmi/application
*)
xx = ISO language code and YY = ISO country code
Basic languages included in released versions are English (en_US) and German (de_DE).
Additional languages may be added to a released version.
Missing texts will be displayed as text of the missing key with leading and trailing exclamation marks
(e.g. !MainFrame.title !).
Additional languages are automatically detected by the HMI Editor at runtime, and made available
for selection in the Language dialog.
8.2
Localizing the Integrated HMI: Step-by-step instruction

To localize the Integrated HMI with additional languages, proceed as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Use a ZIP extraction program to open the files.

Extract the language files from the software components:
editor_en_US.properties from HMIEditor.jar
lib_en_US.properties from HMILib.jar
Rename the extracted language files using the ISO language and ISO country code of the target language.*)
Translate the renamed language files. The language file is a text file that consists of multiple
lines, one for each text string. Each line contains a key idenfying the string, an 'equal' sign (=)
as a separator, and the string as it appears in the user interface at runtime.
For example:
...
key1=text string 1
key2=text string 2
...
Only translate the text following the 'equal' sign. Do not modify the key!
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Localizing the Integrated HMI: Step-by-step instruction
5.
6.
Encode the translated language files in Unicode format.

If the translated language file contains non-Latin-1 characters, convert the translated language file using the native2ascii utility**):
native2ascii <name of the input file> <name of the output file>
Add the translated and encoded language files to the HMI software component.
The translated and encoded language files can be added as additional languages to the HMI
software components using a ZIP compression program.
Ensure that the additional language files contain the correct relative path within the HMI software component***)
Remarks:
The first code is the ISO language code as defined in ISO-639. The code consists of two lower case
letters. For detailed information, refer to http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/related/iso639.txt.
*)
The second code is the ISO country code as defined in ISO-3166. The code consists of
two capital letters. For detailed information, refer to http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/doc/
ISO_3166.html.
The native2ascii utility is provided by Oracle as part of the Java development Kit (JDK). Download the utility from the Internet and store it in the \bin-directory of the JDK.
**)
In the event of an update, it might be necessary to decode the Unicode escape characters back to
the native encoded characters.Use the following native2ascii command:
native2ascii -reverse <name of the Unicode file> <name of the native file>
***)
1.
2.
3.
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To create a ZIP archive with correct relative paths, proceed as follows:

On your local file system, create a directory structure containing the required relative paths.
Copy the translated language files to the correct location inside that folder structure.
Add the \com directory, including all subdirectories, to the HMI software component.
HMI runtime system

Loading a project into the RTU
9 HMI runtime system

9.1
Loading a project into the RTU

In order to run a an HMI application, the HMI Library files and the user project file need to be uploaded
to the CMU of the RTU running the the HMI server.
To upload the HMI Library files and the user project file to a CMU, use the Firmware File Manager (for
the libraries) and the Configuration File Manager (for the project) of the RTU500 series Web server.
9.2
Starting an HMI application

To start the HMI application, click on the corresponding link in the menu frame (1) or on a link to this
function (2, 3) in the hardware tree of the RTU500 series Web server.
After clicking on one of these links, the HMI application will be started on your system if you have
sufficient permissions.
Figure 92: Starting the application
You can also create a desktop shortcut for the HMI Editor. For detailed information, refer to [1].
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HMI runtime system

Starting an HMI application
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Limitations
10 Limitations
The following system requirements apply:
Component
Limitations
Operating System
Windows 7/XP Professional (SP1),

Windows 2000 Professional (SP3+)
Memory >64mb (depending on project size)
Java
Java Runtime Environment 1.6 or higher

(also called JRE 6)
Table 18: System requirements
The following limitations apply to the Integrated HMI:

Component
Limitations
Max. number of pages
50
Max. number of data points per page
200
Max. number of active clients
Refresh of current page
< 1 second
Update time for a new page
< 2 second
This time may become longer at first update, if large bitmaps are used.
Execution time for a command
< 3 seconds
dependent on the actual system load
Table 19: Limitations: Integrated HMI
The following limitations apply to the Alarm list:
Component
Limitations
Max. number of data points, to be configured
5.000
for the alarm list.

Number of alarm lists
Number of alarm classes
10
Refresh
By operator request or spontaneous.

A blinking symbol will signal a new alarm if spontaneous refresh is deselected.
Update time
< 5 seconds
Table 20: Limitations: Alarm list
The following limitations apply to the Process Archive list:
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Limitations
Component
Limitations
Max. number of data points, to be configured
5.000
for the lists

Max. number of entries
Configurable: 100 ... 100.000
Number of lists
1 list each for events, measurements and counter
Refresh
By operator request or spontaneous.

A blinking symbol will signal a new event if spontaneous refresh is deselected.
Update time
< 5 seconds
Table 21: Limitations: Process Archive list
The times specified above refer to a TCP/IP-network connection. If a serial PPP connection is used,
the specified times can be longer.
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Glossary
11 Glossary
AMI
Analog Measured value Input
ASO
Analog Setpoint command Output
BSI
Bit String Input
BSO
Bit String Output
CMU
Communication and Data Processing Unit
DCO
Double Command Output
DMI
Digital Measured value Input (8, 16 bit)
DPI
Double Point Input
DSO
Digital Setpoint command Output (8, 16 bit)
FSO
Floating Setpoint Command Output
ITI
Integrated Totals Input
MFI
Analog Measured value Floating Input
PPP
Point to Point Protocol
RCD
RTU Configuration Data
RCO
Regulation step Command Output
RTU
Remote Terminal Unit
SCADA
Supervision, Control and Data Acquisition
SCO
Single Command Output
SPI
Single Point Input or Single point information
STI
Step position Input
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RTU500 series Remote Terminal Unit

RTU500 series Remote Terminal Unit

About the RTU500 series Function Description...................................................1-1

Integrated HMI function..................................................................................................2-1

Connecting RTUs to a PC.................................................................................. 2-1

System requirements.......................................................................................... 2-2

Organization of the Integrated HMI................................................................................ 3-1

Elements of the Integrated HMI function.............................................................3-1

User projects..................................................................................... 3-1

Deploying user projects..................................................................... 3-1

Starting HMI applications................................................................... 3-2

Initial configuration of the HMI function............................................................... 4-1

Configuring the Process Archive functionality......................................................4-2

Configuring data points in monitoring direction................................................... 4-2

The Archive /Print tab........................................................................ 4-2

Purpose of the HMI Editor.................................................................................. 5-1

Main elements of the HMI Editor........................................................................ 5-1

Main functions of the HMI Editor........................................................................ 5-2

Drawing function................................................................................ 5-2

Group function................................................................................... 5-2

Changing position and size................................................................5-3

Text font, text style and text size....................................................... 5-3

Line style selector.............................................................................. 5-3

Color picker....................................................................................... 5-4

Configuration object selector............................................................. 5-4

Keyboard support.............................................................................. 5-5

Using the HMI Editor.......................................................................................... 5-5

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'Page' menu...................................................................................... 5-6

'Project menu................................................................................... 5-8

'Options' menu................................................................................ 5-16

Properties of the active page............................................................................5-18

Manipulating components................................................................................. 5-18

HMI Library.................................................................................................................... 6-1

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'File' menu......................................................................................... 5-5

Ellipse component............................................................................. 6-2

Label component............................................................................... 6-3

Dynamic components......................................................................................... 6-5

Byte value component....................................................................... 6-5

Integrated totals component.............................................................. 6-5

Text field component..........................................................................6-6

System time component....................................................................6-7

System event component.................................................................. 6-9

System event line component..........................................................6-10

Dynamic components with control....................................................................6-10

Tap position component.................................................................. 6-13

Normalized value component...........................................................6-14

Bit string component....................................................................... 6-15

Floating point component................................................................ 6-15

Link components.............................................................................................. 6-16

Link label component.......................................................................6-16

Link button component....................................................................6-17

Table components............................................................................................ 6-18

History table component..................................................................6-18

Process archive list component....................................................... 6-19