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CODESYS Visualization: using visualization styles to create smart interfaces
CODESYS Users' Conference 2014, Boris Schuster
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You are a service provider or a supplier for a certain industry.
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You want to offer your customers solutions which can be seamlessly integrated into already existing units.
As a system supplier or Store provider you offer toolkits for CODESYS end users which can easily be adapted to suite the most different needs.
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Despite the very different individual requirements, the support and maintenance of the software is to generate only very little additional effort.
The user wants to use existing visualizations.
Through configuration and using visualization styles we can give every visualization its own special look and feel.
In order to use visualization styles to adopt a certain corporate design you do not need any programming knowledge.
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Visualizations are usually supplied in form of
In visualizations the element properties usually refer to the settings of a visualization style.
You provide the users with a detailed description on the settings of the visualization style.
The visualization style is adapted with the
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Visualization Styles Editor.
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An example can be found under C:\Program Files (x86)\3S CODESYS\CODESYS\Projects\VisuStyleExample
It is recommendable to copy this directory.
Visualization style
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Example.visustyle.xml
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Open the example with the Visualization Styles Editor.
Now you can edit already existing settings and add new key words.
Change the
Visualization style
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Colors Fonts
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Designing the visualization
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Corporate logo
Basic colors and fonts
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Assign key words for a specific coloring.
You can differentiate between normal color state and alarm color state.
Designing the visualization
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CoverBackground
CoverFront
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Designing the visualization
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Font color
Display color
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Through slight changes in the configuration and the selection of a new viualization main page you can give your application a completely different look. Navigation buttons and status information bars can be individually arranged. Core elements are displayed using frames. FB instances are displayed through different visualizations with interfaces.
Designing the visualization
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When working with the CODESYS Application Composer you can determine the cooperation of different visualization types and the template of the visualization main page through configuration.
In addition, it is always possible to manipulate visualizations in combination with a visualization style.
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