What’s New in System Platform 2014 R2 – Part 2GCS Connect EMEA 2015

April 13, 2015

Eric Enet

Sr. Manager, Wonderware Technical Training Strategy

What you’ll take away:1. What are Protected Objects.2. Understanding Element Styles.3. How to create Symbol Wizards.4. What is an InTouch Modern application.

Brand & Industries or Technology:Wonderware

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WW TRN2What’s New in System Platform 2014 R2 – Part 2Eric Enet

Focus of presentation:This session provides explanations and demonstrations of the main new features in System Platform 2014 and 2014 R2. In Part 2 we will cover the Protected Objects, Element Styles, Symbol Wizards, and an overview of the new Modern Applications for tag-based InTouch applications.

Agenda

> Protected Objects

> Element Styles

> Symbol Wizards

> InTouch Modern Applications

Requirements and Expectations

> Proficient in Application Server

> Proficient in InTouch and ArchestrA Graphics

Protected ObjectsEnforcing standards and protecting your IP

Protected Objects

Prevents editing or renaming templates and symbols, enforcing standards.

What gets also protected:• Ancestor objects.• Graphics directly or indirectly

embedded.

Protected objects cannot be “unprotected”.

The Template Toolbox

Element StylesDefining a visualization standard for your graphics

Element Styles

Allows consistent use of colors, fonts, and other graphical aspects of your symbols.

Contributes to standardization, good HMI design and Situational Awareness interfaces.

Additional Element Styles can be found in the Application Server installation folder: The Galaxy Style Library dialog box

C:\Program Files (x86)\ArchestrA\Framework\Bin\AdditionalElementStyles

Symbol WizardsCreating a library of complex and rich graphics

Symbol Wizards

Allows the creation of ArchestrA Symbols with options to configure and select the appearance and behavior of the symbol.

Design mode display the selected graphical components.

Only the components associated with the selected options are deployed. An example of Symbol Wizards and Wizard Options

Creating Symbol Wizards

Wizard Options Layers

Types:> Option

> True / False

> Choice Group> e.g. Position (Top/Bottom)> e.g. Type (Pump/Blower/Rotary)

Wizard Options become Rules.

Rules enable other Wizard Options and layers.

Types:> Graphic Elements> Named Scripts> Custom Properties

By default, a Layer is created per Rule.

Items not assigned to layers are always available.

InTouch Modern ApplicationsThe next step of tag-based InTouch applications

InTouch Modern Applications

Allows the use of ArchestrA Graphics without the complexity of working with a Galaxy.

Some key features:• ArchestrA Graphic Toolbox• Convert legacy graphics to

ArchestrA Symbol• Export/Import through .aaPKG files• Application Styles Library (Galaxy

Style Library)

An InTouch Modern application open in WindowMaker

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