Purpose and Key Concepts

Displays List

A Display is a window or frame of your application's User Interface. A display can have multiple graphical elements in it. The elements of a display can be static, that is, they always show with the same appearance like a Title or an Image, or be dynamic like a gauge or a color status indicator. 

Layouts

Layouts allow the organization of the User Interface in frames or panels, acting as container for your Displays. For instance, a typical layout is composed by a Top Display that is always the same with navigation button, and an area below where different displays can be shown.

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Themes

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Localization

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UnitsConversion

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Understanding the Display module

Features Highlights

• Allows the creation of .NET WPF and HTML5 from a unified drawing tool.

• Create Responsive Dashboards as well HMI process screens.

• Easily setup for Multi-Monitor applications.

• Process Control execution mode disables the Windows Task Switch.

• Allows user defined layouts creating Displays composed by many frames.

• Large set of Smart Symbols, High Performance Graphical symbols and extensible components included.

• Automatically connects Data Templates with Symbols.

• Support for Themes skins, Language Localization and Units Metric systems conversion.

• Displays dynamically created from the Asset Model, for Self-aware SCADA applications.

• Self-Aware Assets Display: a use case to create displays that react automatically to changes in the data source and assets it is connected to

• Process Control displays and Advanced HMI: features to created powerful and secure Operations on real-time processes. 

• HMI touch-screens: Using FrameworX for HMI Panels, machine embedded or IIoT front-ends.

• Responsive Dashboards: explains in more detail how to create responsive dashboards

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Operators and Remote Displays

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Process Screens and Dashboards

Process Screen

A Process Screen represent a process diagram. When resize the elements keep their relative position. 

Dashboard

A dashboard is a visual representation of data that provides an overview of key performance indicators (KPIs) and other important information. It is typically used to monitor real-time data, keep an eye on the trends, and track progress toward specific goals. Dashboards often use charts, graphs, tables, and other visual elements to display data in a clear and concise manner. So, on this software framework, a Dashboard refers to a responsive and dynamic User Interface where the UI components are placed on a grid, according to the size of the Container window.

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Display Technologies: .NET and HTML5

Explanation of the two graphics display technologies supported in FactoryStudio:

• HTML5 Web Assembly Displays.
• .NET Displays using WPF technology

Following a summary description on those technologies. 

For the details explanation on those Client types, go to the child section Display Client Types.

Web HTML5 Clients

Runs directly from the Web-Browser with no installation of any software required (nor any active-x controls!). The partial-trust security guarantees it runs in a completely isolated secure environment.

.NET Clients

The .NET displays are created using WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and can only be used in Windows Computers. There are two ways to access those displays: RichClient and SmartClient. 

Rich Clients

Runs as a desktop application, allows blocking the Windows task-switch. This is ideal for process control applications that need high performance and enhanced security.

Smart Clients

Uses Click-Once technology. Installs and updates on remote clients with a single click from a browser and is automatically updated on the remote clients when it is updated on the server. It uses all the power of the remote computer yet retains the advantages of a centralized installation. The same displays created on Windows computers are automatically rendered to run natively on iPads or iPhones, combining the rich user experience and security of a native app with the benefits of having only one project configuration.

Using Terminal Server technologies

Runs using remote desktop connection or Terminal server or other thin client technology. Currently, this option is less used and not included in the installation, but our software platform is still compatible with third-party tools enabling that technology.

Check Displays Client Type for additional information.

Web and Mobile Access

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Real-Time Data Synchronization

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Configuring the Display module

Configuration Workflow

Creating Displays and Layouts

Check Creating Displays and Layouts for additional information.

Selecting Initial Layout and Settings

This section presents:

• Working with Layouts, its concept and their role in organizing user interfaces
• Designing multi-monitor applications, including enterprise NOC and control room layouts

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Working with Layouts

Organizing your User Interface provides much clear and consistent presentation of the User Interface to user of your project Solution. 

The Flexible Drawing tool of FactoryStudio allow to create two types of Layouts, Dockpanels and Canvas.

FrameworX and a easy to use layout designer, which allows to define your Desktop and Mobile views form the same interface.

That features expedites the creation of responsive and device dependente application, which will automatically open the best option based on the form factor from the requesting user. 

The Layout Feature is Available for both HTML5 and .NET displays. 

Multi-Monitor Support

Create your projects to support multiple monitors.

Perfect for creating enterprise NOC, other Operations Control Room layouts, or even just dual-screen desktops.

Easily design different layouts for each screen.

Quickly specify which layout you want to appear on which screen.

Multi-Monitor Configuration setup

Go to Displays → List

Type the Number of Monitors and select the initial Layout to each monitor.

Drawing the Displays User Interface

Tatsoft FrameworX technology stack includes a compete set of tools to create and deploy real-time displays for advanced process control and visualization.

The key features of those tools include:

• Drawing tools, built-in start-of-art to create HTML5 and .NET user interfaces.

• Smart Symbols and Components, customizable and extensible.

• Out-of-the box easy connection on Data Templates and Symbols.

• Support for Theme changes.

• Support for Localization and Internationalization. 

Designing displays using the state-of-the-art graphical tools in Tatsoft FactoryStudio

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Utilizing the extensive set of fully customizable symbols and components

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Connecting data templates with symbols

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Support for Themes,  skin change on runtime displays. 

Using the built-n Themes support, it is easy to create applications with dynamic change of color schema for various uses cases:

• Change between AdvancedHMI and classic HMI pages
• Light and Dark modes for the Operator User Interface
• You own requirements and creativity!

For Detailed Information on Themes, go to child section Themes Configuration.

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Managing Themes

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Check Themes Configuration for additional information.

Localization and Internationalization

FrameworX allows easy creating of Project that, without no modifications, can run in various settings for language and internationalization. 

It is possible to two Operators accessing the same server, to use their own and distinct choices of UI language and Engineering Units, changing its settings for his local User Interface.

The linked section Localization and Units explains the following concepts and its configuration:

• Creating multilingual applications
• Language switching at runtime
• Using Units Conversions

Working with the Display module

Runtime Execution

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User Roles and Security

High-level overview of security and user access control features related to displays and remote clients, highlighting their importance in protecting and managing access to application resources.

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Starting Client Displays

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Planning Layouts and Navigation

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Troubleshooting and Best Practices

Common #Issues and Solutions

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Best Practices and #Recommendations

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Display Runtime Attributes

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