Editor of the TargetVisualization object
The "TargetVisualization" object (
), which you can add in the PLC project tree below the "Visualization Manager" object, enables the PLC HMI and contains its settings. Double-click on the object in order to edit the settings in an editor window.
 | The settings in the object "TargetVisualization" are adopted automatically into the .ini file from build 4022.0 onwards. If you wish to use an older build or start a PLC HMI Client with a remote connection to the runtime device, you have to make the changes to the settings in the .ini file manually. |
Start visualization | Name of the visualization object that is to be opened as the first page when starting the PLC HMI. A visualization object is already entered here by default. The input assistant can be used to select a different visualization object. If the PLC project contains only one visualization object, this is automatically used as start visualization. |
Update rate (ms) | The update rate in milliseconds, with which the data in the PLC HMI is updated. |
Show used Visualizations | Button for opening the standard dialog of the Visualization Manager: Here you can select the visualizations that are to be used for the PLC HMI. (See also PLC documentation: Creating a visualization > Visualization Manager > Visualizations) |
Scaling options
Fixed | The size of the visualization is retained, irrespective of the screen size. |
Isotropic | The size of the visualization depends on the size of the screen. The visualization retains its proportions. |
Anisotropic | The size of the visualization depends on the size of the screen. The visualization does not retain its proportions. |
Using scaling options for dialogs | The dialogs, also keypad and numpad, are scaled with the same scaling factor as the visualization. This is advantageous if a dialog was created to match the visualization. |
Use automatically determined client size | The PLC HMI fills the client screen. |
Use specified client size | The PLC HMI fills the screen area determined by the following dimensions.
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Presentation options
Characters with antialiasing | Activate this option, if antialiasing is to be used when the visualizations are drawn in the visualization editor window of the programming system. (Offline or online) |
Standard text input
This setting is only then active if the input type “Standard” is selected in the input configuration of the visualization element. In this case, the default text entries defined in the Visualization Manager are used.
Touchscreen | Select this option if the target device is operated with a touch screen by default. |
Keyboard | Select this option if the target device is operated with a keyboard by default. |
Advanced Settings
Hide mouse pointer | Setting through which the cursor can be hidden. |
Size of the command buffer | Memory size in bytes that the visualization allocates for this PLC HMI Client and uses for the communication. |
Start client on startup | The PLC HMI client is automatically started locally on the runtime system. |