enhancing operator effectiveness with symbol factory
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Enhancing operator effectiveness with Symbol FactoryTRANSCRIPT
Enhancing Operator Effectiveness with Symbol Factory
John Weber, presidentSoftware Toolbox
Agenda
• Why do symbols matter? • What is Symbol Factory?• Demonstrations• Choosing the Right Tool• Licensing, Pricing, and Purchasing Symbol
Factory• Other products from Software Toolbox• Q&A
Why Symbols?
• What do your operators require to be effective?
Data Only with maybe simple line diagrams?
Why Symbols?
• What do your operators require to be effective?
Engaging process equipment oriented displays with data?
Why Symbols?
• Is standardization important for your training, operations, and safety requirements?
• Are you an integrator making displays for many clients?
• Is re-use important for engineering efficiency?
What is Symbol Factory?
• The common name for a family of 3 products
• Library of over 4,000 professionally created symbols
• Optimized for rapid on-screen rendering and conservative memory usage
• Flexible usage options
Symbol Factory Classic
• Library Application• Select, preview,
recolor, resize symbols
• Copy/Paste• Export• Import• Symbols work on
any platform
Symbol Factory ActiveX & Symbol Factory .NET
• Uses same vector images as Symbol Factory Classic
• Live component for richer animation choices
• One component, place and pick symbol through property pages
Symbol Factory ActiveX & Symbol Factory .NET
• Change appearance through property pages
• Or set properties at runtime
Symbol Factory ActiveX& Symbol Factory .NET
• Change appearance @ runtime based on process values
• Animation Support– Fill color– Blink speed– Blink color
• Animate based on analog or digital values
Symbol Factory Demonstration
Lets Have
a Look in
Action!
Choosing the Right ToolFeatures Symbol Factory
ClassicSymbol Factory
ActiveXSymbol Factory
.NET4000+ Symbols
Resize, flip, recolor of symbols
Export to WMF, VML, SVG formats
Export to BMP, PNG raster formats
Import user created symbols Via SF Classic w/Vendor support
Windows Desktop & Server OS Supported
Windows Embedded Support
Windows CE Supported
Color change, visibility & blink animations based on live process data
Using Indusoft Symbol Objects
Using AnalogValue, DiscreteValue Props
Using AnalogValue, DiscreteValue Props
# of bands of animation color change Using Indusoft Symbol Objects
5 50
Use with Visual Studio.NET/VB WinForms Applications
Use with Visual Studio WebForms
Choosing the Right Tool
Deploying to Indusoft CEView, Embedded View, and/or Indusoft Web Studio?
• Copy/Paste• Symbols Into WebStudio
Designer• Animate as Indusoft
Symbols
Choosing the Right Tool
Deploying to Indusoft Thin Clients on Windows CE only?
• Copy/Paste or import Symbols Into Web Studio Designer
• Animate as Indusoft Symbols
Choosing the Right Tool
Deploying to Indusoft Thin Clients running regular Windows?
• Link Indusoft Tag data to Symbols to change appearance automatically based on process state
• Up to 5 bands of state change!
• Link Indusoft Tag data to Symbols to change appearance automatically based on process state
• Up to 50 bands of state change!
Choosing the Right Tool
• Deploying to EmbeddedView and Indusoft Web Studio?
• Link Indusoft Tag data to Symbols to change appearance automatically based on process state
• Up to 50 bands of state change!• Latest .NET technology
• Link Indusoft Tag data to Symbols to change appearance automatically based on process state
• Up to 5 bands of state change!
Choosing the Right Tool
• Deploying to Indusoft Web Studio only?
• Link Indusoft Tag data to Symbols to change appearance automatically based on process state
• Up to 5 bands of state change!
• Link Indusoft Tag data to Symbols to change appearance automatically based on process state
• Up to 50 bands of state change!
Licensing & Pricing
• Licenses needed for each developer workstation• Licenses are not restricted to be used only with Indusoft applications• No licenses needed for runtime deployments – aka “runtime free”
– As an SI, no licenses needed for deploying multiple client projects – Just need a license for each developer workstation– If your end user has a development workstation on site
• Using SF Classic: he’ll need a license if he wants to add more symbols only• Using SF ActiveX or SF.NET: he’ll need a license if he wants to access our property
pages at design time and made changes.
• Developer workstation licenses– Symbol Factory Classic - $500– Symbol Factory ActiveX - $795– Symbol Factory .NET - $795
• Bundles & volume developer options possible
Purchasing Symbol Factory
• Go to www.indusoft.com• Click Products• Click 3rd Party Store• Email [email protected] for any special requirements
Symbol Factory FREE TRIALS
Other OfferingsTOP Server
• TOP Server OPC Server– 100’s of drivers– Single interface– OPC Certified
• Learn more on February 13, 2013 at an Indusoft Webinar
• Or Visit www.toolboxopc.com for details & free trial
Other OfferingsOmniServer
Linear Scalesi.e. Mitutoyo,
Digimatic
Bar Code Scanners
i.e. Intermec, Symbol, Z-Tron
Measuring Systems
Message Displays &
Scoreboards
Barcode Printers
Gas analyzers
Mass Spectrometers
Combustion Analyzers
Gas Chromatographs
Laser MarkingSystems
Weigh Scales
OmniServer Brings It All Together
FactoryKPIs
• KPIServer collects real time data from any OPC data source including Indusoft Web Studio• Mobile devices get data from the KPIServer• VPN/Firewall/Cloud friendly• Click through to any web page for details behind the metrics including Indusoft Web Studio
pages• Email metric values from the mobile device with one tap• Receive push notifications when metrics exceed your configured limits• Free trial available now on the iTunes AppStore – search “FactoryKPIs”
Q&A
• Q&A Time• For questions afterwards please
email– John Weber –
• For product support– [email protected]– 1-888-665-3678 (US/Canada Toll
Free)– +1 704 849 2773 (Global)