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MySCADA Getting Started Tutorial

This document provides a tutorial on how to create a basic project in myPROJECT Designer software. It outlines 12 steps to create a new project, connect to a PLC, design a GUI interface with tags linked to PLC addresses, add buttons and animations, and download the project to a device to test. The tutorial guides the user through setting up their first project and interface for basic HMI and SCADA functionality.

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MySCADA Getting Started Tutorial

This document provides a tutorial on how to create a basic project in myPROJECT Designer software. It outlines 12 steps to create a new project, connect to a PLC, design a GUI interface with tags linked to PLC addresses, add buttons and animations, and download the project to a device to test. The tutorial guides the user through setting up their first project and interface for basic HMI and SCADA functionality.

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Title:

Getting Started Tutorial


Audience:
Beginner
PLC/SPS Specific: All


This tutorial will show you how to create your first project in myPROJECT
Designer and download it to your device.

1. Open myPROJECT Designer. On the left side is a project window. This window
is used for navigation in your project.


2. Click on a Projects and then click on New Project in main toolbar.


3. You are presented with dialog window. Please select a directory where your
project will be saved, if necessary, create new folder. Confirm dialog. Now new
project is created and you can start working.

4. You need to create connection with PLC first. Expand your project and click on
communications. Click on new. Select a PLC type and fill in its IP address. Fill in
Alias to be able to reference this PLC in your project.




5. Now select Views in a project tree. Click on a New View icon located in the
main toolbar. You are presented with a dialog. Here fill in a view name and select
orientation of your view.



Confirm by pressing Add button.

6. Now you are in a GUI designer. GUI designer is fully vector based. It has its
own toolbar with all common functions such as save, zoom, creating, grouping,
and modifying objects, working with layers and finally special functions such as
visual scripts and tag usage functions.

Option Bar is located just bellow the GUI toolbar. It allows you to quickly change
fill and stroke color, line style and color and also text properties.

7. Lets start with creation of a text element. Click on a text element in a GUI
toolbar and than click on the canvas. In the dialog fill in a text "Value is #.#". #.#
is formatting pattern and will be replaced for value read from PLC.




8. Now its time to link text element with PLC tag. Click on a text element and in
properties on a right side select ANIM (animations). Here you can see a list of all
available animations for this element. Select show value and fill in a tag
(address) in a form tag@PLC. First part is an address and after @ is alias of PLC.



9. Now we will use component from GUI library to show some value. Select
library window, locate gauges and drag gouge to the canvas. Now click on the
gauge and in properties fill in a tag as in previous part.


10. Now create a button, which will on click write tag to PLC.
Select rectangle tool from GUI toolbar and draw rectangle on canvas.


Now select text element in GUI toolbar and click into the rectangle. Fill in
text value "Press me!".


Using mouse select created rectangle and text and click on Group in a GUI
toolbar.


Now go to the properties window and select set\open tab. Now select on
click action. In a dialog select value tab and fill in tag value.


11. In last step download project to your device. In a project tree select devices
and click add new. Select device type and fill in alias (any name will do) and IP
address.

Now click on your project in projects tree and click on download in a main
toolbar. In download dialog select your device and click download.


12. Test your project. Open your web browser and fill in the IP address of your
device.

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