QuickStart
Module 06
The QuickStart Project
Contents
1 Introduction 3
1.1 PcVue version 3
1.2 In this module you will learn 3
1.3 Files used in this module 3
1.4 Third party software used in this module 3
1.5 Other PcVue software used in this module 3
2 Using the QuickStart Project 4
3 Overview of the Created Project 6
3.1 The main display features 6
3.2 The Viewers 6
3.2.1 Alarm Viewer 7
3.2.2 Log Viewer. 7
3.2.3 Trend Viewer 7
3.3 Home page 8
4 Libraries 10
5 Summing-up 12
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1 Introduction
1.1 PcVue version
This module applies to PcVue version 12.
1.2 In this module you will learn
How to use the QuickStart project to get started with PcVue,
1.3 Files used in this module
None
1.4 Third party software used in this module
None
1.5 Other PcVue software used in this module
None
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2 Using the QuickStart Project
QuickStart is a sample project that can be used as a starting point for any simple
application. It includes the following pre-configured components.
Up to 10 process mimics with pre-configured navigation.
Some alarm syntheses.
An ALARM mimic including an alarm viewer and alarm counters.
An archive unit with a log list.
A LOG mimic including a log (event) viewer.
A TREND mimic.
An example of Data Export.
Various USERS and PROFILES.
SCADA Basic scripting language framework.
System Variables to monitor the project resources.
The first time that you start the project a Wizard appears from which you can
configure the project look and feel and the number and names of the mimics.
Figure 1
The wizard is a clever use of a mimic using some VBA scripts
and PcVue’s libraries to generate the project.
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Exercise 1.
Try the QuickStart project.
1. Start PcVue selecting the QuickStart_en project. Try the various
style options in the Configuration Wizard (mimic). You can use
the Test configuration button as many times as you like.
2. Configure the following mimics. The names must be correct
although they are not case sensitive. The reason for the
particular names will become evident later. After you have
configured the mimics use the Generate the project button. You
can then close the Configuration Wizard.
Title File name
Floor 01 BUILDING_FLOOR_01_MIM
Floor 02 BUILDING_FLOOR_02_MIM
Floor 03 BUILDING_FLOOR_03_MIM
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3 Overview of the Created Project
After restarting the project created by QuickStart_en project, you should have the
following (according the Theme you selected of course).
Figure 2
3.1 The main display features
[A]: Main navigation. Access to the process mimics. Clicking a button will open the
corresponding mimic including graphical elements. At the moment the floor mimics
are empty – we will be populating them soon.
[B]: Features navigation. Access to examples of the various Viewers (Alarms, Logs
and Trends).
[C]: Alarms. Permanent display of the most recent alarms. (Uses a small Alarm
Viewer.)
[D]: Basic system information. Date, Time and the current User.
[E]: Area available for process mimics.
3.2 The Viewers
This wizard generates an example of each of the Alarm, Log and Trend Viewers.
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3.2.1 Alarm Viewer
A special animation that can be inserted in any mimic and that displays a list of the
current state of alarms. It does not display the logged alarm history – for that
purpose you must use a Log Viewer.
Figure 3
3.2.2 Log Viewer.
A special animation that can be inserted in any mimic and that displays logged
(recorded) events. Logged events include process changes of state, alarms, user
actions etc.
Figure 4
3.2.3 Trend Viewer
A special animation that can be inserted in any mimic and that displays the value of
up to 16 variables plotted against time.
So far some system trends are displayed. We are going to create some others soon.
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Figure 5
3.3 Home page
The home page, or first window, is the mimic that is opened automatically at start-up
and is normally the “root” from where all mimic navigation starts. The home page of
the QuickStart project is empty other than the navigation and therefore is not very
interesting! However what is interesting is the configuration where the home page
name is specified. This is found in the Setting dialog accessible from the Application
Explorer.
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Figure 6
You can see that there are several other interesting properties in this dialog – these
will be covered in other modules.
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4 Libraries
A library is a collection of PcVue objects including images, mimics, templates etc. that
can be re-used in any project you are developing.
PcVue includes several libraries sorted according to function such as ELECTRIC, HVAC,
SENSORS, etc… The libraries include 1000’s of objects that can be freely re-used
with PcVue. Of course, you can also create your own library or add an existing one
that was perhaps created for a previous project.
You can check the library content using the Library Manager which is accessed from
the Application Explorer.
Figure 7
We will see more details of the Library Manager in a later module but we need to add
a library right now as its contents is required for this module.
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Exercise 2.
The next part of this module uses objects from the
OFFICE Library. But first we need to add the library to
PcVue.
1. Copy the OFFICE library folder, SH_OFFICE, to the library folder
of your PcVue installation. The library folder is called LIB and it
is found in the same place as the project folder USR mentioned
in Exercise 1.
2. Now we need to tell PcVue of its existence.
a. Open the Application Explorer and in the middle pane
select Libraries.Shared libraries.
b. From the task pane select Add an existing shared library.
The Shared Library Creation dialog opens.
c. The folder SH_OFFICE that you have just copied to LIB
should appear in the Folder Name list box. Select
SH_OFFICE.
d. Enter OFFICE in the Label field. This is the name by
which the library will be known in PcVue.
e. Click Apply to create the library and close the dialog
using the OK or Cancel button. The new library then
appears in the Application Explorer.
Libraries added to the Shared Libraries folder automatically
become available to all projects.
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5 Summing-up
The QuickStart project can be used to quickly start your application.
The Alarm Viewer, Log Viewer and Trend Viewer are three of PcVue’s
most important display features.
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