X-Change 2007 User Group Conference

Migrating from HMI’s to Wonderware

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Jos Peters

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Let’s paint the picture

Want to move to Industrial Application Server (IAS) ……. But are heavily invested with InTouch applications …. Or Intellution or GE or Rockwell or Siemens or ….. ????How Much Re-work or Re-engineering is it going to take??

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Typical Scenario

InTouch :Tag Based.Alarms Configured.History configured : .LGH Files ??Scripting (Supervisory Control

and Navigation)Graphics

Industrial Application ServerObject Based.Alarms Configured On Object

Template.History configured : InSQLScripting (Supervisory Control)Graphics (Smart Symbols)

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Agenda

BulkBulk ImportImport UtilityUtilityBulkBulk ImportImport UtilityUtility

Smart Symbols

Popups / IOSetRemoteReferences()

ConsiderationsConsiderations

SummarySummary

QuestionsQuestions

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What Does it Do??

ArchestrA Bulk Import Utility

• reads InTouch tag database• or other CSV output from existing apps• or XML output from existing apps• easily creates Object templates and instances for import into IAS

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Create Hierarchical Namespace from Flat Tag names

Filter resulting Mapped tags to create objects

Connect & Download

Templates from GalaxyValidate and

Upload New Objects and Instances to

Galaxy

Create New Project

Run Import Tag Wizard

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Bulk Import Utility

Demo

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Mappings from Import Tag Wizard

In Release 1.0 of the BIU a mapping for InTouch will be provided. BIU can import other CSV files from all the major HMI and PLC vendors. BIU can also read most well formed XML which is used in many Enterprise applications!

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What about Graphics & ScriptingTake Existing Graphics and create Smart Symbols.Recommend that the InTouch Application is redone You can copy and Supervisory Control paste scripts into IAS in Templates and tweak.Distinguish between Server and client scriptsRe-use Navigation Scripts (Don’t need to use Indirect Tags)

Rather use IOSetRemoteReferences() Script Function

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Agenda

Smart SymbolsSmart SymbolsSmart SymbolsSmart Symbols

Popups / IOSetRemoteReferences()

ConsiderationsConsiderations

SummarySummary

QuestionsQuestions

Bulk Import Utility

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Creating Valve Smart symbol

• Valve Graphic of Old InTouch

• Edit animation links to look at Template or “me” created in BIU

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Smart Symbols

Make the Graphic symbol a Cell

Generate a Smart Symbol

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Smart Symbols

The Smart Symbol gets placed in the Smart Symbol Library and is linked to the Template in IAS.

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Smart Symbols

Too create an instance of the Smart Symbol select it from the Smart Symbol Wizard Icon

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Smart Symbols

When you place it on the Window you will be asked to link it to an instanceBrowse for an instance in IAS

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Agenda

Popups / IOSetRemoteReferences()Popups / IOSetRemoteReferences()Popups / IOSetRemoteReferences()Popups / IOSetRemoteReferences()

ConsiderationsConsiderations

SummarySummary

QuestionsQuestions

Bulk Import Utility

Smart Symbols

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Creating a Control Popup

Edit the Smart Symbol with an Action Script like the figure

“ValveName” is a Memory Message Tag in InTouch.

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Creating a Control Popup

An Example of a small control Popup window with animation links displaying templates.

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Creating a Control Popup

Create an OnShow Window Script like the Following using IOSetRemoteReferences() Script Function

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Agenda

ConsiderationsConsiderationsConsiderationsConsiderations

SummarySummary

QuestionsQuestions

Bulk Import Utility

Smart Symbols

Popups / IOSetRemoteReferences()

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Additional ConsiderationsAlarm Query Changes from \\Node\InTouch!AlarmGroup to \\Node\Galaxy!Area

Alarms configured in InTouch will be handled by the BIU.

History changes from .LGH to InSQL (BIU automatically ticks attributes to be historized)

Scripting needs to be considered on a case per case basis.

Go through al scripts and determine which are server based and which are client based.

Populating List / Combo Boxes in InTouch

Using Additional ActiveX controls or other third party Objects.

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Agenda

SummarySummarySummarySummary

QuestionsQuestions

Bulk Import Utility

Smart Symbols

Popups / IOSetRemoteReferences()

Considerations

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Summary

The Migration needs to be thought through.Go through the Migration guide. – Come see the WSP Best Practices Presentation - F1You can use the Bulk import Utility to generate templates and object instances that will include alarms and history.Generate smart symbols for your graphics and create a new InTouch Application. “DO NOT TRY TO CONVERT THE ORIGINAL”Use IOSetRemoteReferenses() Script Function for Control Popups.Work through all the scripts and determine whether they are Server (Migrate to IAS) or Client (Leave in InTouch) type scripts.

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Bulk Import Utility

Questions