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HOA switch needed - what to use?
Created Date: October 27,2010
Created By: dieselvette
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Maybe a stupid question, but can't do a forum search for HOA so I just ask outright: I want to put HOA switches on the screen, is there an object available for this? I can work with the tri-state or radio buttons, but with either there is only 1 color to be used for all buttons. I don't really want to have an "OFF " that turns green when pressed.
Created Date: October 27,2010
Created by: billf_Clark_Pulley
Use a radio button. You can change the color depending if it is off or on. I use them all the time and it works get. Operator has never had an issue with it. Give the radio button a Vmemory address example V2000. Then in your logic if Button one is true V2000 will = K1. If the middle button is on then V2000 will equal K2 and if the 3rd button is on then V2000 will = K4. In your logic you can say if V2000 is equal to K? (1,2 or 4) jump to three different stages depending on the K value. I always use the K1 to Reset all functions (turn the system off), K2 would jump to a stage to control all Manual Functions and K4 would jump to the first Auto stage and wait for the operator to press the cycle start buttons. Upon the last stage in Automode I would not jump back to the first stage of Automode until you have confirmed the palm buttons are NOT pressed. Hope that helps.
Created Date: October 27,2010
Created by: dieselvette
So you 're OK with having OFF be GREEN when it's off, that works.
I guess if I want "HAND " and "AUTO " to be green when pushed, and "OFF " to be RED when pushed then I need to have 2 radio buttons on top of eachother, each visible according to the color I want to show. That's inefficient but do-able.
It's too bad that each button in the group can't have it's own color scheme.
Another option I suppose would be an image of a 3-pos selector switch below the buttons for each state (layered, each visible with its respective state), and then use light/dark as the color scheme on the buttons. Also inefficient but much more intuitive.
Created Date: October 27,2010
Created by: billf_Clark_Pulley
See attached
Created Date: October 27,2010
Created by: Do-more PE
Each radio button can have it's own color. You have to select each button using the selection toolbar. The color and text boxes then relate to the selected button.
See the red circle in the picture below.
http://forum.automationdirect.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=484&stc=1&d=1288213275
Do you have an updated link? I'm running into this issue where the customer wants a radio button and a certain color scheme to go along with it.
Thanks!
The old link does not work.
https://accautomation.ca/c-more-ea9-hmi-series-panel-object-list-buttons/
Radio Buttons all have the same colors for the buttons.
If you would like the same functionality and need different colors on the HMI then I would use individual indicator buttons. Code in the PLC will select only one on at a time.
Regards,
Garry
https://accautomation.ca/series/c-more-hmi-series-panel/
Thanks Garry! Love the YT channel btw. It's been a lifesaver so far
Thanks for the comments. I'm glad it has helped you out.
Garry
https://accautomation.ca/
Created Date: October 27,2010
Created by: dieselvette
When I change the colors for #1, then the same colors are applied to #2 and #3. Choose colors for #2 then its also applied to #1 and #3, etc. Text can be specific to each button, but they all share the same color scheme. This applies to both the tri-state and the radio buttons.
As a side-note it seems that the tri-state and radio buttons are essentially the same, except that the tri-state has 3 but with the radio button you can choose the number of buttons.