Conveyors
The
Conveyors
category in the Toolbox
contains conveyor belts and conveyor rollers commonly used in a manufacturing system. The Conveyors
category has graphic elements in additional Belt
and Roller
categories.Use a conveyor to depict ingredients and products moving in a manufacturing system.
Built-in animation properties
Built-in animation properties appear under the
General
category of the Properties
window. Specify values for these properties in order to animate the graphic element or change the information the graphic element shows on the HMI device. Not all graphic elements in this category have built-in animation properties.
Name | Category | Purpose | Accepted values |
DiverterPosition | General | Specifies the current position of the conveyor diverter. | Bound tag |
MaxDiverterPosition | General | Specifies the value for a completely open diverter. | Any numeric value greater than the MinDiverterPosition property value |
MaxPusherPosition | General | Specifies the value for a maximum extended conveyor pusher. | Any numeric value greater than the MinPusherPosition property value |
MinDiverterPosition | General | Specifies the value for a completely closed diverter. | Any numeric value less than the MaxDiverterPosition property value |
MinPusherPosition | General | Specifies the value for a minimum extension of the conveyor pusher. | Any numeric value less than the MaxPusherPosition property value |
PusherPosition | General | Specifies the current position of the pusher arm. | Bound tag |
Unique properties are properties that not all graphic elements in the Toolbox share. Not all graphic elements in this category have the same properties. The unique properties of a graphic element in this category depend on the graphic element selected.
Name | Category | Purpose | Accepted values |
DiverterColor | Appearance | Specifies the color of the conveyor diverter. | Any selected color in the Color Picker or a Hex color value entered manually. The Hex value must be in the format #RRGGBB. R, G, and B are Hex digits from 0 through F and represent the color channel values for red, green, and blue. For example, #ffff00 produces yellow. |
FillColor | Appearance | Specifies the fill color. | Any selected color in the Color Picker or a Hex color value entered manually. The Hex value must be in the format #RRGGBB. R, G, and B are Hex digits from 0 through F and represent the color channel values for red, green, and blue. For example, #ffff00 produces yellow. |
RailColor | Appearance | Specifies the color of the rail. | Any selected color in the Color Picker or a Hex color value entered manually. The Hex value must be in the format #RRGGBB. R, G, and B are Hex digits from 0 through F and represent the color channel values for red, green, and blue. For example, #ffff00 produces yellow. |
Common properties exist for all graphic elements.
Property | Category | Purpose | Accepted Values |
Access | Security | Specifies if all users have access to the control element, or if access is inherited from the screen. |
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Angle | Position and Size | Specifies the rotation angle. Enter 180 to display the graphic element upside down. If you enter a value larger than 360, the portion of numeric value that is over 360 becomes the value. For example, enter 380 to see a value of 20. If you enter a value less than 0, the negative value is subtracted from 360. For example, enter -30 to see a value of 330. |
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Enabled | Appearance | Specifies if the graphic element is available on the HMI device and if the graphic element accepts touch and key input. |
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Height | Position and Size | Specifies the height in pixels. | Any positive numeric value |
Opacity | Appearance | Specifies the transparency of the graphic element. | 0 (fully transparent) - 100 (fully opaque) |
Visible | Appearance | Specifies if the graphic element is visible on the HMI device. |
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Width | Position and Size | Specifies the width in pixels. | Any positive number |
X | Position and Size | Specifies the horizontal coordinate, in pixels, from the upper left corner of screen to the upper left corner of a graphic element or group with no rotation. If the graphic element or group is rotated, the X property value does not change. | Any positive number |
Y | Position and Size | Specifies the vertical coordinate, in pixels, from the upper left corner of screen to the upper left corner of a graphic element or group with no rotation. If the graphic element or group is rotated, the Y property value does not change. | Any positive number |
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