Stand-alone visualization

In a stand-alone visualization, the Visualization is run and called up directly on the Windows part of the MOVI-C® CONTROLLER. The visualization is displayed via a monitor connected to the DisplayPort (DP) connection of the MOVI-C® CONTROLLER.

Data is exchanged between the IEC project and the visualization project via the internal VNET interface of the MOVI-C® CONTROLLER (red arrow in the graphic). The data source is therefore configured for use of the internal VNET interface of the MOVI-C® CONTROLLER. By default, the VNET interface of the MOVI-C® CONTROLLER is assigned the IP address 192.168.2.2 on the controller side. Access from the engineering PC to the Windows part of the MOVI-C® CONTROLLER (e.g. for loading the visualization project) is implemented via the physical network interface X90. The IP address 192.168.10.5 is assigned to the network interface X90 by default.

An overview of the configured IP addresses for the startup carried out in this document can be found in chapter Overview of IP addresses.

The symbol configuration of the IEC project is required so that the required variables will be available in the visualization project. The exported symbol file (.xml file) is stored in the configuration of the data source.

 

Step-by-step configuration of the data source

  1. Add data source manager (if not already available)
    • Add a data source manager by right-clicking the application in the device tree of the IEC Editor and selecting the [Add Object] > [Data Source Manager] menu entry.
  2. Add data source
    • Add a data source (data source type "CODESYS Symbolic") by right-clicking the Data Source Manager in the device tree of the IEC Editor and selecting the [Add Object] > [Data Source] menu item. The data source type corresponds to "CODESYS Symbolic". If necessary, the name of the data source can be adapted.
  3. Initialize data source
    • Select the "From symbol file" option in the "Variable information" box and specify the file path of the symbol file previously exported from the IEC project. See also Exporting the symbol configuration.
    • Define the IP address of the controller part of the MOVI-C® CONTROLLER (192.168.2.2) in the connection settings of the PLC.
    • Select option "CODESYS v3" in the "Connection type" box (no gateway support).
    • Continue with the next configuration step by clicking [Next].
  4. Selecting variables
    • Select the variables that you wish to make available in the visualization project. The available variables from the imported symbol file are listed in the structure in question and the desired variables can be selected or deselected using check boxes (see example in screenshot).
  5. Finish data source configuration with [Exit]
  • The selected variables are available in the visualization project and can be linked to the visualization elements of the visualization views. All imported variables can be retrieved in the properties of the data source (double-click data source object) in the "Variables" tab. INFORMATION: Activate "Always update" to update the variables even if they are not used.