LOYTEC L-VIS User manual

L-VIS
LOYTEC Visualization
User Manual
LOYTEC electronics GmbH

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Table of Contents
1Introduction................................................................................................ 14
1.1 What is L-VIS?..................................................................................................14
1.2 Available Models ...............................................................................................16
2What’s New in L-Vis.................................................................................. 18
2.1 New in L-Vis 6.2.0..............................................................................................18
2.1.1 Localized date and number controls.........................................................18
2.1.2 Extended date control...............................................................................18
2.1.3 Improved trend control.............................................................................18
2.1.4 Knob and Webcam controls.....................................................................18
2.1.5 Bidirectional data point references...........................................................19
2.1.6 Improved BACnet support.......................................................................19
2.1.7 New system registers................................................................................19
2.2 New in L-Vis 6.1.0..............................................................................................19
2.2.1 Support for complex writing systems.......................................................19
2.2.2 New Control: Webcam.............................................................................19
2.2.3 New Control: Rotating Knob ...................................................................19
2.2.4 New Action: Show Pop-Up......................................................................20
2.2.5 Number Control: Show Units...................................................................20
2.2.6 Sound Action: Playback volume adjustment............................................20
2.2.7 LWEB projects: Option to use client-side fonts.......................................20
2.2.8 Improved handling of templates...............................................................20
2.3 New in L-Vis 5.1.0..............................................................................................20
2.3.1 Support for new models ...........................................................................20
2.3.2 Math objects as input data points .............................................................20
2.3.3 New pre-installed fonts ............................................................................21
2.3.4 More operations supporting undo ............................................................21
2.3.5 L-WEB projects use true-type fonts for the preview................................21
2.3.6 Improved performance and memory usage..............................................21
2.3.7 Dual-Ethernet with Separate Networks....................................................21
2.3.8 WLAN Interface ......................................................................................21
2.3.9 OPC UA Server........................................................................................21
2.3.10 Alarm Server Ack-All Data Point............................................................21
2.3.11 Format Strings in E-Mails........................................................................21
2.3.12 Output NVs with Integrated Feedback.....................................................21
2.4 New in L-Vis 5.0.0..............................................................................................22
2.4.1 Usability Improvements...........................................................................22

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2.4.2 Modbus Support.......................................................................................22
2.4.3 Improved Web-UI....................................................................................22
2.4.4 Improved OPC Client...............................................................................22
2.4.5 Improved OPC Server Management ........................................................22
2.4.6 Nested Template Paths.............................................................................22
2.4.7 Position Lock ...........................................................................................22
2.4.8 Absolute Paths for Show Page .................................................................23
2.4.9 Improved Boot Update Handling .............................................................23
2.4.10 Improved Usage Report ...........................................................................23
2.4.11 Improved Project Builder.........................................................................23
3Getting Started........................................................................................... 24
3.1 Installing the L-VIS Configuration Application.............................................24
3.2 Connecting to the Device...................................................................................24
3.2.1 TCP / IP (Ethernet) Connections..............................................................24
3.2.2 CEA-709 Devices only ............................................................................25
3.3 Quick Start Tutorial CEA-709.........................................................................28
3.3.1 Add the device to the network..................................................................28
3.3.2 Create Dynamic NVs (LNS only)............................................................29
3.3.3 Start the L-VIS Configuration Software ..................................................29
3.3.4 Create Static NVs (if no dynamic NVs available)....................................30
3.3.5 Create Menu Structure and Pages ............................................................30
3.3.6 Add Controls to the Page .........................................................................31
3.3.7 Connect the Data-Points...........................................................................32
3.3.8 Write the Project to the L-VIS device......................................................33
3.3.9 Test the Project.........................................................................................33
3.4 Quick Start Tutorial BACnet...........................................................................34
3.4.1 Add the device to the network..................................................................34
3.4.2 Start the L-VIS Configuration Software ..................................................34
3.4.3 Create Data Points....................................................................................35
3.4.4 Create Menu Structure and Pages ............................................................35
3.4.5 Add Controls to the Page .........................................................................36
3.4.6 Connect the Data-Points...........................................................................36
3.4.7 Write the Project to the L-VIS device......................................................37
3.4.8 Test the Project.........................................................................................38
4Mechanical Installation ............................................................................. 39
4.1 Dimensions and Mounting................................................................................39
4.2 Theft Protection.................................................................................................39
5Electrical Installation................................................................................. 40
5.1 Connection diagram..........................................................................................40

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5.2 Electrical Characteristics LVIS-3E100/ME200..............................................40
5.3 Electrical Characteristics LVIS-3E11x/ME21x..............................................40
5.4 Electrical Characteristics LVIS-3MEx............................................................41
5.5 Touch Panel Cleaning Instructions..................................................................43
5.5.1 Appropriate cleaning measures................................................................43
5.5.2 Inappropriate cleaning measures..............................................................43
5.6 Terminals and Jumpers....................................................................................43
5.7 LEDs and Buttons .............................................................................................44
5.8 Control Network Interfaces..............................................................................46
6Interface Configuration............................................................................. 47
6.1 Selecting the Interface.......................................................................................47
6.2 Configuring the IP-852 interface......................................................................49
7Operating L-VIS ........................................................................................ 50
7.1 Touch Screen......................................................................................................50
7.1.1 Operation..................................................................................................50
7.1.2 Calibration................................................................................................51
7.2 Data Input..........................................................................................................52
7.2.1 Knob Control............................................................................................53
7.2.2 Simple Schedule Control..........................................................................54
7.2.3 Extended Schedule Control......................................................................57
7.3 Setup Menu........................................................................................................62
7.3.1 Common Pages ........................................................................................62
7.3.2 CEA-709 Models .....................................................................................63
7.3.3 BACnet Models........................................................................................64
7.3.4 Custom Setup Menu.................................................................................64
8Configuration Software............................................................................. 65
8.1 Main Window ....................................................................................................65
8.2 Object Tree ........................................................................................................65
8.3 LCD Preview......................................................................................................66
8.3.1 Selection Candidate..................................................................................66
8.3.2 Object Selection.......................................................................................67
8.3.3 Selection Indicator ...................................................................................68
8.3.4 Resize Frame............................................................................................69
8.3.5 Guides ......................................................................................................69
8.3.6 Snap to Edges...........................................................................................69
8.3.7 Snap to Grid .............................................................................................70
8.3.8 Pan and Zoom ..........................................................................................70
8.3.9 Edge Scrolling..........................................................................................71
8.3.10 Move and Resize......................................................................................71

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8.3.11 Vector drawing.........................................................................................72
8.4 Main Menus .......................................................................................................72
8.4.1 Undo / Redo .............................................................................................72
8.4.2 Find Objects.............................................................................................72
8.4.3 Find Next .................................................................................................73
8.4.4 Find by UID .............................................................................................74
8.4.5 Device Model and Firmware....................................................................74
8.5 Context Menus...................................................................................................75
8.5.1 Add Objects..............................................................................................75
8.5.2 Enable/Disable Access Control................................................................75
8.5.3 Cut / Copy / Paste.....................................................................................75
8.5.4 XML Export / Import...............................................................................76
8.5.5 Manage Data Points .................................................................................77
8.5.6 Find Instances ..........................................................................................79
8.5.7 Expand / Fold Tree...................................................................................79
8.5.8 Lock / Unlock Position.............................................................................79
8.5.9 Hide / Show, Hide Contents, Show Contents...........................................79
8.5.10 Add Items from Data Points.....................................................................79
8.5.11 Add Pages from Data Points ....................................................................80
8.5.12 Update Instances ......................................................................................80
8.5.13 Restore Defaults.......................................................................................80
8.6 Tool Bar..............................................................................................................80
8.6.1 Preview Settings.......................................................................................80
8.6.2 Layout Tools............................................................................................80
8.7 Images.................................................................................................................81
8.7.1 Image Manager ........................................................................................81
8.7.2 Embedded Sources...................................................................................82
8.7.3 Color Reduction .......................................................................................82
8.7.4 Transparency............................................................................................83
8.7.5 Animations...............................................................................................83
8.7.6 Supported File Types ...............................................................................83
8.8 Fonts ...................................................................................................................84
8.8.1 Font Manager ...........................................................................................84
8.8.2 Font File Location....................................................................................86
8.8.3 Font Recoding..........................................................................................87
8.9 Sounds ................................................................................................................87
8.10 Template-System...............................................................................................87
8.10.1 Efficient Project Development.................................................................87
8.10.2 Improve Marketing...................................................................................88
8.10.3 Corporate Design .....................................................................................88

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8.10.4 Solving Complex Tasks ...........................................................................88
8.10.5 Improved Structure...................................................................................89
8.11 Workflow............................................................................................................89
8.12 Common Property Pages ..................................................................................90
8.12.1 General.....................................................................................................90
8.12.2 Common Properties..................................................................................91
8.12.3 Color ........................................................................................................94
9Object Description ..................................................................................... 96
9.1 Introduction.......................................................................................................96
9.2 Menu...................................................................................................................97
9.2.1 Menu Properties.......................................................................................97
9.3 Menu Item..........................................................................................................97
9.3.1 Menu Item Properties...............................................................................98
9.4 Page.....................................................................................................................99
9.4.1 Page Properties.........................................................................................99
9.5 Controls............................................................................................................100
9.5.1 Text Control...........................................................................................100
9.5.2 Bitmap Control.......................................................................................101
9.5.3 Push Button............................................................................................101
9.5.4 Numeric Control ....................................................................................102
9.5.5 Bar Control.............................................................................................106
9.5.6 Trend Control.........................................................................................109
9.5.7 Date Control...........................................................................................116
9.5.8 Data Log Control ...................................................................................122
9.5.9 Schedule Control....................................................................................123
9.5.10 Alarm-List Control.................................................................................128
9.5.11 Vector Drawing Control.........................................................................130
9.5.12 Analog Meter .........................................................................................132
9.5.13 Knob Control..........................................................................................134
9.5.14 Webcam Control ....................................................................................140
9.6 Data Point.........................................................................................................143
9.6.1 Data Point Properties..............................................................................144
9.6.2 System Startup .......................................................................................147
9.6.3 Data Point Icons.....................................................................................148
9.7 Mapping Table.................................................................................................148
9.7.1 Mapping Table Properties......................................................................149
9.8 Color Mapping.................................................................................................150
9.8.1 Color Mapping Properties......................................................................150
9.9 Action Objects..................................................................................................151
9.9.1 Action Properties....................................................................................151

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9.9.2 Page Links..............................................................................................156
9.10 Collections........................................................................................................157
9.10.1 Collection Properties..............................................................................158
9.10.2 Collection Handling ...............................................................................158
9.11 Alarm Generators............................................................................................159
9.11.1 Alarm Generator Properties ...................................................................160
9.11.2 Application Hints...................................................................................160
9.12 Data Point Connectors....................................................................................162
9.13 Mathematic Objects ........................................................................................162
9.13.1 Math Object Properties ..........................................................................163
9.13.2 Application Hints...................................................................................163
9.13.3 Function List ..........................................................................................164
9.14 Trigger Objects................................................................................................166
9.14.1 Trigger Object Properties.......................................................................166
9.15 Templates.........................................................................................................168
9.15.1 Template Properties ...............................................................................168
9.15.2 Creating a Template...............................................................................168
9.15.3 Instantiating a Template.........................................................................169
9.15.4 Changes to Data Point Folders...............................................................170
9.15.5 Nested Templates...................................................................................171
9.15.6 Nested Base Paths..................................................................................172
9.15.7 Local Changes........................................................................................172
9.15.8 Nested Changes......................................................................................173
9.15.9 Base Path Placeholder Tags ...................................................................174
10Data Point Configuration........................................................................ 176
10.1 Data Points.......................................................................................................176
10.1.1 Overview................................................................................................176
10.1.2 Timing Parameters .................................................................................177
10.1.3 Default Values........................................................................................177
10.1.4 Persistency .............................................................................................178
10.1.5 Parameters..............................................................................................178
10.1.6 Behavior on Value Changes...................................................................178
10.1.7 Custom Scaling ......................................................................................179
10.1.8 User Registers ........................................................................................179
10.1.9 Structures ...............................................................................................180
10.1.10 Property Relations.............................................................................180
10.1.11 Engineering Units .............................................................................182
10.2 Connections......................................................................................................182
10.2.1 Local Connections..................................................................................182
10.2.2 Multi-Slot Connections..........................................................................183

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10.2.3 Global Connections................................................................................184
10.3 AST Features ...................................................................................................185
10.3.1 Alarming ................................................................................................185
10.3.2 Scheduling..............................................................................................186
10.3.3 Trending.................................................................................................188
10.3.4 E-mail.....................................................................................................189
10.3.5 Historic Filters........................................................................................189
10.4 CEA-709 Technology ......................................................................................190
10.4.1 CEA-709 Data Points.............................................................................190
10.4.2 CEA-709 Schedulers..............................................................................191
10.4.3 CEA-709 Alarming................................................................................191
10.4.4 CEA-709 Trend Logs.............................................................................191
10.4.5 Dynamic Polling in CEA-709 ................................................................192
10.4.6 CEA-709 Data Points in Connections....................................................192
10.4.7 Static Interface Changes.........................................................................192
10.5 BACnet Technology ........................................................................................192
10.5.1 BACnet Data Points...............................................................................192
10.5.2 BACnet Schedulers................................................................................193
10.5.3 BACnet Alarming ..................................................................................193
10.5.4 BACnet Trend Logs...............................................................................194
10.5.5 Dynamic Polling in BACnet ..................................................................194
10.5.6 BACnet Data Points in Connections ......................................................195
10.6 Data Point Manager........................................................................................195
10.6.1 Folder List..............................................................................................195
10.6.2 Data Point List .......................................................................................197
10.6.3 Property View ........................................................................................198
10.6.4 CEA-709 Properties...............................................................................200
10.6.5 BACnet Properties .................................................................................201
10.6.6 Modbus Properties .................................................................................202
10.6.7 Data Point Usage....................................................................................203
10.6.8 Multistate Maps......................................................................................204
10.6.9 Property Relations..................................................................................204
10.6.10 Favorites............................................................................................205
10.6.11 Buttons..............................................................................................206
10.7 OPC Device Manager......................................................................................206
10.7.1 Tool Bar.................................................................................................207
10.7.2 Device Properties...................................................................................207
10.8 Manage Connections.......................................................................................208
10.8.1 Create a New Connection.......................................................................208
10.8.2 Modify Connections...............................................................................210

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10.8.3 Create a Multi-Slot Connection..............................................................212
10.8.4 Create a Math Block Adapter.................................................................213
10.8.5 Create a Global Connection ...................................................................215
10.9 E-mail Templates.............................................................................................216
10.9.1 Common E-Mail Properties ...................................................................217
10.9.2 E-Mail Trigger .......................................................................................217
10.9.3 Attachments ...........................................................................................218
10.9.4 Limit E-mail Send Rate..........................................................................218
10.10 Local Schedule and Calendar.........................................................................218
10.10.1 Create a local Calendar .....................................................................218
10.10.2 Create Calendar Pattern.....................................................................219
10.10.3 Create a Local Scheduler ..................................................................219
10.10.4 Configure Scheduled Data Points .....................................................220
10.10.5 Configure Scheduled Events.............................................................221
10.10.6 Configure Exception Days................................................................223
10.10.7 Configure Control Data Points..........................................................224
10.10.8 Using the SNVT_tod_event ..............................................................225
10.10.9 Schedule Configuration Data ............................................................225
10.10.10 System Resources ...........................................................................226
10.10.11 Resource allocation.........................................................................227
10.10.12 Using the Scheduler ........................................................................228
10.11 Local Alarming................................................................................................228
10.11.1 Create an Alarm Server.....................................................................228
10.11.2 Create an Alarm Condition ...............................................................229
10.11.3 Deliver Alarms via E-mail ................................................................231
10.11.4 Multi-Edit Alarm Conditions ............................................................232
10.12 Local Trending ................................................................................................233
10.12.1 Create a Local Trend.........................................................................233
10.12.2 Configure Trended Data Points.........................................................234
10.12.3 Trend Triggers...................................................................................235
10.12.4 Deliver Trend Data via E-mail..........................................................236
10.12.5 Technology Trends............................................................................237
10.13 Trend Data Points and Trend Controls.........................................................237
10.13.1 Recorded by a Trend Control............................................................237
10.13.2 Recorded by a Trend Data Point .......................................................237
10.14 Remote AST Objects.......................................................................................238
10.14.1 Remote Scheduler and Calendar .......................................................238
10.14.2 Alarm Clients....................................................................................239
10.14.3 Remote Trend Logs...........................................................................240
10.15 Historic Filters.................................................................................................240