drbitboy
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What is the layout of this AdvancedHMI system?
It is a PC-based HMI i.e. a PC app, comprising a single .EXE file*, that queries the PLC** for tags' values, and displays those tags in a window***.
Caveats
* Plus some .DLL files
** It could query multiple PLCs
*** There could be multiple windows, with controls (buttons etc.) to switch between them
A server style environment that other clients can connect to and get updated information.
or
Is the software only viewable on the machine that it is running on and has direct access to the PLC?
For your purposes it will be the latter, but it could be either.
...don't want to spend time learning and setup just to find out it cannot do what I need.
Watch this video, which in 213s will show most of the basic steps you will need to satisfy your stated goal, and certainly enough to do a proof of concept. Obviously there is a bit more e.g. installing Visual Studio Community Edition**** and AdvancedHMI, building and deploying the .EXE and .DLLs, etc.
**** which will take some time, but there are at least a dozen how-to's on youtube.
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