Merriman
Member
Hi all,
I'm currently programming several touch screen panels and I was wondering how detailed you get will the interlocks section (if applicable)?
As an example, one of my conveyors has 6 start permission bits and 2 run permission bits. 6 of these 8 bits are actually internal M-coils with their own start and run permissions. And so on, and so on. If I actually express the permissions in terms of only inputs and outputs, they become quite complicated. I want to be thorough, but at the same time I don't want the screen to be so complicated no one can read it.
I'm currently playing with the idea of restricting the screen to just the 'top' 8 permission bits and adding a touch animation. Touching description for one of the interlocks would make a text box pop up. This box would describe the permission bit and what - if its an M-coil - controls it. I could even make rungs of ladder logic pop up, if I get really ambitious.
Any comments/suggestions/other ideas/ridicule?
I'm currently programming several touch screen panels and I was wondering how detailed you get will the interlocks section (if applicable)?
As an example, one of my conveyors has 6 start permission bits and 2 run permission bits. 6 of these 8 bits are actually internal M-coils with their own start and run permissions. And so on, and so on. If I actually express the permissions in terms of only inputs and outputs, they become quite complicated. I want to be thorough, but at the same time I don't want the screen to be so complicated no one can read it.
I'm currently playing with the idea of restricting the screen to just the 'top' 8 permission bits and adding a touch animation. Touching description for one of the interlocks would make a text box pop up. This box would describe the permission bit and what - if its an M-coil - controls it. I could even make rungs of ladder logic pop up, if I get really ambitious.
Any comments/suggestions/other ideas/ridicule?