Panel View Plus 7 - Button Visibility

[alive15]

Hello, hope yall are doing well. I have a HMI program where I need to add a "GoToDisplay" button, so when this button is pressed, it goes to a different display. However, I only want this button visible when my boolean tag = 1 on the PLC side. For the expression, I have (hmichipcollectormsg). I have the visibility box checked also and expression true state is set to visible. My tag is equal to 1 on the plc side. I noticed some of my tags which are controller tags have [PLC1] in front of the tag name, so I also tried [PLC1](hmichipcollectormsg) as the expression, but this did not work.

Do I need to import this tag into view studio ME first before I can use it? I'm using View studio ME v13. I rarely hook up to program this HMI, so I cannot remember if this step is necessary. Anything else I can try? Thanks!

 

[dmroeder]

Right click > Animation > Visibility

The syntax is: {[PLC1]BoolTagName}

those are brackets and braces, not parentheses. Also, make sure you BOOL tag is controller scope, otherwise you'll have some more syntax you'll have to add.

 

[alive15]

Thanks dmroeder, that was it.

One more problem, now that the button works, I clicked on the gotodisplay button, but now I have no way to close the display I just opened, lol. Is there any way to get to the Panelview's "load application" page without having to reboot the panelview? Or even exit the display I created without a "gotodisplay" button on it?

 

[dmroeder]

There is a shutdown button that will exit the application. If you use the toolbox, it is Advanced > Shutdown. In the dropdown menu, Objects > Advanced > Shutdown.

Edit: You could add back buttons to your other displays. Objects > Display Navigation > Return To (returns to the previous display)

 

[Tmills407]

I mean you have one way but if you have another button usually it’s just faster to copy it if it has the gotodisplay you want and take away label or whatever you don’t want

 

[alive15]

Thanks guys, my display screen is working now. Have a great weekend!