HMI Tutorial
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In Lesson 1, we will go over the drawing group. In the drawing group, you can put in text, pictures and drawings. You can import your own image. Supported files are bmp, wmf, dxf, jpeg, ICO and NMF. You can also select from over 5000 images in the symbol factory. In this lesson we will create a shape, add an image and put in text. If you need more detailed information, please check out Chapter 7 of the User's Manual. Click on each step below to follow through on the tutorial.







Putting an image on a base screen

robotHome Tab

From the Home tab, in the Drawings group, click Picture. The mouse cursor changes to show a + and a picture


robotSymbol Library

Click the location on the base screen to place the picture. The Picture Manger will appear and select Symbol Factory


robotSelect Symbol

Under the categories select Maps and Flags and under symbol select the USA Flag. This should put the USA flag into the picture manager. If you select more images, they too will appear under the picture manager.

robotPicture Manager

You should now have a flag in your picture manager. Make sure you do not select the box underneath unless you have a memory card. If you select the box underneath withtout a memory card than it will be blank on your screen when you download the program. Left mouse click the flag and the image should now be on your base screen.

robotPlacement and Size

Now that you have the Flag on your screen, you can left mouse click and drag it to where you want or increase the size. You can also double left mouse click the flag and type in size and the coordinates. In the box you can also select flash to blink the image.





Putting text on a base screen

robotHome Tab

From the Home tab, in the Drawings group, click Text. The mouse cursor changes to show a + and text


robotText Property

Click the location on the base screen to place the text. The Properties of Text will appear and you can put in the text and change color and postion. Hit ok and the text should not be on your base screen.



robotText Image

Now that you have the text on your screen, just like in you did in image, you can left mouse or double left mouse the text image to change size and placement.








Make a drawing for the base screen

robotHome Tab

From the Home tab, in the Drawings group, click Shapes.




robotSymbol Library

Under Shapes there are many selections to choose from such as a line, ellipse, pie, but for now select the polygon that is shown as a star. The mouse cursor will now be a pencil. Move your cursor where you want to start drawing.







robotSelect Symbol

Do single click at each point you want a location. For the final location double click it.




robotPicture Manager

If you need to modify your drawing, just left mouse click it to select it. Next right mouse click it, and then you will get a popup in which you can select Reshape you can now make adjustmenst on your points. When finished, hit the escape button.

robotPlacement and Size

You can also make some modifications by selecting the Format tab at the top and going to shape styles


robotPlacement and Size

Lastly, you can double left mouse click the polygon to get the popup for the properties of the polygon.