The Advanced Viewer can display point values on a CimView screen, even if a CIMPLICITY project is not running, wherever CimEdit accepts point values.

	Guidelines
	Examples of CimEdit features configured for the Advanced Viewer.

Guidelines

CimEdit configuration for the Advanced Viewer is basically the same as configuration for any CimEdit/CimView screen.

However:

When you leave a field in which you entered an item ID that is not a point in a CIMPLICITY project, a message box will open warning you that the "...following point IDs were not found in your CIMPLICITY configuration."

Click OK.

The message box will close.

Make sure you observe standard syntax rules when you enter item ID's, in addition to the Advanced Viewer syntax.

Example

A group tag is used in a color animated expression.

'\\ATLSIM\<NORTH>INT.RW.TAG000001' EQ 200

The item ID must be enclosed in single quotes because of the <> around the group name.

The Advanced Viewer does not support array set points in CimView.

An error message will display if a user attempts to set the array point in CimView, reporting that

The point <point name> was not set. Protocol does not support setpoints for array elements.

Example

Note: Array set points are supported in the Point Control Panel.

Examples of CimEdit Features Configured for the Advanced Viewer

The configuration for several examples of CimEdit features that can be used with the Advanced Viewer are based on an OPC Server named ATLSIM.

ATLSIM OPC Server accepts:

Hierarchical item ID's.

The hierarchy is delineated by periods in the point syntax.

Groups.

The groups are identified with <> in the item ID syntax.

Read-write capability.

Several point types, including:

INT

BOOL

STRING

Examples include the following.

Example	2.2.1	CimEdit: Point Browser.
Example	2.2.2	CimEdit: Variables.
Example	2.2.3	CimEdit: Text objects with set points.
Example	2.2.4	CimEdit: Text button objects with procedures.
Example	2.2.5	CimEdit: Animation.
Example	2.2.6	CimEdit: Script..
Example	2.2.7	CimEdit: Point View and Expression View.

More information

	Ptopc_config.xml specifications.
	Step 2. Configure user interfaces for the Advanced Viewer.

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