Siemens 125-3584T manual User Interface Description for the FINlite Graphics Tool

Chapter 11 - FINlite Graphics Tool

FINlite Graphics Tool Overview

Publish graphics to the panel(s)

Open a pre-constructed graphics file from the local file system

In the Siemens FINlite graphics utility program and in the Web Server user interface, limit the total number of tabs that are open simultaneously to six (6). This means that any combination of tabs displaying editors or graphics files should not exceed six tabs.

Graphics Application Workflow

The FINlite graphics utility program workflow requires three steps: creating the background file, using the background file to create and publish the graphics file, and viewing the graphics file from the Field Panel Web Server user interface. See the relevant sections in this manual for more information.

Siemens FINlite supports .png and .jpg graphics file formats only.

1.Create a graphics background file using Designer, Auto CAD, or another designing tool. Save the file (as a .png or .jpg) to the local file system or hard drive. Use the designing tool’s Export feature to convert the native file type to a .png or .jpg format for use with Siemens FINlite.

After a new animation image has been added to the set of frames in FINlite’s Animation Editor window, existing images are sometimes automatically resized to match the added frame.

Before bringing them into FINlite, be sure the images to be added for editing animation are sized similarly to the existing images, to avoid automatic resizing issues.

2.Open the pre-constructed graphics background file from Siemens FINlite to add animated graphics. The background file can be sized in the canvas before graphics are added.

3.Once the graphics are published from FINlite to the panel(s), they can be viewed via the Field Panel Web Server user interface. See the Graphics View section.

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