Chapter 3 - User Interface Navigation Overview

User Interface after Logon

After a successful logon, the Application Area will either be blank or loaded with the “Default.fnl” graphic file loaded in a Graphics View application tab. See the FINlite Graphics Tool section for more information about the default graphic.

Device/Points Navigation Tree

When you click the Device/Points application bar, a navigation tree displays that includes a search box and a list of panels.

Search Box

The Device/Points search box allows searching for points by name. Type any part of the desired point name into the search box and a list of matching point names will display. Click the desired point name to access the point.

Panel List

Panels that are not grayed out are Web Server-enabled panels that are communicating properly.

Panels that are grayed out are either not Web Server-enabled, or are Web Server- enabled panels but are not communicating properly.

1.Hover over a panel name to view panel information. Click the arrow next to a Web Server-enabled panel name to expand and display folders for local points and available applications.

2.Click the arrow to expand the Local option and display the local points, categorized by point type. Clicking a point name will start the Point Commander application.

3.Click the arrow to expand the Trends option to see the Trend Log objects on the panel. Clicking a Trend Log object name will start the Trend View application.

4.Click the arrow to expand the Schedules option to see the Schedule, Command, and Calendar objects on the panel. Clicking a Schedule object name will start the Schedule View application.

NOTE: The Command and Calendar object names are inactive.

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Siemens 125-3584T manual Device/Points Navigation Tree, Search Box, Panel List