You're reading from PLC and HMI Development with Siemens TIA Portal

Product type Book

Published in Apr 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801817226

Pages 436 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Concepts

Embedded Systems

Author (1):

Liam Bee

Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1 – The TIA Portal – Project Environment

2. Chapter 1: Starting a New Project with TIA Portal

3. Chapter 2: Creating Objects and How They Fit Together

4. Chapter 3: Structures and User-Defined Types

5. Section 2 – TIA Portal – Languages, Structures, and Configurations

6. Chapter 4: PLC Programming and Languages

7. Chapter 5: Working with Languages in TIA Portal

8. Chapter 6: Creating Standard Control Objects

9. Chapter 7: Simulating Signals in the PLC

10. Chapter 8: Options to Consider When Creating PLC Blocks

11. Section 3 – TIA Portal – HMI Development

12. Chapter 9: TIA Portal HMI Development Environment

13. Chapter 10: Placing Objects, Settings Properties, and Events

14. Chapter 11: Structures and HMI Faceplates

15. Chapter 12: Managing Navigation and Alarms

16. Section 4 – TIA Portal – Deployment and Best Practices

17. Chapter 13: Downloading to the PLC

18. Chapter 14: Downloading to the HMI

19. Chapter 15: Programming Tips and Additional Support

20. Other Books You May Enjoy

What are faceplates?

Just as with a function block in a PLC, a faceplate is a reusable object that can be instantiated with its own parameters. This allows an HMI to reuse objects with interface properties populated with different values. You can see an example of a faceplate instantiation in the following screenshot:

Figure 11.1 – Example of faceplate instantiation

Faceplates are very useful for common object controls due to their reusable nature. They also offer a method by which we can update multiple instances by modifying one library version. In Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal), faceplates must be created at the Project library level and then instantiated in the project. This ensures the paradigm shown in Figure 11.1 is followed at all times.

TIA Portal V17 faceplates

In TIA Portal Version 17 (V17), there are two types of faceplates: one for Panels / WinCC Runtime Advanced and another for Unified Comfort Panel / WinCC Unified...