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Mason White
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Mason White

M.T. White has been programming since the age of 12. His fascination with robotics flourished when he was a child programming microcontrollers such as Arduinos. M.T. currently holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics, a master's degree in soft ware engineering, and is currently working on an MBA in IT project management. M.T. is currently working as a soft ware developer for a major US defense contractor and is an adjunct CIS instructor at ECPI University. His background mostly stems from the automation industry where he programmed PLCs and HMIs for many different types of applications. M.T. has programmed many different brands of PLCs over the years and has developed HMIs using many different tools.
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Alarm HMI components

After we set up the alarm’s configuration, we can drop in an HMI component. In terms of CODESYS, there are two types of HMI controls. One is the Alarm Banner and the other is the Alarm Table. Consider the following to understand the difference between a banner and a table:

  • Banner: Shows one message at a time. It will prioritize alarms and only show the Error, Warning, or Info alarm in that order unless configured otherwise. In other words, a banner will show the most important alarm. No matter the type of alarm, the alarm can be toggled by toggling the variable in the alarm group.
  • Table: An alarm table will show active alarms for an alarm group. New alarms will show at the top of the table. Alarms can be toggled simply by toggling the variable the alarm is tied to. Where banners are meant to be on every HMI screen, tables can be set on one diagnostic screen. Compared to banners, a table can give more information as it will show more alarms.
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Published in: Mar 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804612880

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Mason White

M.T. White has been programming since the age of 12. His fascination with robotics flourished when he was a child programming microcontrollers such as Arduinos. M.T. currently holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics, a master's degree in soft ware engineering, and is currently working on an MBA in IT project management. M.T. is currently working as a soft ware developer for a major US defense contractor and is an adjunct CIS instructor at ECPI University. His background mostly stems from the automation industry where he programmed PLCs and HMIs for many different types of applications. M.T. has programmed many different brands of PLCs over the years and has developed HMIs using many different tools.
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