Hardy HI1769 Installation guide

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GuidelinesforInstallingHI1769‐WS&‐2WSFaceplates

ATTENTION:Faceplates provided by Hardy Process Solutions are open source, unlocked, HMI

templates that may be downloaded from the Hardy website for free. All open source software, code

and scripts are provided as-is and Hardy does not warranty or provide any technical support for open

source software, code or scripts. As such, Hardy assumes no liability for potential harm or damage,

software or hardware, which may result from the use of open source software, code or scripts.

Furthermore, Hardy assumes no responsibility for their content or operation in any particular

environment.Software, code and scripts are provided as examples only and will likely need to be

modified for your particular use. 

For further technical support installing, using, or modifying Faceplates; contact your nearest Rockwell

Automation Technical Support Center.

Importing add on instructions (AOI) into RSLogix® 5000: Page 2

SE Edition Instructions: Page 4

ME Edition Instructions: Page 9

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Importing and configuring the AOI

ImportingAddOnInstructions(AOI)intoRSLogix®5000

 Rightclick“Add‐OnInstructions”andImportthedownloaded

faceplate L5X file into your

project. For the HI 1769-WS & -2WS modules, there are two AOI instructions, one for Integer

configuration and one for Floating point configuration. Import the one or both as needed.

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 It should now appear under Add-On Instructions.

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 AddtheHI1769‐WS/2WSmoduletotheconfiguration.RightclickandclickonNewModuleto

addtheHI1769‐WSor2WStotheI/Oconfigurationstructure.

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o AddtheAdd‐OnInstructionontoarung.

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o Createtheinstructiontags.ThiswillbeanAdd‐OndatatypethatmatchestheAdd‐on

instruction.

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o Inp_hi1769:AssociatethislabelwiththeInputtableforthedesiredHI1769channel.

Clickanddropdownthelistandselect“AllTags”toshowalistofallcontrollertags.

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o ScrolldownandfindtheHI1769moduleandexpandtomakeselectionofthechannel

desired.

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o Out_hi1769:AssociatethislabelwiththeOutputtableforthedesiredHI1769channel.

Clickanddropdownthelistandselect“AllTags”toshowalistofall.Scrolldownand

findtheHI1769moduleandexpandtomakeselectionofchanneldesired.

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 AddadditionalAOIinstructionsintothemainroutineforeachHI1769module/channel.

 SaveyourprojectanddownloadittothePLC.

SE Edition of the Faceplate

ImportingHardyFaceplatesintoFactoryTalk™ViewSE

 OpenFactoryTalkStudioViewSiteEdition

 Createanewapplication.

 AddcommunicationinFactoryTalktocreatealinkbetweenFactoryTalkandRSLogix5000

 Rightclickontheprojectnameintheexplorernavigationbar.

 AddanewRockwellAutomationDeviceServer

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 Add,nameandchooseapathtoyourcontroller.

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 ClickApplyandOKtocreatetheshortcut.

 Whencomplete,thisprocesswilllinkthetagsfromtheAOIinRSlogixtothetagsinFactoryTalk.

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 ImporttheFaceplatefileintoFactoryTalkasaGlobalObject

o RightclickonGlobalObjectsandclickon‘AddComponentintoApplication’,lookforthe

faceplatefiles(HI1769_SE_Single_Ch.ggfxandDefaultSelection.ggfx)toaddthemunder

globalobjects.

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o IfmultipleHI1769modulesareused,makecopiesoftheHI1769_SE_Single_Ch.ggfxfiles

andassigndifferentnamesforeachinstrument.

o GlobalobjectscanbemodifiedallowingcustomizationoftheFaceplatetomeetspecific

userrequirements;forexample,ifonlyaweightreadingisrequired,ausercangrabthe

objectandmoveittoanothercustomdisplaythathasalreadybeencreated.

o Savechangesofanymodificationsbeforeexitingtheprogram.

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 Toaddfaceplatestoadisplay,rightclickonDisplays,andthenclickon‘AddComponentinto

Application’.

IfnochangesweremadetotheGlobalObjectfiles,addthesametwofilesintotheDisplay

section.IfchangesweremadetoGlobalObjectfiles,savebeforeaddingtotheDisplay

section.ChangedfilestoaddtotheDisplaysectionshouldbefoundinthedirectorywhere

saved(Typicallyc:/users/public/PublicDocuments/RSViewEnterprise/SE/HMI

Projects/<projectname>/GlobalObjects)

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 IfusingtheDefaultSelectiondisplayfile,changesshouldbemadetothebuttonpropertiesto

ensuretheypointtotheproperunits.

 Doubleclicktoopenthe“DefaultSelection”GlobalObject.

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 RightclickontheHI1769buttontosetup,clickonproperties.Underthe“Action”tab,under

the“pressaction”textbox,deleteanyofthecontents.

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 Clickonthe…totherightofthe“pressaction”box.GototheAllCommandsandMacros,scroll

downto“Display”.DoubleclickonDisplay.SelectthefilenameofyourHI1769faceplate.

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 Checkthe/TParameterstagscheckbox,Clickonthe…totheright.

 SelectthetagsfromthecorrectAOIunderthe“selectTags>Folder”list.(Foldersmayneedto

berefreshed).ClickOKandFinishtoclosethewindows.

 Save.

Delete the Default Selection Display and add the newly saved display.

 Rightclickanddeletethe“DefaultSelection”displayundertheDisplaysection.

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 Rightclick“Displays”andaddthe“DefaultSelection”filefoundundertheC:/Users/Public/Public

Documents/RSViewEnterprise/SE/HMIProjects/<projectname>/GlobalObjectsdirectory.

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 CreateaFactoryTalkViewSiteEdition

 OpenFactoryTalkViewSiteEditionClientapplication

 Createanewproject.

 SelectLocalStation.

 UnderNameofApplication,youwanttoconnecttoselecttheapplicationyou

createdintheprevioussection.

 SelecttheInitialDisplaytobe“DefaultSelection”andclicknext.

 Clicknext,next,thenfinish.

 Projectwillnowstartupandthefaceplateshouldcomeupinatest

environment.

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 NavigatingtheFaceplate

o NavigatetheFaceplateusingthemouseandkeyboardtoentervalues.

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MEEditionoftheFaceplate

ImportingHardyFaceplatesintoFactoryTalkViewME

 OpenFactoryTalkStudio.SelectMachineEdition

 Createanewapplication.

 AddcommunicationinFactoryTalktocreatealinkbetweenFactoryTalkandRSLogix5000

o RSLinxEnterprisealreadyappearsintheprojecttree.Expandanddouble‐clickonthe

“communicationsetup”.

o Underdeviceshortcuts,addanewshortcut.

o InthePRIMARYwindowexpandthedriver,highlighttheprocessorandclickokthenyes

toapplychanges.Figure19.

o Whencomplete,thisprocesswilllinkthetagsfromtheAOIinRSlogixtothetagsin

FactoryTalk.

Importing the Faceplate Global Object

 ImporttheFaceplatefileintoFactoryTalkasaGlobalObject

o RightclickonGlobalObjectsandclickon‘AddComponentintoApplication’,lookforthe

faceplatefileHI1769_ME_Single_Ch.ggfxtoaddunderglobalobjects.IfmultipleHI

1769instrumentsareused,makecopiesofthefileandassigndifferentnamesforeach

instrument.

o GlobalobjectscanbemodifiedallowingcustomizationoftheFaceplatetomeetspecific

userrequirements;forexampleifonlyaweightreadingisrequired,ausercangrabthe

objectandmoveittoanothercustomdisplaythathasalreadybeencreated.

o Savechangesofanymodificationsbeforeexitingtheprogram.

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o IfnochangesweremadetotheGlobalObjectfiles,addthesamefileintotheDisplay

section.IfchangesweremadetoGlobalObjectfiles,savebeforeaddingtotheDisplay

section.ChangedfilestoaddtotheDisplaysectionshouldbefoundinthedirectory

wheresaved(typicallyc:/users/public/PublicDocuments/RSViewEnterprise/ME/HMI

Projects/<projectname>/GlobalObjects.

o Userswillneedtoadda“GOTODisplaybutton”

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Inthepropertiesboxforthebutton,set:

 DisplayfieldtotheHardydisplay.

 ParameterLISTsettotheLogixAOIfolder.

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