WebIQ - Browsing of variables, arrays & structures in OPC UA

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Requirements

First of all, you must have successfully established an OPC UA communication between WebIQ and the PLC app.

Step-by-Step guide

Step 1

Compile the symbol configuration with all the variables and structures you want to exchange with the PLC app.PLC Symbol Configuration

Step 2 (for variables & arrays)

From the Process Data Manager, select the tab Variables and click on Browse.Browsing variables from the Process Data Manager

Under Objectes/Datalayer/plc/app/Application/sym/{nameGlobalVariableList}/{nameVariableArray}, right-click on the variable you want to exchange and click on Create Child Variables.Creating a HMI variablesCreating a HMI variable

When the array is added, the array elements are displayed under the list Variables and Items.Displaying the new variable in the Process Data ManagerDisplaying a new item in the Process Data Manager

Step 2 (for structures)

From the Process Data Manager, select the tab Structures and click on Browse.Browsing structures from the Process Data Manager

Under Objectes/Datalayer/plc/app/Application/sym/{nomeGlobalVariableList}/{nameStruct}, right-click on the entire structure you want to exchange and click on Create Child Variables.Create a new HMI variable

When the structure is added, the elements composing the structure are displayed under the list Variables and Items.Displaying a new HMI variableDisplaying a new HMI item

Step 3

Items can now be linked to widgets.

The Company 

Empowering HMI Excellence
Smart HMI is a team of experts for the development, enablement and integration of 100% Web-Technology based Software, which empowers every customer to easily create future-oriented industrial HMI solutions. The Software Platform WebIQ – developed by Smart HMI -is a 100% Web-Technology based, forward-looking Visualization-System with comprehensive Design-possibilities to create industrial Web HMI’s.