ALARM SCREEN SIZE

[riccardo.crociani]

Hello,

how can I change the size of the alarms screen?

We use only the Top Table and we are testing WinCC OA 3.15.
We would like that the alarmscreen will fit the user monitor (we should manage 2 or 3 monitor resolutions). It is possible ?

Even if I change the size of the table_top in the gedi, at the initialization the table is resized to default value. Where can I set the default size of the alarme screen ? I don't see any specific entry in the System management.

Thanks.

Riccardo

[leoknipp]

When using screens with a different resolution not only the size of the table needs to be changed to fit the different screen sizes.
There are several objects in the panel which should change their size and position.

For use cases like that the "Layout Management" is used.
In the Layout of a panel you define the size polizy for the objects if the size of the panel is changed.
For detailed information please have a look at the WinCC OA documentation: Graphical editor (GEDI) --> Layout management.

Info: When configuring a layout you have to be really careful as some changes cannot be reverted.


E.g. the WinCC OA console panel has a layout defined. When changing the size of the panel the space used for the manager table changes.
At this panel you can see how a layout works during runtime.

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

[Gertjan van Schijndel]

Riccardo Crociani wrote:

We use only the Top Table and we are testing WinCC OA 3.15.
Even if I change the size of the table_top in the gedi, at the initialization the table is resized to default value. Where can I set the default size of the alarme screen ? I don't see any specific entry in the System management.

In the AES Table configuration you can disable the bottom table.

[riccardo.crociani]

thank for the replies.

Ok so without Layout Management it is not possible to create several versions of the alarm screen for different monitor resolutions (as possible for the basepanel), right ?

About my statement "Even if I change the size of the table_top in the gedi, at the initialization the table is resized to default value" I've found now a piece of code added by our system integrator to resize the table at specified dimension. Sorry for the wrong question! :huh:

Thanks

Riccardo

[leoknipp]

You can draw several AEScreen panels which fit different screen resolutions.
When opening the AEScreen you then have to decide which of the panels shall be used. The CTRL code to to detect which panel fits the screen needs to be implemented on your own before calling the function to open a panel, e.g. RootPanelOnModule(). The standard function openAES() to open the AEScreen always opens the panel vision/aes/AEScreen.pnl

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

[leoknipp]

Probably you can use another functionality of WinCC OA to open a panel for a given screen resolution.

In WinCC OA you can define "device classes" within the Device Management: System Management --> Settings --> Device Management.
Every device (unique UUID) can the be assigned to a device class. In the graphical editor you have the possibility to save own panels for every device class.
When a panel is opened the UI looks first if a panel for the device class is defined. Then it is looking at the order of device classes for a panel that fits. If such a panel is not found the standard panel is used.

A UI is listed in the Device Management if it is a "Mobile UI" or a "Desktop UI".

For details please have a look at the following chapters in the WinCC OA documentation:
WinCC OA UI --> Desktop UI
WinCC OA UI --> Mobile UI Application (at this chapter you can also find information for the Device Management and the device classes)

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist