Wonderware InTouch (Modules 1-3)
This 3-day course is designed for maintenance personnel that must support an InTouch HMI system. Using a pre-written application in a programmable controller, students will modify and add to a partially completed InTouch system. Customers may specify to use either a Wonderware Data Acquisition Server (DASABCIP) or Rockwell Software's RSLinx as the DDE server to communicate to the processor. In addition, optional hands-on exercises are included throughout the course to provide the advanced learner with additional challenges.
Duration: 3 days
Course Outline
Module 1
This module provides an overview of the InTouch software, an HMI product developed by WonderWare. It begins with an introduction of the software, teaching the student to launch, navigate, create and make use of the help files. Students will get to know the application, gather data, plan the tag database and design graphic screens, plan alarms and gain information that is required to operate the system. Students will become familiar with Dynamic Data Exchange Communications. Next, the students will be able to create alarm groups, tags and search through the Tag Dictionary. To conclude the module, the student will be able to create and configure new graphic displays and be able to navigate between windows.
Lessons
- Software Overview
- Planning an HMI Project
- Communications
- The Tag Dictionary
- Creating Windows
Module 2
This module begins with the use of Basic Drawing Tools that are available in the InTouch software. Students will then be able to use Wizards to add graphic objects from a Wizard to a window, to interface your application with tags, adding and removing them and verifying communications. Students will receive a basic understanding of Animation Links, followed by configuring and creating recipes and scripts. Students will be comfortable configuring recipes, entering scripts in button objects and creating and testing a functional recipe system.
Lessons
- Basic Drawing Tools
- Wizards
- Animation Links
- Recipes
- Scripts
Module 3
This module begins with students becoming comfortable configuring InTouch software to restrict access to an application using security codes. Next, they will create templates that define Super Tags, create tags in the Tag Dictionary and apply tags in an application. Students will be able to configure the Alarming feature of InTouch software for a stand-alone application as well as create reusable generic displays using Indirect Tags. To conclude the module students will be able to configure data logging in the Tagname Dictionary and apply real time trending and historical trending to view data.
Lessons
- Security
- Super Tags
- Alarming
- Indirect Tags
- Data Logging and Trending
