STD_INFOS

This group contains objects that display general user information and information about hard disk space.

Symbol Symbol name Description
currentUser This button displays the name of the current user. You can also left-click to display login time and open the user log.
currentUser_text This text box displays the name of the current user. Right-click to select various options.
currentUser_text_time This text box displays the name of the current user. The current_user_text_time symbol also displays the date and time. Right-click to select further options.
disk_space This symbol displays free memory on any drive. Displays data points of the _DiskSpaceCheck type.( see "Monitoring hard disks" )
minitext_tl Displays a text; e.g. used with addSymbol() the indicator of hard disk memory (sys_info_bars_txt_as)
minitext_tr Displays a percent character; e.g. used with addSymbol() the indicator of hard disk memory (sys_info_bars_txt_as)
plant_symbol Used to symbolize a system; settings of Panel, Panel name, icon etc. in the reference editor.
sys_info_bars_txt_as This symbol displays free memory on drive and RAM memory.
User_LoginList This button displays the user log (see user log).

currentUser_text

Right-click on the symbol's text box in Vision to open a cascade with various options.

Loginas...: Opens the login panel.

Logout:Logs the user off, no entry in the text box.

Close visualization:Closes the VISION module.

Info > displays Login time and User log:Time of login and panel with system users logged in and off (see User log).

User administration: Opens the appropriate panel.

Change password: Opens child panel for user to change password.

disk_space

The hard disk monitor symbol has its own configuration panel in which you can choose a data point from the internal archive hard disk data points (_ArchivDisk) and the backup medium data points (_BackupMedium) (also both available for a redundant system, e.g. _ArchivDisk_2).

You can also make the following settings:

  • Name: Optionally, you can also give the symbol a name with which to address it in scripts.

  • Show Device : Displays the input box text on the symbol bar.

  • Device text: Enter a label or press Apply from data point to use this path.

  • Apply from data point:This button inserts the path specified in the data point element "Device" of the selected data point.

Only the first 10 characters are indicated in this case, too!

  • Show Disk Space [%], Show Disk Space [MB]: Optionally, you can specify whether hard disk space should be displayed in % or MB.

plant_symbol

This symbol can be used in general views as a systems symbol (see geographical overview in WinCC OA DemoApplication).

In the References editor set values, Panel file, Panel name, icons and displayed text. The panels, icons and texts have to be located in the directories <proj_path>/panels/ respectively <proj_path>/pictures or <proj_path>/msg.