Application examples (tutorials)

TIP: You can use a preconfigured alarm grid instead of creating it from scratch. For more information, select
Template Libraries
Template Libraries
 and select
Widgets
Alarm Grid
.
IMPORTANT:
Pressing
Shut down system
immediately shuts down the host operating system
 on which the
FactoryTalk Optix Application
 runs.
For example, if you run the
FactoryTalk Optix Application
 on an emulator target, pressing
Shut down system
 immediately shuts down your Windows system.
This tutorial assumes familiarity with this information:
Prerequisites
Download a sample project:
TIP: The Client project imports data from the Server project.
  1. To develop the project
  2. Arrange the interface elements.
  3. CONTAINER STEP
    For more information about dynamic links, see create-dynamic-links.html.
    TIP: Graphical objects are created based on the variables types.
    TIP: If you do not see the required option, select the
    Show all
     check box.
    TIP: You can select the
    @BrowseName
     attribute by selecting it from the
    Attribute
     drop-down menu at the bottom.
    TIP: Motor manufacture dates are set while creating the Motor object type and object instances.
    TIP: You may need to enter
    Column1
     manually.
    TIP: You can select the
    @Attribute
     values from the
    Attribute
     drop-down menu at the bottom of the dialog.
    1. In
      Project view
      , right-click
      AlarmGridPanel
       and select
      New
      Base controls
      Button
      .
  4. Configure the motor name column:
    1. In
      Properties
      , double-click
      DataGridColumn1
       and enter
      MotorNameCol
    2. Under
      DataItemTemplate
      , create a dynamic link between the
      Text
       property and
      Aliases
      {Item}
      Motor@BrowseName
      TIP: You can select the
      @BrowseName
       attribute by selecting it from the
      Attribute
       drop-down menu at the bottom.
      For more information about dynamic links, see create-dynamic-links.html.
    3. Crete a dynamic link between the
      Order by
       property and
      Aliases
      {Item}
      Motor@BrowseName
      TIP: You can select the
      @BrowseName
       attribute by selecting it from the
      Attribute
       drop-down menu at the bottom.
      For more information about dynamic links, see create-dynamic-links.html.
    4. Set
      Title
       to
      Motor Name
  5. Create the motor speed column:
    1. In
      Properties
      , next to
      Columns
      , select
      Add
      Add
       and select
      Text column
      .
    2. Double-click the column name and enter
      MotorSpeedCol
    3. Under
      DataItemTemplate
      , create a dynamic link between
      Text
       and
      Aliases
      {Item}
      Motor
      Speed
      .
      For more information about dynamic links, see create-dynamic-links.html.
    4. Set
      Title
       to
      Speed
  6. Create the motor acceleration column:
    1. In
      Properties
      , next to
      Columns
      , select
      Add
      Add
       and select
      Text column
      .
    2. Double-click the column name and enter
      MotorAccelerationCol
    3. Under
      DataItemTemplate
      , create a dynamic link between
      Text
       and
      Aliases
      {Item}
      Motor
      Acceleration
      .
      For more information about dynamic links, see create-dynamic-links.html.
    4. Set
      Title
       to
      Acceleration
  7. Create the motor torque column:
    1. In
      Properties
      , next to
      Columns
      , select
      Add
      Add
       and select
      Text column
      .
    2. Double-click the column name and enter
      MotorTorqueCol
    3. Under
      DataItemTemplate
      , create a dynamic link between the
      Text
       property and
      Aliases
      {Item}
      Motor
      Torque
      .
      For more information about dynamic links, see create-dynamic-links.html.
    4. Set the
      Title
       property value to
      Torque
  8. Save the project.
  9. In
    Project view
    , right-click the
    OPC-UA
     folder and select
    New
    OPC UA Server
    .
  10. In
    Properties
    , take a note of the
    Endpoint URL
     property value.
    NOTE: You need the
    Endpoint URL
     property value to configure the OPC UA Client later on.
  11. OBJECT EXAMPLES
  12. In
    Project view
    , create or select a
    Combo box
     object.
  13. In
    Properties
    , create a dynamic link between the
    Model
     property and a node.
    Selected node
    Combo box
    Database object
    Values contained in database tables.
    Project node
    Values of attributes or properties of all direct child nodes.
    For more information about dynamic links, see create-dynamic-links.html.
  14. (optional) Specify the kind of items to display in the object by setting
    ItemKind
    .
    TIP:
    The
    ItemKind
     property is automatically set with the object or variable type recognized among the child nodes.
    For example, if the model is based on a folder node that contains several instances of a
    Motor
     object type,
    ItemKind
     is automatically set with the reference to the type. In this case, the values that display are the attributes or properties of different instances (, , , and so on).
  15. (optional) Sort items by setting
    Sort order
     and
    Order by
     values.
  16. (optional) In
    Events
    , associate
    Selection changed
     with the
    Refresh
     method.
    The items contained in the object refresh each time you interact with it.
  17. Configure chart labels by creating a dynamic link between
    Label
     and a variable argument (for example, ).
In
FactoryTalk Optix Studio
, select
Run
Run
 to run the project using the client emulator to test your project. To run the project on a remote client, see add-a-client-device.html.
In
FactoryTalk Optix Studio
, select
Run
Run
 to run Server and Client projects using the client emulator to test your project. To run the project on a remote client, see add-a-client-device.html.
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