PanelView 5000

Rockwell I/O and HMI Product Update (P142)

Today my guest is Mace Bittman who comes on the show to give us an update on four Rockwell I/O and HMI products in Episode 142 of The Automation Podcast. For more information, check out the "Show Notes" located below the video. Watch the Podcast: [vimeo 801361470 w=750 h=420] The Automation Podcast is...

View Designer – New Features Planned for v8

I recently sat down with Keith Hogan, product manager for View Designer and PanelView 5000 HMIs, to learn more about his products and new features planned for the next release of the software. In today's article I'll share the highlights of what I learned, and if you'd like to watch...

View Designer and PanelView 5000 Update with Rockwell Automation (P74)

In this episode of The Automation Podcast, I sit down with Keith Hogan of Rockwell Automation to learn what's new and coming for the PanelView 5000 line of HMIs and Studio 5000 View Designer software. For more information, check out the "Show Notes" located below the video. Watch the Podcast: [vimeo 582622399...

View Designer – Trend and Emulator

While many times underutilized in an HMI, everyone involved in a manufacturing process benefits from trended data, or at least, they would benefit if they used it. Operators can monitor the direction of their process and better understand how things are controlling and operating, maintenance personnel can use trends to...

View Designer – Language Switching

One of my favorite things about my home state of Louisiana is culture. We have a blend of many beautiful cultures and out of that comes some of the best food, entertainment and zeal for life I have known anywhere. While I could write volumes on all of that, I...

Logix and View Designer – Using the HMIBC

I really should investigate release notes more, you learn all kinds of things. I ran across something in the View Designer manual called an “HMIBC” so I was curious as to what it is. Created for high-speed inputs from an HMI Device, this HMI Button Control is an instruction in...

View Designer – Using Extended Tag Properties

I’ll admit, I don’t always investigate every new feature that I read in a software’s release notes and many times I fail to utilize them for some time. Such is the case for tag extended properties in Logix Designer and View Designer. Having used RSLogix 5000 since version seven, I have...

Logix and View Designer – Alarm Integration

I will be honest, when I read the release notes for the latest release(s) of Logix Designer, I didn’t spend much effort on the parts about alarm enhancements with CompactLogix and ControlLogix Controllers. But over the last couple of week I've come to learn about and appreciate some of these...

View Designer – Pop-Up Windows Using Alias Tags

If you enjoy programming your ControlLogix/CompactLogix system utilizing Add-On instructions, then you will want the same compatibility when building graphics in View Designer. No PLC/HMI developer wants to re-create the same displays over and over with copy/paste/replace monotony. Today, I want to look at the capability of the View Designer project...

View Designer – Security

When creating an operator interface, one piece of the puzzle is to think about security before getting too far into the project. This is because you can spend a lot of time reworking and cleaning up if you don’t put thought into it ahead of time. Security is a necessary component...

View Designer – PDF Viewer

In my experience, it is the “little things” that can make a big difference in an HMI Project. Simple features can save time and money by providing valuable information at the touch of an operator or technician’s fingertips. I noticed in the View Designer manual, a pre-built “PDF Viewer” graphic object...

View Designer – Developing a PanelView 5510 Project

In my last article here, I covered getting to know the PV 5510 terminal in terms of navigation and system settings. I ’ll now take a step further and begin developing a project. The first lesson that I was given by the terminal is the lesson/reminder of going through the...

The PanelView 5510

When I think of a Panelview, so many experiences come to mind. I have worked with so many hardware models, software such as Panelbuilder 1400E, Panelbuilder 32, Factory Talk ME versions 4.0 up to the latest, communications using DH+/RIO, ControlNet, & EtherNet. In each of these cases, it was a completely...

Logix, View – ROKLive20: What’s New with Logix and View at ROKLive 2020 (S42)

In this episode of The Automation Show I share my top picks from Rockwell's ROKLive Logix and View Presentations: For more information, check out the "Show Notes" located below the video.  The Automation Show, Episode 42 Show Notes: Quick Link to Rockwell's ROKLive website:  TheAutomationBlog.com/ROKLive2020 Note: The above link redirects to the actual...

View – ROKLive20: What’s New with View at ROKLive 2020

One of my favorite Rockwell Automation trade show sessions is “What's New in View.” This year, the ROKLive presentation that came closet to that classic presentation was VZ02, “Visualization What's New,” and in today's article I'll highlight the slides that caught my attention: (Note: To see a complete list of products featured in...

Logix, View – AF2018: What’s New with Logix and View from Automation Fair 2018 (S06)

In this week's episode of The Automation Show, we take a look at What's New in Logix and View based on the Automation Fair 2018 presentations: For more information, check out the "Show Notes" located below the video. [vimeo 368574126 w=750 h=420] The Automation Show, Episode 6 Show Notes: NOTE: Would you like...

View – AF2018: What’s New with View at Automation Fair 2018

One of my favorite Automation Fair Technical Sessions is "What's New in View," and in today's article I'll highlight the slides that caught my attention as I reviewed this year's presentation. First up was several slides about the PanelView 5000 series, but before we get into them I wanted to...

Logix, View – TechED18: What’s New with Logix and View from TechED 2018 (P45)

I review the "What's New in Logix and View" hardware presentation in Episode 45 of The Automation Podcast. Watch the Podcast: [vimeo 365835287 w=750 h=420] Listen to the Podcast:

Studio 5000 – Coming Refresh (2017)

Welcome to part two of the nine part series detailing my picks for the top new PLC and HMI products shown at Rockwell's Automation Fair 2017. Note: While this series covers the products in which I'm most interested, you'll find all the new products listed in Rockwell's guide HERE. The New...

The PanelView 5310 (M4E08)

In part one of my nine part series featuring new products shown at Automation Fair 2017, I discuss the newly released PanelView 5310 (Episode 8 of The Automation Minute Season 4:): [vimeo 468356658 w=640 h=360] If you've found this video helpful, checkout my training courses here. Check out our Video Collection #1...