HMI Screen Set

This MotoHawk™ block is part of the HMI Blockset and allows attributes of a graphic HMI (Human Machine Interface) Screen to be set.

Block ID

HMI Screen Set

Library

motohawk_HMI_lib

Description

This MotoHawk™ block allows attributes of a graphic HMI (Human Machine Interface) Screen to be set.

The most common atttribute to set is the active attribute that defines the screen that a HMI Display will show.

A screen can be referenced via its name, which is specified at build time, or via its runtime ID.

Block Parameters

Parameter Field Values Comments/Description
Set Screen attribute by Dropdown (Name, ID) Specifes how the the screen that is to be affected by the attribute set is referenced. The screen can be referenced via its Name or via its runtime ID.
Reference Screen Name Single quote enclosed alpha-numeric text The name of the Screen to be affected by the attribute set.

Only visible when Set Screen attribute by is Name.

Reference Display Name Single quote enclosed alpha-numeric text The name of the Display that the supplied screen ID is associated with.

The runtime ID can be recovered from the HMI Screen Get block.

Only visible when Set Screen attribute by is ID.

Set attribute Dropdown The attribute to be set.

ActiveScreen will set the associated Screen (be it by Name or ID) to be the active screen. The active screen is the screen that the parent Display will show. Only one screen can be active.