ABB AC 800M, Library Object Style Manual

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Section 4 Engineering Interface Interaction Windows
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Interaction Windows
The interaction window contains the most important and frequent (mode changes,
etc.) user interactions. There is also a sub window or a part of the interaction
window which is called an Information window.
When the object type is selected, an interaction window shall be displayed. If an
object type has more than one window, only the first one, that is the one that appears
when the object type is selected, may be an interaction window. The windows that
are reached from the main interaction window should all be information windows. If
the main (interaction) window has been closed, it should be possible to re-open it
from any of the secondary (information) windows via a button labeled with the
ManoeuvreIcon.
Information Windows
A control module that is displayed as an information window should have the name
Info and be accessible via the path string ControlModuleName*Info (where
ControlModuleName refers to the parent control module) to simplify localization
from outside. If a module has more than one information window their names
should differ by a suffix, for example InfoBar, InfoHist.
When to use Interaction Windows
In general, windows are suitable when you have parameter values that should be
tunable online (for example, controller gain) or if the user should be able to take
control of the object (set to manual mode).
It is recommended to use interaction windows in Function Block Types when the
number of parameters is so large that the FBD becomes confusing.