SGD 43-A
4.3” PanelPilotACE Compatible Display
PanelPilotACE Design Studio
Making Industrial User Interface Design Simple
The design software provides a number of building blocks which allow users to drag-and-drop elements onto the screen
to quickly create advanced user interfaces. From background images to text elements, analogue style meters, touch
screen navigation elements and even complex logic statements, users can build up multi-screen interfaces without
needing to write a line of code.
There is a library of pre-defined elements such as meters, buttons and switches, and users can create their own content
by combining elements or importing graphics in a number of formats (including jpg, png, tif, bmp and gif). The software
includes support for transparency and multiple layers.
Hardware interfacing is similarly intuitive, with hardware elements being dragged into a function builder where
associations with graphical elements (such as a needle on a meter) can be defined. Here users can determine scaling for
analogue inputs, define alarm triggers, behaviours for digital inputs and outputs and configure PWM outputs.
Previewing and Uploading Projects
The software includes a ‘Preview in Emulator’ function which emulates the hardware’s inputs and outputs, allowing users
to test their projects prior to upload. Projects are uploaded to the SGD 43-A via a mini USB port.
PanelPilotACE Design Studio is compatible with Windows XP (SP3), Vista, 7 and 8 and can be downloaded free
from www.panelpilot.com.
www.panelpilot.com
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