On screens created in the EOS SCADA Editor, variable elements can be added to the screen as
user controls after preparing the background containing fixed graphical elements.
EOS SCADA provides numerous user control design engines, industrial shapes in vector format,
and parameterized design capabilities for control objects. This structure allows user control
templates to be created for different requirements and reused.
1. General Structure of User Controls
Variable elements in EOS SCADA screen design are placed on the screen using user control
objects. User controls can be created directly using the
User Control Engine, or previously prepared design templates can be
used through the User Controls Quick Access Template Library.
Basic approach: User control engines are used to create designs,
while the quick access template library provides storage, grouping, and reuse of
created designs on different screens.
In addition to the templates supplied with the software, users can create their own
templates and add them to the quick access library. Templates prepared in other projects
or by different SCADA designers can also be imported and used in existing projects.
EOS SCADA software provides numerous user control object engines, industrial shapes in
vector format, and parametric settings for user control objects to create visual and
interactive designs.
User control engines provide the fundamental design infrastructure for creating the
control objects to be used on screens and configuring their properties.
4. Adding a User Control Using the Quick Access Library
The User Controls Quick Access Library consists of group tabs that
can be edited by the user. Users can organize their prepared templates under different
groups for easy access.
To add any template in the library to the screen design, simply drag the relevant
template from the quick access library onto the screen and
drop it.
Basic usage:
Select the template → Drag it onto the screen → Drop it → Edit the properties if necessary
5. Selecting a User Control
Multiple methods can be used to select user controls on the screen. The selection method
can be determined according to whether a single control or multiple controls need to be
selected together.
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Single selection: Use SHIFT + left mouse button
on the user control to be selected.
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Multiple selection: Multiple controls can be selected by using
SHIFT + left mouse button on the user controls to be selected.
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Selection rectangle: Press and hold the left mouse button at a
point in the upper-left area of the screen and drag toward the lower-right corner
to create a selection rectangle enclosing the user controls.
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Tree menu: Click the relevant user control listed under the
corresponding screen node in the tree menu with the left mouse button.
These methods can be used to select any number of user controls on the screen.
6. Deselecting a User Control
To deselect user controls, simply click once with the left mouse button
on any empty area of the screen.
7. Changing the Selection Rectangle Line Color
The user can change the line color of the selection rectangle displayed during selection
by using the F9 (Function 9) button.
F9: Used to change the selection rectangle line color.
8. General User Control Design Workflow
| Step |
Operation |
| 1 |
Prepare the fixed background and graphical elements to be used on the screen.
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| 2 |
Determine the appropriate user control engine or ready-made template
for the variable elements.
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| 3 |
Place the user control on the screen using the motor toolbar or quick
access library.
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| 4 |
Edit the user control properties and complete the design.
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| 5 |
If necessary, save the completed control to the library using
ADD AS TEMPLATE.
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| 6 |
Select or deselect the user control using one of the available
user control selection methods.
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| 7 |
The prepared user control can be reused on different screens.
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