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Darrell

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A couple Of My many HMI's
« on: December 14, 2014, 09:39:32 PM »
Couple of my many HMI's built
« Last Edit: June 11, 2015, 12:57:12 AM by Darrell »

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Re: A couple Of My many HMI's I use for commisioning work
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2014, 08:06:09 PM »
Looks nice and simple!
Still have room for improvement though.

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Re: A couple Of My many HMI's I use for commisioning work
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2014, 09:40:01 PM »
I always like to keep things simple . I'm very new to visual basic and keep learning and finding new ways to improve my HMI's every day thanks in part to Archie and this forum .

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Re: A couple Of My many HMI's I use for commisioning work
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2015, 11:33:44 PM »
updated the pictures above , HMI's have gotten a little better over time with the help of Archie and this forum,  The Fans will rotate when running , did this by using an animated GIF in a picture box and layered  the same picture over the top using the animated picture box which stops the animation and make disappear with a PLC Address bit  when the fan is running , voila a spinning fan.

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Re: A couple Of My many HMI's
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2015, 04:28:54 PM »
I'll let you in on an undocumented feature of AdvancedHMI....

- Right click AdvancedHMIControls\WaterPump.vb and select Copy
- Right click then AdvancedHMIControls\PurchasedControls Folder and select Paste
- You may get an error box, if so just click OK
- Click the newly pasted WaterPump.vb slowly 2 times so it will go to allow you to rename
- Change the name to Fan.vb
- Edit the new Fan.vb file and change the first 2 line of code to this (the first line may already be right):

Public Class Fan
    Inherits MfgControl.AdvancedHMI.Controls.Fan

- Build the Solution
- You will now have an animating fan in your ToolBox

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Re: A couple Of My many HMI's
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2015, 06:11:16 PM »
Awesome , Ive built over 40 HMI's so far and always look forward to doing something new with it , All the work you put into this project is very much appreciated ,

thanks Archie

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Re: A couple Of My many HMI's
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2021, 07:08:43 AM »
I know this is an old thread.
I just got into advancedhmi, and want to build a system that automatically controls roof fans for my plant when smog levels get too high.
I want to use the Fan.vb control, I did the above instructions and I now have Fan.vb in my purchased controls folder with the required alterations, I have also built and rebuilt the solution, but I cannot find the control in my toolbox.
Have I done something wrong or is the fan control no longer accessible using this method?