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TouchWin Overview
This is a v0.1 overview distilled from the TouchWin editing software manual outline. Use it for high-level HMI workflow answers until detailed TouchWin references are added.
Covered Manual Areas
- TouchWin editing software installation and uninstallation.
- Simple project creation.
- Screen editing.
- Offline simulation.
- Online simulation.
- Project download.
- Project upload.
- Software structure, project area, menu bar, tools, and views.
- HMI communication, alarms, recipes, macros, variables, and registers appear in the manual and need detailed extraction in future iterations.
Basic HMI Workflow
- Confirm the HMI model and target PLC model.
- Create or open the TouchWin project.
- Set project communication to match the PLC protocol and connection method.
- Create screens by operating purpose: main status, manual operation, parameter setting, alarms, recipe, maintenance/debug.
- Bind buttons, lamps, numeric displays, and numeric inputs to PLC soft elements or registers.
- Configure alarm objects and reset/acknowledge behavior.
- Configure recipe objects if the machine has product parameters or batch settings.
- Use offline simulation for screen behavior where possible.
- Use online simulation or download for PLC communication testing.
- Verify PLC/HMI address consistency against the soft-element table.
Questions To Ask
- HMI model and screen resolution:
- PLC model and communication port:
- Protocol: XNET, Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, or other:
- Screen list and operator workflow:
- Variables/registers needed by each screen:
- Alarm list and reset rules:
- Recipe parameters and storage behavior:
- Whether download/upload is allowed on the current machine:
Output Expectations
For TouchWin answers, produce:
- Screen structure.
- HMI variable list.
- Alarm table.
- Recipe table if needed.
- Communication setup assumptions.
- Test procedure: offline simulation, online simulation, download, communication verification, alarm/reset, recipe read/write.