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Tag Over Your Project: Professionals in Human Machine Interface

This document discusses Weintek's EasyBuilder Pro configuration software and its Address Tag function. Address Tags define HMI/PLC registers and include system tags for EasyBuilder Pro functions and user-defined tags for customized registers. Address Tags can include macros for numerical conversions. The document provides an example of using Address Tags with macros to convert between water pressure and level for display.

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Tag Over Your Project: Professionals in Human Machine Interface

This document discusses Weintek's EasyBuilder Pro configuration software and its Address Tag function. Address Tags define HMI/PLC registers and include system tags for EasyBuilder Pro functions and user-defined tags for customized registers. Address Tags can include macros for numerical conversions. The document provides an example of using Address Tags with macros to convert between water pressure and level for display.

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Professionals in Human Machine Interface

TEL: +886-2-22286770
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9F., 910 Zhongzheng Rd., Zhonghe Dist., New Taipei City 23586, Taiwan

Tag over your project


Nov 25, 2014

Professionals in Human Machine Interface


 Introduction
With the vigorous development of industrial control technology and factory automation market,
HMI plays an increasingly important role in this market. However, since there is not much
difference in the HMI hardware compared to other brands, the functionality of configuration
software becomes more important to satisfy most application requirements.

Weintek has self-developed its own configuration software, EasyBuilder Pro, which is widely
recognized and trusted by customers. In order to enhance the efficiency of HMI project
development, Weintek is focused on Address Tag function which greatly improves the simplicity
and maintainability of the project.

Address Tag refers to detailed definitions of HMI/PLC registers. For example, one address tag
contains the register’s name, address, type, and function. There are two groups of Address Tag:
System Tag represents HMI default system registers offering a variety of different functions of
EasyBuilder Pro and User-defined Tag represents HMI/PLC registers that can be customized.
Furthermore, Macros can be used in the User-defined Tag. Thus, the objects of the EasyBuilder
Pro can simply use Address Tag to perform any complicated numerical conversions between PLC
and HMI.

 Features
 Efficiently search all Address Tags
HMI has been widely used in different applications in recent years, thus Weintek HMI
provides many system default functions, to meet a variety of application requirements.
However, how to quickly select the address tag when there are over hundreds of tags in the
address tag library? Weintek offers two new functions: System Tag Classification and
User-defined Tag Filter that enable project designers easily and efficiently searches the
needed address tag.

 Perfectly improve project readability and maintainability


Address Tag Library clearly lists all of the tag definitions with referred HMI/PLC registers
information. Not only does Address Tag Library enhance the readability of the project, but
also it perfectly improves the project maintainability.

Address Tag Library clearly lists all tag definitions User-defined Tag Filter makes tag search more efficient

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 Application Note
Example: User-defined Scaling Method with Address Tag
Since Weintek launched User-defined Scaling Method last year, this method has extremely
improved the efficiency of project development. It is capable of converting raw data from the
PLC into scaling value, which is displayed on HMI, in engineering units such as Watt, Volt, and etc.

Preserving the advantages and features of User-defined Scaling Method, Weintek adds the
Address Tag, which has numerical conversion function, into the method. Not only the Address
Tag can represent the HMI/PLC registers, but also it can easily perform numerical conversions
with Macros from PLC to HMI.

Easily perform numerical conversions with Macros from PLC to HMI

With numerical conversion function of Address Tag, User-defined Scaling Method has the
following advantages:
 Share the Address Tag Library
The Address Tag Library can be exported and used in other different projects. This feature
greatly improves the efficiency of new project development.

 Support multiple objects


According to different kinds of applications, customers can flexibly use supported objects such
as: Word lamp, Multi-State, Numeric, Event log, PLC control and many more to design their
projects.

 Greatly reduce project development time


Each object can be simply referred to the pre-defined Address Tag for numerical conversions.
This feature makes User-defined Scaling Method easier and more intuitive. Moreover,
Address Tag can be defined one time and re-used by objects. Thus, Address Tag function
greatly reduces project development time.

This demo project will use Address Tag to call Macros to perform the numerical conversions
between water pressure and water level. Installation requirements, Reference documents, and
Configuration steps are shown below.

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Installation Requirements
Applied models OS versions
MT8070iE、MT8070iER、MT8100iE、MT6070iE1 20140924 or later versions
MT8050iE、MT8121iE、MT8150iE、MT8101iE、MT6070iE2 20141002 or later versions
eMT3070A 20140624 or later versions
eMT3105P、eMT3120A、eMT3150A 20141007 or later versions
MT8121XE、MT8150XE 20141002 or later versions
mTV-100 20140911 or later versions
cMT-SVR 20140715 or later versions
EasyBuilder Pro versions
V.5.00.01 or later versions

Reference Documents
User Manual: Chapter 16 – Address Tag Library
eNews: User-defined Scaling Method
Demo Project: Tag over your project

Configuration Steps
Steps Figures

Macro icon

1. Select Tools > Macro > Library > New


Create two macro functions for numerical
conversions:
(1). P2L: from pressure to water level P2L function
(2). L2P: from water level to pressure

Notes:
Conversion Formula: P = ρ x g x h
P: pressure
ρ: density
g: gravity
h: water level
L2P function

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Configuration Steps
Steps Figures

Tag icon

2. Select Library > Tag > User-defined tags >


New
Create two tags:
(1). WaterLevel
(2). WaterLevel_BarGraph
3. Address:
(1). Check Address type: Word
(2). Select Device type: LW WaterLevel tag
(3). Select Original format: 32-bit Float
(4). Address: 0
4. Conversion (Use Macro):
(1). Check Enable
(2). Data format: 32-bit Float
Tag WaterLevel:
(3). Read conversion: P2L
(4). Write conversion: L2P
Tag WaterLevel_BarGraph:
(3). Read conversion: P2L
(4). Write conversion: None

WaterLevel_BarGraph tag

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Configuration Steps
Steps Figures

5. Create one Numeric Object to use


WaterLevel tag

6. Create one Bar Graph Object to use


WaterLevel_BarGraph tag

Use WaterLevel tag

Use WaterLevel_BarGraph tag

7. Now you can easily convert the value


between Pressure and Water level.

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