InduSoft has added a new sample application to give users a hand-on model to study in order to use the functionality in the InduSoft Web Studio SCADA software that allows alarm messages to be played as audio, using text-to-speech. Continue reading
Occasionally InduSoft Web Studio users wonder about how to open a document or hyperlink using a button within an InduSoft Web Studio Project. It’s easy. 1. To open a Hyperlink, place a button in your project, then in the “Animations” … Continue reading
This week’s symbol of the week is a great low-footprint graph for embedded machines or applications running on mobile devices. The stacked bar graph has a green, yellow, and red level, and developers can enter the lower percentage and upper percentage. These are the boundaries between green and yellow (LowerPercent) and yellow and red (UpperPercent) Continue reading
The “Right to Repair” movement is building steam throughout several countries, with proposed legislation that would give customers the ability to repair broken equipment without voiding warranties or being prevented via software or hardware blocks that prevent tampering. Companies such as Apple are facing the backlash of this movement with hardware specifically designed to prevent unauthorized repairs. Continue reading
This week’s free symbol for InduSoft Web Studio HMI software features a set of callout bubbles to annotate where an issue needs attention. The message “label” can be static text or a string tag for flexibility. Add a position animation to move the symbol dynamically. Continue reading
Here is a new sample application for InduSoft Web Studio using the Internet Explorer ActiveX object functionality in your project, which includes navigation backwards and forwards. No scripting is necessary. Continue reading
InduSoft Web Studio users sometimes ask how to modify a linked symbol in order to add a popup dialog that challenges the current operation or state, such as turning a pump on or off. Most commonly, a developer or engineer will simply create the automation outside of the control requiring another screen and an external script in order to add the the functionality to the object. This is not a very good solution, especially when there is a need to use this symbol in a number of other projects. The reason is that the solution does not move with the copied linked symbol to the new project. All the added screen(s) and external automation must also be added to each new project, and object troubleshooting later on can become troublesome, among other problems. Continue reading
Pi, often referenced as the Greek letter π, is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. In 2009, the bill H.RES.224 was resolved and passed that supported the designation of March 14 (3/14 or 3.14) as “National Pi Day”. This bill recognized the continued importance of the National Science Foundation’s math and science education programs. Continue reading
Zero Days exploits are vulnerabilities that exist within software that have not been patched or fixed publicly. These vulnerabilities are an attractive target for hackers, who can typically create an exploit within 22 days of finding a Zero Day. As … Continue reading
This week’s symbol for InduSoft Web Studio offers a clear display with limit indication. If either the High or Low limits are reached a yellow triangle with exclamation point will become visible and the top title bar. The tag property for Unit must be set if the units are to show below the value. Continue reading