Packaging Automation Best Practices for InduSoft Web Studio

InduSoft.com info@InduSoft.com

A custom InduSoft solution allows
this packager of fine coffees and
teas to monitor production runs on
a newly installed filling line, and
eliminate product loss due to
overfilling.
The InduSoft system associates
historical data with both job
numbers and SKU numbers so
Mother Parkers management can
analyze individual runs.
Mother Parkers chose InduSoft for
its all-inclusive offering of PLC
drivers and because it offered
significant cost advantages over
competitive software.
The user plans to expand the same
solution to four additional lines
and to add operator workstations
to improve performance at the
local level.

Tight Production Monitoring Reduces "Give Away" on One
Coffee Packing Line – Grows to Monitor Each Plant Line
Since Mother Parkers had the initial InduSoft Web Studio
application installed, the most significant benefit is that
staff can associate data with a specific production run so
that it’s possible to tell precisely what costs are associated
with a particular blend. It’s possible to hone in and see
how much coffee is being given away inadvertently and get
closer to target weights.

SCADA
OEE / MES
HMI
Mobile
Seamless deployment across all
operating systems supported by
Microsoft
Hardware manufacturer
independency!

1997
Windows CE v1.0
Windows 95
CEView v1.0
2013
Windows CE 6.5
Windows 7
CEView v7.1

InduSoft
Web
Studio
Over 240
Drivers
TCP/IP
OPC Server
Gateway
XML
ODBC/ADO
DDE
OPC DA,
UA, .NET,
XML
Client
Web
(HTML &
XML)
Driver &
Database
API
Open Architecture
System Integration
Product Customization
Enterprise
Access , Oracle ,
SQL Server, Fox Pro,
PI and many others...
Client Stations
Redundancy
Data Exchange in Real-Time
Third-Party Systems
Secure Viewer Thin Client
Web Solution
Access to the system from
anywhere using a single browser
Mobile Access
Email, data, and page interface
from cell phones, PDAs, etc.
Plant Floor Integration
OMRON, GE FANUC,
AllenBradley , Siemens,
Modbus, Profibus,
DeviceNet, ControlNet,
Interbus, Beckhoff
and many others...

Graphic Screens in HTML5 (SMA)
AnyDeviceAnyBrowserAnyPlatform
Windows Android iOS
IE Chrome Safari
Desktops Notebooks Tablets Phones
SMA
Studio Mobile Access

Machines
(PLCs, I/Os, Barcode Readers, etc)

Easy-to-configure interface to
any SQL Relational Database:
SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL,
Sybase, OSI PI, MS Access,
Excel, and others…
Interface via standard
technologies: ADO.NET, ADO,
OLE-DB, and ODBC
Redundancy and
Store-and-forward built-in
features
Alarm history, Event history,
Trend history, Process data,
OEE dashboards, and more.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

BI Dashboard Template add-on

Dream Report add-on

Multi-touch interface
Zoom In / Zoom out screens
Pan screens
Grow & Shrink objects (Size animation)
Drag objects (Position animation)
Rotate objects (Rotation animation)
Dual or Multi-touch command (Command animation)
Touch events (Command animation)
Built-in Inertia effect
Watch the video demonstration

Native support for Security Socket Layer (SSL), made it
easier and securer than ever to send emails from
InduSoft Web Studio!

Linked Symbols
Using Linked Symbols, the user can create, modify and customize his/her own library of symbols and re-use them in many different
projects. After editing the MASTER SYMBOL once, the changes are replicated to all instances of this symbol in the application,
improving productivity during application development.
Create the Linked Symbol
Edit your own Custom Properties
Save the
MASTER SYMBOL in
the library.
Insert the Linked
Symbol into the
application
screens and
assign tags
and/or values to
it.
After inserting the symbol, the user can determine
whether to keep the link with the MASTER Symbol or not.

License Server

Application Resolution – Width x Height ratio
Platform and License
Review Project Settings (Viewer, Communication,
Web)
Touch-screen settings (cursor, focus, vk, right-
click, object size)
Translation (objects size)
Communication (every state or last state)

Arrays
Classes
Tag Fields (->Hi, ->HiLimit, ->Quality, ->TimeStamp, etc)
Tag names (use objective names - avoid long names)
Avoid retentive values/parameters for a large number of
tags
Tag Integration
Tag description

Screen groups
Re-use screens (array tags, indirect tags, or
mnemonics)
Share background pictures when applicable
Linked Symbols
$Ext() function to text used in external dialogs,
such as MsgBox or InputBox.

Avoid spaces and special characters in file names
(e.g.: screen names)
Add comments to scripts and worksheets
History Life Time
Avoid calling modal dialogs on the Server (MsgBox,
InputBox, $RDFileN, etc) when using Thin Clients.
Avoid hard-coded paths. Use $GetAppPath().

Avoid repeated scripts – Global Procedures.
When applicable, use ‘On Error Resume Next’ and
‘On Error Goto 0’ in scripts
Make sure that when using $DBCursorOpen() or
$DBCursorOpenSQL(), call $DBCursorClose() to avoid
memory leaking.

When using the Recipe task, enable the XML
format.
When using Thin Clients, enable the SSL option, as
well as the Web Tunneling Gateway.
Use the TXRX built-in driver to read data from
scanners and barcode readers (ASCII protocol)

Sequential addresses in the driver sheet
Consider the options “Screen” or “Auto” in the
Main Driver Sheet and OPC Client worksheets.
Adjust the “Send Period” for communication with
Thin Clients
Trend decimation and Database Gateway
Avoid large picture objects and fill effects in low-
end HMIs (Windows Embedded CE).

Output window (Log Options, and Log Tags)
Database Spy
Cross-Reference
$Trace() function

Clear Database Spy
Disable LogWin “save to disk” option
Remove “test” files (HST, Alarm, WebDump)
Remove unused tags from the project
Quality Feedback (unexpected errors)
Run “Verify” command
Create a backup

Email
(US) info@indusoft.com
(Brazil) info@indusoft.com.br
(Germany) info@indusoft-germany.de
Support support@indusoft.com
Web site
(English) www.indusoft.com
(Portuguese) www.indusoft.com.br
(German) www.indusoft-germany.de
Phone (512) 349-0334 (US)
+55-11-3293-9139 (Brazil)
+49 (0) 6227-732510 (Germany)
Toll-Free 877-INDUSOFT (877-463-8763)
Fax (512) 349-0375
Germany
USA
Brazil

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