HMI development environment overview

HMI is made up of many different aspects and areas, and hence it is important to understand these key aspects and the tools that are offered to build an HMI.

Runtime settings

Runtime settings configures how the HMI behaves once downloaded to the hardware. It is necessary to access this and change the configuration once the HMI has been added to the project.

In TIA Portal V17, Unified Comfort Panels fail to compile when they are added to a project due to invalid security settings, and an invalid start screen configured, as illustrated in the following screenshot:

Figure 9.5 – Invalid runtime configuration

A password can be set for Encrypted transfer, or the activation of the option can be turned off by unchecking the Activate encrypted transfer option.

The start screen can be defined by clicking the button with the three dots (…), which will open the following window:

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