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Movicon - Release 10
1 Introduction
Welcome to the Movicon tutorial. This tutorial is aimed at giving you a
quick guided demonstration of the main Movicon Scada/HMI platform
techniques used. At the end of this tutorial you will have learnt the most
essential techniques for using Movicon base functionalities.
Before going ahead with this tutorial you should first install the software
by using the setup procedures.
All the information in this document is based on the assumption that:
1. Windows XP is the operating system being used
2. The user knows how to use the Windows’ techniques
3. The user has sufficient knowledge on automation systems, on
variable and PLC concepts.
For further information on each argument, please consult the Online Guide
or the User’s Manual.
2 How to create and structure a project
Starting up Movicon with the option command line, the program will start in
Programming mode (Developer). The last project being used is usually
opened. The workspace will display empty upon the first execution. The
workspace uses the modern disappearing window techniques and therefore
just simply point the mouse on the Tab you require to make it appear in
the workspace. To keep the window displayed in the workspace use the
relevant commands as indicated below:
Point the mouse near
the relative tab to
display the window
Movicon Workspace with hidden windows:
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