IFM Electronic CR0451 - Visualisations in the device; Recommendations for user interfaces

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ifm System Manual ecomatmobile BasicDisplay (CR0451) V01
Visualisations in the device Recommendations for user interfaces
7 Visualisations in the device
Recommendations for user interfaces .........................................................................................46
Basic information about colours and bitmap graphics .................................................................60
Power reserves of the device.......................................................................................................62
Special information about bitmap graphics ..................................................................................64
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In this chapter you find important information about bitmap graphics in CoDeSys visualisations.
In addition to the graphical elements created with the CoDeSys visualisation editor, you can also
integrate graphics created with other programs. Such graphics files can, for example, be pictograms,
logos or smaller images. But before you integrate such an "external graphics" some basics have to be
taken into account which will be explained in the following chapters.
More information is given here:
 Creation and parameter setting of visualisations:
 CoDeSys programming manual ( ecomatmobile DVD "Software, tools and documentation")
 ifm manual "PDM – Handbuch zur Einführung"
 See the limitations and programming notes (→ page 37
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7.1 Recommendations for user interfaces
Recommendations for a user-friendly product design .................................................................47
Do you know the future users? ....................................................................................................48
Check suitability for use ...............................................................................................................49
Language as an obstacle .............................................................................................................49
Cultural details are often not transferable ....................................................................................50
Directives and standards..............................................................................................................53
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User-friendliness is a decisive criterion for the acceptance and use of technical products!
In this chapter we will give some recommendations how the user interface (also called Human-
Machine-Interface HMI) of a machine can be designed as user-friendly as possible.