PARCGraphics Designer Summary and Overview

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview:

7.2.x

PARCGraphics is a PARCview display type. Based on Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) these displays combine graphical elements or controls and live process information to give a real-time view into your process operations. Many plug and play display objects are available and custom third party WPF objects can be used, as well.

The displays contain many types of information-rich elements such as: dynamic objects like gauges and tanks that are “bound” to UTags within PARCview so that they can be animated utilizing the tags value, configurable alerts that trigger animations such as blinking effects when a violation is met, interactive objects like buttons and drop-down menus, and even other PARCview displays can be embedded into the graphic. PARCGraphics typically show current values, but can also display aggregates, such as hourly averages.

PARCGraphicsare extremely customizable and can be built to suit a wide variety of purposes. Most graphics fall into two categories: process diagrams and dashboards. Process diagrams will typically have a layout that represents the actual positions of equipment and the flow of the process, whereas a dashboard may give a holistic view of important process variables.

These displays are edited using the PARCGraphics Designer and is installed with every PARCview client.

PARCSecurity Permissions

PARCsecurity Console manages PARCGraphic Rights. PARCgraphics displays can be opened by any PARCview user, but the PARCgraphics Designer is limited by permissions. Only those with the following permission enabled can open the designer and make changes to the displays.

• Launch PARCgraphics Designer - Grants access to the PARCgraphics Designer application.

Configuration

In the PARCGraphic Designer under the View->User Options section you can find various configuration details that should only pertain to the local install of PARCGraphics Designer. These can be modified so new displays start with the desired settings. Including, but not limited to, save frequency, available sources for binding, default values for font, font size, display size, etc.

If utilizing floating/concurrent licensing for the PARCGraphics Designer it is necessary that common language runtime (CLR) is enabled on the SQL Server so that license management can take place.

Log Files

PARCmessage is a built-in error monitoring software. It creates an ongoing log of errors generated from PARCview on the specific computer where PARCmessage is running.

Errors can also be stored in the PARCview install directory both on the server and clients ...\Capstone\PARCView\LogFiles.

If neither of these prove fruitful. Simply trying to ‘Edit’ the PARCGraphics display can provide insight.

Required Server Applications

If floating/concurrent licensing is being used, then the PARCEnterprise Manager Server service is required.

PARCEnterprise Manager: Manages floating licenses.

UA Server: All PARCview vr 7 functionality requires a Universal Access (UA) server.

GDS: All PARCview vr 7 functionality requires a Global Discovery Server (GDS).