Application Example  02/2015

Calendar for
SIMATIC HMI Panels
WinCC V13 SP1

http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/106226404
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 Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Warranty and Liability ................................................................................................. 2
1 Task ..................................................................................................................... 4
2 Solution............................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Overview............................................................................................... 5
2.2 Hardware and software components ................................................... 5
2.2.1 Validity .................................................................................................. 5
2.2.2 Components used ................................................................................ 6
3 Basics ................................................................................................................. 7
4 Configuration ..................................................................................................... 8
4.1 Opening the library ............................................................................... 8
4.2 Integrating calendar into your configuration ......................................... 9
5 Operating the Application ............................................................................... 10
6 References ....................................................................................................... 12
7 History............................................................................................................... 12
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 1 Task

1 Task
Introduction
In order to coordinate the production and to allocate employees you need a
calendar. For this purpose, you do not wish to use the calendar provided in the
control panel (date/time properties). The calendar is to be accessed directly via a
page on the HMI panel.

Requirements
The calendar is to be output in the form of a “monthly overview” which outputs the
individual days incl. the current weekday and the calendar week. Furthermore, the
dates of the following month are also to be shown.
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 2 Solution
2.1 Overview

2 Solution
2.1 Overview
The enclosed download file includes a library file in which the calendar, displayed
below, is located.
You can directly test the functionality of the calendar with the example project
“106226404_ExampleProject.zip”.
How to integrate the calculator into your project and what requirements have to be
met, is explained in the chapters below.
Figure 2-1
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2.2 Hardware and software components

2.2.1 Validity

This application is valid for

• WinCC (TIA Portal) V13 SP1 and higher
• All operator panels that support the scripts:
– OP277, TP277
– Multi Panels (apart from MP177)
– Comfort Panels
– Mobile Panels (apart from Mobile Panel 177)
– WinCC Runtime Advanced

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 2 Solution
2.2 Hardware and software components

2.2.2 Components used

The application was created with WinCC (TIA Portal) V13 SP1. A TP900 Comfort
Panel was used as operator panel.

Example files and projects

The following list includes all files and projects that are used in this example.

Table 2-1
Component Note
106226404_Calendar.zip Library
106226404_Calendar_v10_e.pdf This document.
106226404_ExampleProject.zip Example project
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 3 Basics
2.2 Hardware and software components

3 Basics
In WinCC (TIA Portal) there is a project library and global libraries. The data of the
global libraries are by default located in the following directory:
“C:\Users\Username\MyDocuments\Automation”
You can check the storage path as follows.
• Open your WinCC (TIA Portal) configuration.
• Open the "Libraries" task card (1).
• Open the “Global libraries” tab (2).
• Click the icon to open the global library (3).
A window opens. This is where you can read the current file path (4).

Figure 3-1 4

3 2
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 4 Configuration
4.1 Opening the library

4 Configuration
4.1 Opening the library
Table 4-1
No. Action
1. Download the “106226404_Calendar.zip” library and unzip the file to the project
directory of the global libraries.
2. Open your WinCC (TIA Portal) configuration.
3. Open the “global libraries” tab in the “Libraries” task card.

4. Click the 2. Click the icon on the left to open a “Global library”.
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5. Select the “106226404_Calendar.al13” file and open the library with the “Open”
button.

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 4 Configuration
4.2 Integrating calendar into your configuration

4.2 Integrating calendar into your configuration

Table 4-2
No. Action
1. Add a new screen to your configuration.
2. Open the “Copy templates” folder in the “106226404_Calendar” library.
Drag the “Script_Calendar” script with drag & drop into the “Scripts” folder.

3. Drag the “Calendar_Group_9” group (for smaller display sizes) or

“Calendar_Group_19” (for larger display sizes) with drag & drop to the screen.
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4. Open the “Properties > Interface” tab of the screen in which you have added the
calendar.
Call the “Script_Calendar” script with the “Loaded” event.

5. Open the drop-down list next to the “ScreenName” parameter and select “String”.
Enter the name of the screen in which the calendar is shown.

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 5 Operating the Application

5 Operating the Application

Table 5-1
No. Action
1. Open the example project “106226404_ExampleProject” that you have
downloaded on the download page of this entry
(http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/106226404).
2. Download the “HMI_1” configuration to your operator panel.
3. Click the “Application example” button
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4. Click on the “Calendar” button:

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 5 Operating the Application

No. Action
5. You can see the monthly overview of the current and the coming month. The
current date is displayed red.
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 6 References

6 References
Table 6-1
Topic Title
\1\ Siemens Industry http://support.automation.siemens.com
Online Support
\2\ Download page of the http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/106226404
entry
\3\ Manual WinCC http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/109091876
Advanced V13.0 SP1
\4\ What are the http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/40227286
functional differences
between the different
SIMATIC panels?

7 History
Table 7-1
Version Date Modifications
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V1.0 02/2015 First version

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