Creating pictures > Creating group displays

Create new faceplates and detail displays for modules

If you created modules that need custom faceplates, use the following procedure to make them with DeltaV Operate:

  1. Open a new (blank) control display.
  2. Add the dynamo named Any_Faceplate_ from the frsModules dynamo set to the control display. You will use this dynamo to open the faceplate from the control display.
  3. In the dynamo dialog, enter the name of your module as DVSYS.ModuleName.

    When creating a new display, faceplate, or detail display, you cannot name the new file the same as any filename that exists in the \DeltaV\DVData\Graphics-iFix folder.

    You cannot name the new graphic file by appending a 2 to the filename (such as TAGAI_fp2) because that name is reserved as part of temp files created by DeltaV Operate (and located in \DeltaV\DVData\Graphics-iFix\Pic\Temp\* (where * is one of the subfolders under Temp).

  4. Open the Templates folder.
  5. Double click the template named Ia to open the module faceplate template.
  6. With the faceplate template selected, click File → Save As and save it as your faceplate name with the .GRF extension in the Faceplate folder.
  7. Add data links and other display elements to the faceplate display. Data links should have a generic path, (that is, they should not be based on any particular module because the appropriate module name is substituted when the display is opened in Operator Interface). An example path is DVSYS.@mod@/PID1/PV.F_CV. The word @mod@ is a placeholder for the actual module name, which is substituted when the display is opened. After you finish adding elements, save the display.
  8. If your module needs a detail display, select Detail from the Templates folder.
  9. With the detail display selected, click File → Save As and save it as your detail display name with the .GRF extension in the Detail folder.
  10. Add data links and display elements to this display with the same convention as the faceplate and save the file.
  11. Close all pictures and run the Update Popup Pictures utility by clicking the button on the DeltaV Utilities toolbar.

    The DeltaV system maintains multiple copies of popup pictures. When you create or modify a popup picture, you must run the Update Popup Pictures utility to update the other copies of the picture. Follow the steps in the Updating Popup Pictures and Dynamos topic.

    Note

    To show the DeltaV Utilities toolbar, click Workplace → Toolbars. On the Toolbars dialog, select Workspace as the owner and then select the DeltaV Utilities check box.

  12. To define the faceplate and detail display names for the module, open DeltaV Explorer and edit the module properties. Use the names of the custom displays you created but do not use the filename extension (.GRF).
  13. Download the module. If it has already been downloaded, just download the workstation's Setup Data.
  14. Open your control display in DeltaV Operate's run mode.
  15. Click the module dynamo button to open the faceplate with the module's data.
  16. You can add additional data links to the control display and place them near the module's faceplate button. If you want to reuse these data links and the faceplate button as a group, create a dynamo for them. For more information, refer to the Creating Dynamos topic.