The DeltaV Operate application (in configure mode) contains a dynamo set called Modules. This set contains the dynamos created for the DeltaV module templates and are intended to be pasted onto your process graphic displays. These dynamos are pre-configured display elements that contain information about the module. An icon is used to invoke a pop-up faceplate for the module from the process graphic.
The information shown for the module in the dynamo varies with the module. For the motor control templates, for example, there are eight dynamos with various orientations of motor and pump symbols. For a given motor module, one of these dynamos would be chosen. The symbols use color change to dynamically show the desired and actual state of the motor or pump. The dynamos for PID control have value fields to display information, such as the setpoint and process variable. Common to all the dynamos are color fields, which indicate the state of the module alarms, and a field that indicates when the module is not in its normal operating mode.
Each dynamo contains an icon that, when selected in Operator Interface, causes the module's faceplate to be displayed. The faceplate contains more information about the module and allows parameters within the module to be changed. From the faceplate, an operator can select an icon to pop up the detail display for the module. The detail display contains additional information about the module, but is not intended to be the primary means for operating it.
A faceplate and, in most cases, a detail display have been created for the DeltaV modules. These displays are shared between the modules created from a given module template. Only one copy of a particular display is required to service all the modules that invoke it. The names of the faceplate and detail display are properties of the module. When you select the faceplate icon for a module in DeltaV Operate (run mode), the faceplate held as a property of that module is opened. As the faceplate is being opened, a technique called partial tag substitution is used to provide data links with the appropriate paths for the module.
The DeltaV module template dynamos and pop-up displays were designed to help you make efficient use of your process graphic screen area and to reduce the engineering time for display development. However, there are other ways to create an interface to operate your DeltaV system. For example, you might decide to make an interface with custom data links that allow data entry directly on your process graphics. You can use any combination of techniques that best suits your requirements and plant-operating philosophies.
It is recommended that you use the Update Popup Pictures button on the DeltaV Utilities toolbar if you modify faceplates. Refer to Updating Pop-up Pictures and Dynamos in the topic Working with Pictures - Additional Functions for more information