Status Bar

The Status Bar, found on the bottom border of the workspace, provides the main information related to the operating status of Movicon.

The status bar can be activated or deactivated by using the  Status Bar command from the View menu.

 

The Status Bar will appear as shown below at Project Runtime:

 

 

The icons presented on the right side of the bar indicate the Alarms Status, Users activation and the Communication Driver Status:

 

The first part of this field indicates how much memory is allocated to the operating system for all the processes (Physical memory + Paging memory); while the second part indicates the physical and virtue memory available for the Movicon process.  This value is updated around every 5 seconds and it is expressed in Kb, Mb or Gb according to the value.  In Windows 32/64 bit, the value shown is greatly influenced by the system's paging file.  This value has more significance when monitored in WinCE systems.

 

When shown blinking, these two icons indicate that there are active system alarms or messages. These icons will not show when there are no active alarms or messages.

 

This icon represents the log-on status of users. When this icon is coloured, it means that there is a user logged on and active in the system. Double-clicking this icon with the mouse will log-off the active user. When this icon is grey, it means that there are no active users in the system. Double-clicking on the icon will open the authentication window to perform user log-on.

 

This text indicates which language is active in the project. Double-clicking this icon will show a dialog window through which to select a language to activate in the project.

 

This icon represents a 'Led' that shows green/yellow to indicate that the communication driver is working correctly, and red to indicate that the communication is not working correctly or has been interrupted. The System Log will report which type of Communication Driver error occurred.

 

 

The text shown in the bar will always indicate Movicon's operating status or the description of the command being set.  

The operating status can be represented, for example, by the last alarm or message detected by the project.

 

The Status Bar can also display texts for command descriptions relating to the project's customized menus.

 

While in project design mode, the Status Bar will show information on the positions of the objects selected:

 

 

When an object is selected on screen, its X and Y coordinates and sizes will appear on the Status Bar. In addition, the percentage of the Screen's Zoom can be changed by double clicking on the Screen Zoom icon (set at 100% for default).