4.1 Main Interface

In "Centralized Monitoring" or "Template Management", click the [Edit] or [Design] button to enter the main interface of the V-IEC SCADA editor and design the screen for the template or project, as shown in the figure below.

The functional divisions of V-Net SCADA editor are shown in the figure below.

• Component library: Provide different components for SCADA design.
• Canvas Area: A canvas used to design SCADA screens.
• Quick-access toolbar: Batch operations on multiple components, such as alignment, grouping, and multi-copy.
• Parameter control panel: Adjust the properties of pages/components.
• Status monitor bar: Displays component quantity monitoring and zoom ratio control. 

4.2 Design Process

SCADA design process:

Step 1: When creating a new SCADA project, a main screen exists by default. Multiple screens can also be created in the page bar, and screen properties can be set.

Step 2: Select the component , switch the page panel to the component panel, click to select the target component, then drag the mouse in the canvas area to draw the component.

Step 3: To design a configuration screen, click a component then edit the component properties in Parameter control panel. (set variables, define styles, etc.).

Step 4: Save the screen.(Click the save button on the toolbar or use the shortcut Ctrl+S.)

4.2.1 Normal page and sub screen

"Project or template" is composed of screens, which can be composed of one or more screens.

Screen types are divided into: normal page, sub screen. The icons of each type of screen are different, as shown below:

 ※Normal page: will be displayed when browsing projects or templates.

 ※Sub-screen: Embedded in the pop-up box of the normal page, use function switches and other components, click to display the sub-screen.

The names of all screens will be displayed in the form of a "list". When browsing the project, the first normal screen in the screen list is displayed by default, such as the main screen 1 in the figure. Other screens will be switched and displayed through screen jumps or links.

In the screen area of ​​the editor, the SCADA content designed on the screen will be displayed in the canvas area, as shown in the figure below.

4.2.3 Create page

Click the [Create page] buttonin the screen area to create a new screen. In the pop-up box, fill in the relevant properties of the new screen: "subject, type, canvas size, gird hide/display, background display", etc., and click [Confirm], as shown in the figure below.

4.2.4 Edit page

For the screen that needs to be modified, select the [Edit page] option, and modify the properties of the current screen in the pop-up box.

4.2.5 Delete page

For the screen that needs to be modified, select the [Edit page] option, to delete the selected screen.

4.2.6 Page sorting

Select a "normal screen or sub screen" that needs to be sorted, can drag the screen to the desired position directly.