Set Up Mimic Target Zones

Target zones represent areas on a mimic that were set as selectable in the HMI/SCADA system. You set the navigation of these target zones for an operator.

You define a target zone to navigate to any asset in the model or to open a Control View where an operator can modify HMI/SCADA real-time values (if permitted in the HMI/SCADA source) and view historical data.
  • In iFIX, set regions on a picture as Is Selectable to appear as clickable targets on the Mimic Card.
  • In CIMPLICITY, only groups with the mouse-up or mouse-down event show as selectable targets on the Mimic Card. When defining a mouse-up or mouse-down event for a group, you must specify the script action, and then create an empty script.
  • Assign the mimic to an asset type.
  1. In the Administration environment, navigate to Visualizations > Designer.
  2. Select the asset object type in Object Types.
  3. Select Mimic Card.
  4. Select Click Target Binding.
    By default, each target zone has a Control action that opens a Control View when an operator selects that target.
  5. To enable an operator to navigate to a particular asset object in the model, do the following:
    1. In the Relative Object column and next to the target name, select or search for the asset object in the model hierarchy tree. You can do a partial search, such as Sto, and Web HMI highlights all assets containing Sto, as shown in this example.
    2. Select the related Action field and then Navigate.
    In Runtime, the background of a target zone changes to blue when an operator hovers over it. After an operator selects a target on the Mimic Card, the target asset becomes the active one, changing the mimic and content in the Trend and Alarm cards accordingly.
  6. Select Save.