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Report Number: CMS-ECT 08/1442/E
Date: August 19, 2008
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Prepared by: Rudolf Stingelin

Reviewed by: Thomas Kindlimann

Approved by: Michael Bruckhaus

Im Schachen
CH-5113 Holderbank

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Summary
This document describes Holcim's recommendations How to design the Human Machine
Interface (HMI) screens for Process Control Systems (PCS) used to control the cement
production. The objective is to get an as much similar and consistent screen architecture,
screen design and operation ergonomic for the HMI in the Holcim Group
The main document specifies the ideal solution. The annexes show how to apply this
specification with the standard PCS

Modifications

Version Date Modification Autor
V 1.0 19.08.2008 First Release together with Annex 1 R. Stingelin
V 1.1 10.09.2008 Modif: Definitions how to display the override of digital values R. Stingelin

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Table of Contents

1. General remarks .............................................................................................................................. 6
1.1 Acronyms & Terms.................................................................................................................... 6
2. General basic Definitions (PCS independent) .............................................................................. 7
2.1 Screen hierarchy........................................................................................................................ 7
2.2 Plan screen level ....................................................................................................................... 8
2.3 Department screen level........................................................................................................... 8
2.4 Group screen level and detail screen level ............................................................................. 11
2.5 Department common screen pool ........................................................................................... 11
2.6 Plant common screen pool...................................................................................................... 11
2.7 Screen architecture.................................................................................................................. 12
2.7.1 Process screen design........................................................................................................ 13
2.7.2 Trend screen design............................................................................................................ 14
2.7.3 Service screen design......................................................................................................... 15
2.7.4 Message screen design....................................................................................................... 15
2.8 Screen navigation.................................................................................................................... 16
2.8.1 Plant wide navigation........................................................................................................... 16
2.8.2 Department wide navigation................................................................................................ 17
2.8.3 Screen family wide navigation............................................................................................. 18
2.8.4 Additional navigation by navigation arrows ......................................................................... 19
2.9 Example for a screen concept................................................................................................. 20
3. Displaying Alarms and Events ..................................................................................................... 21
3.1 Message line content............................................................................................................... 21
3.2 Alarm screen display............................................................................................................... 22
3.3 Event screen display............................................................................................................... 22
4. Rules, hints and tips for HMI screen designing ......................................................................... 23
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4.1 Rules for graphics and mimics ................................................................................................ 23
4.1.1 Equipment drawing and TAG naming.................................................................................. 23
4.1.2 Display of process status and operation status (Colors)..................................................... 25
4.1.3 Display of bar graphs........................................................................................................... 26
4.1.4 Display of selection and status information's....................................................................... 27
4.1.5 Best practice for graphics and mimics................................................................................. 28
4.1.5.1 Dont use...................................................................................................................... 28
4.1.5.2 Use............................................................................................................................... 30

Annex 1: Specific Definitions for the Siemens PCS 7 CEMAT
Annex 2: Specific Definitions for Rockwell Automation Faktorytalk View
Annex 3. Specific Definitions for the ABB Industrial
IT
800xA

Annexes will be attached as required depends on the applied PCS

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1. GENERAL REMARKS
This document describes the following main items of a HMI:
- The screen hierarchy
- The main screen architecture
- The screen navigation concept
- The rules how to draw graphic screens
In this document main part the ideal concept will be defined independent from the
applied HMI system.
The annex 1-3 will then show how these definition can be optimal applied to the
Holcims standardized HMI systems from Siemens (CEMAT), Rockwell (FactoryTalk
View) and ABB (ABB Industrial
IT
800xA).
The document does not describe the screen content and the basic use of colors,
because this is already done in the Standard Design Criteria.
1.1 Acronyms & Terms

PCS Process Control System
HMI Human Machine Interface
PLC Programmable Logic Control
PAG Platform Architecture Guide

Department Production line inside a cost centre defined by HAC 123
Group Process group as defined by HAC 123
Control group Process part with its own start and stop procedure
A Control group can match a Group (HAC123) or it can be a
part of a group

Screen Is a displayed content (picture) on an HMI monitor /operator
console
Screen area
Area
Part of a screen with it specific purpose
CEMAT Siemens PCS for Cement applications
FactoryTalk View Platform for HMI design of Rockwell Automation
ABB Industrial
IT
800xA Industrial IT system for PCS and HMI of ABB

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2. GENERAL BASIC DEFINITIONS (PCS INDEPENDENT)
2.1 Screen hierarchy
All screens are embedded in a defined hierarchical level or in a common pool as shown in the next drawing. Find following the description of these levels and pools.
This picture shows a typical screen hierarchy with some examples as content. It does not represent a complete screen set

Optional for multiple production lines and departmental overviews
Group
screen

Mill feed
531
Group Detail
screen

Hydraul ic
561-2
Group Detail
screen

Mai n Drive
561-3
Plant screen level
Group
screen

Mill circuit
561-1
Dept. screen level
Group screen level
Detail screen l evel
Dept. Trend
screen

Trend 1

Dept. Trend
screen

Trend n

Dept. Service
screen

Recipes

Dept. Service
screen

Silos

Dept.. Message
screen

Al arms

Dept common
screen pool
Dept. Overvi ew
screen

Expedition

Dept. Overvi ew
screen

Kiln 1
Departmental hierarchy
Other departments
Plant Trend
screen1

Trend 1

Pl ant Trend
screen

Trend 2

Pl ant Message
screen

Al arms

Plant common
screen pool
Other departments
Dept. Overview
screen

Cem mill 1
501-2
Dept. Overview
screen

Cem mills 1-n
500-1
Dept. Overview
screen

Cem mill 2
502-1
Dept. Overvi ew
screen

Cem mill 1
501-1
Plant
Overview-
screen
Group
screen

Cem transport
591
Screen famil y
Plant Services
screen

PCS Sys 1

Pl ant Service
screen

PCS Sys 2

Screen famil y Screen famil y
Dept.. Message
screen

Events

Pl ant Message
screen

Events

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2.2 Plan screen level

Plant
Overview-
screen
Plant screen level

The plant screen level has only one screen. This screen should display in minimum
the navigation to the departmental processes. It has to open after a HMI system
start.
This screen can display additional a general overview about the running processes
of the plant.
2.3 Department screen level

Dept. screen level
Dept. Overview
screen

Cem mill 1
501-1
Dept. Overview
screen

Cem mill 1
501-2
Dept. Overview
screen

Cem mills 1-n
500-1
Other departments Other departments
Optional
General overview
Cem mill 1-n
(Without hierarchical
structure)
Process overview
Cem mill 1
Exeptional
Process overview
Cem mill 1 spitted

The ideal solution is to have only one screen to display the process of one
production line of this department (e.g. a cement mill process). If one screen is not
sufficient to display the process, it can be split as exception in a second or third
screen.
For multiple production lines additional departmental hierarchies should be defined.
Additional a general departmental overview over all production lines can be defined.
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Typical example of an departmental overview screen for 3 cement mills.

Expedi tion
Cem mil l 2
2008.02:29 14: 15:36 521-BC1.R1 Rope swi tch Beltconveyor Bui lding 4 / 24 m
Auxil iar ies
Cem mi ll 1 Raw meal Ki l n 1
Ki l n 2
Coal mil l
Cr usher Tr end
Acknowledge
Alar ms
Over view LVD
Events

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Normally the following departments should be displayed:

Dept.
(HAC 1)
Description

Main departments
2 Raw material preparation (Crusher)
3 Raw meal preparation (Raw mill)
4 Clinker production (Kiln)
5 Cement grinding (Cem mill)
6 Packing and shipping (Expedition)
Pre process departments
K Additives handling
L Traditional fuel handling
V Alternative fuel handling
X Correctives handling
Auxiliarie departments
M Water supply
E Electrical power (Singel line diagram)
D General plant services (Compressed air etc.)

Other departments (see HAC manual) should be added as needed.
To display common process parts of two departments (e.g. the gas flow between
kiln and raw mill or additive handling to multiple cement mills), a common screen
should be created and applied to the department screen level.

Dept. screen level
Dept. Overview
screen

Gas flow

Dept. Overview
screen

Kiln

Dept. Overview
screen

Raw mill

Kiln department Raw meal department

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2.4 Group screen level and detail screen level

Group
screen

Mill feed
531
Group
screen

Cem transport
591
Group Detail
screen

Hydraulic
561-2
Group Detail
screen

Main Drive
561-3
Group
screen

Mill circuit
561-1
Group screen level
Detail screen level

The group screen has normally one screen for every main process control group.
Control groups for detailed display of auxiliary systems or subsystems will normally
defined in screens on the detail screen level.
If one control group is too big for one screen it has to be spitted to an additional
screen.
2.5 Department common screen pool

Dept. Trend
screen

Trend 1

Dept. Trend
screen

Trend n

Dept. Service
screen

Recipes

Dept. Service
screen

Silos

Dept. Message
screen

Al arms

Dept common
screen pool
Screen famil y
Dept. Message
screen

Events

These screens contain common content valid inside a department and therefore
usable only inside department hierarchy.
The screen should be handled in so called families and will have it special
navigation rules
Families should be built always for multiples screens of the similar content.
e.g. Family of trend screens
2.6 Plant common screen pool

Plant Trend
screen1

Trend 1

PLant Trend
screen

Trend 2

Plant Message
screen

Al arms

Plan common
screen pool
Plant Services
screen

PCS Sys 1

Plant Services
screen

PCS Sys 2

Screen famil y Screen famil y
Plant Message
screen

Events

The usage and rules of these screens are similar to those in the department
common screen pool. The screens are related to the plant screen level

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2.7 Screen architecture
The HMI should be built by several basic screen layout witch have to be applied for
the complete system. Such basic screens are:
- Process screen (Process graphics)
- Trend screen (Set of trend curves)
- Message screen (Alarm and Events)
- Service screen (Recipes, PCS system info, etc

Every type of screens has its own screen architecture. But this architecture should
be similar to all screens of same type.
Every type of screen should be partitioned in several standardized areas as
following:
Process areas:
- Graphic area
-.Trend area
- Message area
Navigation and operation areas
- Plant wide navigation area
- Department wide navigation area
- Common HMI system navigation area
- Family wide navigation area
Navigation- and operation areas should be placed on top, on bottom or at the side of
the screen.
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2.7.1 Process screen design
Typical architecture for a process screen
Expedition Cem mill 1
2008.02:29 14:15:36 521-BC1.R1 Rope switch Beltconveyor Building 4 / 24 m
Auxiliaries
Cem mill 2
Cem mill 3
Raw meal Kiln 1
Kiln 2
Coal mill
Crusher
561-3
561-2
531 591
Trend Recipe Silos
Trend
Acknowledge
Al arms
Process area (Graphics)
Overview LVD
Plant wide
navigation area
Plant wide
navigation area
Department wide
navigation area
Last alarmmessage
Al arms
Events Events
561-1

The plant wide navigation area serves to navigate between department hierarchies.
The department wide navigation area serves to navigate inside its department
hierarchy including its common screen pool.
Process screens will be aplyed for:
- Plant overviews
- Department overviews
- Group views
- Detail views
The plant overview screen has to contain as minimum the plant wide navigation
area to jump into the needed departmental hierarchy structure. The process area
should display a plant wide process overview.

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2.7.2 Trend screen design
Typical architecture for a trend screen
2008.02:29 14:15:36 521-BC1.R1 Rope switch Beltconveyor Building 4 / 24 m
Trend Set 1
Acknowledge
Trend area
Family wide
navigation area
Exit button to leave the
screen family
Name of department
Trend Set 3 Trend Set 4
Cem mill 1
Exit
Trend Set 5 Trend Set 6 Trend Set 7 Trend Set 8
Trend Set 2
One ore more trend screens of a department or of a plant build together a screen
family. With the exit button this family can be left.
The trend area should contain a set of trend curves for values which relate together
in the process. The select button has to be named with the functionality of the trend
set.
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2.7.3 Service screen design
The architecture for service- and system information screens is similar to the above
described trend screen. It will also be one screen or a screen family. Instead of trend
area it has a process(Graphic) area.
Service screens will be applied to display additions handlings on the department
level or plant level:
e.g. - Recipe treatement
- Product to silo assignement
- PCS system and status information display
etc:
2.7.4 Message screen design
Typical architecture for a message screen

Acknowledge
Alarmdisplay area
or
Event display area
Operation area to treate the
message screen
(Find, filter, etc)
Exit button to leave the
screen
Name of department
(if required)
Cem mill 1
Exit
Alarm screens should by assigned with an initial filtering to its own department.

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2.8 Screen navigation
2.8.1 Plant wide navigation
The plant wide navigation will be done with buttons assigned to plant wide navigation area as defined above. With it, it is possible to navigate from the
plant screen level, department screen level, group screen level and detail screen level to its own and to an other department or between two
departments.

Expediti on Cem mi ll 1
2008.02:29 14:15:36 521-BC1.R1 Rope switch Bel tconveyor Buil di ng 4 / 24 m
Auxi li ari es
Cem mil l 2
Cem mil l 3
Raw meal Kil n 1
Kil n 2
Coal mil l
Crusher
561-3
561-2
531 591
Trend Reci pe Si los
Trend 561-1
Acknowl edge
Al ar ms
Process area (Graphi cs)
Overvi ew LVD
Plant wide
navigation area
Plant wide
navigation- andoperation
area
Department wide
area
Last alarmmessage
Al arms
Plant wide
navigation
Group
screen

Mi ll feed
531
Group Detail
screen

Hydrauli c
561-2
Group Detail
screen

Mai n Drive
561-3
Plant screen l eve
Group
screen

Mill circuit
561-1
Dept. screen leve
Group screen l ev
Detai l screen lev
Dept. Overview
screen

Expediti on

Dept. Overview
screen

Kiln 1
Dept. Overvi ew
screen

Cem mil l 1
501-2
Dept. Overview
screen

Cem mill s 1-n
500-1
Dept. Overview
screen

Cem mill 2
502-1
Dept. Overview
screen

Cem mill 1
501-1
Plant
Overview-
screen
Group
screen

Cem transport
591
Operation sequence (buttons)
Navigation possibilities

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2.8.2 Department wide navigation
The department wide navigation will be done with buttons assigned to department wide navigation area as defined above. With it, it is possible to
navigate inside a departmental hierarchy between the department screen level, group screen level and detail screen level.

Auxi li ari es
Cem mil l 2
Cem mil l 3
Raw meal Kil n 1
Kil n 2
Coal mil l
Crusher
561-3
561-2
531 591
Trend 561-1
Acknowl edge
Al ar ms
Overvi ew LVD
Plant wide
navigation area
Plant wide
area
Department wide
area
Last alarmmessage
Al arms

Gr oup
scr een

Mi ll feed
531
Gr oup Detail
scr een

Hydrauli c
561-2
Group Detail
scr een

Mai n Dr i ve
561-3
Pl ant scr een level
Gr oup
scr een

Mi ll ci rcuit
561-1
Dept. scr een level
Group screen l evel
Detai l scr een level
Depar tmental hi erar chy
Other depar tments
Other depar tments
Dept. Overvi ew
scr een

Cem mil l 1
501-2
Dept. Over view
scr een

Cem mi ll 1
501-1
Plant
Over view-
screen
Gr oup
scr een

Cem tr anspor t
591
Department wide
navigation

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2.8.3 Screen family wide navigation
The selection of the first screen of a screen family or a single screen from the pool can be done from the department screen level, the group screen
level or from the detail screen level, if the related select button is assigned. Inside a screen family other screens of it can be selected. The screen family
has to be left by using the EXIT button. With it the display will return to the screen from which you have started to the screen family

Gr oup
scr een

Mi ll feed
531
Group Detail
scr een

Hydr aul ic
561-2
Group Detai l
sc reen

Main Dri ve
561-3
Pl ant scr een level
Gr oup
s creen

Mi ll ci rcui t
561-1
Dept. scr een level
Group screen l evel
Detai l scr een level
Dept. Tr end
scr een

Tr end 1

Dept. Tr end
scr een

Trend n

Dept. Ser vice
scr een

Recipes

Dept. Servi ce
screen

Si los

Dept common
scr een pool
Depar tmental hier archy
Other departments
Other depar tments
Dept. Overvi ew
screen

Cem mil l 1
501-2
Dept. Ov ervi ew
scr een

Cem mi ll 1
501-1
Pl ant
Over view-
screen
Group
screen

Cem tr anspor t
591
Scr een famil y
Dept. Tr end
scr een

Tr end n

Si ngle screenss

Auxi li ari es
Cem mil l 2
Cem mil l 3
Raw meal Kil n 1
Kil n 2
Coal mil l
Crusher
561-3
561-2
531 591
Trend 561-1
Acknowl edge
Al ar ms
Overvi ew LVD
Plant wide
navigation area
Plant wide
area
Department wide
area
Last alarmmessage
Al arms
Enter into
a screen famil y
(e.g. Trend screen famil y)

Tr end Set 1
Acknowl edge
Trend area
Familywide
navigation area

Exit buttontoleavethe
screen family Nameof department
Trend Set 2 Tr end Set 3 Tr end Set 4
Cem mi ll 1
Exi t Tr end Set 5 Trend Set 6 Tr end Set 7 Tr end Set 8
Famil y wide
navigation
Famil y EXIT

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2.8.4 Additional navigation by navigation arrows
Additional navigation possibilities can be assigned by using arrow buttons indicating the navigation direction. These buttons should e.g. used for:
- Horizontal jumping to the next screen following the process flow on different pictures.
- Vertical jumping upward to the screen in higher level to which the screen jumping from is related.

Group
screen

Mi ll feed
531
Group Detai l
scr een

Hydr aul ic
561-2
Gr oup Detai l
screen

Mai n Dr ive
561-3
Plant scr een level
Group
screen

Mi ll cir cui t
561-1
Dept. s creen l evel
Gr oup screen l evel
Detail scr een l evel
Depar tmental hi erar chy
Other departments
Other depar tments
Dept. Overvi ew
screen

Cem mil l 1
501-2
Dept. Overvi ew
screen

Cem mil l 1
501-1
Pl ant
Overvi ew-
scr een
Group
screen

Cem transport
591

Auxi li ari es
Cem mil l 2
Cem mil l 3
Raw meal Kil n 1
Kil n 2
Coal mil l
Crusher
561-3
561-2
531 591
Trend 561-1
Acknowl edge
Al ar ms
Overvi ew LVD
Al arms
Navigation by
arrows

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2.9 Example for a screen concept
The following picture shows a ideal example for a picture hierarchy with some of the navigation possibilities.

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3. DISPLAYING ALARMS AND EVENTS
3.1 Message line content
As described in the Standard Design Criteria the following information has to be
treated as a minimum in an alarm screen and a message screen.

(Message in separate columns)
Date Time Type Tag
(HAC)
Value Status Message (where) Message (who) Message (what)
07.11.2008 17:57:02 W 532-1X1.TA:H 85 Mill drive CM building / +0m Temp high
08.11.2008 17:57:02 W 532-1X1.TA:H 85 Mill drive CM building / +0m Temp high

(Message in one column)
Date Time Type Tag
(HAC)
Value Status Message (where, who, what)
07.11.2008 17:57:02 W 532-1X1.TA:H 85 Mill drive @CM building / +0m Temp high
08.11.2008 17:57:02 W 532-1X1.TA:H 85 Mill drive @CM building / +0m Temp high

Type and status of the message have to be defined by codes according the
definitions in the Standard Design Criteria. Additionally colors can be used to
distinguish between type and / or status.
But it is strongly recommended to apply colors restrictive to get an easy screen
view.
Example for message type code:

Message type Code examples
Failure F, Failure, !
Warning W, Warning, #
Status S, Status,.$
Diagnostic D, Diagnostic @

Example for message status codes

Message status Code example
Come not acknowledged C
Come acknowledged CA
Gone not acknowledged GA
Gone G

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3.2 Alarm screen display
The alarm screen displays the existing Failures and Warnings.
For an error free process this screen should be empty.

Acknowledge
Exi t
Date Time Type Tag (HAC) Value Status Message (where, who, what
08.11.2008 17:57:02 F 522-BC1.R1:F CA Belt conveyor @ CM building / +24m Rope switch
08.11.2008 17:57:02 W 532-BE1.LM:H CA Bucket elevator @ CM building / -2m Level high
07.11.2008 13:34:52 F 532-BC2.R1:F 0 CA Belt conveyor @ CM building / +15m Rope switch
08.11.2008 17:57:02 W 532-1X1.TA:H 85 CA Mill drive @ CM building / +0m Temp max
08.11.2008 17:57:02 W 532-1X1.TB:H 88 CA Mill drive @ CM building / +0m Temp max
08.11.2008 17:57:02 W 532-1X1.TC:H 90 CA Mill drive @ CM building / +0m Temp max
07.11.2008 13:38:52 W 532-BC1.D1:F 0 C Belt conveyor @ CM building / +20m Drift switch
07.11.2008 13:34:52 F 532-BC2.R1:F 0 C Belt conveyor @ CM building / +15m Rope switch

Failure not acknowledged
Warning not acknowledged
Failure or Warning acknowledged

Cem mill 1

Al arms

3.3 Event screen display
The Event screen displays the history of all events happened such as Failures,
Warnings, Status and Diagnostic-Events.
Acknowledge
Exit
Date Time Type Tag (HAC) Value Message (where, who, what
08.11.2008 17:57:02 S 532-001.01 Group 532 START
08.11.2008 17:57:02 F 522-BE1.R1:F Belt conveyor @ CM building / +24m Rope switch
08.11.2008 17:57:02 W 532-BE1.LM:H Bucket elevator @ CM building / -2m Level high
08.11.2008 17:57:02 D 532-BE1.S1 Bucket elevator @ CM building / -not standing
07.11.2008 13:34:52 F 532-BC2.R1:F 0 Belt conveyor @ CM building / +15m Rope switch
08.11.2008 17:57:02 W 532-1X1.TA:H 85 Mill drive @ CM building / +0m Temp max
08.11.2008 17:57:02 W 532-1X1.TB:H 88 Mill drive @ CM building / +0m Temp max
08.11.2008 17:57:02 W 532-1X1.TC:H 90 Mill drive @ CM building / +0m Temp max
07.11.2008 13:38:52 W 532-BC1.D1:F 0 Belt conveyor @ CM building / +20m Drift switch
07.11.2008 13:34:52 F 532-BC2.R1:F 0 Belt conveyor @ CM building / +15m Rope switch
History of all events

Cem mill 1

Events

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4. RULES, HINTS AND TIPS FOR HMI SCREEN DESIGNING
The praxis shows that every person who designs HMI graphic screens has his own
understanding and creativity to draw a process for screen display. To reduce such
creativity and to get group wide a more consistent philosophy the following chapter
will give a guide line to create process graphic screens for the cement production.
This will be done giving good and bad examples.
4.1 Rules for graphics and mimics
4.1.1 Equipment drawing and TAG naming
For designing HMI screens the colors as defined in the Holcim Standard Design
Criteria have to be applied

Standing process

Rules: For TAG's
To every equipment has to be assigned a
field indicating its TAG name applying the
HAC.
If the equipment is electrically driven (motor,
valve, heating etc), then clicking on this
TAG should open the popup window which
controls the drive of this equipment.
The TAG name can be full HAC or reduced
HAC depends on the following conditions.
BC1
SG1
531-RF1
LD1 VE1
M
BE1.M1
BE1.M2
Rules: Non animated equipment remains
transparent or shadowed gray

Normally no motor will be drawn with the
exception of multiple drives for the same
machine or for big motors (see below)

Standing equipment has light gray color

Condition Use of HAC TAG name
The screen includes only
one process group
HAC 456 BC1
The screen includes
several process groups
HAC 123-456 531-RF1
An equipment (machine)
has more than one drive
(e.g. Bucket elevator)
HAC 456.78

or
HAC 123-456.78
BE1.M1
BE1.M2
or
531-BC1.M1
531-BC1.M2
M

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Running process

BC1
SG1
RF1
LD1
VE1
Rules: Normally no motor will be drawn
Running equipment has green color
M
M
BE1.M1
BE1.M2

Big drives

Rules: For big drives (including eventually also
auxiliary drives) or drives with additional
equipment the motor should be drawn as
mimic
1X1.M1
HU1
1X1.M3 1X1.M2
1X1:H1

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4.1.2 Display of process status and operation status (Colors)
Rules: Process driven status information has to be indicated by color changes
and visibility changes of the assigned object.
Operator driven status information has to be displayed by additional
mimic objects.
Display of TAG names

Rules: The back color of the equipment names has to
be applied as follows:

Process
status
Error
status
Al arm
status
Back
color
Standing No error No alarm -SG1
Standing error No alarm -RF1
Running No error No alarm -LD1
Running error Warninge -BC1
Running error Failure -VE1

Additionally a color filed has to be assigned to
the tag for displaying the following additional
status

Operation status Field color
Single start mode blue
Local operation mode white
Automatic operation mode no visible
Override (simulation) orange
BC1
SG1
RF1
LD1 VE1

Display of analog values

Rules: The display of analog values has to be an active
field. Clicking on the display field has to open the
popup window to treat the analog value:
The back color of the value display field has to be
applied as follows:

Process status (Value) Al arm
status
Back
color
Value in limit No alarm 87 %
Value out of warning limit Warning 87 %
Value out of failure limit Failure 87 %
Value simulated No alarm 87 %
Value simulated Warning 87 %
Value simulated Failure 87 %
Value under flow (<4mA) Failure 87 %

If the analog value is in override modus (simulation)
by the PCS, then it has to marked with the additional
orange square mimic.
LD1
87 %
LD1
87 %
LD1
87 %
LD1
87 %

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Display of digital values

Rules: Digital sensors (speed switches, drift
switches, level switches etc. ) will be
displayed only in case of an error as following

Process
status
Sensor
status
Al arm
status
Back
color
Standing No error No alarm
Standing error x X1
Running No error No alarm
Running error Warning R1
Running error Failure D1

If the digital value or an object is in override
status (simulation) by the PCS, then the
additional orange square mimic field has to be
displayed and the digital object has to be
visible in light gray.

In case when only the OK status of the digital
signal can be set, the digital object itself can
by displayed with an orange background.
D1
SG1 LD1
R1
X1
S1 RF1
R1
BC1
D1

4.1.3 Display of bar graphs

Rules: Analog values as bar graph have to be
displayed as brown bar mimic. This bar
graph color will not change.

The analog value display has to change
the color according the description above.
35 m

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4.1.4 Display of selection and status information's
Single selection
(e.g. On/Off)
Rules: Single selections (e.g. On/Off) have to be defined
with push buttons as following:

Button status Button
color
Selection
status

Selection is disabled
(no action possible)
Heating's OFF
Selection is enabled)
(selection is possible)
Heating's OFF
Selection is activated
(Selected)
Heating's ON
Heating's OFF
Heating's OFF
Heating's ON

Multiple selection
(e.g. Silos))

Rules: Multiple selections (e.g. silos) have to be
defined with push buttons as following:

Selection status Button
color
Selection is activated
(Selected)
-3S3
Selection is enabled)
(selection is possible)
-3S2
Selection is disabled
(no action possible)
-3S1
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Status informations
(e.g. actually production)

Rules: Information's and Status about the process
should be written in white on blue back
color.
(e.g. actually produced product)

Fortico

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4.1.5 Best practice for graphics and mimics
4.1.5.1 Dont use
No moving objects

Rules: Do not draw continuous moving mimics

No 3 dimensional objects

Rules: Try not to draw 3 dimensional; you
lose time,
lose place
The object looks to complex

Apply only shadowing to get the
3 dimensional feeling

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No complex object designs

Rules: Do not draw complex objects
Keep the simple and understandable

Doing this, the objects can often
designed smaller to save space

Do not use the color "running" for non driven equipment

Rules: Try to not apply normally green color
for non driven objects (e. g silos)

Typical exception is an air slide

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4.1.5.2 Use

Use Static position movements

Rules: Apply static mimics to show different
position of moving objects

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