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Monitor administration
zenon Academy The monitor administration makes it possible to easily organize several monitors.
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zenon Software Platform Tasks of monitor administration :
Infrastructure
• Operation: Mixed operation of single-monitor and multi-monitor systems.
Engineering
For example, three monitors are used in a control room, two are used on a client and the maintenance technician's
Visualization
notebook only has one monitor.
Types
User interface • Screen output: Free output of a screen on any monitor and changing of the assignment of a screen -> monitor in
Monitor administration Service Engine.
Concept and requirements All screen types (such as Alarm Message List , Chronological Event List ) and functions (such as Start function
Requirements for Service ) that are assigned to this screen , or a screen in this frame, are accepted automatically.
Engine
New project • Adjusting the resolution: Inclusion of computers with different resolutions in one project.
Adapt existing project For example: The monitor resolution configuration is 1680 x 1050. The resolution on the target device is 1024 x
Displaying in the Web 768. In this case, zenon automatically adapts the resolution correctly, but the circles become elliptical due to the
Visualization Service different aspect ratio. So it is possible to correctly adjust the target resolution for Service Engine in the monitor
Configuration in Engineering administration .
Studio
Change monitor resolution The minimum recommended resolution in Service Engine is 1024 x 768 pixels. Smaller resolutions can also be
Functions of the monitor configured. However it may then not be possible to operate some online dialogs. If these are not used, the
administration resolution can be selected as lower.
Example configuration
Monitor behavior in Service
Settings in zenon and Windows
Engine
Remote Desktop Monitor administration is configured and administered separately in Engineering Studio for each project. It has an effect
Frames on frames and screens in zenon. It is recommended that the size of the frame is adjusted to the size of the monitor
Screen types displayed or the monitors to be displayed. Larger frames protrude into other monitors or are not shown in full.
Faceplate
Screen elements Dialog boxes - even those in zenon - are subject to the Windows settings.
Symbols and element groups
Worldview For multi-project administration, the settings of the integration project are always applicable in Service Engine.
Display
Operation of Service Engine
Switching topology
Communication & data forwarding
Control Concept and requirements
Authorization & Authentication
Screens are switched to virtual monitors using monitor administration . Virtual monitors are assigned using real
Network existing monitors. This assignment can be set individually using monitor profiles. Projects can therefore be
Data recording, analysis & reporting individualized for different configurations.
Additional Services
Programming Interfaces The monitor administration is based on:
Release Notes
• Fixing the default resolution for a project.
Miscellaneous
For example, 2048 x 768 for two monitors with a resolution of 1024 x 768 each.
This is set and fixed for Service Engine.

• Naming of real existing monitors.

• Definition of virtual monitors that are assigned to the real existing monitors.
With virtual monitors, it is possible to display a 3-monitor system (3 real monitors and 3 virtual monitors) on a
single-monitor system (1 real monitor and 3 virtual monitors), for example.

• There is the possibility to change the assignment of virtual monitors to real existing monitors in Engineering Studio
and in Service Engine.
This means a virtual monitor can be moved to another real existing monitor instead of the configured one, for
example.

• Overview window with a screen or monitor overview.

This makes it possible to quickly select a monitor by selecting the desired screen area in the window . This can
also be carried out with optional scrollbars.

Procedure

When using several monitors:

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• Screens are allocated to virtual monitors in screen switching
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• Virtual monitors can be allocated to real existing monitors as desired

The project can therefore be correctly displayed on different systems with a different amount of monitors with no need
for reconfiguration

Project configuration

The monitor configuration has different effects on:

• new projects

• existing projects

Recommended workflow: With a new project, set up the monitor administration first before you define frames and
screens. Start by determining the resolution for Service Engine.

Note when configuring the project:

• For the optimal display ofzenon in the Service Engine, the standard setting (corresponds to 100%) is
recommended for the Windows display. Higher values can lead to graphic elements, symbols, texts, etc. not
being displayed correctly.

• Windows themes can overlay elements in Service Engine. Ensure, when configuring a project, that there is an
appropriate distance from the elements to the screen edge.

Requirements for Service Engine

The existing monitor resolution has to be entered in [Link] to ensure that the monitor administration works
correctly in a multi-monitor system.

Exception: These settings are not necessary with Smart Client.

INI entries

The following INI entries are necessary in the [DEFAULT] area:

• The entries RT_CXMAINFRAME and RT_CYMAINFRAME define the resolution of the size of the main window (sum
of all monitors) in pixels.

• The entries RT_CXRESOLUTION and RT_CYRESOLUTION define the reference resolution (resolution of the primary
monitor) in pixels for the adaptation of the resolution to the target computer in Service Engine.

Entry Meaning

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[DEFAULT] Section where the entry is made.

SCREENPROFILE= Selected monitor profile for current computer.

Name of the configuration. For example:

ScreenProfile=Standard

Is defined on the configuration computer by means of Configuration of general settings.

This may need to be defined on other computers by means of a manual entry in
[Link].

RT_CXMAINFRAME= Width of the resolution of all monitors.

For example, for two screens with a width of 1280 pixels each: RT_CXMAINFRAME=2560

RT_CYMAINFRAME= Height of the resolution of all monitors

Attention : If the windows toolbar is shown, its height must be considered.

RT_CXRESOLUTION= Width of the resolution of the target computer in Service Engine in pixels, regardless of the
value of the RT_CXMAINFRAME entry.

RT_CYRESOLUTION= Height of the resolution of the target computer in Service Engine in pixels, regardless of
the value of the RT_CYMAINFRAME entry.

The following configurations can lead to nothing being displayed or images only being displayed on the first
screen :

• If the values defined in the INI are greater than the area that is actually available, it is possible that
nothing will be displayed.
Solution: Correct the data in the INI file.

• If the Windows task bar is displayed in a fixed position, screens may only be displayed on the first
monitor.
Solution: Set Windows task bar to Automatically hide task bar.
Or: Define RT_CYMAINFRAME like this, so that the display on the monitor is smaller than the available
space on the monitor. This prevents the zenon display screen from overlapping or intersecting with the
taskbar display, for example RT_CYMAINFRAME=1024 instead of 1280.

Example

A project was configured for monitors with the resolution 1920x1080.

The project is to be adapted to monitors with a resolution of 1024x768.

Resolution of target computer: Monitor 1 and monitor 2: 1024x768

To do this, the entries in [Link] must be set as follows:

• RT_CXMAINFRAME=2048

• RT_CYMAINFRAME=768

• RT_CXRESOLUTION=1024

• RT_CYRESOLUTION=768

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New project
Define the screen resolution before you start configuration. This resolution should not be subsequently changed, as
this can lead to stretching of the screens if the width:height ratio of the resolutions is not the same.

When a new project is created, the screen resolution for the monitor administration is automatically adjusted to the
current screen resolution. If a project is to run on a computer with a different resolution, adjust the settings before
starting the configuration.

To be able to assign screens from different real existing monitors in a different combination, you define as many virtual
monitors accordingly.

Adapt existing project

If changes are made to monitor administration in existing projects, all screen switching must be adapted.

However, monitor administration can have advantages for existing products. For example:

• Suppression of double screens for different resolutions

• Integration of computers with different numbers of monitors in one network project

In order to keep the change effort low, you should use an overview window to integrate computers with only a few
monitors. This way, all monitors can be selected quickly.

Displaying in the Web Visualization Service

The monitor administration in the Web Visualization Service differs from Service Engine.
The settings for the monitor administration in zenon are mostly ignored in the Web Visualization Service .

The Web Visualization Service is based on the browser window . The configured monitor resolution is adopted as the
only size of the zenon monitor administration . Monitor scaling and resolution are taken into account in the display.
For example:

• Configured resolution: 1920 x 1080

• Windows scaling : 125%

• Output in the browser: 2400 x 1350

In Web Visualization Service, the following applies for screens and frames:

• Only 1 screen is supported.

• Settings for real monitors and virtual monitors are ignored.

• Only the configured monitor resolution is accepted as a parameter.

• The configured monitor resolution is used for the value Restrict to monitor limits for the Move property for the
frame .

Note: Frames are only displayed within the configured resolution. Any protruding areas beyond this will be cropped.
Outside placed areas will not be displayed. More details on how screens and frames are handled in the Web
Visualization Service can be found in the Screens and frames node in the Web Visualization Service node.

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