Citect 2018 Day/night mode - Changing color

[Monsen]

Has anyone implemented day/night optional switching mode on the citect2018? Normally I have a bright color on day mode, and want to implement dark color on night mode. And want to toggle this with a button. Does anyone have tips?

[Kien_Mac]

Hi Monsen,

Best practice in template styles and layouts in SCADA are for operational efficiency. This means the UX/UI experience is around highlighting information in SCADA screens for better operator decision making or actions. The Situational Awareness (SA) library and graphics is designed for that purpose.

I have attached a whitepaper  outlining the HMI SCADA Design fundamentals.

Certainly you can choose to change/animate the backgrounds based on day/night modes, but keep in mind the User experience when they switch modes as certain colors will produce different levels of contrast and impact effectiveness. This can be easily implemented as a local variable to animate the background day/night color based on time of day.

[AntonioIacoviello]

@Monsen what @Kien_Mac described is the best approach to follow.

Anyhow, if you are looking for some customization you can run the Example SA project and in one of the testing pages there is an option to change some graphic colors background. With the same idea you can build your automation for the day/night mode. We don't have a solution out of the box.

[Kien_Mac]

FYI - AVEVA System Platform Industrial Graphics have a concept called Themes. This is ideal for your Day/Night Modes, however, it will take a few iterations / versions before Plant SCADA Industrial Graphics will be 100% compatible to deploy Themes in future.