mimic diagram

[kjakan]

Hi Mikhail,

I’m working with the new mimic diagrams (6.4.x beta) and would like to suggest a feature for a future release.

Use case: an analog pointer/needle (e.g. a gauge indicator) where the rotation angle should follow the value of an input channel in real time — for example, angle = value * scale + offset.

The Appearance section already exposes a Rotation property, but as far as I can see it can only be set to a static value at design time. It would be very useful if Rotation (and ideally other Appearance properties) could be bound to an input channel, similar to how text/visibility can be data-driven, preferably with a simple linear transform (scale + offset) or a small expression.

Is this already on the roadmap for the new mimic engine? If not, please consider it as a feature request.

Thanks for the great work on Rapid SCADA.

[kjakan]

The current usecase is this: A remote ham radio station with Rapid SCADA as the supervisory system. I have an antenna rotator (azimuth 0–360°) being read from a controller via Modbus. I’d like to bind the Rotation property of an Appearance group to this input channel, so that a circular map centered on my station rotates synchronously with the antenna — showing exactly where the beam is pointing. This is a request that maps directly to how a real operator thinks about antenna direction.

[manjey73]

speedometr

The speedometer can be adjusted to suit your needs. You can replace the background image and arrows there.

[Mikhail]

Hi,

The easiest way is using Extra Scheme Components Plugin as written above.
It is possible to create your own faceplate based on SVG and rotate an arrow inside it. However, it would require more efforts.

[Mikhail]

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