Nowadays in our companies there are a mix of cultures from all around the world. Several languages are spoken and it is important to offer to the operators the opportunity to read the HMI interface using their own language.
Every string of the interface can be translated, and each client selects its own language: the same solution serves a multicultural crew on one site, or machines delivered to customers all over the world. Fewer misunderstandings mean fewer operating errors, faster training of new operators and a safer plant. Translations are managed with a dedicated tool, eScada.Tools.Translator: if the machine builder provides the tool and the credentials, final customers can complete or refine them autonomously, without touching the project.
Following field-generated events, it is possible to trigger the playback of audio files in WAV or MP3 format. As with image resources, audio files can be differentiated by language; this allows each client to play audio messages in the same language as the user interface.
Audio messages complete the picture: spoken phrases triggered by machine and plant events reach the operator even when he is not looking at the screen, in the language he understands best.
Audio files can be played either on the server side or on the client side. When played on the client side, it is also possible to specify the address of the client(s) where a specific audio file should be played.