Use the controls and indicators on the DSC Module palette to create front panels containing tanks, hoppers, bins, pipes, pumps, and valves. You also can use these controls and indicators to display historical and real-time data as well as alarm and event data.

You also can use the Image Navigator to browse through a collection of industrial automation images you can use to create front panels. The Image Navigator is a library of over 4,000 symbols for industrial automation including pumps, pipes, valves, tanks, mixers, motors, ducts, electrical symbols, flow meters, material handling, sensors, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), transmitters, and ISA symbols. Select Tools»DSC Module»Image Navigator to launch the Image Navigator.

SubpaletteDescription
2D ControlsUse the 2D controls and indicators, which include pipes, pumps, and valves, to simulate various Boolean pipe, pump, and valve objects.
3D ControlsUse the 3D controls and indicators, which include pipes, pumps, and valves, to simulate various Boolean pipe, pump, and valve objects.
Alarm ControlsUse the alarm controls and indicators to configure and display alarm and event data.
Statistical Process ControlUse the Statistical Process Control (SPC) controls to display control charts, process graphs, and Pareto charts.
Trend ControlsUse the Historical Trend Express control and the Real-Time Trend Express control to display historical and real-time data. Use the NI HyperTrend control to display data from a National Instruments Citadel database and monitor live data.
VesselsUse the vessel controls and indicators to imitate the look of tanks, hoppers, and bins. All objects on this palette are numeric.