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Pump

com.ergotech.vib.graphics.Pump

Image Examples

Pump in the graphics palette Pump graphic example
Pump in the graphics palette. Pump graphic example.

Overview

The Pump graphic is a More Layout process graphic used to display a mechanical pump with animated fan/blade movement.

Pump animation is controlled by the incoming input value. When the input value is above the configured low value, the pump can animate to show running or active behavior.

The Pump graphic can also display pipe input and output connections, making it useful for process-flow screens.

Common Uses

Input Behavior

Pump accepts input through valueInput.

The input can come from a data source, Constant, or another logic component.

Numeric input controls the pump animation behavior.

The input value is scaled between the configured Low Value and High Value.

Output Behavior

Pump has no default output ports.

Pump is used as an animated display graphic.

Pump-Specific Behavior

Pump displays a pump body with animated fan/blade movement.

Pump-specific settings include:

Logic Ports

In the Logic Editor, Pump includes this default port:

The valueInput port updates the Pump animation behavior from a data source, Constant, or another logic component.

Animation Behavior

Pump uses the incoming value to control whether the pump is running and how the fan/blade animation behaves.

The Low Value and High Value properties define the input range used for scaling.

The Speed property selects the animation speed range.

The Fan Direction property controls the direction of fan/blade movement.

The Fan Stop at Min property controls whether the fan stops when the input is at the minimum value.

Pipe Display

Pump can display input and output pipe connection points.

The Pipe Input property controls where the input pipe is drawn.

The Pipe Output property controls where the output pipe is drawn.

These settings help align the Pump graphic with pipe graphics in a process-flow layout.

Notes

Use Pump when an application needs an animated pump-style equipment display.

Use Fan for a fan-style process graphic.

Use Chaser for a simpler animated motion or flow display.

For general graphic behavior, see Active Graphic.