{"id":3378,"date":"2025-04-18T05:55:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T05:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webprojects.cloud\/wordpress\/splatco\/?post_type=spl_knowledgebase&#038;p=3378"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:02:12","slug":"simplehmi-screen-formats-in-splat-pc","status":"publish","type":"spl_knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/webprojects.cloud\/wordpress\/splatco\/knowledgebase\/tutorials-application-notes-and-white-papers\/tutorial-simplehmi-programming-of-splat-controllers\/simplehmi-getting-fancy-with-cursor-positioning-and-screen-sizes\/simplehmi-screen-formats-in-splat-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"SimpleHMI: Screen formats in SPLat\/PC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In SPLat\/PC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/webprojects.cloud\/wordpress\/splatco\/knowledgebase\/glossary-of-terms\/#o5366\">Build<\/a>\u00a0172 or later we have added controls to let you set the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/webprojects.cloud\/wordpress\/splatco\/knowledgebase\/glossary-of-terms\/#o5380\">SimpleHMI<\/a>\u00a0aspect ratio and screen width (characters across).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The screen shot above shows the following controls down the righthand side:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connect button<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Clicking this sends a Connected event code to the SPLat controller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reset button<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Clicking this resets the SimpleHMI display to the default screen (no text, default buttons) using the current aspect ratio and width settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ruler<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Draws ruler lines (as shown above with a cyan background colour)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A\/R panel<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The buttons in this panel let you set the screen aspect ratio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Width<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Lets you set the number of characters across the screen (hint, after setting the width, click Ruler to find out how many rows the program&nbsp;<em>estimates&nbsp;<\/em>will fit on an Android device)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show log<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Exposes the logging window and re-draws the SimpleHMI screen to fit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In SPLat\/PC\u00a0Build\u00a0172 or later we have added controls to let you set the\u00a0SimpleHMI\u00a0aspect ratio and screen width (characters across). 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