Interface a smart component and an Add-in

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Hi,

I was wondering how you would go about creating a sort of user interface to control a smartcomponent. For example lets say we have a smart component that represents an equipment that behaves as it would on the floor. I want to create a replica of an HMI for that equipment, a UI, that will control the “equipment” as an operator would on the floor. I was thinking you could create an add-in where all the graphical objects would sit, but then how do I interface it with a smart component?

Many Thanks!

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SmartComponent smartComp = (SmartComponent)station.GetAllObjects().First(x => x.TypeDisplayName == "SmartComponent" && x.DisplayName == "YourSmartComponentName");

This will return your smart component object, you can then drive bindings and IO directly from the add in using this