Is there a better Numeric Pad for Siemens HMI's?

Specifically .. the numeric pad which comes with the WinCC software is very hard to read, and very poorly designed.  Is there an upgrade yet for that.. or am I the only one that thinks it really sucks?   :-)

This is what I have

I had to turn ambient lights off.. the numbers are hard to read.. unless you are well aligned with the screen.

Something like this.. is much better:

Lamboom

Specifically .. the numeric pad which comes with the WinCC software is very hard to read, and very poorly designed.  Is there an upgrade yet for that.. or am I the only one that thinks it really sucks?   :-)

This is what I have

 Hello,

No there is no upgrade will update this numeric pad.

Thanks for the replies ..

much appreciated...  Look at this: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG_8SRgTWaY

Unfortunately I don't know how to turn this link into "clickable"  ... But 5 years ago Jurgen D'hondt  tried to improve it .. :-)

Lamboom

Unfortunately I don't know how to turn this link into "clickable"  ... But 5 years ago someone tried to improve it .. :-)

Click the "Insert link" button in the post editor instead of just pasting the link from the clipboard. A dialog opens then. Paste your link there to make the link clickable.

Best regards

The Helping Hand

Lamboom

Thanks for the replies ..

much appreciated...  Look at this: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG_8SRgTWaY

Unfortunately I don't know how to turn this link into "clickable"  ... But 5 years ago someone tried to improve it .. :-)

 Dear Lamboom,

It's looks good. 

The better will be if Siemens make it and put online a face plate with this better numeric pad.

I am sure that any experienced guy can do it, but also why spend time and effort just to design a keypad?!

If Siemens made a better keypad, I will use it, If not I will try to adjust brightness.

Hello Lamboom,

which Runtime do you want to use the NumPad on?

Please have a look at this application example:

• "Toolbox for HMI Projects in machine-based Area (SIMATIC HMI Panels and SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced)"
  https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/106226404
  (Chapter "Simplified Operation" > "Screen Keyboard")

Here you find a keyboard and a numpad in some different styles in a library and a documentation on how to change it to a style you want. So you can easily increase the size of the test/numbers and the buttons and I/O-fields. (Here is the application example on styles: https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/91174767)

At the top of the application example you can find an example project where you can have a look at the function. The keyboard/numpad is a faceplate and uses scripts. Therefore you can't use it on a basic panel. It's easiest to use it on a pop-up screen.