Section D Graphic Display
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D 5.17 Alphanumeric display
→Animate → Alphanumeric display
→A mouse-click fixes the position of the top left-hand corner and, by moving the mouse,
the size of the alphanumeric display can be adjusted. Another click of the mouse at
this point concludes the construction of the alphanumeric display,
→Enter data in the parameter mask,
→Display the text without construction frame.
The current contents of a process value will be displayed either numerically
or as text in any format desired. All system data types can be represented.
Even the display of a configured message can be realized with an
alphanumeric display.
The size, alignment and the fix point can be set with
→Change → Text attributes or via the toolbox with the LINE or FIELD
button.
The foreground and background color settings for texts are made in the color
selection parameter windows (see page D-13, Color selection). Both the
colors and the display format of the current variable can be made to change
as a function of binary variables and/or messages.
An alphanumeric display is configured using the parameters on the Process value, Bit allocation,
Display and General tabs.
Description of parameters specific to alphanumeric displays
Display
Format A separate format can be specified for each of the up to 8 states that the
alphanumeric display can assume.
→ Click on format area → Press F2 Function key
→ Select format → OK.
A window is opened, and the various output formats are presented for
selection, including formats conforming to the IEC Standard. Custom
formats can also be created. For details see Select and create custom
formats at the end of this parameter description.
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