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Review Unsupported Features Chapter 6
Print Setting Multistate Indicator
Message Display
Printing Print Only Object This object is not supported in FactoryTalk
View ME software.
Initial State Values Maintained Push button
Multistate Push button
Standard Control List Selector
To set the states of these objects on
application startup, create a macro to set
the appropriate tag values for the object
controls. Assign the Macro in the Startup
editor of FactoryTalk View ME software.
Least Significant Bit data format Multistate Indicator
Message Display
List Indicator
Standard Control List Selector
Bit triggered states are not supported in
FactoryTalk View ME software. Modify the
state values and the read tag, or assign an
expression to return the value of the Least
Significant Bit.
Inner Text and Inner Graphic Bar Graph
Gauge
In FactoryTalk View ME software, the Inner
Text is converted to a separate Text object.
The Inner Graphic is converted to a separate
Image object.
Scale Clipping Gauge If the scale doesn’t fit within the height or
width of the gauge, it is not clipped. Check
the position of the scale to make sure it
doesn’t overlap other objects.
Needle Gauge In FactoryTalk View ME software, each
needle is converted to a separate Gauge
object.
No Acknowledgement Alarm List In FactoryTalk View ME software, all alarms
can be acknowledged.
Ack Setting Alarm messages In FactoryTalk View ME software, all alarms
can be acknowledged.
Turn Object View On property All objects If this property is set to False, the converted
object does not appear.
Embedded Variable Numeric Display Numeric Display objects are converted to
Text objects with embedded variables.
Foreground and background colors All objects The foreground and background colors of
PanelBuilder32 objects are used to set the
Selection Fore and Selection Back color for
FactoryTalk View ME objects.
If the foreground and background colors are
the same, the Selection Fore and Back
colors are also the same. This color status
means that the selected state is invisible,
because the foreground color (text) and the
background color are the same.
To make the selected state visible, edit the
object to change either the Selection Fore
or Selection Back color.
Selected state visibility during
design time and runtime
List Indicator
Display List Selector
Control List Selector
Piloted Control List Selector
Alarm List Selector
If the original Foreground Color (text) and
Background Color of the object are the
same, the selected state is invisible. To
make the selected state visible, edit the
object to change either the Selection Fore
or Selection Back color.
Table 13 - Unsupported Features in FactoryTalk View Machine Edition
Unsupported Feature Object Additional Information