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ProfiMessage
l Pre-decimal places
Setsthenumberofdecimalplacesbeforethedecimalpoint/separator.The
decimalseparatorisoutputonlywhenatleastonepost-decimalplaceisout-
put.
l Leading zeroes
Setswhetherthepre-decimalplacesaretoincludeleadingzeroeswhenthe
numberhasfewerdecimalplaces.Thismeansthatthesamenumberofchar-
actersarealwayssent.
l Post-decimal places
Setsthenumberofpos-decimalplacestobeoutput.
l Always sign
Ensuresthatpositiveaswellasnegativesignsarealwayssent.Thesign
doesnotcountasapre-decimalplace.
l Example
Displaystheformattingofanimaginarynumberaccordingtothesettings
made.
Format
Setswhatistobesent,e.g.valueandunitforthechannel.Donotdeletethe
requiredplaceholders,including%signs.Youcansendonlyonechannel(value),
butanynumberofplaceholdersforotherinformation,e.g.foroutputtingthecur-
rentdateandtime.Youcanalsoentertextinsteadofplaceholders,e.g.texttobe
sentforinitialisation.Forexample,byusingtheinitialisationstring"Meas-
ure:Volt:DC"youcanswitchamultimetertoDCmeasurement.
Tosendoutputchanneldata,usethefollowingplaceholders:
%VALUE%:Channelvalue.
%STATUS%:Channelstatus.
%UNIT%:Channelunit.
%NAME%:Outputchannelname.
%DESCRIPTION%:Outputchanneldescription.
%LOCATION%:Outputchannellocation.
%ID%:OutputchannelID.
Tosendsourcechanneldata,usethefollowingplaceholders:
%UNITSOURCE%:Sourcechannelunit.
%NAMESOURCE%:Sourcechannelname.
%DESCRIPTIONSOURCE%:Sourcechanneldescription.
%LOCATIONSOURCE%:Sourcechannellocation.
%IDSOURCE%:ChannelIDforthesourcechannel.
Thefollowinggeneralplaceholdersareavailableforyoutouse:
:%DATETIME%:Currentdateandtime.
%HOUR%:Currenttime.
%MINUTE%:Currentminute.
%SECOND%:Currentseconds.
%YEAR2%:Currentyearas2digits.
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