Chapter1
Conguredeviceoptionsandpreferences
Topicscoveredinthischapter
♦CongureDisplayVariablesandDisplayPrecision
1.1CongureDisplayVariablesandDisplayPrecision
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ProLinkII
ProLink→Conguration→Display
Communicator
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DetailedSetup→DisplaySetup→DisplayVariables
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DetailedSetup→DisplaySetup→DisplayPrecision
Thedisplaycanscrollthroughupto15processvariablesinanyorder.Youcancongurethe
processvariablestobedisplayedandtheorderinwhichtheywillappear.Youcanrepeat
variables,andyoucanleaveslotsempty.
YoucanalsocongureDisplayPrecisionforeachprocessvariable.DisplayPrecisioncontrolsthe
numberofdigitstotherightofthedecimalplacethatareshownonthedisplaywhentheprocess
variableisselectedasadisplayvariable.DisplayPrecisioncanbesettoanyvaluefrom0to
5.Thelowertheprecision,thelargeraprocesschangemustbeinordertobereectedinthe
displayedvalue.DisplayPrecisiondoesnotaffectthevalueoftheprocessvariablereportedvia
othermethodsorusedincalculations.
Restrictions
▪YoucannotsetDisplayVariable1toNone.DisplayVariable1mustalwaysbesettoa
processvariable.
▪IfyouhavexedDisplayVariable1totheprimarymAoutput,youcannotchangethesettingof
DisplayVariable1usingthismethod.T ochangethesettingofDisplayVariable1,youmust
changethecongurationofmAOutputProcessVariablefortheprimarymAoutput.
Note
Ifyouhaveconguredavolumeprocessvariableasadisplayvariable,andyousubsequently
changethesettingofVolumeFlowType,thedisplayvariableisautomaticallychangedtothe
equivalentprocessvariable.Forexample,ifDisplayVariable2wassettoVolumeFlowRate,itwill
bechangedtoGasStandardVolumeFlowRate.
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