SmartAXIS Touch User’s Manual 9-23
2 Character Input
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Data Displays
2.1 How the Character Input is Used
The Character Input features a display mode that displays the character codes in current values of devices as text and
an entry mode that enters text using the keypad or key buttons and writes the character codes for the entered text to
devices. When the part is displayed on the screen, the Character Input is in display mode. To enter text by pressing
the keypad or key buttons, touch the Character Input to switch it to entry mode.
The Character Input can perform the following functions.
• Write the character codes for text entered with the keypad or key buttons to devices
• Display the character codes in current values of devices as text
• Display entered text as * (asterisk)
2 Character Input
D100 :
D101 :
4654
(Hex)
‘F’ ‘T’
2053
(Hex)
4552
(Hex)
4945
(Hex)
5300
(Hex)
‘E’ ‘R’
‘I’ ‘E’
D102 :
D103 :
D104 :
(NULL)
‘S’
‘ ’ ‘S’
External device
Touch
FT SERIES_
FT SERIES
Character Input
Standard keypad
D100 :
D101 :
4654
(Hex)
‘F’ ‘T’
2053
(Hex)
4552
(Hex)
4945
(Hex)
5300
(Hex)
D102 :
D103 :
D104 :
‘S’
(NULL)
‘ I ’ ‘E’
‘E’ ‘R’
‘ ’ ‘S’
External device
Touch
FT SERIES
External device
Touch
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