Printing Points SECTION 3 Points
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3-11-9 Security Points
The following table describes system points for use with user login, logout, and
user privileges in the runtime environment.
3-12 Printing Points
3-12-1 Print Setup
The Point Editor can be printed in the same way pages can. Before printing,
ensure that the printer has been set up correctly. To check the printer settings,
refer to chapter 2, Pages.
3-12-2 Print Preview
To preview the page before printing, select Print Preview from the File menu.
Refer to chapter 2, Pages regarding the use of the Print Preview display.
3-12-3 Printing
To print the contents of the Point Editor, click the button.
Refer to chapter 2, Pages regarding the use of the Print dialog box.
3-13 Embedding Point Values in Text
As well as using point names in expressions, in many cases where text is
entered this can be made dynamic by replacing a placeholder in the text with
the value of a point. Part or all of the text may be a point name, enclosed in the
Point Substitution characters (double round brackets by default).
Examples of the way in which text is changed:
The shift foreman was ((ShiftForeman))
becomes:
System point Point type Point range Remarks
$InputsActual Real - Reports average
number of PLC
input points read
per second since
application
startup.
$PLCBusy Boolean - Indicates if PLC
communications
are busy.
$PLCFailures Integer 0-2,147,483,647 Total number of
PLC failures.
System point Point type Point range Remarks
$SecurityLevel Integer 0-4 Current user's
security level.
$SecurityName Text - Current user's
security name.
$UserName Text - User currently
logged on.
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