Operating a project   
8.1 Operating a project on OP 73micro 
  OP 73micro, TP 177micro (WinCC flexible) 
106  Operating Instructions, 09/2007, 6AV6691-1DF01-0AB0 
Numerical values  
Enter the characters of numerical values using the system keyboard. Press 
ENTER
 to edit any 
character of the value with the help of the cursor keys. 
You can delete a value from the field by pressing 
SHIFT
 + 
DEL
. 
Formats for the visualization of numerical values 
You can enter values in numerical input fields based on the following formats: 
●  Decimal 
●  Hexadecimal 
●  Binary 
The entry can be aligned left or right, depending on the configuration.  
Limit value test of numerical values  
Tags can be assigned limit values. If an alarm window has been configured, a system alarm 
is automatically output to indicate any violation of set limits of the input value, for example, 
80 exceeds the set limit value of 78. The value entered is rejected. The original value is 
displayed again. 
Decimal places for numerical values  
If a numerical input field is configured for a specific number of decimal points, decimal places 
in excess of the limit are ignored. Empty decimal places are filled with "0" after the number is 
confirmed. 
Alphanumerical values 
Enter the alphanumerical values, numbers and letters character by character using the 
system keyboard. Press 
ENTER
 to edit any character of the value with the help of the cursor 
keys. 
You can delete a value from the field by pressing 
SHIFT
 + 
DEL
. 
The extended character set is available for fields with "String" format. 
Symbolic values 
Symbolic values are by selecting configured entries and not using the keyboard. These 
entries are stored in symbolic IO fields. 
Date and time 
Date and time are entered in alphanumerical format.