Programming,
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About the Configuration Tool
- COMLCD
Jobs that require a foreign language for annunciation, such as Chinese jobs, are
configured with the standard 4 100 Programming Unit in the same manner as an
English language job. The job is built and the configuration file is downloaded into
the Master FACP in English.
The conf@ration file generated by the 4100
Programming Unit is then manually translated using a foreign language editor into
the target foreign language.
For any specified language, the translation job prepares and divides the configuration
data into several files. The Graphical LCD Annunciator configuration tool,
COMLCD, assumes that the following input files are available for its use:
<language>.fon --
<Language>.prt --
<language>.msg --
<jobname>.eng -
<jobname>.lcd --
<Language>.def --
<jobname>.def --
A language font file that specifies the symbol codes and
bitmaps.
A file that contains text. for time/date and SMPL Print
messages in foreign language. (In sync with Master S/W
revision.)
A file that contains text for system, banner and status
messages in foreign language. (In sync with Master S/W
revision.)
A file that is created/updated by the 4 100 Programming
Unit every time a job is built.
It contains the custom
labels for slave cards and points in English.
A file that originates from <jobname>.eng. It contains the
@anslated custom labels for slave cards and points in
foreign language.
A default file that specifies the screen display layout for a
particular language.
A user specific file that specifies the screen display layout
for a particular job.
In addition,
<language>.cvt
may be needed if the text files are prepared using a
different code representation other than the code type specified in the font file.
The
files
<jobname>.lcd
and
<jobname>.def
are customized for each job. The other
files stay unchanged from job to job if the same language is used.
COMLCD is responsible for building a configuration file
cjobmame>.bin by
extracting data from the files listed above and organizing them in specified structures.
The output file is converted and downloaded to the flash ROM on the Graphical
LCD Annunciator.
At the beginning of the configuration process, COMLCD displays the default values
on the screen using the values
in <jobname>.lcd.
If
the
file
<jobname>.lcd
does no’
exist in the configuration directory, the values in
the
file
<language>.def are
used
instead. You can edit the display values. Once the value is modified, the file is
saved
iu <jobname>.def,
so the language default file remains unchanged.
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