Objects Chapter 13 Objects............................................................................................................ 2 13.1 Bit Lamp.............................................................................................................. 2 13.2 Word Lamp ......................................................................................................... 5 13.3 Set Bit ............................................................................................................... 10 13.4 Set Word........................................................................................................... 14 13.5 Function Key..................................................................................................... 21 13.6 Toggle Switch ................................................................................................... 28 13.7 Multi-State Switch ............................................................................................. 31 13.8 Slider................................................................................................................. 35 13.9 Numeric Input and Numeric Display.................................................................. 39 13.10 ASCII Input and ASCII Display ....................................................................... 48 13.11 Indirect Window .............................................................................................. 53 13.12 Direct Window................................................................................................. 57 13.13 Moving Shape................................................................................................. 61 13.14 Animation........................................................................................................ 67 13.15 Bar Graph ....................................................................................................... 72 13.16 Meter Display.................................................................................................. 80 13.17 Trend Display.................................................................................................. 88 13.18 History Data Display ....................................................................................... 99 13.19 Data Block Display........................................................................................ 106 13.20 XY Plot.......................................................................................................... 119 13.21 Alarm Bar and Alarm Display........................................................................ 132 13.22 Event Display................................................................................................ 135 13.23 Data Transfer (Trigger-based) ...................................................................... 144 13.24 Backup.......................................................................................................... 147 13.25 Media Player................................................................................................. 152 13.26 Data Transfer (Time-based).......................................................................... 163 13.27 PLC Control .................................................................................................. 166 13.28 Schedule....................................................................................................... 173 13.29 Option List..................................................................................................... 194 13.30 Timer............................................................................................................. 200 13.31 Video In......................................................................................................... 204 13.32 System Message .......................................................................................... 208 1 Objects Chapter 13 Objects This chapter is to illustrate the ways of using and setting all kinds of objects. For those settings general for all the objects, such as index register, label, shape, and so on, please refer to “Chapter 9 Object’s General Properties”. 13.1 Bit Lamp Overview Bit Lamp object displays the ON and OFF state of a bit address. If the bit state is OFF, the State 0 shape will be displayed. If the bit state is ON, the State 1 shape will be displayed. Configuration Click the [Bit Lamp] icon in the toolbar and the [Bit Lamp Object’s Properties] dialogue box will appear, fill in the content of and press [OK], a new bit lamp object will be created. See the pictures below. 2 Objects Setting Description Description A reference name that’s assigned by user for the object. The system does not make use of this reference name since it is for user’s document only. 3 Objects Read address Click [Setting…] to select the [PLC name], [Address], [Device type], [System tag], [Index register] of the bit device that controls the bit lamp object. Users can also set address in [General] tab while adding a new object. [Invert signal] Display shape with inverse state; for example, the present state is “OFF”, but it displays the shape of “ON” state. Blinking Set blinking attribute of bit lamp. [Blinking mode] a. None No blinking. b. Alternating image on state 0 Alternatively display the shape of state 0 and state 1 when the bit value is OFF (state 0). c. Alternating image on state 1 Alternatively display the shape of state 0 and state 1 when the bit value is ON (state 1). d. Blinking on state 0 Display the shape of state 0 in blinking when the bit value is OFF (state 0). e. Blinking on state 1 Display the shape of state 1 in blinking when the bit value is ON (state 1). 4 Objects 13.2 Word Lamp Overview A Word Lamp object displays the corresponding shape according to the value in the designated word address. (up to maximum of 256 states) Configuration Click the [Word Lamp] icon in the toolbar and the[Word Lamp Object’s Properties]dialogue box will appear, fill in each items and press [OK] button, a new word lamp object will be created. See the pictures below. 5 Objects Setting Description [Mode] / Word lamp object offers the following three modes for selection: [Offset] a. Value Calculate result of word value to subtract [Offset] and display its corresponding shape. 6 Objects In the above setting, if the value of [LW200] is “5”, the shape of state “2” is displayed. See the picture below. b. LSB Transfer the read address value to binary, the lowest 8 bits other than value 0 decides the state. Please refer to the following table. 7 Objects Read address Binary value Displayed state value 0 0000 All bits are 0, display the shape of state 0 1 0001 The lowest bit other than 0 is bit 0, display the shape of state 1 2 0010 The lowest bit other than 0 is bit 1, display the shape of state 2 3 0011 The lowest bit other than 0 is bit 0, display the shape of state 1 4 0100 The lowest bit other than 0 is bit 2, display the shape of state 3 7 0111 The lowest bit other than 0 is bit 0, display the shape of state 1 8 1000 The lowest bit other than 0 is bit 3, display the shape of state 4 c. Change state by time The states of the object have nothing to do with the word value. The system displays different shape of states according to time frequency. Read address Click [Setting…] to Select the [PLC name], [Device type], [Address], [System tag], [Index register] of the word device that controls the word lamp object. Users can also set address in [General] tab while adding a new object. Attribute [No. of states] The number states one object possesses. State 0 is also counted as one 8 Objects state.. Suppose the number of the states is 8, the valid states will be 0, 1~7. In this case if the word value is 8 or higher, the system will display the shape of last state. Restrictions In label dialog, Language 1 is able to change attribute settings, and for Language 2~8, only font size can be changed and other settings follows language 1. 9 Objects 13.3 Set Bit Overview The [Set Bit] object provides two operation modes: the “manual operation” mode defines a touch area, users can activate the touch area to set the state of the bit device to be ON or OFF. When users select the “automatic operation” mode, the operation will be automatically activated in pre-configured conditions, the touch area has no action in any circumstance. Configuration Click the [Set Bit] icon in the toolbar and the [New Set Bit Object] dialogue box will appear, fill in each items and press [OK] button, a new Set Bit object will be created. See the pictures below. 10 Objects Setting Description Write address Click [Setting…] to select the [PLC name], [Device type], [Address], [System tag], [Index register] of the bit device that system set value to. Users can also set address in [General] tab while adding a new object. 11 Objects [Write after button is released] If this function is selected, the operation is activated after button is touched and released, otherwise, if not selected, operation will be activated once the button is touched. If the “Momentary” switch is selected as the operation mode, the [Write after button is released] function will be ignored. Attribute Please refer to the following description for different types of operation [Set Style] mode. Set style Description Set ON When the operation is activated, the bit device will be set to ON. Set OFF When the operation is activated, the bit device will be set to OFF. Toggle When the operation is activated, the bit