Chapter 3 Creating and Editing Screens
3-100 Revision May, 2010
3.8.2.2 Multistate Button
Property Description of Multistate Buttons
Multistate buttons accept three kinds units, WORD, LSB and Bit and the state number
will be different by the unit. There are 1-256 states if its unit is WORD, 16 states if its
unit is LSB and 2 states if its unit is Bit. The unit of memory address will be different by
the value unit. If the value unit is WORD or LSB, the unit of memory address will be
WORD. If the value unit is Bit, the unit of memory address will be Bit. If it is needed to
add or delete the total state numbers, add or delete the state numbers in only element
property table.
Write Address
Read Address
The address can be internal memory or the controller address.
(Please refer to Table 3-8-2 Property Description of General
Buttons.)
Text
Text Size
Font
Text Color
The user can set the text, text size, font and text color provided by
Windows® to determine the text display on the element (Please
refer to Table 3-8-2 Property Description of General Buttons.)
Blink The element can blink to remind the user (Please refer to Table
3-8-2 Property Description of General Buttons.)
Bank (Picture Bank)
Picture Name
(Please refer to Table 3-8-2 Property Description of General
Buttons.)
Transparent Effect
Transparent Color
(Please refer to Table 3-8-2 Property Description of General
Buttons.)
Foreground Color
Style
(Please refer to Table 3-8-2 Property Description of General
Buttons.)
User Security Level
Use this option to set the user priority for pressing this element.
Only the priority that is equal to or higher than the current setting
can use this element.
Bit Multistate button can have two states.
Word Multistate button can have 256 states.
Data Length
LSB Multistate button can have 16 states.
Data Format Provide BCD, Signed Decimal, Unsigned Decimal and Hex four
kinds of data format to define the read memory content.
Add/Remove
State
Used to set the state number of multistate button. There are 1-256
states can be set if its unit is WORD, 16 states can be set if its unit
is LSB and 2 states can be set if its unit is Bit.
Sequence Used to switch the sequence of multistate state
(Previous state/Next state).