Chapter 3 Creating and Editing Screens
Revision May, 2010 3-133
3.8.7 Indicator Elements
Fig. 3-8-24 Indicator Elements
3.8.7.1 Multistate Indicator
Property Description of Multistate Indicator Element
Multistate indicator provides a method to indicate the state of some specific address.
It will send state changes message to user no matter it is Bit, LSB or WORD. If this
address is an significant indicator or important message or important alarm, it can be
used to inform the user immediately by changing state display method or different
text setting. Or let the user know more information according to the changes of
different states to make the user can also handle the corresponding situation at the
first time.
Read Address
The address can be internal memory or the controller address.
(Please refer to Table 3-8-2 Property Description of General
Buttons.)
When the read address is set to the contact of the controller, i.e.
PLC, the multistate indicator will change depending on the state
(ON or OFF) of PLC corresponding contact. For example,
the user
can set that when the value is 1, the indicator will display the text
“Start” and when the value is 0, the indicator will display the text
“Stop”. The user also can add a picture into each state of the
multistate indicator and then the corresponding picture will show
when each state is activated.
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.)