PMCS Interface Toolkit Configuring and Using PMCS Wizards • 47
Enter up to three lines of text that you wish to display on the selected Annunciator
Panel indicator. Complete the Event Item field with the DDE Event code that
triggers this indicator. Finally, select Done to close this dialog box.
As each annunciator panel button is labeled, the Annunciator Panel Dialog reflects
these changes b y sh owing the Row/Colu mn coordinate s of t he labeled button s. For
example, R1C1 indicates that the indicator button in Row 1, Column 1 has been
configured.
After configur ing each of the indi cator panes, choos e O K i n the Device
Configuration dialog box. When you close this dialog box, CIMPLICITY
automatically creates virtual points for each panel button. These tags are named
xxx_R1C1 through xxx_R8C6, where xxx is the name assigned to the wizard (for
example, Panel1), and R1C1 indicates the row and column position on the
annunciator panel.
You may now drop the Annunciator Panel wizard itself into a new screen in your
project. Dropping the Annunciator Panel wizard displays the following configuration
dialog box:
In the Annunciator Panel Name fi el d, select the device name you enter ed in th e
Device Configuration window.
In the Individual Cell Color Values panel, assign colors to each of the annunciator
indicator conditions by clicking in each radio button (Disabled, Alarm Off, Alarm
On, etc) and choosing the desir ed col or for each from the color pulldown men u.
Selecting the Alarm On radio button enables the Flashing checkbox. You may select
this checkbox to make the indicator flash during an Alarm On condition.
When you have configured the Col or s for the selected Annunciator Pan el, choose
OK to finalize th e Wizard being drop p ed into your project .
At run-time, CIMPLICITY will receive DDE data from the Event Logger which will
control the colors of all indi cat ors that have been configured pr oper ly.