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E-18 Micro PLC Programmer’s Guide – April 1994 GFK-0804B
Colors/logtime setup format – &#,SC,BC,LT
Use this setup format to:
Change screen colors for the Auto-polling screen you are working on (other
Auto-polling screens can use different colors).
The screen and border colors default to 7,7 which is recommended for monochrome
monitors. However, you can specify any colors your computer can generate. If you
want to try out a co lor combination before using it here, go back to the Main menu and
select Setup Colors (S).
Specify a time interval for logging screen data to disk.
This formatting string is normally located below the first 21 lines of the screen, to
de–clutter the screen and allow for more space for other items. It can be located in the
first 21 lines if desired, however.
Format:
&#,SC,BC,LT
time between logs to disk
border color
text and background colors
setup information follows
&#,7,7,10
10 seconds between logs to disk
border color
text and background colors
setup information follows
&# indicates that setup information follows
SC Text/background color combinations. 7 is recommended for monochrome.
BC Border color. 7 is recommended for monochrome.
LT Time between data logs to disk. 0 turns the data logging off.
To turn logging off, make the log time parameter in the setup string equal to 0.
To turn logging on, enter a logging time interval of up to 32000 seconds
(8.89 hours). If any data on the screen is out of range, the data will be saved to
disk at this time interval (10 seconds in this example). This time does not affect
the normal screen update time.
The logging time cannot be faster than the screen update time. If you are
running at 300 baud, it may take 10–20 seconds to update a screen. It is not
possible to log the disk data any faster than this, no matter what value is put in
the formatting string.