Section 5 – Recorder Setup

5.3Widgets

A widget is a graphic element that a user interacts with or is used to build graphical user interfaces or GUIs. In the case of the recorder, the user constructs a GUI using the Display Builder using widgets. There are two basic types of widgets – Bars and Digital Displays. Trends, while treated as a widget in the Display Builder, are an autonomous class and are dealt with in the Trends section below.

5.3.1 Digital Displays

There are two types of digital displays: full size and half size. Up to 12 full size and 24 half size digital displays can be placed on the GUI.

The half size digital display widget is 2 blocks across by 1 block tall. It shows the Point Tag – up to 8 characters and the Engineering Units up to 7 characters. It can display up to 10 digits of data.

The full size digital display widget is 2 blocks across by 2 blocks tall. It shows the Channel Tag – up to 8 characters and the Engineering Units up to 7 characters. It can display up to six large digits or eight smaller digits of data.

5.3.1.1Digital Display Setup

The Digital Display Edit dialog window will pop up when setting up a display using the Display Builder or can be invoked at any time by double-tapping

the Digital Display widget on the screen.

The dialog box shows the Channel Number (2) and the Channel Type (Digital Readout). The user can use this dialog to change appearance parameters of the Digital Display Widget or can proceed beyond to fully set up or edit the channel information.

Channel: Shows the current Channel assigned to the widget. The user can change the assignment by selecting a different channel from the drop down list.

Channel type: Shows the current widget style for the channel. For information only.

Enable: When checked the Digital Display is

 

active, when unchecked it is off and the Display

Figure 5-3-1 Digital Display Edit

will show OFF.

 

Point Tag: This is a description for the channel point and defaults to the Channel Setup value. It can be changed for this Digital Display. User can enter up to 8 characters

Eng Units: This is the Engineering Units for the channel and defaults to the Channel Setup value. It can be changed for this Digital Display. User can enter up to 8 characters

Color: Used to set the color of the DIGITS in the Digital Display Widget and defaults to the Channel Setup value. It can be changed for this Digital Display.

BackGround Color: Used to set the Background color for the Digital Display Widget and defaults to the Channel Setup value. It can be changed for this Digital Display.

Dec Pt.: Decimal Points – Select number of places after the decimal point to display on the Digital Display Widget.

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