Digital Object Setup

Mimic Setup

Digital Object Setup

The Digital object Setup is used to set properties for a digital object

To access :

Double click on the object on the screen
Click on the object and click on the Object Properties button on the Mimic Edit Tool bar.
Select the object from the Object List window and click Setup.

The following dialog appears:

Location

See Object Location

Format Settings

Select from Type to choose the text to be displayed:

Normal
Displays the line of tags digital text (such as Healthy or Faulty or ON of OFF) as set in the Line or tag.
Use Strings
Click Setup to select the text to be displayed based on the line or tags value.
One text string is displayed when the value is 0, the other when the value is greater than 0.
See Digital Object - Use Strings

To draw a coloured object with no text displayed, set to "Use Strings", and clear the text for both String 1 and String 2.
Compare
Click Setup to select the text to be displayed based on the line or tags value.
Up to four text strings are displayed, with matching numbers used to control which text is displayed.
See Digital Object - Compare
Canned Message
Display a selected text message from a list of canned messages depending on the line or tags value.
See Digital Object - Canned Message
List Table
Display a selected message from a List Table.
One of up to 32 messages can be displayed, the same list tables can be associated with Object buttons and recipe list and combo box objects.
Digital Object - List Table
Tag String
Display a text item that has been set by a DLL call to set a Tags String property.
Current Date
Displays the computers current date in the object.
Current Time
Displays the computers current time in the object.
User Name/Access
Displays the Current User Logon name or access level entered
Event Message
Displays an Event Message lookup based on the value of the tag
See Digital Object Event Message.
No Text
Displays an object with No Text, ideal for simple colour indication
Tag Text Serial
Displays a string of ASCII text from values of a range of tags.
See Digital Object Tag Text Serial
Flood Fill
Flood Fills an area based on the colour selection of a tag
See Digital Object Flood Fill
Image State
Displays a number of images based on the tags value
See Digital Object Image State

Click the Setup button (if enabled) to set additional settings for the Type chosen.

Append Units

Click to append the line or tags unit text to the end of the digital message.

Alignment

See Object Alignment

Display Mode

See Object Display Mode

Options

Options controls the inhibit draw and additional settings for the object.
See Digital Object Options