Yes, you can display Logged Data in an Standard XY Trend Display or Circular Trend Display. Logged files can be displayed on a Trend Display in the same way that an electromechanical chart recorder was used to record data on a paper graph. There are two types of Trend Displays: Standard XY Trend Display, where…
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No, the [General PLC Control] option is not available for cMT Series.
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Alarms are a two-part feature: Because features and functionality vary between our Standard, Advanced, and High-Performance HMIs, refer to the software and programming manual for more information on this feature..
Open the properties window for the Word Lamp and click on the “Label” tab. At the bottom, just below the Content box, check the “Tracking” option. This will cause the labels for all the states to “track” or follow the position of the first label (state 0). Close the properties window and open the Text…
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To show multiple channels in a Trend Display, the Data Sampling object assigned to the Trend Display must be configured to sample multiple data points. The data must reside in consecutive addresses (or elements of an array). Configure the read address with the first address (or element), then use the Data Format button to add…
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Keypads and keyboards are part of the template files included with EBPro, beginning on Window 50. When starting a new project in EBPro, make sure the “Use template” option is checked on the “New Project” window when selecting the HMI model to use. Keypads can be added or removed from the project in the System…
The Event Display in EBPro displays both the currently active and previous alarms in a spreadsheet style object, and has the ability to show historical alarms as well (real-time by default). The Event Display can also show more than just the time and the alarm message, it can show an occurrence count, event trigger time,…
The Combo button allows multiple actions including set bit, set word, change window, and execute macro to be performed with a single press of a button. It also displays the state of a bit or word register.
For Standard and Advanced HMIs with the prefix of “HMI“, you can have up to 256 Data Sampling objects. For the cMT HMIs, you can have up to 40 Data Sampling objects. Each Data Sampling object can have up to 1000 records (data sampling points).
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The Data Transfer Object in EBPro allows you to move data from one PLC to another PLC, or from one area of memory to another.
The Alarm Bar in EBPro displays the active alarms in a scrolling marquee, one after the other.
To add and use a shape from the Shape Library: See Tech Note 5108, “Multi-State Picture/Shape” for more information.
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