NT600SST121EV3 Omron, NT600SST121EV3 Datasheet
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Cat. No. V061-E1-03 NT-series Support Tool OPERATION MANUAL for Windows Ver.4.7 ...
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... Buyer's purchase order or other documents which are inconsistent with addition to, these Terms. Please contact your Omron representative to confirm any additional terms for sales from your Omron company. 2. Prices. All prices stated are current, subject to change without notice by Seller ...
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NT-series Support Tool for Windows Ver. 4.7 Operation Manual Revised January 2004 ...
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Safety Precaution: Read the safety precaution carefully and make sure you understand it before using the programmable terminal so that you can use it safely and correctly. Do not use input functions such as PT touch switches for applications where ...
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... OMRON Product References All OMRON products are capitalized in this manual. The word “Unit” is also capitalized when it refers to an OMRON product, regardless of whether or not it appears in the proper name of the product. The abbreviation “Ch,” which appears in some displays and on some OMRON products, often means “ ...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 Introduction to the Support Tool 1-1 What Is Support Tool ...
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Character String Display 6-8 Touch Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Appendices A Data Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Organization of the Manual, and How to Use It: For operating the Support Tool For information on PT functions, operations, and restrictions For information on the functions and operations of the PC The related manuals are listed below. * The ...
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Description of NT31, NT31C, NT631 and NT631C xii There are two types of NT31, NT31C, NT631 and NT631C, the models with the suffix “-Vj” and the models without the suffix “-Vj.” In this manual, they are written as “NT31, NT31C, ...
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This section is designed for users to utilize the efficient usage of Support Tool. Discussed in this section are what you can do using the Support Tool and the specifications and functions of Support Tool. 1-1 What Is Support Tool? ...
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What Is Support Tool? 1-1 What Is Support Tool? The NT-series Support Tool for Windows (Ver. 4.7) (hereafter referred to as the Support Tool) is the application software, which runs on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT, developed to ...
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What Is Support Tool? Data created Screen Data by the Support Tool Symbol Data Screen 2 Screen 1 Fixed display Lamp Menu display Touch switch Screen 1 Screen Properties Display Object Screen 2 Screen 3 ............. Input Object Table Numeral ...
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What Is Support Tool? Main Differences of V4.1 NT-ZJCAT1-EV4 Following changes are made for NT-series Support Tool for Windows to improve operational efficiency and to support new functions added for NT31, NT31C, NT631 and NT631C with “-V2 (System Ver. 3.1).” ...
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What Is Support Tool? Main Differences of V4.6 NT21 New System Program Support Starting with NTST-EV4.6, the NTST supports creating screen data for the NT21. NT31-V2 (System Ver. 3.1) data and NT21 data can be converted for mutual compatibility. NT20 ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool 1-2 Equipment Necessary for Using the Support Tool The following indicates the equipment necessary for using the Support Tool. Hardware S Recommended CPU S Personal Computer S Recommended Memory S Free area in hard ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool The screen display is switched by pressing a touch switch or giving an instruction from the PC (PLC). NT11S/NT11 NT20S NT600S NT30/NT30C NT620S/NT620C/NT625C NT21 NT31/NT31C/ NT631/NT631C On a screen, a variety of objects can ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool Objects that can be used The table below shows that objects can be used with particular PT models. Objects Display F: Can be used Arc Object Object Circle Sector Polyline ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool Objects Input Library Type Type Object Object F: Can be used Touch Switch Objects Objects Numeral Input String Input Thumbwheel Switch Image Display Library Display Mark *1 : Can be used only ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool 1-3-2 Correspondence to PC (PLC) Data The following table shows objects that are capable of transmitting data with PC (PLC) to execute processing such as updating the screen display. Standard Lamp Image/Library Lamp Touch ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool S Touch switch – Notify Bit S Touch switch – Switch Screen S Touch switch – Input Key - Window/Keyboard S Touch switch – Window Move S Touch switch – Input key - Control ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool S Touch switch – Input Key - String S Touch switch – Copy Setting S Touch switch – Cursor Move S Touch switch – Print Screen 12 When the switch area is pressed, the ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool S Numeral display S String display S Graph display S Data Input – numeral input and string input S Data Input – Thumbwheel switch The data in a Numeral table will be displayed. Numeral ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool S Data Input – Recipe S Alarm Reference “Indirect Reference” is used with image/library data, data to be displayed can be changed according to the change in the contents of numeral table. ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool The number of memory table entries varies according to the model of PT con- nected. Numeral table String table Bit Memory table Extended I/O Input table Extended I/O Output table F-key In- put Notify ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool Extended I/O Output table I/O Comment Table F-Key Input Notify table Mathematical table Recipe Table 16 For the individual input terminals, a function is set (PLC) bit to be refer- enced ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool 1-3-4 Types of Screens A PT displays two types of screens — user screens that are created by arranging objects as desired and system screens for which a specific function is preset. The types ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool Overlapping screens Continuous screens Window/Keyboard Screen 18 Overlapping screens are grouped screens; a maximum of eight screens can be overlapped to display information on one screen. The screen used as the base for the ...
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General Configuration of the Support Tool Host connect screen (System initializing screen) Display OFF screen (no-display screen) Extended screen Occurrence history screen Frequency history screen Password screen Menu screen Print Format screen Programming Console Screen This screen can be used ...
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Basic Operation Flow 1-4 Basic Operation Flow The procedure for creating a screen using the Support Tool is shown below. 20 CAUTION Carefully check the operation of all screen data and host programs before using them. If incorrect, the system ...
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Menu Chart 1-5 Menu Chart The pull down menu commands provided by the Support Tool and the function of each menu item are shown below. New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Menu Chart Full Tiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Menu Chart Fixed Objects Display Touch Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Menu Chart Tools Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Image Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . Library Editor . . ...
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Usable Hardware Combinations Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help Search for Help on What’s This ...
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Usable Hardware Combinations 1-6-2 Communication Method for Each PT Model Usable communication method differs depending on the PT types. Also, some PT can use communication method that is not supported in their ini- tial state by installing the exclusive system ...
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Usable Hardware Combinations Model Communication Method PT Host Model Link f NT21 NT21-ST121j-E f NT31 NT31-ST121j-E NT31-ST121j-EV1 f NT31-ST121j-EV2 f f NT31C NT31C-ST141j-E NT31C-ST141j NT31C-ST141j NT631 NT631-ST211j-E NT631-ST211j f -EV1 NT631-ST211j f -EV2 NT631C NT631C-ST141j-E ...
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When you are going to use the Support Tool for the first time, the Support Tool software must be installed at your personal computer. The Support Tool is an application software that runs on Windows 95, 98 ...
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Before Installing the Software 2-1 Before Installing the Software The Support Tool comes with the following program data. NT-ZJCAT1-EV4 S Support Tool S Supplement Symbols (keyboard/keypad collection) S Color Palette Symbol (Tilling collection for color-type PT) S System installer (for ...
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Installing the Support Tool 2-2 Installing the Support Tool To install the Support Tool, execute the install program provided in your software package. Reference: The following data is selectable for installation. S NT-series Support Tool Ver. 4.7 S System Installer ...
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Installing the Support Tool 3. Click on the Start button of Windows and select “Run ...” 4. Input “d:\FD_Version\ Disk1\ Setup.exe” in the input field in the displayed 5. Click on 6. When the setup screen of the Support Tool ...
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... The screen for specifying the destination of program installation is displayed. In the initial state, the directory shown below is set as the destination directo- ry. C:\Program Files\Omron\NTST4.7E To change the directory, click the directory. (If a directory that does not exist in the hard disk is specified, the directory is automatically made.) ...
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... To display the select sub-components window, set the cursor on System Installer and press the Change Button. Click the Button The screen for specifying the destination for registering the start menu is displayed. Support Tool is created. In the initial state, the following folder is selected. Start\Program\Omron\NTST4.7E Section 2-2 ...
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Installing the Support Tool 11. After step (10), a dialog to select restart/non-restart will come out for Win- If you want to change the folder, select the desired folder from the Existing Folders or directly input the folder name. (If ...
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... After the start up of the uninstaller, follow the instructions displayed on the screen. 36 Select “Uninstall NTST” in the same folder where the short-cut to the Support Tool is stored. gram\Omron\NTST4.7E Select the uninstaller by the following operation. [Start] [Program] [Omron] Section 2-2 [NTST4.7E] [Uninstall NTST] ...
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Support Tool Starting-up and Exiting Procedure This section describes how to start up and exit the Support Tool and the operating procedure for PT screen data files. 3-1 Starting-up and Exiting the Support Tool 3-1-1 Start-up Procedure 3-1-2 Exit Procedure ...
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... Component] from the [File] menu in the main window of the first Support Tool (It is not possible to start up the second Support Tool from the [Start] menu of Windows). For details, refer to 3-3-6 Importing Components from Different Screen Data File (Starting Up the Second Support Tool). Section 3-1 [Omron] [NTST4.7E] [NT- ...
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User Interface 3-1-2 Exit Procedure To exit the Support Tool, use any of the operations shown below the menu, select [File] S Click the S Double click the Support Tool icon displayed at the upper left section in ...
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User Interface Title bar The titles of windows are displayed here on each window respectively. Status bar The status bar displays a simple explanation about the selected function, se- lected object, cursor position, object position, the model type of the ...
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User Interface Polyline Rectangle Text Polygon Selector Arc Circle Sector Standard lamp S Utility Bar S Alignment Bar Reference: Whether or not Status Bar, Standard Toolbar, Draw Bar, Utility Bar and Align- These functions can be called easily without accessing ...
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User Interface Status Bar: Standard Toolbar: Draw Bar: Utility Bar: Alignment Bar: Each time you select the item, display/no-display selection changes alternately. The check mark, if displayed, indicates that the selection of the corresponding item displayed. If ...
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User Interface Screen Element (Selected item) Thumbwheel Thumbwheel {PLC Address: Table Entry Numeral Input Numeral Input {PLC Address: Table Entry String Input String Input {PLC Address: Table Entry Recipe Recipe{Recipe Number; Recipe Name; Write Notify Bit; No. of Records: No. ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File S Text box S List box S Combo box 3-2-3 Functions of Message Boxes Message boxes display details of errors that occur during Support Tool operation and messages that request your confirmation of attempted ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File 3-3-1 Creating New Screen Data (Application) File To create new screen data, select [New] in the [File] Menu of the main window. PT configuration dialog box appears so that users can set information of ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File The PT configuration dialog box has a variety of setting items provided in three pages Type page PT Model Specify the type connected. When you are using the ...
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... If you are using the European Keyboards, please refer to Appendix K for more details. Comment Set the comment that is appended to the screen data file. An arbitrary character characters can be set. Reference: The PT model of the screen data that is opened can be changed OMRON S Mitsubishi_A S Mitsubishi_Fx S MEMLINK Siemens changed, the data is converted automatically ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File S System page Initial Screen Screen number, which appears when the wrong data is set for PT Control Area when PT is driven, is selected from the drop-down list box or keyboard input. Nor- ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File - Screen (Use Ring Buffer): Either the Alarm and the Screen data is available for the following PT models. Number of Table Entries Specify the number of numeral memory table entries, character string memory ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File S Printer S Mode S Tone: These setting are available for the following PT models. For NT21, NT31, NT31C, NT631, and NT631C, this setting has to be selected from PT. Numeral Storage Type BCD ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File PT Control Area PT Notify Area (PLC and for window control area, controlling a window (NT21, NT31, NT31C, NT631, NT631C with “-V1” and “-V2” only). PC (PLC) Address Set the type of words at ...
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... Use the PC (PLC) Address dialog box only when the area type and address are input individually. If the PC (PLC) address is directly input in the Control/Notify Area page not necessary to call this dialog box. Example PLC Vendor: OMRON Channel (Word) Specify the type of PC (PLC) area that is used Status Control Area Status Notify Area or a Window Control Area by selecting an item from the drop-down list box ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File Clock Address S PLC Address Dialog Box 3-3-2 Reading the Existing Screen Data (Application) File To read the screen data that is saved in a file, select [File] window menu. I/O Comments Set a ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File The dialog box for the applicable folder, file name, and files of type exist appears to specify them. After specifying the folder, file name, and file type click on the [Open] button. The application ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File Save As: S File name setting dialog S File types S NTST screen data (*.onw) format (onw format) S Memory map image file (*.mmi) format (mmi format) Once you saved data, specified file types ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File S With mmi file format, error check is executed before saving. By this error check, S With the Support Tool on CD-ROM, the NT Transfer Utility, which transmits 3-3-4 Closing the Screen Data (Application) ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File The procedure for reading a DOS version screen data file is: [File] (main window menu) For “Files of type,” select any of the following items according to the model of Support Tool used to ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File When you select [Import Component], a dialog box to specify the file to be read is displayed. (For details of this dialog, refer to 3-3-2 Reading the Existing Screen Data (Application) File.) After specifying ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File S It may take time to read out MMI file since data checking is performed before Possible Operation between Two Support Tools While screen data files of the same PT model are opened with ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File e. Copying, cutting, pasting of the specified area between image editors or mark These operating procedures are same as normal operations of copy, cut, paste and drag & drop on one Support Tool. Copying/Pasting ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File Parts Collection Lamps and touch switches will be graphical and expressive parts when they are combined with image/library data or image lamps. These graphical lamps and touch switches are registered to the Parts Collection ...
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Operation of Screen Data (Application) File Procedure a. Open the property of an image lamp or image/library data to be imported and b. Select [Image Editor] or [Library Editor] from the [Tools] menu and copy ([Edit] c. Open the image/library ...
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This section shows how the application manager is used when checking the created data, copying screen data, setting a memory table, operating a window. 4-1 What Is the Application Manager? 4-2 Operating the Application Manager 4-2-1 Opening a Data Creation ...
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What Is the Application Manager? 4-1 What Is the Application Manager? A screen data (application) file holds a variety of data. The application manager is a data management tool used for managing the various types of screen data. Since the ...
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Operating the Application Manager The type of table to be displayed differs depending on the PT model. When you click on [)], displayed to the left of a clicked icon are displayed. Clicking hides these icons. 4-2 ...
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Operating the Application Manager (3) Input a screen number and a comment, then click the 4-2-4 Copying a Screen The procedure for copying an existing screen to another screen number is shown below. Reference: The operations shown below can be ...
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Operating the Application Manager 4-2-5 Deleting a Screen The procedure for deleting a created screen is shown below. Operation using the mouse (1) Specify the screen icon. (2) Click right button of the mouse on the selected screen icon, then ...
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Operating the Application Manager For details, refer to Section 7 Memory Table Setting or Section 8 Editing Graphic Data. Operation using the mouse (1) Double click the icon of the table data to be edited. Operation using the mouse (2) ...
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Operating the Application Manager (2) Drag the selected table data icon to the table data icon display area of anoth- (3) In the confirmation dialog box, click the Operation using the menu (1) Specify the table data icon. (2) Select ...
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Operating the Application Manager S Validation performed from the [Tools] menu S Validation during the data conversion and importing DOS data file Reference: Validation will be also performed when saving the screen data in mmi format. Executing the Validation S ...
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Operating the Application Manager S The results of the error check can be printed or saved in a file. For details, refer The procedure for displaying the error log window is shown below. (1) Select [View] in the menu bar, ...
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Operating the Application Manager S Sending (Downloading) specified Table (1) Right click the mouse on the table data box icon, then select [Download]. (2) Specify the table to be sent (downloaded), then click the Reference not possible to ...
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Operating the Application Manager S Arranging windows S Switching windows Reference: The Support Tool can operate windows in the same manner as other Windows Opening a new window To open a new window for the data creation screen that is ...
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Operating the Application Manager Arrange Icons: S Operation (1) Select [Window] in the menu bar, then choose [Cascade], [Tile], or [Arrange Switching windows Under the [Window] menu nine windows that are open are displayed in a list. If ...
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Operating the Application Manager S Operation (1) Select [Help] in the menu bar, then select [Search for Help on]. (2) Input a keyword. (3) If you find the specified help item, click the Displaying help information by clicking on a ...
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This section deals with the types of screens that can be created by the Support Tool. 5-1 Types of Screens, Common Dialog Box Settings and Operations 5-1-1 Setting the Screen Attributes 5-1-2 Grid Setting 5-1-3 Changing the Display Method on ...
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Types of Screens, Common Dialog Box Settings and Operations 5-1 Types of Screens, Common Dialog Box Settings and Operations The Support Tool provides various types of screen. The screens that can be created using the Support Tool are shown below. ...
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Types of Screens, Common Dialog Box Settings and Operations Screen No. Specify a screen number. The screen number of an existing screen may be changed. History (other than NT20S) Specify whether or not the event of screen display is to ...
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Types of Screens, Common Dialog Box Settings and Operations attribute is not set when the standard screen is created, it can be selected later to display. Specify the screen number of window/keyboard screen to be displayed as a pop- up ...
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Types of Screens, Common Dialog Box Settings and Operations S [Screen] (menu bar) Grid Size - Custom Set the grid spacing in the horizontal and vertical directions to create the grid of the desired spacing, respectively. Grid Size - Touch ...
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... The first character represents the type of element as shown below. (In case of touch switch, the first character for lamp bit is also represented The second character represents the area type of PC (PLC) addresses. Example (PLC Vendor: OMRON) Blank: CIO area For characters that indicates area type of Mitsu- bishi, refer to page 129 ...
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Types of Screens, Common Dialog Box Settings and Operations Table No. Image and library code Multiple sets of the element information described above can be displayed at the same time. If they are set for a single element, the information ...
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Types of Screens, Common Dialog Box Settings and Operations ”Simulate Flash” is applied to each screen individually. To activate this setting, follow the procedure below. (1) Select “Simulate Flash” from the [View] menu. (or click on the Lighting and flashing ...
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Types of Screens, Common Dialog Box Settings and Operations Displaying Full Screen (Full Screen) This is available in case if you want to view the screen in wide range. (But is im- possible to edit while displaying in full screen.) ...
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Types of Screens, Common Dialog Box Settings and Operations (1) Select the object to be displayed from the combo box on the utility bar. Reference: S While a filter function is used, you can edit only the objects being displayed. ...
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Types of Screens, Common Dialog Box Settings and Operations 5-1-5 Switching Screens by Extended I/O Input at Each Screen It is possible to make a setting so that the specified screen is displayed when the input of the extended I/O ...
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Standard Screen (4) Set [Switch Screen] for [Function] and the screen number of the screen to be 5-1-6 Saving the Screen Image The Support Tool provides a function to save the displayed screen image in a bit map file as ...
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Continuous/Overlapping Screens NT11S/NT11 NT20S NT600S NT30, NT30C, NT620S, NT620C, NT625C NT21, NT31, NT31C, NT631, NT631C Screen No standard screen, all elements can be used. However, the usable elements depend on the PT models. Standard screens are also used ...
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Continuous/Overlapping Screens 5-3-1 Continuous Screens Two to eight screens can be registered for one continuous screen. The base screen where multiple screens are registered is called a parent screen and multi- ple screens registered to the parent screen are called ...
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Continuous/Overlapping Screens 5-3-2 Overlapping Screens Overlapping screens allow two to eight screens to be displayed as one screen. (For the NT21, NT31, NT31C, NT631, and NT631C, one to eight screens can be set.) The base screen of an overlapping screen ...
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Window/Keyboard Screens 5-3-3 Editing a Parent Screen (Modification) The type (continuous/overlapping) and configuration of a created parent screen can be modified. The procedure for modifying a parent screen is indicated below. (1) Specify the parent ...
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Window/Keyboard Screens With NT30, NT30C, NT620S, NT625C and NT31, NT31C, NT631, NT631C be- low “-V1,” only one window can be opened at a time and objects that can be regis- tered are limited mainly to those used for inputting numeral/string ...
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Window/Keyboard Screens S Input Key-Control S Input Key-Window/Keyboard S Input Key-String S Copy setting S Cursor Move S Print Screen With NT30, NT30C, NT620S, NT620C, and NT625C, keyboard screen can be used as a standard screen used ...
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Window/Keyboard Screens (3) To move the pop-up frame, drag any position in the dotted lines other than (4) After the size and the position of the pop-up display frame are determined, Reference: The size and position of the pop-up display ...
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Window/Keyboard Screens Types of windows can be specified when opening the window possible to open same window as a Global window Local window. (However, multiple display of the same window is not possible.) Opening/Closing and ...
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Extended Screen While running PT, by writing window screen number co-ordinate of window position (bottom left) at Window Control Area from the host, opening/closing, moving a window are possible. Window Control Area can control global window and ...
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Occurrence History Screen If data is registered as a standard screen, the registered data is given priority. The screen numbers used for an extended screen are indicated below. NT11S/NT11, NT20S, NT600S NT30, NT30C, NT620S, NT620C, NT625C NT21, NT31, NT31C, NT631, ...
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Host Connect Screen (System Initializing Screen) 5-7 Frequency History Screen A frequency history screen displays the screen numbers recorded by the display history (Screen History) function in the order of frequency of screen display. This function records the date/time of ...
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Password Screen The screen number of the host connect screen is shown below. NT11S/NT11, NT20S, NT600S NT30, NT30C, NT620S, NT620C, NT625C NT21, NT31, NT31C, NT631, NT631C Reference: For the NT21, NT31, NT31C, TN631, and NT631C called a System ...
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Programming Console Screen 5-10 Menu Screen A Menu Screen is treated as one of the 250 Standard screens in NT11S/NT11. It serves as a control screen that maps a numeric key inputs onto a designated screen. A maximum of 4 ...
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Contrast and Brightness Adjustment NT11S/NT11, NT20S, NT600S, NT30, NT30C, NT620S, NT620C, NT625C NT21, NT31, NT31C, NT631, NT631C Reference: The Programming Console Screen is supported only by the NT21, NT31, NT31C, NT631, and NT631C. 5-13 Device Monitor Screen These are system-defined ...
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Screen data for created by arranging elements on a screen. Elements are classified into two groups, elements for display and those used for inputting data at a PT. 6-1 Common Operation . . . . . . ...
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Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Common Operation 6-1 Common Operation Operations common to all element creation steps are shown below. 6-1-1 Creating an Element To create an element, specify the element to be created and click the mouse at the position where the element is ...
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Common Operation (2) Right click the mouse. 6-1-3 Selecting an Element To edit or move an element, select the created element. When an element is selected, J marks (handles) are displayed to enclose the selected element. Reference: Arrows in the ...
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Common Operation For a complicated screen, element select operation will be easier if a filter func- tion (refer to 5-1-4 Filter Function) is used to limit the display objects. (1) Select the element at the foremost position. (2) Select [Edit] ...
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Common Operation S Selecting all elements in a screen Specifying an element consisting of multiple elements To edit an element that consists of multiple elements as shown below, use the edit element function. S Position of a label in a ...
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Common Operation Reference: The following operation is also possible. (1) Confirm that no element (or element other than objective one) is selected. (2) While holding down the Shift key and Ctrl key, click on the objective part of (3) The ...
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Common Operation the selected component of the internal touch switch will be decorated with green handles. 6-1-4 Modifying an Element The size, shape, and/or position of a created element can be modified. Modifying the size and shape of an element ...
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Common Operation If multiple data creation screens are displayed, an element can be moved over to another data creation screen by dragging it. Moving an element by keyboard operation The screen element can be moved by pressing cursor key (°, ...
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Common Operation (1) Select an element. (2) Select [Edit] (menu bar), then select [Copy]. (3) Select [Edit] (menu bar), then select [Paste]. Reference multiple data creation screens are displayed, an element can be moved over S If two ...
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Common Operation Reference multiple data creation screens are displayed, an element can be moved over S If two Support Tools are started up, copy, cut, paste are drag & drop operations Deleting an element The procedure for deleting ...
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Common Operation (However effective between different shapes of fixed display since they are treated as one kind.) (1) Select an element. (2) Select [Draw] (menu bar), then select [Bring to Front] or [Send to Back]. Undoing the operation ...
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Common Operation S Center in a Row: These functions can align the elements to the extremely edge in the selected ele- ments’ range or to the vertical/horizontal center of all the selected objects. Align Top, Align Bottom, Align Left, Align ...
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Common Operation S Touch switches may not be aligned to the center properly when “Center alignment function is performed when the filter function is activated, the filter (1) Select multiple elements to be aligned (2) Specify ...
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Common Operation 6-1-8 Associating Elements with the Touch Switch If the cursor move touch switch has been created independently later than a cer- tain element, this touch switch has to be associated with this element in order to specify the ...
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Common Operation example, when the label is edited after the creation of lamp/touch switch. Touch switch has two kinds of areas, one is the displayed figure and the other is the touch sensing area. “Centralize Label” is performed toward the ...
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Common Operation S Label (only for lamps and touch switches) S Interlock (only for touch switches, numeral input, string input, thumbwheel and S Logging (Data Logging property) (only for trend graph) The following explains only the basic settings. For details ...
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Common Operation S Setting the color for text and numerals S Setting the color for graphics Reference: Color setting is possible only for color-type PT. However, with NT30, the NT21, and NT31, setting of white and black (and trans- parent) ...
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Common Operation Reference: The Color Palette Symbol for which tiling patterns and color combinations are registered is supplied with Support Tool as symbol data. Using color palette sym- bol enables you to register required tiling objects on screen while checking ...
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Common Operation Frame color –100% Settings for text display Set the size and display attributes for displaying fixed display of text and charac- ter strings in a character string memory table (string table) in the manner shown below. The following ...
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Common Operation Scale Specify the character size. (Only 1 1 (Equal) and 2 1 (Wide) can be set for NT11S/NT11 Reference: With the NT21 and with the NT31, NT31C, NT631, NT631C “-V1” and above, characters ...
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Common Operation Reference: To check “Flash” and “Inverse Flash” display on the screen, specify [Simulate Flash] from the [View] menu. (For details, refer to 5-1-3 Changing the Display Method on the Support Tool.) Settings for numeral display Set the size ...
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Common Operation Reference: With the NT21 and with the NT31, NT31C, NT631, and NT631C “-V1” and above, numbers larger scale are automatically displayed in 32 dot font. Smoothing Smoothing processing allows jags ...
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Common Operation Reference: To check “Flash” and “Inverse Flash” display on the screen, specify [Simulate Flash] from the [View] menu. (For details, refer to 5-1-3 Changing the Display Method on the Support Tool.) Display Type Specify the notation in which ...
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Common Operation When a negative numeric value is displayed with this item selected, a negative sign “–” is displayed preceding a numeral. Since this sign is included in the num- ber of digits in the integer part, the maximum digit ...
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... When you do not specify PLC address, input “- -” into the input field. Input methods varies according to the PLC Vendor setting as listed below. Only input method is described here. For details on specification method of PLC ad- dress for PLC other than OMRON, refer to PC Connection Operation Manual (V042-E1-j). PLC Vendor: OMRON ...
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Common Operation * EM Bank D, EM Bank E, EM Bank F are not available since these are reserved words With NT11S/NT11, NT20S, NT30, NT30C, NT600S, NT620S, NT620C and NT625C: Input a word address as a 4-digit number ...
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Common Operation f Input a word address as a 4-digit number (leading zeros can be suppressed) and a bit number as a 2-digit number. PLC Vendor: Mitsubishi_Fx Possible areas and characters that indicate area types are as follows: f Input ...
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Common Operation PLC Vendor: GE Possible memory types and characters are as follows (available only for NT31/631 models): f Input a Data Offset as a 4-digit number (leading zeros can be suppressed). PLC Vendor: Siemens Possible memory types and characters ...
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Common Operation pending on how the address change operation is called, the objective addresses differ – in the operation using the edit dialog box of the memory table, addresses in the table being edited are objective while all addresses in ...
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Common Operation S Operation procedure (1) [Tools] (menu bar) (2) Select the type of word before the change in the [Channel] box. (3) Specify the range of the change by setting addresses at the [Start Range] (4) Specify the word ...
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Common Operation 6-1-11 Relationships between Elements and Memory Tables The relationships between elements and memory tables are shown below. When creating an element, attend carefully to the memory table address, capac- ity, etc. Numeral display Bar graph Analogue Meter Broken-line ...
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Common Operation responding object will be enabled/disabled according to the interlock bit: when the PLC Address set on the Interlock address is ‘ON’ the touch switch/thumb- wheel/numeral input/string input will work; if the address is ‘OFF’, the touch switch/thumbwheel/numeral input/string ...
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Fixed Display from the NT21 and NT31/631-V2 and above to previous PT models, interlock settings will be discarded as they are not being supported. In the case of copy/paste of screen elements, drag/drop of screen elements as well as application ...
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Fixed Display Terminology Property setting General Line Style: Attribute Color Guidance S For line type, the following four choices are provided. S When creating a polyline, draw a continuous line first, then add vertices in the S To add a ...
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Fixed Display (3) Drag the vertex to the desired position remove a vertex, locate the cursor on the vertex to be removed and select 6-2-2 Arc An arc is drawn. Arcs cannot be used with NT11S/NT11, NT20S and ...
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Fixed Display Size: Attribute: Color Guidance S An arc is defined by the center point, the start point, and the end point 6-2-3 Rectangle A rectangle is drawn. Rectangles cannot be used with NT11S/NT11, NT20S and NT600S. (1) A rectangle ...
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Fixed Display Terminology Property setting General Position: Size: Attribute: Color Guidance S A rectangle element can be modified in the manner shown below tile a rectangle, paste a tiling element into it. 6-2-4 Circle A circle is drawn. ...
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Fixed Display Circles can be used with all models except for NT11S/NT11. (1) A circle is drawn. The radius of a circle can be changed. Operation procedure Selection using the menu bar: Selection using the drawing toolbar: Terminology Property setting ...
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Fixed Display For modification in the upper left direction For modification in the lower left direction S To tile a circle, paste a tiling element into it. For details of tiling elements, refer to 6-2-8 Tiling. 6-2-5 Polygon A polygon ...
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Fixed Display Property setting General Attribute: Color Position: Guidance S A polygon is created on the basis of a triangle. After a triangle is drawn, vertices S To add a vertex, follow the steps shown below. (1) Draw a polygon. ...
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Fixed Display S To tile a rectangle, paste a tiling element into it. For details of tiling elements, refer to 6-2-8 Tiling. 6-2-6 Sector A sector is drawn. Sectors cannot be used with NT11S/NT11, NT20S and NT600S. (1) A sector ...
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Fixed Display Attribute: Color Guidance S A sector is defined by the center point, the start point, and the end point S When tiling a sector, paste a tiling element in it. For details of tiling element, refer to 6-2-8 ...
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Fixed Display Terminology Background color Property setting General Description: Set the text to be displayed. Position: Font type: Scale: Smoothing: Attribute: Color Guidance S The maximum number of characters that can be input (displayed) is: 146 Indicates the position where ...
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Fixed Display S To display “\”, input two characters without a blank, like “\\” possible to insert mark data, image data into a character string. (1) In the character string input field, move the cursor ( | ...
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Fixed Display Tiling cannot be used for NT11S/NT11, NT20S and NT600S. (1) The area inside the border is tiled according to the specified color and pat- Operation procedure Selection using the menu bar: Selection using the drawing toolbar: Terminology Property ...
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Fixed Display S Tiling is possible for the elements shown below check the tiling status, select [View] (menu bar) then select [Full Tiling]. The S To execute tiling, specify the same color for the border of area and ...
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Fixed Display S If “Full Tiling” is performed, performance of Support Tool may be slower. In this S [Full Tiling] is automatically cancelled when a filter function is performed for a S The Color Palette Symbol, for which tiling patterns ...
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Fixed Display Property setting General Position: Size: Reference Type Color Guidance S When the image data is firstly specified, the data of character code FE20H (for S The mark shown below will be displayed if image data has not been ...
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Fixed Display (1) Click on (2) If the code of the desired image data is not found in the list, scroll the list us- (3) Select the code of the desired image data to be displayed. (4) Click on Indirect ...
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Fixed Display table entry number from it. To display a numeral table entry, follow the procedure below. (1) Click on (2) If the number of the desired numeral table entry is not found in the list, scroll Input the number ...
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Fixed Display (1) The mark data, fixed at 16 Operation procedure Selection using the menu bar: Selection using the drawing toolbar: Terminology Property setting General Position: Code: Attribute: Scale: Smoothing: Color *1: Guidance S By specifying mark data, special characters ...
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Fixed Display The procedure for selecting the desired mark data is shown below. (1) Click on (2) Specify the mark data to be displayed. The specified field is displayed en- (3) Click on S For the procedure for creating mark ...
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Fixed Display Selection using the drawing toolbar: Property setting General Position: Reference Type Guidance S When the library data is specified, the data of character code FA20H (for the S The mark shown below will be displayed if library data ...
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Fixed Display (1) Click on at (2) If the code of the desired library data is not found in the list, scroll the list us- (3) Select the code of the library data to be displayed. (4) Click on Indirect ...
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Fixed Display table entry number from it. To display a numeral table entry, follow the procedure below. (1) Click on (2) If the number of the desired numeral table entry is not found in the list, scroll Input the number ...
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Alarm 6-3 Alarm Alarms are elements that check the status of a bit memory table entry and change the contents of the display according to the detected status. Alarm ele- ments consist of alarm lists and alarm histories. Alarm list: ...
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Alarm (1) When the bit memory table entry number in the specified range goes ON, the ( operator touches the displayed alarm message, the specified image/li- Note The alarm message and the image/library data to be displayed are ...
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Alarm Display Line Qty: Specify the number of messages to be displayed. Scale: Smoothing: Line Scroll Touch Switch: Page Scroll Touch Switch: Set if a touch switch is set for scrolling messages Color Image & Library Reference: With NT30, NT30C, ...
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Alarm Guidance S Using a line scroll touch switch and a page scroll touch switch, you can scroll S With NT31, NT31C, NT631, and NT631C, to display a line scroll touch switch S With the NT21, NT31, NT31C, NT631, and ...
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Alarm displayed on PT while the whole data is displayed on the Support Tool. Be sure to set image/library data display area so that image/library data fits inside it. S For an alarm list element, the property settings, bit memory ...
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Alarm The following table shows the appropriate setting of the bit memory table for the required alarm processing, for your reference. NT30, NT30C, NT620S, NT620C, and NT625C: To display alarm only To display alarm and switch to a specified screen ...
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Alarm S The [Settings alarm list element are used to specify the range of bit 6-3-2 Alarm History If a bit memory table entry for which a check mark is set for the history property goes ON, the ...
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Alarm (2) If the operator touches the displayed alarm message, the specified image/li- Note The bit memory table entries to be checked are determined according to the set- tings made at the individual bit memory table entries. Operation procedure Selection ...
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Alarm Line Scroll Touch Switch: Page Scroll Touch Switch: Set if a touch switch is set for scrolling messages Color Image & Library Reference: With NT30, NT30C, NT620S, NT620C, and NT625C, a dialog box is displayed to set if line ...
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Alarm Order Type Info Type: Guidance S Using a line scroll touch switch and a page scroll touch switch, you can scroll S With the NT21, NT31, NT31C, NT631, and NT631C, to display a line scroll S With the NT21, ...
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Alarm S If the size of the image/library data is smaller than the display area, the image/ Reference: With the NT21, NT31, NT31C, NT631, and NT631C, if image/library data is larg- er than the image/library data display area, the area ...
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Alarm String Table Entry Image/Library Code Color Property settings for alarm history element History Info Order Type S Order of Frequency S Order of Occurrence S All bit memory table entries for which a check mark is set for the ...
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Data Input 6-4 Data Input For inputting numerals and character strings in a PT, the following three data in- put elements are provided. Numeral input: Character string input: Thumbwheel switch: String input is not possible for NT11S/NT11, NT20S and NT600S. ...
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Data Input Input using touch switches (copy function + control code input function) (1) Copy the preset data (numeral memory table entry or constant) to the input (2) Press the touch switch to which the Reference: To copy (in the ...
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Data Input Touch switch (copy setting): Extended I/O input table (control code input): Terminology Cursor (focus) moving touch switch Property setting General Position: Font type: Size: Smoothing: Attribute: Color Settings Table Entry: Specify the table entry number of the numeral ...
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Data Input Format Limit (Setting is not possible for NT11S/NT11.) Zero Suppression: Display Sign: Focus Frame: Focus Attribute: *1: Setting is not possible when a numeral input is used as a temporary input *2: When a numeral input is used ...
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Data Input Note It is possible to create a touch switch to which a cursor moving key is allocated later. Create Cursor Move Touch Switch Specify whether or not a cursor moving touch switch is automatically created. Settings may not ...
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Data Input The control code input function allows an arbitrary name for a label of a touch switch. Click the dialog box. Input a label system keypad is created in the manner shown below. (1) Select [Screen] (menu ...
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Data Input S A cursor moving touch switch is created using the dialog box that is displayed check mark is set for [Use Window/Keyboard Screen] in the cursor moving If a touch switch on input field No. ...
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Data Input possible to create a temporary input field at the same time as numeric keys S Setting processing differs as shown below depending on whether or not a tem- When a temporary input field is used ...
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Data Input Note 1. The data set in the input field is not stored in the numeral memory table until 2. To correct the data set in the input field, use the CLR key, the BS key, and the 3. ...
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Data Input Input using touch switches (character string input function + control code input function) (1) Set the character strings to be input using the character string input function (2) Press a touch switch to set the label that is ...
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Data Input Input using a bar code reader (1) By reading out a bar code using a bar code reader, the bar code data can be (2) If the setting for bar code reading operation is “manual confirm,” the data ...
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Data Input Size: Smoothing: Attribute: Color Settings Table Entry: Length: Focus Frame: Focus Attribute: Specify how the input data is displayed before it is confirmed. *1: Setting is not possible when a string input is used as a temporary input ...
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Data Input S A character string input element itself creates a character string setting input This data input field is created by a character string input element. After creating touch switches (character string input and control code input ...
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Data Input (2) Specify a string to be input for the Input Key String in the Settings tab. When a label is set, pressing the Copy From Label button copies the label as an Input Key String. When the label ...
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Data Input S A cursor moving touch switch is created using the dialog box that is displayed check mark is set for [Use Window/Keyboard Screen] in the cursor moving property is selected, a cursor moving touch switch ...
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Data Input possible to create a temporary input field at the same time as numeric keys S Setting processing differs as shown below depending on whether or not a tem- When a temporary input field is used ...
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Data Input (1) The input character string is directly set in the character string input field. (2) Press the Reference: When there are no string to show, string input will be invisible. Therefore, with Support Tool, dotted-line frame is displayed ...
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Data Input Note If thumbwheel switches are used to input numeric data, the input data is directly written to a numeral memory table entry without being set in a data input field. Operation procedure Selection using the menu bar: Selection ...