Using the intouch dde link wizards – Echelon LNS DDE Server User Manual

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4. Modify the item to add the -tSNVT_temp_f#US option as shown in the

following figure:

Substitute #SI for #US to force SI units.

5. Save changes and close the open dialogs.

6. Click

Runtime! to review the results.

Using the InTouch DDE Link Wizards

The LNS DDE server supports copy/paste DDE link operations to speed the

definition of I/O tags targeting the LNS DDE server. InTouch includes two

wizards to support DDE copy/paste link operations. One us the I/O Analog

display wizard and is suitable for displaying any integer or floating point value

from the LNS DDE Server. The other is the I/O Message Display wizard and is

suitable for displaying any value from the LNS DDE Server formatted as a text

string. The following steps describe how to take advantage of this feature when

defining I/O tags.

1. Click the Wizard icon in the WindowMaker tool bar (this icon is a small

conical wizard’s hat on the far left of the main drawing tool bar) to open the

Wizard Selection dialog.

2. To start the I/O Analog Display wizard, select the Value Displays

category on the left as shown in the following figure:

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