Date and time -12, Date and time – Rockwell Automation 1760-xxxx Pico GFX-70 Controllers User Manual User Manual

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Publication 1760-UM002B-EN-P - March 2005

5-12 Visualization with Pico GFX-70

Bit Display Example Program 2 – Bit Display with Automatic Screen Change

This program is a copy of the program Bit display_manual screen change.e60.
The only difference is that the screens are activated in succession
automatically. (screen change in the Screen overview r Screen activation tab r

Activate Yes).

The program consists of five screens containing bit display elements.

Standard path:

C:\Program Files\PicoSoft 6 Pro\samples\

Program:

Bit display_automatic screen change.e60

Date and Time

This screen element shows the date and time of the Pico GFX-70-real-time clock on the
display. You can also select for this international display formats according to the ten easy
system languages plus the USA display format.

Programming in PicoSoft Pro

1.

Hold down the left mouse button and drag the Date and time screen
element onto the screen.

2.

Place the mouse over the screen element, hold down the left mouse
button and position it as required.

The height of the element frame depends on the font size used. Three sizes are
possible:

• Normal font
• Double font
• Quadruple font

You can change the font size by activating the context menu (right mouse
button) or by dragging the selection handle at the bottom edge of the screen
element frame concerned. When increasing the font size, ensure that there is
sufficient space available underneath the element.

The maximum width of the element is limited and depends on the font size.
This also determines the display a format.

Date formats tab

- Select the language and one of the four formats available

in the Date formats tab. These are independent of the language set on the
device.

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