Rockwell Automation 2711-ND3 PanelBuilder v2.60 Software User Manual - Manual (Page 287)

17–17 Formatting Objects and Text
Publication 2711-6.0
5. Click the Embedded Variable tool on the Format bar and choose
ASCII from the popup menu.
Or choose ASCII from the Format " Embedded Variable menu.
6. Set the properties of the variable.
Use To
Field Width Specify the maximum number of ASCII characters
(1 to 128) allowed in the variable.
The maximum field width depends on the
communication protocol used by the application.
For: Maximum Field Width is:
DH-485/DH+/DF1 80 characters
Remote I/O 128 characters
The maximum number of characters supported by
a text string including the embedded ASCII variable
is 255. If the number of characters is > 255, the
string is truncated and an asterisk (*) appears.
To display fewer ASCII characters than the
specified field width, you must append the ASCII
NULL character to the string in the controller.
Read Tag Specify the name of the tag address in the
controller from which to read the ASCII characters.
The data type of the read tag must be Character
Array. The Array Size of the tag must match the
field width or a validation error will occur.