Rockwell Automation 5370-UPK CVIM USER-PAK Option - Manual (Page 65)

Chapter 7
Creating Custom Runtime Displays
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The Define String menu allows access to the following menu items:
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Repeat String : Select this item to enable and define automatic repeated
display of a string (refer to Chapter 8 for information on Repeat String ).
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Dir: String Direction – Set to Right or Down .
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Width: String Width – Set to Single or Double.
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Color: Select the color of the string.
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Pick & Place: Position the string within the viewport.
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Event : Select this item to define the type of event that triggers the
display of the string being defined, such as the failure of a specific tool,
for example (refer to Chapter 8 for information on
Event ).
Selecting String Direction
You can further define appearance of the string by selecting the string
direction. You do this using the
Dir menu item.
To set string direction:
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Pick the Dir box to toggle the selection between Right and Down.
Dir box
(with Down
selected)
String displayed in
Down direction
Setting the Dir box to Down causes the characters of the string to be
displayed downward in a vertical column (as shown above), rather than
Right (across the screen from left to right), which is the default setting.