Rockwell Automation Migrating PanelView Enhanced Terminal Applications User Manual

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Publication 2711P-QS001A-EN-P - October 2007

Chapter 6 Review Unsupported Features and Implement Workarounds for Migration Issues

8. Click the Connections tab.

The PanelBuilder 1400e
multistate indicator object
list let you configure the
number of visible states. For
each visible state, you then
defined an associated tag
connection.

Because FactoryTalk View
ME does not support this
object, you must assign
each of the ‘Visible State x
from PLC’ connections to a
single multistate indicator.
Create as many multistate
indicators as there are
visible states.

9. Assign the ‘Visible State 1

from PLC’ associated tag to
the Indicator connection.

10. Click OK to accept changes.

11. Select the multistate

indicator object and press
Ctrl+C to copy the object.

12. Press Ctrl+V to paste the

copied object.

13. Repeat steps 11 and 12 until

the number of multistate
indicators on the display
matches the number of
visible states.

14. Double-click a copy of the

multistate indicator object to
open its properties.

15. Click the Connections tab.

16. Assign the ‘Visible State 2

from PLC’ associated tag to
the indicator connection.

17. Repeat steps 14 to 16 until

you have assigned the
visible state tag to the
Indicator connection of
each multistate indicator.

FactoryTalk View ME Object

Original PanelBuilder 1400e Object

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