Rockwell Automation 2711 PANELBUILDER SOFTWARE USER MANUAL User Manual
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Creating a Sample Application File
Chapter 5
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You may want to look at Chapter 10, The Objects for more
information, but briefly, there are five different types of Numeric
Data Displays:
the standard Numeric Data Display
Numeric Data Display with Decimal
Numeric Data Display with Polarity
Numeric Data Display with Decimal and Polarity
Numeric Data Display with Scaling
The object is placed in the center of the monitor, and the Object menu
is displayed across the top of the monitor.
4.
Choose Move & Size and move the Numeric Data Display to Row 11,
Column 43.
5.
Choose Look from the Object menu and turn the border off (i.e.,
choose Border and then choose None).
6.
There are no other settings to be changed in the Look menu, so press
Esc.
The next step is to define the PLC address.
Choose Address and then Displayed Value Address. To define this address:
1.
Choose Data Type and then BCD.
2.
Choose Communication and then Block Transfer.
3.
Choose Input/Output and then Output.
4.
Choose File and then 1.
5.
Choose Start Word and type 0, press Enter.
6.
Choose Start Bit and type 0, press Enter.
7.
Choose Number of Bits and type 16, press Enter.
8.
Choose Update Address. You’ll see the current address displayed on
the top line of the Displayed Value Address window.
9.
Choose Quit to close the Displayed Value Address menu.
10.
Choose Quit to close the Address menu.