Rockwell Automation 2711 PANELBUILDER SOFTWARE USER MANUAL - Manual (Page 341)

The Objects
Chapter 10
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Character Width sets the characters to single or double width.
Format—the Format menu has the following options:
Number of Characters specifies the number of characters that will fit
in the scratchpad. The default is 8, and the maximum is 64.
Fill Character determines the character with which the ASCII string is
padded when the input string is less than the configured maximum
length. You can choose from the following characters:
Spaces
Zeroes
FF
Null
The Fill Character is transferred to the PLC but not displayed in the
scratchpad.
Address—the Address menu is a standard PanelBuilder menu with three
items, ASCII Input Address, Enter Key Control Address and Enter Key
Handshake Address. The first address must be configured, but the last two
are optional.
ASCII Input Address specifies the address to which the string
displayed in the data entry window is sent. It is:
an Input address
Data Type: ASCII
Number of Words: from 1 to 32
Start Bit: for Discrete communications, 0 or 10;
for Block Transfers, 0 or 8.