Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 97)

7-1
7
Use HMI tags
This chapter describes:
 HMI tag types.
 Use the Tags editor.
 Data sources.
 Address syntax for device tags.
 Organize HMI tags.
 View tag statistics.
 Other methods for creating HMI tags.
 Import HMI tags.
HMI tag types
HMI tags are tags you create in FactoryTalk View. For information about when to use
HMI tags versus when to use data server tags, see Chapter 6.
You can create and use these types of HMI tags in FactoryTalk View:
This tag type Stores this type of data
Analog Range of values.
Use analog tags to represent variable states such as temperature or the
position of rotary controls.
Digital 0 or 1.
Use digital tags to represent devices that can only be on or off, such as
switches, contacts, and relays.
String ASCII string, series of characters, or whole words (maximum of 82
characters).
Use string tags to represent devices that use text, such as a bar code scanner
that uses an alphanumeric product code.