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PM Designer Operation Manual
7-14 CHAPTER 7 DISPLAYING AND INPUTTING DATA
The following table describes each property in the General page.
Property Description
ID The object’s identifier. It is generated when the object is created. The identifier is unique
within the screen where the object is on. The format of the ID’s for the advanced numeric
displays is ANDnnnn.
Note You can type a note for the object.
Transparent Background Select this option if you want the object to have a transparent background.
Shape settings For details about the following properties, see Section 4.3.1.4 Setting up the Shape of an
Object , , Border Color, BG Color
External Label Check this option if you want the object to have an external label. Set up the external label
in the External Label page.
Data Type The data type for the variables, arithmetic expressions, macros of the advanced numeric
display. The supported data types include: 16-Bit Unsigned Integer, 32-Bit Unsigned
Integer, 16-Bit Signed Integer, 32-Bit Signed Integer, 16-Bit BCD, 32-Bit BCD, 32-Bit
Floating Point, 16-Bit Signed BCD (LMB), 32-Bit Signed BCD (LMB), 16-Bit Signed BCD
(LMD), and 32-Bit Signed BCD (LMD).
Display Type The display type for the advanced numeric display. The following table shows the available
display types for each data type.
Data Type Available Display Types
16-Bit Unsigned Integer 16-Bit Unsigned Decimal,
16-Bit Hexadecimal,
16-Bit Octal
32-Bit Unsigned Integer 32-Bit Unsigned Decimal,
32-Bit Hexadecimal,
32-Bit Octal
16-Bit Signed Integer 16-Bit Signed Decimal
32-Bit Signed Integer 32-Bit Signed Decimal
16-Bit BCD 16-Bit Unsigned Decimal
32-Bit BCD 32-Bit Unsigned Decimal
32-Bit Floating Point 32-Bit Floating Point
16-Bit Signed BCD (LMB) 16-Bit Signed Decimal
32-Bit Signed BCD (LMB) 32-Bit Signed Decimal
16-Bit Signed BCD (LMD) 16-Bit Signed Decimal
32-Bit Signed BCD (LMD) 32-Bit Signed Decimal
Monitor
Address Select this option so the advanced numeric display will monitor the variable specified in the
Monitor Address field and display its value. When this option is selected, you need to
specify the monitored variable. Click to enter an address for this field. Click to
select a tag for this field.
Expression Select this option so the advanced numeric display will display the result of the arithmetic
expression specified in the Expression field. When this option is selected, you need to
specify the arithmetic expression that calculates the value to be displayed.
Click to enter an address for this field. Click to select a tag for this field.
Display
Macro Select this option so the advanced numeric display will run the macro defined in the Display
Macro page before displaying the value of the internal variable $D. The macro can decide
the value to be displayed by saving the desired value in the internal variable $D.
Operator Input Select this option so the advanced numeric display will allow the operator to enter values for
it.
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