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MOD 30ML Display Guide
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2.4.3 Display Formats
Selecting the Formats tab brings up the Formats menu. All attributes to be displayed
must have an associated format; however several attributes may share a common format.
For example, the process and setpoint bargraph displays usually use the same engineering
units range. Therefore, a single format may be defined and used in the Inputs menu for
the process input bar format and for the set-point bar format as well. This eliminates
multiple format definitions in the formats menu with the same information. However,
setpoint often requires operator entry, while process value does not; therefore the Line
formats will be different in this instance.
Figure 2 .14.
Display Format
Dialog Box
Any name starting with an alpha character and up to eight characters may be used to
identify a format. Names must be unique; therefore it is often useful, but not necessary, to
use an L or a B at the end of the name to distinguish lines and bars. For example, the Line
format for process variable could be pvL, while the Bar format could be named pvB.
There is no relationship between format numbers and input numbers, i.e., format number
1 could be used for any input.