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EZwarePlus Programming Manual

EZwarePlus Features

This section guides you in a basic understanding of the features and capabilities that EZwarePlus has to offer,

from an overview of all the objects available in the software to enter and display data, to setting up the

system parameters and selecting the target PLC. This information will be useful for understanding more

advanced features explained in later chapters.

EZwarePlus Development Window

Objects Summary

EZwarePlus includes several active graphics objects that are used to represent data that is stored in the PLC or

internal memory of the HMI. The data represented can be single bit coils, 16-bit, or 32-bit registers. The data

can be represented as numbers, ASCII characters, or as graphic shapes or bitmap images. This section provides

a summary of all the objects available in EZwarePlus. Most of these objects are accessible by clicking Objects

in the top menu in EZwarePlus, or by clicking on its icon in the Object 1 or Object 2 Toolbar.

Refer to the Help file (Help > Contents > Parts List) for more information relating to each object.

Bit Lamp

The Bit Lamp Object is used as an indicator to represent the ON or OFF status of a bit or coil in the PLC, or a bit

in the HMI local memory (LB). If the bit is cleared (0, False), the State 0 Shape of the Bit Lamp will be displayed.

If the bit is set (1, True), the State 1 Shape of the Bit Lamp will be displayed. The Bit Lamp can also blink in

various ways.

Word Lamp

The Word Lamp Object is used as an indicator to represent the value in a PLC register, or the value in a register

in the HMI local memory (LW). Creates a graphics object to reflect the current state of a multi-state PLC data

first shape is displayed, if the value is 1, the second shape is displayed, etc. A Word Lamp can display up to 256

different shapes and text strings, corresponding to register values of 0 – 255.

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