Rockwell Automation 2706-P42_P43_P44_P72_P74_P92_P94 InView Marquee Message Display User Manual - Manual (Page 121)

Publication 2706-UM016D-EN-P - March 2006
InView Control and InView Control API 5-3
Properties
Methods
InViewCtrl Methods Description
Initialize Establishes or re-establish a connection with the display.
Close Terminates a connection with the display.
Partition Configures the maximum size per message (and number of messages) in the
display.
ClearMessageQueue Turns off any messages running on the display.
ClearMemory Clears all memory in the display and reset the display.
DownloadMessage Downloads a simple message to the display.
DownloadMessageEx Downloads any type of message to the display (Advanced Use Only).
AddMessage Starts a previously downloaded message running on the display.
RemoveMessage Stops a message from running on the display.
SingleMessage Stops any currently running messages on the display and run a single
previously downloaded message.
UpdateVariable Updates the value of a single variable.
UpdateVariableEx Updates the values of a range of variables.
SetTime Sets the time stored in the display.
SetDate Sets the date stored in the display.
ChangeDisplayAddress Changes the address of the display.
ChangeDisplayBaudRate Changes the display’s communication rate.
ChangeDisplayIPAddress Changes the display’s IPAddress (part of the TCP/IP protocol).
ChangeDisplaySubnetMask Changes the display’s subnet mask (part of the TCP/IP protocol).
ChangeDisplayGateway Changes the display’s gateway (part of the TCP/IP protocol).
ClearBitmapTable Clears the contents of the display’s bitmap table.
DownloadBitmaps Downloads a range of bitmaps to the display’s sbitmap table.
Properties
InViewCtrl Properties Properties Description
ConnectMode Syntax object.ConnectMode = value
Read/Write (short)
Values 0 - Serial Communication
1 - TCP/IP Communication
Default 0
Description This property is used to set the method by
which the control communicates with the
display