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Rockwell Automation Migrating PanelView Enhanced Terminal Applications User Manual

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Publication 2711P-QS001A-EN-P - October 2007

Table of Contents

Chapter 6

Review Unsupported Features and
Implement Workarounds for
Migration Issues

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Follow These Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Reviewing Unsupported Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Reviewing Common Migration Issues and Workarounds . . . . 46
Required Files and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Replacing Scrolling List Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Replacing the Cursor List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Create a Piloted Control List Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Retain Last State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Resize the Piloted Control List Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Assign Navigation Keys to Piloted Control List Selector . . 53
Assign Function Keys to a Piloted Control List Selector . . 55

Replacing the Multistate Indicator Object List . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Create Multistate Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Resize and Align Multistate Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Replacing the Local Message Object List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Create Local Message Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Resize and Align the Local Message Displays . . . . . . . . . 63

Replacing the Numeric Data Display Object List . . . . . . . . . . 64

Create Numeric Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Resize and Align the Numeric Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Replacing the Set Bit Cursor Point Object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Register the ActiveX Control on Your Computer. . . . . . . 68
Configure the Set Bit Cursor Point ActiveX Control . . . . . 71
Migrate the Set Bit Cursor Point Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Provide Visual Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Register the ActiveX Control on a PanelView CE Terminal 79

Bit Position Data Type Workaround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
PLC Controlled Decimal Point Workaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Fixed Position Decimal Point Workaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Retain Last State Workaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Ladder Logic Updates to Support Visible States. . . . . . . . . . . 86

Chapter 7

Qualify the Runtime Application

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Follow These Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Reviewing Diagnostic Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Configure the Runtime Diagnostic Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Reviewing Error States for Graphic Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Test Run Graphic Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96