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3. Click the Add button to insert a new digital event, click the Remove button to delete
the selected digital event.
4. Click on the right arrows of the Category to choose a category for the digital event.
Select New Category to create a new category.
5. Click on Description to modify the description for the digital event.
6. Click on the PLC Address to modify the PLC address for the digital event.
Multistate Events
A multistate event is used to codify a set of events with an integer number. This number is
used as an index to an Event Lookup Table to retrieve the full description of the events.
The multistate events are especially useful to represent the status of a machine.
1. Select Multistate Events in the Configuration Explorer to open the Multistate Events
Configuration screen in the Configuration Work Area.
2. Check Multistate Events in the Configuration Work Area to enable the multistate
events collection. The table containing the list of the defined multistate events and the
Event Lookup Table will be displayed.
3. Click the Add button to insert a new multistate event, click the Remove button to
delete the selected multistate event. You can define up to five multistate events for
each workcell.
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