Rockwell Automation 193 Drives and Motion Accelerator Toolkit Quick Start - Manual (Page 230)

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Appendix C Add Other Devices to the Equipment Status Faceplate
4. Assign a new controller tag by clicking the Tag browser and search for a controller tag containing the string
name you want to display or you can type a static name in the tag field by enclosing in quotes, for example,
“Furnace 1”.
5. Go to the State_MSI object and double-click to open its properties.
6. Click the States tab.
This Multistate Indicator has been pre-configured with 18 device states. When the tag assigned to the MSI
becomes a certain value, the MSI displays the appropriate caption.
7. You can use the pre-existing captions and create logic in your controller to move the appropriate value to
your device tag or edit the captions and values to meet your needs.