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Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide User Manual

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A graphic display using the Minimum or Maximum
property, in a tag label object (Low EU or High EU) or in
a trend’s pen, is test run in FactoryTalk View Studio or
opened in a FactoryTalk View SE Client.

The Minimum or Maximum property is read using VBA
code.

The Low EU or High EU property is shown in the Tag
Browser.

Units

HMI analog tags

A graphic display using the Units property, in a tag label
object (Engineering Units) or in a trend’s pen, is test run
in FactoryTalk View Studio or opened in a FactoryTalk
View SE Client.

The Units property is read using VBA code.

The Engineering Units property is shown in the Tag
Browser.

An HMI tag alarm summary object is shown for the first
time, in a FactoryTalk View SE Client, and the HMI tag
alarm system is running. After the initial display,
additional changes to the Units property will not show
until the client is restarted.

Data Type

HMI analog tags

Immediately. The Value property is updated to use the
new Read/Write Data Type, if the modification causes the
tag’s value to change.

Or when:

An attempt is made to write to the tag, from a
FactoryTalk View SE Client, FactoryTalk View Studio,
or the HMI server.

The Canonical Data Type of the Tag object is read using
VBA code.

The Item Canonical Data Type property is shown in the
Tag Browser.

Scale

HMI analog tags with
Device as data source

Immediately. The Value property is updated to use the
new Scale value as soon as the property is modified.

Offset

HMI analog tags with
Device as data source

Immediately. The Value property is updated to use the
new Offset value as soon as the property is modified.

If you change this property

For this type of HMI tag

The change takes effect when