Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 459)

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Creating multistate push buttons
Use the Multistate Push Button tool to create a button an operator can use to view and
cycle through multiple options consecutively.
The multistate push button displays the current state of a process or operation, by showing
a different color, caption, or image to reflect different states.
Each time the operator presses the button, the tag changes to the value for the next state. If
the button is in its last state when the operator presses it, the button returns to its first state.
Setting up multistate push button properties
In the Multistate Push Button Properties dialog box:
 In the General tab, specify the general appearance and touch margins of the button,
how it changes states, and whether an audio signal is produced when it is pressed.
 In the States tab, specify what the button does when it is pressed and released.
 In the Timing tab, set up whether the button is to repeat automatically when the
operator presses and holds it down. You can also set up repeat rate for the button.
 In the Connections tab, specify the tags or the expression the button will use for
transferring data.
About the run-time error state
Momentary, maintained, latched, and multistate push buttons display an error state when:
 The Value tag is unassigned.
 The display opens, if the Value tag does not match one of the specified state values.
 The Indicator tag or expression does not match one of the specified state values.
For details about push button states, click Help in the Properties dialog boxes.
Creating interlocked push buttons
Use the Interlocked Push Button tool to create multiple buttons, one at a time, that work
together in a group and share the same tag.
The buttons work together like the preset station selector buttons on a car radio: pressing
one button cancels another. When the operator presses one of the interlocked push
buttons, the button’s Value tag changes to one value.
When the operator presses a different interlocked button, the buttons’ Value tag changes
to another value. All the buttons share the same Value tag.
Multistate
Push Button
tool
Interlocked
Push Button
tool