Using the intouch dde link wizards – Echelon LNS DDE Server User Manual
Page 137
4. Modify the item to add the -tSNVT_temp_f#US option as shown in the
following figure:
Substitute #SI for #US to force SI units.
5. Save changes and close the open dialogs.
6. Click
Runtime! to review the results.
Using the InTouch DDE Link Wizards
The LNS DDE server supports copy/paste DDE link operations to speed the
definition of I/O tags targeting the LNS DDE server. InTouch includes two
wizards to support DDE copy/paste link operations. One us the I/O Analog
display wizard and is suitable for displaying any integer or floating point value
from the LNS DDE Server. The other is the I/O Message Display wizard and is
suitable for displaying any value from the LNS DDE Server formatted as a text
string. The following steps describe how to take advantage of this feature when
defining I/O tags.
1. Click the Wizard icon in the WindowMaker tool bar (this icon is a small
conical wizard’s hat on the far left of the main drawing tool bar) to open the
Wizard Selection dialog.
2. To start the I/O Analog Display wizard, select the Value Displays
category on the left as shown in the following figure:
LNS DDE Server User’s Guide
C-11