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OMRON NB-Designer OPERATION MANUAL (NB-series, 2020) - page 7

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Analog Meter

Analog Meter can display the data in the specified memory by means of a Analog Meter

diagram.

z Process of adding one Analog Meter component

1

Press the Analog Meter component icon, drag it to the screen, then the [Basic Properties]

dialog box of the Analog Meter component will pop up.

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Read Address: Refers to the word address of the value displayed by the component.

Address: Refers to the first address of the word address corresponding to the Analog Meter

component.

Word Length: 1 and 2 are available for the read address.

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Switch to the [Analog Meter] tab.

Descriptions of Analog Meter Component Properties

Dial Shape

Includes Pie, Circularity (up pointer) and Circularity (down pointer).

Hand Color

Selects the color of the hand of the Analog Meter component.

Length

Sets the length of the hand of the Analog Meter component. The maximum length

cannot be longer than the radius of the meter.

Width

Sets the width of the hand of the Analog Meter component.

Hand Style

Sets the style of the hand of the Analog Meter component.

Use Scale

Check the check box to use the scale.

Scale Color

Selects the color of the display scale of the Analog Meter component.

Show Scale Frame

Checking it means the scale frame needs to be displayed.

No use show scale frame

Use show scale frame

Number of Main

Sets the number of the main scale of the Analog Meter component. (0 to 50 available)

Scales

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Descriptions of Analog Meter Component Properties

Length of Main Scales

Sets the length of the main scale of the Analog Meter component. The maximum length

cannot be longer than the radius of the meter.

Number of Minor Scale

Sets the number of the minor scale of the Analog Meter component. (0 to 10 available)

Length of Minor Scale

Sets the length of the minor scale of the Analog Meter component. The maximum

length cannot be longer than the radius of the meter.

Display Numbers

Checking it means the scale notation needs to be displayed.

Font

Clicking “Font” can set the font used by the scale notation.

Integer

Refers to the number of integer places of the scale notation of the Analog Meter

component. (not settable, but adjusted automatically according to the number of places

of the maximum value of the Analog Meter component)

Decimal

Sets the number of decimal places of the scale notation of the Analog Meter

component. (0 to 8 available)

Display Axis

Checking it means the size and color of the dial axis of the Analog Meter component

need to be set.

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Axis Width

Sets the size of the dial axis of the Analog Meter component. The maximum width

cannot be wider than the radius of the meter.

Axis Color

Sets the color of the dial axis of the Analog Meter component.

3

Switch to the [Analog Meter Component Extended Property] tab.

Descriptions of Analog Meter Component Extended Property

Maximum and

Sets the display range of the Analog Meter component to the constants.

Minimum

Indirect Max/Min

The upper limit value and lower limit value of displaying range for the analog meter will

Reference

be read from the value of specified address.

Warning

Checking it means the meter component displays by the color specifying the normal

range and warning range (the range exceeds the upper limit value and the range falls

the lower limit value).

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Descriptions of Analog Meter Component Extended Property

Meter Sector

Sets the thickness of the alarm range and the thickness of the fan block. The maximum

thickness can’t exceed the radius of the actual circle formed by the Analog Meter

component, but must be equivalent to or less than Meter Sector External

Meter Sector External

Sets the radius of the fan block. The maximum radius can’t exceed the radius of the

actual circle formed by the Analog Meter component, but must be equivalent to or

greater than the Meter Sector.

50

25

75

1) Meter Sector

2) Meter Sector External

0

100

1)

2)

Max Value/Min Value

Sets the normal range of the Analog Meter component to constants.

Indirect Max/Min

Sets the normal range of the Analog Meter component to variables, and specifies the

Reference

memory address for reading data.

4

Switch to the [Graphics] tab and select the Vector Graphics or bitmap representing the

touching area and touching state.

5

Press the [OK] button to complete the setup of the Analog Meter component.

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Indirect Screen

Indirect Screen can make an already created screen pop up on the current screen. Please

refer to [3-4-3 Screen Creation]. Generally, the screen called by the Indirect Screen is smaller than the

full screen (but it can also be of the same size as the full screen). In Indirect Screen specifications, pop-

up displays the screen of the screen No. supporting the stored value of the word address specified to

the [Read Address]. The number arranging indirect screens is not restricted in NB-Designer, but the

pop-up screens can be displayed simultaneously up to 16 screens at max.

Value 0 is used to close the screen, and value -1 means to make screen 0 pop up, while the values

other than 0 or -1 mean to make the corresponding screens pop up.

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Command Button,

write address is

Indirect screen,

LW100, setting

read address is

mode is

LW100.

"Set Constant"

Press this button,

pop-up screen 20

screen 20

screen 21

Press this button,

pop-up screen 21

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screen 0

Press this button,

pop-up screen 0

Press this button,

close indirect screen

z Process of adding one Indirect Screen component

1

Press the Indirect Screen component icon, drag it to the screen, then the [Basic Properties]

dialog box of the Indirect Screen component will pop up.

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Direct Screen

Direct Screen can make a specified screen pop up onto the current screen. The pop-up

screen will be displayed within the area of the [Direct Screen]. Normally, the Direct Screen size should

be set to same as that of the pop-up screen. There is no absolute limitation on the number of Direct

Screen. However, a maximum of 16 Direct Screens can be displayed simultaneously during operation.

The closing or opening of the Direct Screen is only determined by the bit address of the [Read Address]

that control it, while Function Key can’t be used to close it. When this bit address is ON, the screen will

pop up, and when it is OFF, the screen will be closed.

Direct screen, read

address is LB11,

screens No. is 20

Bit Switch, read/write

address is LB11

Press this button, set

all the bit of read/wirte

address memery to '1',

and popup screen 20

z Process of adding one Direct Screen component

1

Press the Direct Screen component icon, drag it to the screen, then the [Basic Properties]

dialog box of the Direct Screen component will pop up.

Read Address: When the specified read address is ON, the content of the specified screen

will be displayed in the Direct Screen component area.

If the pop-up screens is closed using a function key, the value of the address

specified by the read address cannot be turned OFF. When closing the pop-

up screen, set “0” to the read address.

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Address: Specifying the address controlling the display of the pop-up screen.

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2

Switch to the [Direct Screen] tab and select the Destination Screen No. to be ejected in

[Screen].

Indirect Reference of Display Position: Checking it means the position coordinates of the

popup Direct Screen are read by the specified

memories; and Not-checking means the position

coordinates of the popup Direct Screen will depend

on where the component is placed in the screen.

X Coordinate of Pop-up Screen

Y Coordinate of Pop-up Screen

First address

First address + 1

The position of the pop-up screen is controlled by 2 memories, i.e. the X coordinate is

controlled by the First address, while the Y coordinate is controlled by the “First address + 1”.

But for some special PLCs (such as S7-200 etc.), the address must be an even number. For

example, VW80 is the memory controlling X coordinate, and VW82 is that controlling Y

coordinate.

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Press the [OK] button to complete the setup, and adjust the position and the size of the Direct

Screen component. The size of the screen will limit the display area. The pop-up screen area

that goes beyond the Direct Screen edge will not be displayed. Function keys can be used to

move or minimize the screens. Please refer to the contents related to the function key such as

“Pop-up screen title bar” and “Minimize”, etc. in 3-7-2 Function Key (Page 3-201).

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Alarm

The Alarm component will display all the alarm information enabled in the set area. The

content it displays is the same as that displayed by the Alarm Display, and both of them are about the

alarm information of a certain node switch (bit address). When the bit address which worked as alarm

trigger is released, the alarm display will be removed. The alarm information displayed by the alarm is

necessarily registered by “Alarm Setting”. When multiple alarms occur, the alarms will be displayed in

the order descending to the newer (the top is the oldest and the bottom is the newest).

z Process of adding one Alarm component

1

Press the Alarm component icon, drag it to the screen, then the [Basic Properties] dialog box of

the Alarm component will pop up.

Read Address: The address specifying the display of the alarm is specified. All the alarm

information is displayed from the latest to the oldest, i.e. if the value of the read

address is N, the Nth alarm will be displayed on the first line, the alarm of the

smaller No. than N will be removed.

Address: Refers to the word address using for controlling display.

Word Length: Displays the data length of the read address, which is 1 by default.

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Go to the [Alarm] tab, as shown below:

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Row Spacing and Character Spacing: Specifying the row space and character space of the

displayed alarm. Graphic font ignores this setting.

Display Range: “0 To 255” are available. When memory the alarm information, you need to

assign a type for each piece of alarm information. For example, 3 pieces of

information are registered, with 0, 1 and 2 as their types. Add an Alarm

component in the screen, and set the [Display Range] to “0 To 1”. Then when

all of the 3 alarms occur, set to the Type0 and Type1 will be displayed in the

screen.

3

Press the [OK] button to complete the setup, and adjust the position and the size of the Alarm

component.

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z Example of Alarm component

Use a Vector Graphics (VG0) as the rectangle background and another Vector Graphics (VG1) as

the sunken display area. Use 2 Command Button components (SWD0, SWD1) to increase or

decrease the starting lines of alarm information displayed (i.e. controlling the increase or decrease

of the “Read Address” data). Two command button components (SWD0 and SWD1) allow the start

line No. ([Read Address] of the alarm) increased or decreased to scroll the displayed alarm.

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Data Log

The Data Log component acquires some PLC data and displays it in the manner of a Data

Log at regular intervals. When each sampling period comes to an end, new data will be read from the

PLC and displayed on the right of the Data Log, which ensures the real-time display.

Vector Graphic

Scale

Trends

The latest data shows

on the left, and the

track moves right.

A typical example of Data Log is as above shown. Use one Vector Graphics as background, and use

the Scale component to express the information on the related Data Logs. Then place the Data Log

component above the Vector Graphics.

When the trend curve should be stored in the external memory, refer to 6-1-3 Data History, Data Log

and XY Graph (Page 6-7)

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z Process of adding one Data Log component

1

Press the Data Log component icon, drag it to the screen, then the [Basic Properties] dialog

box of the Data Log component will pop up.

3

Read Address: Refers to the word address of PLC corresponding to the 1st line data. And the

word address corresponding to the 2nd line is “Read Address + 1”, and the 3rd

line is “Read Address + 2” and so on.

Address: Refers to the first address of the word address corresponding to the Data Log.

Word Length: It is determined by the sampling channels and the storage format for each

channel. When the stored style of all the channel is signed 16-bit, if the channel

number is N (where, 1<=N<=16), the Word Length will be N.

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Go to the [Trend Graphics] tab and set the parameters related to the Data Log.

Descriptions of Data Log Properties

Type

Single page

Only the data change information of the sampling data in the current page is

displayed, and extension of Data Log is not allowed. In this style, the data

which data log was updated and scrolled to be removed from the screen

cannot be retained. The extension of the data log is impossible.

Multiple pages

The extension of Data Log is possible. In this way, when the Data Log is

scrolled forward, the data displayed previously will be retained. The historical

data is stored in the memory for the reference in future.

Property

Start from Left

Y

O

X

Start from Right

Y

X

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Descriptions of Data Log Properties

Property

Start from Top

Y

O

X

Start from Bottom

X

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O

Y

Sampling

Periodic sampling

The data is sampled periodically.

Methods

OFF˘ ON trigger

When the state of the specified bit memory address turns ON from OFF, the

sampling

sampling is triggered.

ON˘ OFF trigger

When the state of the specified bit memory address turns OFF from ON, the

sampling

sampling is triggered.

OFF¯˘ ON trigger

When the state of the specified bit memory address changes, the sampling is

sampling

triggered.

OFF˘ ON reset

When the state of the specified bit memory address turns ON from OFF, the

trigger sampling

sampling is triggered, and the state of the specified bit memory will be set

automatically to be turned OFF after the triggering.

ON˘ OFF reset

When the state of the specified bit memory address turns OFF from ON, the

trigger sampling

sampling is triggered, and the state of the specified bit memory will be set

automatically to be turned ON after the triggering.

Cycle

Setting the interval to perform sampling with the unit of “s” or “100 ms”.

Sampling

Continue

When all the sampling points end, the sampling still continues.

Mode

Once

When all the sampling points end, the sampling will stop, which means

sampling is only performed once.

Sampling

Refers to the number of sampling point displayed in each screen.

Points

Page No.

When the [Type] in the [Trend Graphics] tab is set to [Multiple pages], specify the number of page

displayed.

Channel

Refers to the number of the track line to be displayed. And the channel can be set is up to 16.

Trigger

It is valid when “Trigger sampling” is selected as “Sampling Methods”. As the parameters are set

memory

as follows, when the state change of the specified LB100 conforms to the settings in Sampling

Methods, the sampling will be triggered.

Setting

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Descriptions of Data Log Properties

Pause-

The default Word Length is 2. “Pause” function only stops to refresh the changes in the curve

Clear

temporarily, and the sampling operation will not be stopped temporarily. When “Pause-Clear” is

checked as shown blow, and the state of the specified bit address LB0 is set “ON”, the screen will

stop refreshing temporarily When the specified bit address LB0 is set “OFF”, the changes in Data

Log will be refreshed and displayed.

“Pause” stop temporarily the update of the graph so that the sampling is stopped temporarily.

The address can be the trigger for “Clear” is “temporarily allocated address + 1”.

If the parameters are specified as above, the bit address LB0 functions as “Pause” and the bit

adress LB1 functions as “Clear”. Setting in this way, the displayed Data log screen can be cleared

only the changes occurred in LB1 state.

Scroll

The default value is 3. For example, if the specified memory is LW0, LW0, LW1 and LW2 will be

the current browsing index value (the newest data on the index value is 0 and the value is greater,

the data is older.), the starting browsing index value and the maximum browsing index value of

Scroll Bar respectively. This option is valid only when “Multiple pages” is selected. “Scroll” can be

used to browse the multiple Data Logs and can be in combination with the Scroll Bar. For the

specific using method of Scroll Bar, refer to 3-6-22 Scroll Bar (Page 3-168).

Time

It is used to save the time when the latest sampling point is performed. “Time” option in “Control

memory Setting” is valid only when the “Save Time” is checked. The default memory is LW and the

Word Length is 12.

As shown above, when the specified address is LW70, each data is stored as below:

• The sampling time of the oldest data within the displayed page

Second: LW70, Minute: LW71, Hour: LW72, Day: LW73, Month: LW74, Year: LW75

• The sampling time of the newest data within the displayed page

Second: LW76, Minute: LW77, Hour: LW78, Day: LW79, Month: LW80, Year: LW81

Note When the trigger sampling is used, if multiple samplings are performed at the same timing, only single value

might be acquired.

When such a state is assumed, place the Data Transmission component and others on the Common Sheet

and acquire the necessary data at local memory to perform the sampling for the local memory.

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Switch to the [Channel] tab and set the parameters related to each track line.

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Color: Specifies the color for each track line.

Line Width: Refers to the thickness of the line, and 8 kinds of line width are available here.

Storage Format: Sets the data type used by the user and 6 kinds are available.

Y Min/Y Max: Sets the minimum value and maximum value of the data corresponding to each

track line in Y direction.

Indirect Max/Min Reference: Sets the display range of channel track to variable, and

specifies the memory address for reading range value. For the

multiple channels, the memory can be specified independently,

and [The Specified Indirect memory Address] is Y Min, and [The

Specified Indirect memory Address + 1] is Y Max.

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Switch to the [Save Data History] tab and determine whether to check “Save to Recipe Data

Field”.

Save to Recipe Data Field: After this option is checked and the Start Address. is set, the

sampling data can be saved to the Recipe Data Field(RW).

Data History for the Data Log is saved in the [Start Address] as the top, and the memory area

includes the Information Area with the size of 40 bytes (i.e. 20 words), and the Time Area with

the size of Sampling Pages × Sampling Points/Page × 4 words and the Data Area with the size

of Sampling Pages × Sampling Points/Page × Word Length.

When the multiple historical Data Logs saved into the recipe are used, the user must ensure

that the memory area of each trend curves will not overlap each other, otherwise, the data

mistakes will occur.

5

Press the [OK] button to adjust the position and size of the Data Log component.

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z Indirect Max/Min Reference of Data Log

Descriptions: LW0 represents the variable making sampling for the Y coordinate, and the horizontal

axis represents the Time Axis. And LW1 and LW2 correspond to the minimum value (lower limit of

Y) and the maximum value (upper limit of Y) respectively.

3

LW1: Y Min

LW0: Y Max

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z Checking and Zooming Functions

The zooming function can be enabled or disabled by the special system memory LB9110, i.e. the

zooming function will be valid when the LB9110 is turned ON and invalid when the LB9110 is turned

OFF. In order to use this function, it is necessary to set the [Type] option to “Multiple pages” and

[PageNum] option to more than 1 in the [Trend Graphics] tab respectively. With the LB9110 being

turned ON, zoom-out status of the curve can be checked only by double clicking on the Data Log, and

the zoom-in status of selected curve can be checked by clicking at the start point of the curve and

loosening it after dragging it to the end point of the curve.

z Query of Sampling Time

When LW9200 to LW9205 are used to store the time for sampling points, the user can place the

Number Display components corresponding to these addresses to display the time for sampling points.

Procedures:

1

Checking the [Save Time] option and [Time] check boxes ( Note this is not the sampled time) in

the [Trend Graphics] tab in the [Data Log Property] dialog box:

The [Time] option can be used to set the first address for saving the time, which covers 12-

word-length address for saving the starting time of the Data Log (the former 6 words) and the

time value of the current Data Log (the latter 6 words) in “ssmmhhddmmyyyy” format and BIN

Data Format respectively.

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The function of query of sampling time is only enabled by LB9110 when the zooming function is

used. And when the LB9110 is turned ON, the zooming and checking functions can be

activated. When the above functions are enabled, even if the sampling is performed, the user

can choose the sampling point(s) in the real-time Data Log directly, and the time for sampling

point will be stored to LW9200 to LW9205 at this time. And the time query is also available with

the sampling point(s) from the Data Log being selected after the zooming in of one selected

section.

Description list of related addresses:

memory Address

Descriptions

Addr. Type

LB9110

Control bit of zooming function

Bit address

LW9200

Second

Word address

LW9201

Minute

Word address

LW9202

Hour

Word address

LW9203

Day

Word address

LW9204

Month

Word address

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LW9205

Year

Word address

z Query of sampling point value

Addresses of Special

Function

Descriptions

memories

LW9210~ LW9210+N

Displays values of each channel

N represents the channel number, and the

of browsed points.

sampling value of browsed points for each

channel is stored. For example, if the

channel number is 2, the sampling value of

current browsed points for channel 1 will be

stored to LW9210, and that for channel 2

will be stored to LW9211.

z Example of checking the operation result of sampling point information

The following shows the checking of sampling point information after the Data Log with 2-channel data

is zoomed in:

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Recipe

Recipe component can realize the data transmission from the recipe memory of PT to PLC, or

vice versa. For details, refer to 3-12 Recipe Data (Page 3-343).

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Oscillograph

The Oscillograph functions similarly to the Data Log, and the difference between them is as

follows: For the Data Log, the background communication still continue to do when the current screen

where the Data Log locates is closed, the sampling information before the switching can be obtained

when the Data Log is switched to at any time. But the data sampling of the Oscillograph is valid only in

the current page, which means the Oscillograph data will not be read but be lost each time when the

page is switched, and the data sampling will start from the beginning when the Oscillograph screen is

switched to. The advantages of Oscillograph are as follows: The user can monitor several waveforms

that don’t need to be recorded for the long period, and no background communication burden will be

brought. Meanwhile, the user can use the “Sampling Rate” function provided by the Oscillograph, the

combination with the PLC allows to change the frequency of sampling point instead of only being

limited on the frequency of 1s/sampling point.

z Process of adding one Oscillograph component

1

Press the Oscillograph component icon, drag it to the screen, then the [Basic Properties] dialog

box of the Oscillograph component will pop up.

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Read Address: Refers to the word address of PLC corresponding to the 1st graph. And the

word address corresponding to the 2nd graph is “Read Address + 1”, and the

3rd graph is “Read Address + 2” and so on.

Address: Refers to the first address of the word address corresponding to the graph.

Word Length: It is determined by the sampling channels. If the channel number is N (where,

1<=N<=16), the Word Length will be N.

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Go to the [Scope Chart] tab and set the parameters related to the Oscillograph component.

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Descriptions of Scope Chart

Type

Single

Only the data change information of the sampling data in the current page is

page

displayed. In this type, the data which was scrolled and removed from the screen

will not be retained.

Multiple

The extension of Data Log is allowable. In this type, even if the Oscillograph is

pages

scrolled, the data displayed before the scrolling will be retained.

Property

Refers to the start movement direction of Oscillograph track.

Cycle

Refers to the interval to perform sampling with the unit of “s” or “100 ms”.

Sampling Rate

When the Sampling Rate is selected, the Oscillograph component will read the group data

with the sampling rate and display them at a time. For example, when the Read Address is

LW10, Sampling Rate is 2 and channel is 3, the values stored to the memory from LW10 to

LW15 for each sampling rate can be read. And the assignment is as follows: two of the data

is read for each sampling. The values will be read in the order of LW10, LW13 for channel

1, LW11, LW13 for channel 2, LW12, LW15 for channel 3. When the sampling time is 1 s,

the above-mentioned two group data will be read each second. And when the sampling

rate is used, the chart is more accurate and smooth.

Sampling Points

Refers to the number of sampling point displayed in each screen.

Page No.

This option is valid only when “Multiple pages” is selected.

Channel

Refers to the number of the graph to be displayed (16 channels at max.).

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Descriptions of Scope Chart

Pause-Clear

The default Word Length is 2. “Pause” function stops temporarily the refresh of the graph

and the sampling operation will not be stopped temporarily. When “Pause-Clear” is

checked as shown blow, and the state of the specified bit address LB0 is set “ON”, the

screen will stop refreshing temporarily When the specified bit address LB0 is set “OFF”, the

graph will be refreshed and displayed.

“Clear” corresponds to the “address allocated temporarily to Pause + 1”. Specifying the

parameters as above, the bit address LB0 functions as “Pause” and the bit address LB1

functions as “Clear”. Displayed graph can be cleared only the changes occurred in LB1 state.

Scroll

The default value is 3. For example, if the specified memory is LW0, LW0, LW1 and LW2

will be the current browsing index value (the newest index value is 0 and the value is

greater, the data is older), the starting browsing index value and the maximum browsing

index value of Scroll Bar respectively. This option is valid only when “Multiple pages” is

selected. “Scroll” can be used to browse the multiple graph and can be in combination with

the Scroll Bar. For the specific using method of Scroll Bar, refer to 3-6-22 Scroll Bar (Page

3-168).

Time

It is used to save the time when the latest sampling point is performed. “Time” option in

“Control memory Setting” is valid only when the “Save Time” is checked. The default

memory is LW and the Word Length is 12.

As shown as above, when the allocated address is specified to LW70, each data is stored

as below:

• The sampling time of the oldest data within the displayed page

Second: LW70, Minute: LW71, Hour: LW72, Day: LW73, Month: LW74, Year: LW75

• The sampling time of the newest data within the displayed page

Second: LW76, Minute: LW77, Hour: LW78, Day: LW79, Month: LW80, Year: LW81

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Note When the trigger sampling is used, if multiple samplings are performed at the same timing, only single value

might be acquired.

When such a state is assumed, place the Data Transmission component and others on the Common Sheet

and acquire the necessary data at local memory to perform the sampling for the local memory.

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Switch to the [Channel] tab and set the parameters related to each graph.

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Color: Specifies the color for each track line.

Line Width: Refers to the thickness of the line, and 8 kinds of line width are available here.

Storage Format: Sets the data type used by the user and 6 kinds are available.

Y Min/Y Max: Sets the minimum value and maximum value of the data corresponding to each

track line in Y direction.

Indirect Max/Min Reference: Sets the display range of channel track to variable, and

specifies the memory address for reading range value. For the

multiple channels, the memory can be specified independently,

and [The Specified Indirect memory Address] is Y Min, and [The

Specified Indirect memory Address + 1] is Y Max.

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Press the [OK] button, and then adjust the position and size of the Oscillograph component.

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Scroll Bar

Scroll Bar is used to change the value in the specified word memory by pressing the slider.

z Process of adding one Scroll Bar component

1

Press the Scroll Bar component icon, drag it to the screen, then the [Basic Properties] dialog

box of the Scroll Bar component will pop up.

Write Address: Refers to the address of word memory of the current browsing index value for

the Scroll Bar component.

Address: Refers to the first address of the word address corresponding to Scroll Bar.

Word Length: Displays the data length of the write address, which is 1 by default.

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Go to the [Scroll Bar] tab.

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Word Length of Index Number: Word and double-word are available.

Direction: Refers to the moving direction of the Scroll Bar, and it includes “Left To Right”,

“Right To Left”, “Up To Down” and “Down To Up”.

Background Image: Refers to the background images used by the Scroll Bar. It includes “Not

Used”, “Vector Graphics” and “Bitmap”. If “Vector Graphics” or “Bitmap”

is selected, you can select the Vector Graphics or bitmap you want to

use in “Image”, and you can also select the State Number corresponding

to the Vector Graphics or bitmap mentioned above.

Button Image: Refers to the button images used by the Scroll Bar. It includes “Not Used”,

“Vector Graphics” and “Bitmap”. If “Vector Graphics” or “Bitmap” is selected,

you can select the Vector Graphics or bitmap you want to use in “Image”, and

you can also select the State Number corresponding to the Vector Graphics or

bitmap mentioned above.

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Go to the [Scroll Bar Extended Properties] tab and set the Slider Width and Indirect Max/Min

Reference.

Slider Width: Checking it means the slider width will be set by manual, and Not-checking it

means the slider width is 10 pixels by default.

Max/Min Value Setting:

Min: The lower limit of the Scroll Bar component is the starting browsing index value.

(-2147483648 to 2147483647 available)

Max: The upper limit of the Scroll Bar component is the maximum browsing index value.

(-2147483648 to 2147483647 available)

Indirect Max/Min Reference: Checking it means the starting browsing index value and the

maximum browsing index value of the Scroll Bar use the variables.

Assuming the address of the index memory is LW1, the addresses of the starting browsing

index value and the maximum browsing index value will be LW1 and LW2 respectively.

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Press the [OK] button to complete the setup, and adjust the position and size of the Scroll Bar

component.

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Event

Event component is used to display the event information registered in “Event Setting” and

whose current state satisfying the triggering conditions. The Event component will display triggered

event information one by one according to the time sequence of the triggered event. If the accurate

time needs to be displayed, the RTC must be used or the Time must be read from the PLC.

If multiple events are triggered, the events will be displayed in the order of descending or the latest

event will be at the top and the oldest event at the bottom.

In addition, if 1024 events or more are triggered, the event will be deleted in order from the oldest event.

When only a particular event is displayed, there may be the cases where the event suddenly disappears

because of the hidden events of which the number has significantly increased to exceed 1024.

When the event should be stored to the external memory, refer to 3-10-7 Event History Setting (Page 3-

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z Process of adding one Event component

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Press the Event component icon, drag it to the screen, then the [Basic Properties] dialog box of

the Event component will pop up.

Read Address: Refers to the address controlling the scroll of the event display. All the

information is classified according to the triggered time of the event, and the

new event is displayed on the top while the old event is displayed on the

bottom. For example, the value of the read address is N, the Nth event will be

displayed on the first line and the events on the lines with the smaller No. than

Nth line will be removed in the screen.

Address: Refers to the word address to support the controlling the scroll.

Word Length: Displaying the word length of read address (fixed as 1).

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Go to the [Event Information] tab.

Row Spacing and Character Spacing: Refers to the distances between two neighboring lines

and characters. Graphic font ignores this setting.

Check: Includes the [Click] or [Double click].

Checked: Refers to the color after the event is confirmed.

Canceled: Refers to the color after the event is released.

Select Area: Indicates the color of the dotted line representing the selected area.

Display: Refers to the format of the Event Information Display. All the added contents (such as

Sequence No. and Event Trigger Time) are displayed in the front of the event

information.

Format Content

Descriptions

Sequence Number

Refers to the Event No. beginning from 0.

Time of Occur

The time when the event is triggered.

Checked Time

The time when the event is confirmed.

Time of Cancel

The time when the event is released. (i.e. returns to normal).

Extended Time Format

The time format is displayed as Day/Hour: Minute.

Short Time Format

The time format is displayed as Hour: Minute.

Standard Time Format

The time format is displayed as Hour: Minute: Second.

Precise Time Format

The time format is displayed as Hour: Minute: Second: Millisecond.

Extended Date Format

The data format is displayed as Year/Month/Date.

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