Alarm
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20.6.1 Procedure - Displaying Help (Sub Display)/Change Base Screen

  1. Create the Base screen you want to show in the Sub-Display. In the [Screen (S)] menu, select [New Screen (N)], or click . The [New Screen] dialog box appears.

  2. In Screen, set the Base Screen Number (For example, 10) used for the Sub Display, and click [New].

  1. When Base Screen "10" appears, create the Base Screen for the Sub Display.

  2. Set the Switch to change from the Sub Display screen to the Alarm Part placement screen. From the [Parts (P)] menu, point to [Switch/Lamp (C)] and select [Change Screen Switch (C)] or click , and place the Switch on the screen.

  1. Double-click the placed Switch part. The following dialog box appears.

  1. In [Select Shape], select the Switch shape.

  2. In [Screen Change Action], select the action for changing screens, and set the screen number of the destination screen (for example, 1).

  3. As needed, set the color and display text on the [Color] tab and [Label] tab, and click [OK]. The creation of the Sub Display screen is complete.

    • Depending on the shape, you may not be able to change the color.

    • When you select a switch and press the [F2] key, you can directly edit the text on the label.

  1. Next, register the Message to display when the Alarm is triggered. From the [Common Settings (R)] menu, select [Alarm (A)], or click . The following screen appears. In [Language], select the alarm message display language.

  1. In the Block Settings, select the check box for the desired display mode (History/Log/Active) for the block to which the message is registered, and set the number of messages stored as history for each mode.

  2. Select [Backup History] and define [Hide Continuing Alarms].

    • When the [Backup History] check box is not selected, the alarm history data will be erased when the display unit is turned OFF or reset.

  3. From the [Block1] tab, select [Bit Monitoring].

  1. In [Bit Address], set the bit address to monitor the alarm trigger.

  2. Click the [Trigger Condition] cell and select whether the alarm is triggered when the Monitoring Bit Address turns ON or turns OFF.

  3. In the [Message] cell, input the alarm message that will display when the alarm is triggered.

    • Up to 160 single-byte characters can be registered in a single Alarm Message.

    • When the [Enable Text Table] check box is selected, the message language can be switched and displayed even while the system is running.
      18.3 Changing Text to Other Languages

    • Alarm settings can be exported or imported in CSV format.

  4. Set the Sub Display Screen Number.

  5. Set up the alarm part to display alarms. Open the screen to display the Alarm (for example, Base 1), and in the [Parts (P)] menu, select [Alarm (A)], or click , and place the Part on the screen.

  6. Double-click the placed Alarm. The Alarm dialog box appears.

  7. For the alarm, select the Block and the Display Mode.

  8. Set the [Display Start Row], [Display Alarms] and [Display Row Spacing].

  9. Open the [Sub Display] tab and select the [Enable the Sub Display] check box.

  10. In the [Sub Display Type] list, select [Change Base Screen].

  11. As needed, use the [Item] tab, [Color] tab, and [Display] tab options to change alarm message's number of display characters, text color, background color, font, and size. Click [OK]. Set up is now complete.