Font
Set a font for the date/time.
Font Type
Choose a font type for the date/time from [Standard Font], [Stroke Font] or [Image Font].
Stroke Font and Standard Font
Standard Font
You can specify the vertical and horizontal dimensions of a character in bitmap fonts. When you magnify/shrink characters, the outline may become rough or the letter may appear compressed.
Stroke Font
This is an outline font where the ratio of the character height/width is fixed. The letters will have a smooth outline even if you magnify/shrink them. However, this font uses more disk space on the display unit.
Size
Choose a font size for the date/time.
Standard Font
(8 to 64) x (8 to 128)
Standard Font (Fixed Size)
[6x10], [8x13], [13x23] (Display is single-byte characters only)
Stroke Font
6...127
Text Attributes
Select the text attributes.
Standard Font
Choose from [Standard], [Bold], or [Shadow]. When using the fixed font size [6x10], select either [Standard] or [Shadow].
Stroke Font
Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Outline]
This setting is unavailable for [7-segment Display].
Image Font
Window font will be converted to bitmap images and displayed on a display unit.
Select Font
Define the font, and set the [Style], [Size], and [Font Set]. The [Style], [Size], and [Font Set] settings differ depending on the font.
You cannot set a proportional font.
Characters of the image font used in Data Display [Date/Time Display] will be automatically registered. You can check registered content in the [Image Font] area's [Characters Used] setting.
Date/Time Monitor
Select the device to monitor date/time from [Unit] and [Device/PLC].
Use [Device/PLC] when using a Device/PLC that has a date/time data type.
For the GP-4100 Series (Monochrome Model), Date/Time monitor is fixed to [Unit]. [Date/Time Monitor] is not displayed.
Unit
Refers to the clock data of a display unit and displays the date/time.
Date
Set whether to display the date, and select the display format from [yy/mm/dd], [dd/mm/yy], [mm/dd/yy], [20yy/mm/dd], [dd/mm/20yy], or [mm/dd/20yy].
When working with a double-byte character language and you select a display format that includes the year, month or date, values display in double-byte characters. However, if you select [7-segment Display], those same values display in single-byte characters.
Day of the Week
Select whether to display the day.
Time
Select to display time and choose a display format from [hh:mm] or [hh:mm:ss].
If you select [yy/mm/dd] or [20yy/mm/dd] for [Date], select the time from [hh/mm/ss] or [hh/mm].
When working with a double-byte character language and you select a display format that includes hours, minutes, or seconds, values display in double-byte characters. However, if you select [7-segment Display], those same values display in single-byte characters.
Fixed Position
Date/ Select this option to display the numeric value in the center of the part.
You cannot set this if [No Shape] is selected.
7-segment Display
Select this option to show values as a 7-segment display.
This cannot be set when [Image Font] is selected.
This cannot be set when [Size] is [Fixed Size].
This can be set only when [Text Attribute] is selected as [Standard].
Preview
Displays the display image according to the settings.
Device/PLC
Displays the date and time referencing the date/time type address or tag of the Device/PLC.
Date/Time address
Specify the Date/Time Type address or tag.
Use the [Numeric Display] function to display the date/time data stored in the word address.
Data Type
Select the Date/Time Type Data Type that you want displayed from [TIME], [DATE], [TIME_OF_DAY], and [DATE_AND_TIME].
Time Item
Select a time item to display.
Displayed when [TIME] is selected at [Data Type].
Date item
Place a checkmark for cases in which the date is displayed, and select the date item to be displayed.
Displayed when the [DATE] and [DATE_AND_TIME] are selected in the [Data Type].
Day of the Week
Place a checkmark for cases in which [Day of the Week] is displayed.
Displayed when the [DATE] and [DATE_AND_TIME] are selected in the [Data Type].
Clock time item
Place a checkmark for cases in which the clock time is displayed, and select the clock time item that you want to display.
Displayed when [TIME_OF_DAY] and [DATE_AND_TIME] are selected in [Data Type].
When [TIME_OF_DAY] is selected in [Data Type], the clock time item is displayed at all times.
Format
Select the display format for the items selected in [Time item], [Date item], [Clock time item].
First item digit number
Select the digit number for the item that comes first in the display format. Select the display format at [Format].
Displayed when [TIME] is selected at [Data Type].
Fixed Position
Specify whether the display position for the date/time is fixed in the center of the parts.
You cannot set this if [No Shape] is selected.
Preview
Displays the data image according to the settings.