As the display unit utilizes analog touch panel technology, please avoid touching multiple spots simultaneously (two or three-point touch.)
Please be careful when handling momentary switches. While holding down a momentary switch and you hold down another touch area unoccupied by any switches, even though you release the momentary switch it will remain on until the other touch area is also released.
Immediately after changing screens, in order to draw the new screen, Switches may be disabled.
When operating on the bit of device/Word Address with a [Bit Set], [Bit Reset], or [Bit Momentary] switch, all other bits in the Word Address will be turned OFF. For Internal Device Word Addresses, you can only operate on the specified bit.
If you change screens from the device/PLC while a [Bit Momentary] switch is pushed, the specified bit will turn OFF.
For the Bit Switch [Bit Invert] and [Comparison] functions and the Word Switch [Add Data/Subtract Data] and [Operation] functions, data is read into the PLC or other connected device after the screen has changed.
The data used by the process is the data that was current when the Switch was pressed. If a switch is pushed immediately after the screen changes, it is possible that invalid data will be written because the valid data has not yet been read.
For the Bit Switch [Bit Invert] and [Comparison], and the Word Switch [Add Data/Subtract Data] and [Operation], the write action occurs for data read from the device/PLC. A switch pressed rapidly in succession may write to the device/PLC before the value can be read. Therefore, sometimes the value will not reflect the actual amount of times the Switch was pressed.
(For example, 1) If you push an [Add Data] Switch which adds +1 to a Word data two times in rapid succession, it may not add +2 to the data.
(For example, 2) If the same Word Address contains 2 bit switches (bit [0] and bit [1]) and both switches are pushed in rapid succession, in some cases the bits will not toggle as normal.
For a Word Switch [Add Data/Subtract Data], if the [Data Type] is BCD and the result of an operation is a negative value, it will be treated the following way.
For example,
1 - 10 = 9991 (10001 - 10)
9 - 10 = 9999 (10009 - 10)
When a Word [Add Data/Subtract Data] or [Digit Addition/Digit Subtraction] is set with the Continuous feature, the Delay feature cannot be used.
When a Word [Add Data/Subtract Data] or [Digit Addition/Digit Subtraction] is set with the Continuous feature, data writing that depends on communication with the device/PLC is sometimes temporarily interrupted.
While a Switch is pressed, its color is displayed in reverse. The Reverse Display color cannot be changed.
When the Lamp Feature is set, Reverse Display will not function. Also, when a Switch is pressed (during Reverse Display), it cannot change to Show Interlocked Condition or Show In-Delay Status. The Part's color display has the following priority order.
High Priority
Low Priority
Show Interlocked Condition
In-Delay Status
Reverse Display or Lamp Display
Colors set in GP-Pro EX may appear differently after the project is transferred to the Display. In order to check colors after transferring data, run a project simulation.
If a Data Display or Trend Graph part (or any other part with an updating data display) overlaps with a switch set up with Reverse Display, and data is updated while the switch is pressed, the updated data area may continue to display in reverse on releasing the switch. When data is updated again, the display returns to normal.
When you select an Image Part (BPD file) from [Select Shape], the color is set on the Image Part itself, so the color cannot be changed.
A Part's reduction is sometimes limited according to the label's size (number of characters and rows).
When using [Text Table] on the Label Settings, the placed part will be displayed corresponding to the size of the Characters x Number of Rows. Even if the table changes, the size will not.
Label text that is displayed in the screen creation software and the way text is actually displayed on the display unit may be different.
Switches set up with the interlock feature will not operate during a screen change or power up sequence when communication does not occur with the device/PLC address defined in the [Interlock Address]. (If the associated address is an internal address, then the interlock switch will operate properly.)
When you touch two different areas, the touch input will not be recognized.
Thus, do not press two points at the same time.
When holding down another area unoccupied by any switch while pressing the momentary switch, even though you release the momentary switch, it will remain ON until the other touch area is also released.
When you are using the lamp, please check the following limitations.
13.8 Restrictions