18.3.1 Procedure - Changing Text to Other Languages

1. Register words and phrases to use on the screen in the Text Table.
   From the [Common Settings (R)] menu, select [Text Table (S)] or click . In the following window, select
   

2. Click [Language Change] The following dialog box appears. Select the [Enable Language Change Feature] check box.
   

   

   • If you clear the [Enable Language Change Feature] check box, the Text Table data that has been specified is deleted.

3. In the [Switching Control Address] field, set the address to store the Table Number to display.

4. In the [Initial Table] drop-down list, set the table to display when the specified [Switching Control Address] is set to "0".

5. Select each Table's display language and click [OK].
   For example, Table1= ASCII, Table2= Japanese
   

6. In the Text Table, set the [Characters] and [Number of Lines] and input words or simple messages in each table.
   For example, Number of Characters = 10, Number of Rows = 1
   
   After entering your data, click on the [Text Table] tab to close the [Text Table].
   Text table registration is completed.

   

   • Input text can be stored even if it exceeds the [Number of Characters] or [Number of Lines], so long as in the [Preferences] dialog box [Text Table] page, the [Number of Characters/Lines] is set to the [Adjust Automatically] option. Also, you can use Alt+Enter to start a new line.

7. Use the text table as a Switch's label to be used on the screen.
   From the [Parts (P)] menu, point to [Switch Lamp (C)] option and select [Bit Switch (B)] or click . Place the bit switch on the screen.

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

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

10. Specify the [Bit Address] and select [Bit Set] in [Bit Action].

11. Click the [Label] tab, then select [Text Table].
    

12. Set the Label font type, size, text color, and so on.

    

    • When using [Stroke Font], you can select [Automatically Adjust Text Size] to adjust the font size of text from the Text Table so it fits in the part.
      18.7.2.6 Message Display [Direct Input]/Display (Text Table)

13. When the text appears in the drop-down menu, select the text for the Label. For example, "Run"
    

    

    • To add new words which are not registered in Text Table, select [Add Text].

14. Set the label text display position and click [OK].
    
    The "Run" Switch has been created.

15. Create the same kind of "Stop" Switch.
    
    Two switches have been created.
    
    To check the display state when Text Tables are changed from the [View (V)] menu, point to [Change Language (L)] and select [Table 2].