Allen-Bradley SLC 500 Manual page 72

Example: ^V5,0^M (Level 1, F8)
Results: Setting Tag 5 to a value of 0 will cause the Numeric Display to show 0.
Example: ^V7,TOTAL^M (Level 2, F3)
Explanation: Write to Tag 7 the text characters "TOTAL." Tag 7 is DM0007, which is assigned to a
Text Display. The text display is set to show 15 characters. The DM0007 tag is defined as a STRING
and set to a size of 15.
Results: Writing the text characters to Tag 7 will cause the text display to show the word "TOTAL."
Note: Use Level 2, F4 to write "CONTROL." Use Level 2, F5 key to write "QUICK" to the text
display assigned to DM0008. Use Level 2, F6 key to write null characters to DM0008.
Example: ^V9,48^M (Level 2, F7)
Explanation: Write to Tag 9 a value of 48. Tag 9 is DM0009, which is assigned to a Bar Graph. The
initial state of the bar graph will be shown as 0.
Results: Setting Tag 9 to a value of 48 will cause the Bar Graph to display a bar equal to 48.
Note: Use Level 2, F8 key to write the value 20 to the Bar Graph.
Setting the Date and Time:
The command is used set the date and the time. The date consist of Month (mo) , Day (dd) and Year
(yy). Time consist of Hour (hh), Minutes (mm), and Seconds (ss). The system does not support
setting the seconds for QP2.
Format: (^L) (mo,dd,yy,hh,mm,ss) (^M)
Example: ^L08,07,96,02,55^M
Results: The date is set to 8/07/96. and the time was set to 2:55.
260 • • • • ASCII Protocol
(Level 3, F1)
QUICKDESIGNER