Creating A User-Defined Drive/Peripheral Name - Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 20-HIM-A6 User Manual

Creating a User-Defined
Drive/Peripheral Name
The host drive and each of its connected peripherals has a default name. You can
change any of these default names, but each new user-defined name cannot
exceed 16 characters in length. Follow these steps to change a default name.
Text editing is not supported when using Asian language characters. Only
IMPORTANT
characters in the ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 Character Set, which is supported by U.S.
and European personal computers, are available. If a software tool is used for
text editing Asian characters, the HIM will replace all unsupported characters
with a [] (narrow rectangle) mark.
1. Access the Status screen (see
2. Use the
you want to change (for example, Port 00 for the host drive).
3. Press the TEXT soft key to display the Edit User Defined Text pop-up box.
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4. Use the
position in the displayed name.
5. Press the
6. Press the appropriate numeric key to access the desired character set.
Numeric Key
Also, use the appropriate soft keys to help create the new name.
Soft Key
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7. With the desired character selected in that character position, press the
key to select and enter the character.
8. Repeat steps 4 through 7 for each character position.
9. When the desired name is displayed on the edit pop-up box, press the
ENTER soft key to enter and save the new name.
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or key to move the cursor to the desired character
key to access the last-viewed character set.
Function
Selects the numeric character set.
Selects the symbols character set.
Selects the upper case letter character set.
Selects the lower case letter character set.
Function
Deletes a highlighted character.
Inserts a space to the left of a highlighted character.
Deletes an entire text string.
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