Siemens SIMATIC HMI OP3 Equipment Manual page 16

Product Description
Figure 1-1 Configuration and Process Control Phases
Static and If you wish to display text containing static and variable components, you
variable sections
must configure the variables and type in the static text as an explanation – for
of text example:
Temperature Variable_xx C of Furnace 1
Here, Temperature and C of Furnace 1 is the static text and
Variable_xx is the variable that is read from the memory area of the PLC.
Further Information regarding configuration of the Operator Panel is provided in the
information
User's Guide ProTool – Configuring Text-based Displays.
Chapter 12 tells you how to connect the OP3 to the PLC.
1-2
Configuration phase
Process control SIMATIC S7
phase
Edit configuration data
PC/PU
Save configuration data
Download configuration data
OP3
Connection to SIMATIC S7
Operator Panel OP3
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