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

Creating a User-Defined
Drive/Peripheral Name
Note: The PowerFlex 755T products do not fully support User Defined text.
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 or
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 popup box.
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Edit User Defined Text
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ESC INS DEL
4. Use the or
position in the displayed name.
5. Press the
6. Press the appropriate numeric key to access the desired character set.
Numeric Key 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.
Also, use the appropriate soft keys to help create the new name.
Soft Key Function
DEL Deletes a highlighted character.
INS Inserts a space to the left of a highlighted character.
CLR Deletes an entire text string.
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 popup box, press the
ENTER soft key to enter and save the new name.
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key to scroll to the Port of the device whose name
AUTO
F
=Char Set
CLR ENTER
key to move the cursor to the desired character
key to access the last-viewed character set.
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