Message Settings - IDEC FT1A Series User Manual

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Message Settings

The customized messages can be displayed on the LCD of the SmartAXIS Pro. This section describes the common settings,
character set, scroll, and blinking settings, for all messages to display.
Function Specification
Any messages can be displayed on the LCD of the SmartAXIS Pro using MSG (Message) instructions/FB.
The character set, scroll unit, scroll speed, and blinking speed are the common settings between all MSG instructions/FBs
programmed. Those common settings can be configured in the Message Settings of the Function Area Settings dialog box.
For details on the MSG instruction, see Chapter 13 "Display Instructions" in the SmartAXIS Ladder Programming Manual. For
details on the MSG FB, see Chapter 14 "The interface FB" - "MSG FB Common Settings" in the SmartAXIS FBD Programming
Manual.
■Character Set
The character set used for the messages can be configured.
Selection
European ISO-8859-1 (Latin 1)
Japanese Shift-JIS
Chinese GB2312
Cyrillic ANSI 1251
■Scroll Unit
The unit to scroll the texts can be configured.
1 character Scrolls the text in 1 character units.
1 dot Scrolls the text in 1 dot units.
■Scroll Speed
The speed to scroll the texts can be configured. The setting range is 500 to 1000 ms.
■Blinking Speed
The speed to blink the texts can be configured. The setting range is 500 to 1000 ms.
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Character Set
Italian, English, Dutch, Spanish, German, French
Japanese
Chinese (simplified)
Russian
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Languages usable in the MSG instruction/FB
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