Rep Re Senting Plc Data Reg Is Ters; The Word Lamp Ob Ject - Maple Systems Silver Series Installation And Operation Manual

Rep re senting Data with Graph ics Ob jects
part. Note: if you double-click (click twice rapidly) then you will not highlight the label but
rather enter the Toggle Switch Object's Attribute dialog box.

Rep re senting PLC Data Reg is ters

PLC registers and internal data registers of the OIT are represented using nine parts:
• Word Lamp Object
• Set Word Object
• Multistate Switch Object
• Numeric Data Object
• Numeric Input Extend Object
• ASCII Data Object
• ASCII Input Extend Object
• Moving Shape Object
• Animation Object
They are constructed in much the same manner as the parts described in the previous section. With these parts,
however, you can represent data from 16-bit, 32-bit, or even 64-bit data registers.

The Word Lamp Ob ject

The Word Lamp Object is used to represent the value of a PLC register. The object continuously reads the PLC
register and displays the corresponding shape or bitmap that is tagged to the number of states defined.
To create a Word Lamp Object
1. From the Parts menu, click Word Lamp. Or click the Word Lamp icon in the Part1
toolbar. The Create Word Lamp Object dialog box appears.
2. Use the Description: box to enter a title for the Word Lamp part. A description is not
necessary but does help you identify the purpose of the part.
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