Maple Systems Silver Series Installation And Operation Manual page 233

Cap turing Alarms and Events
To create an Alarm Bar Object
1. From the Parts menu, click Alarm Bar. Or click the Alarm Bar icon in the Part2 toolbar.
The Create Alarm Bar Object dialog box appears.
2. Use the Description: box to enter a title for the Alarm Bar part. A description is not
necessary but does help you identify the purpose of the part.
3. In the Attribute frame, select what type of options the Alarm Bar uses:
Function Range
Display line: 1 to 14
Char length: 1 to 39
4. Click OK to close the Create Alarm Bar Object dialog box. The main screen of EasyBuilder
appears with the cursor tied to a rectangular outline of the part you just created at the upper
left corner of the screen. Move the part to the desired location on the window.
5. Once the part is placed onto the window, you can adjust the attributes of the Alarm Bar by
double-clicking on the part.
The Alarm Bar Object scrolls through each character of an alarm string at a predefined rate. You can change the
rate at which the characters scroll by doing the following.
To change the scrolling rate
1. From the Edit menu, click System Parameters. The Set System Parameters dialog box
appears.
2. Click the General tab. The General form is displayed.
3. In the Alarm bar frame, select what type of scroll options the Alarm Bar uses:
Function Range
Pixels per scroll: 8, 16, 24, 32
Scroll speed: 0.1 to 25.5
Description
Selects the size of the alarm bar. Although you can select a size of 1 to 14, the Alarm Bar only
displays a single line. Therefore, select 1 for alarms that use the Size 16 font, and select 2 for
alarms that use the Size 24 font.
Selects how long the alarm bar is. If Size 24 font is used for the alarm text string, then two
characters are required for each character in the text string.
Description
Selects the number of pixels that shift with each scroll.
Selects the time interval between shifts in the scrolling in seconds.
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