Symbol Categories; Symbol Title Bar - Crestron SW-SIMPL Installation & Operating Manual

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Of course, all of the above shortcuts can always be encoded with the \xZZ escape
sequence. These shortcuts are provided because they are commonly used. For
example, a common usage when sending multiple lines of text to an indirect text
field is to use a Carriage Return between lines. The following two lines are
equivalent:
This is Line 1\x0Dthis is Line 2
This is Line 1\rThis is Line 2

Symbol Categories

Symbols in SIMPL can be divided into two broad categories: device symbols and
logic symbols.
Device Symbols
Device symbols represent a number of Crestron control devices that can be included
in programming. They can be placed into or deleted from the program in the
Configuration Manger section of SIMPL Windows only. The Program Manger
allows device symbols to be connected but not added or deleted.
Device symbols are automatically placed in the program when the corresponding
devices are selected in the Configuration Manager. Select the device and drag-and-
drop into the control system.
Logic Symbols
While device symbols allow you to communicate with the outside world, logic
symbols allow you to make your program perform exactly the way you want. Logic
symbols can range from the very basic ones such as the AND, OR, or NOT symbols,
to symbols designed for very special applications. A more in-depth discussion of
logic symbols can be found in the Programming with Symbols section.

Symbol Title Bar

A Program may have multiple instances of the same logic symbol. Other than the
symbol designation (eg., S-1) and the symbol's unique inputs and outputs, there is no
obvious difference. However, a comment can be added to the symbol title bar to
assist in differentiating them.
To add more decriptive symbol title bars to a program, right mouse click on the
symbol icon in the Logic folder in Program View (or the open symbol window in
Detail View) and select View/Edit Symbol Comment (alternatively, highlight the
icon or activate the window and depress Ctrl+R). The "View/Enter Symbol
Comment" window appears, as shown after this paragraph.
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