20.12.3.1 Text Alarm Part - Basic Settings

Configure settings to display alarm messages registered on a Text Screen.

Monitoring Word Address

Set the word which contains the monitoring bit top address. When the Monitoring Word Address is set, one monitoring bit is allotted to each row of the text.

Words to Monitor

Set the number of words allotted for the Monitoring Bits from 1 to 32. Set the number according to the number of rows inputted in the text.

When the device address is expressed as 32 bits, one address contains two words.

Font

Set the font of the Alarm Message.

Font Type

Choose the font type from [Standard Font], [Stroke Font], or [Image Font].

Stroke Font and Standard Font

  • Standard Font

You can specify the vertical and horizontal dimensions of a character in bitmap fonts. When you magnify/shrink characters, the outline may become rough or the letter may appear compressed.

  • Stroke Font

This is an outline font where the ratio of the character height/width is fixed. The letters will have a smooth outline even if you magnify/shrink them. However, this font uses more disk space on the display unit.

Font Size

Select the text size. Each font type has a different size range.

Size

  • Standard Font

Specify "Width x Height" from [8 x 8] to [64 x 128] in 8 pixel units.

  • Stroke Font

6 to 127

If you select [Automatically Adjust Text Size], you can adjust the [Maximum Size] and [Minimum Size].

Fixed Size

Available when [Standard Font] is selected. You can choose between 6x10 pixels, 8x13 pixels, or 13x23 pixels. This font supports single-byte characters only.

When using 6x10 fonts, you cannot set the [Text Attribute] to [Bold].

Image Font

Windows fonts are converted to bitmaps and used in display parts.

Select Font

Select the font and define [Style], [Size], and [Font Set]. Depending on the font you selected, available [Style], [Size], and [Font Set] will differ.

  • A proportional font cannot be selected.

  • When the [Input Multilanguage] is not set in the common settings [Text Registration], characters of the image font used in the text display will be automatically registered. Once registered, you can check the content in the [Characters Used] in the [Image Font] settings.

  • When the [Input Multilanguage] is set, define the font for each table. When the [Font] dialog box opens, click to define [Font name], [Style], [Size], and [Character Set].

Data Border

Choose the ruled line of the Text Alarm Part from [Without Ruled Line], [Show Border], or [Show Border + Horizontal Ruled Line].

Text Number

Set the text Number of the text to be displayed.

Constant/Address

Select the designation method of the text Number from [Constant] or [Address].

Designate a set constant as the Text File Number (Direct Specification)

Select an address that will store the Text Number. (Indirect Specification)

Text Screen Number

Set the text Number from 1 to 8999.

Display Start Row

Designate the row of the currently active Alarms to start a display from 1 to 512.

Display Rows

Set how many Alarm Message rows will display at maximum on one screen from 1 to 50.

Display Characters

Set the maximum number of Alarm Message characters that can display on one row from 1 to 100.

Show Blank Row

Specify whether to display any blank lines in the text as an Alarm Message.

Scroll Feature

Set whether to use the scroll feature or not.

When the scroll feature is not used, touching the cursor moving switch does not move the cursor to the messages out of the display area, and the cursor disappears.