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The table object properties dialog box

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Use

From the table object properties dialog box you can:

• Specify the names of the analog objects you want to collect in this table object, for example, the temperature gauges of a tank
• Specify the table type (fixed or float)
• Define data management definitions (scan interval, base interval, logging, etc.)
• Define display options
• Define PLC addressing and create/edit alarm texts
• Specify the properties of the object descriptor . The tab name reflects the selected descriptorA descriptor is the graphical display of an object. IGSS includes many types of descriptors including: - Built-in standard symbols - Animated symbols (Symbol Factory library) - Graphics and animation - Drawing symbols - Windows controls - ActiveX controls An IGSS object can be represented with different descriptors on different diagrams. type, for example, Attributes of Rectangle.

How to access

Once the table object is defined and its symbol is placed on a process diagram, you can view its properties in a number of different ways.

• By double-clicking the symbol representing the object
• By right-clicking the symbol and then selecting Properties in the pop-up menu.
• By selecting the symbol and then selecting Edit ® Object Properties.

The tabs

The dialog box contains the following tabs. Click on any of the tabs for further information.

• If you select one of the items in the lower part of the Objects menu (the table names of the current symbol file), these tabs will appear. If you are using other display types, for example, bar display, a special tab will appear allowing you to customize the layout of the display.

What’s This? Help

For an explanation of the individual items in the dialog box, click the in the upper right hand corner of the dialog box, then click the item you want information about.

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