The analog objects properties dialog box

Use

From the analog object properties dialog box you can:

Specify the measuring range, two sets of alarm limits and a set point
Define additional incoming or outgoing alarms
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 descriptor type, for example, Attributes of Rectangle.

How to access

Once the analog 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.

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What’s This? Help

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