The digital object properties dialog box

This topic describes the dialog box of a standard digital object which is limited to two states and commands. Most digital objects will be based on a digital template. Click See Also to learn more about digital templates.

Use

From the standard digital object properties dialog box you can:

Define data management definitions (scan interval, base interval, logging, etc.)
Define display options
Define PLC addressing and create/edit alarm texts
Choose symbols and colors for the two digital states

How to access

Once the digital 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, a command field, 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.