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Section 7.2.3 · Chapter 7: Displaying and Inputting Data

Numeric Display - General Settings

This section describes how to define the general settings for a numeric display. The following is an example of the General page of the Numeric Display property sheet.

The following table describes each property in the General page.

Property

Description
ID The object’s identifier. It is generated when the object is created. The identifier is unique within the screen where the object is located. The format of the IDs for the numeric displays is NDnnnn.
Note You can type a note for the object.
Transparent Background Select this option if you want the object to have a transparent background.
Shape settings For details about the following properties, see Section 4.3.4 Setting up the Shape of an Object.. , Border Color, BG Color
External Label Check this option if you want the object to have an external label. Set up the external label in the External Label page.
Data Type The data type of the monitored variable. The supported data types include: 16-Bit Unsigned Integer, 32-Bit Unsigned Integer, 16-Bit Signed Integer, 32-Bit Signed Integer, 16-Bit BCD, 32-Bit BCD, 32-Bit Floating Point, 16-Bit Signed BCD (LMB), 32-Bit Signed BCD (LMB), 16-Bit Signed BCD (LMD), 32-Bit Signed BCD (LMD), 8-Bit Unsigned Integer and 8-Bit Signed Integer.
Display Type The display type of the value of the monitored variable. The following table shows the available display types for each data type:
Data Type Available Display Types
16-Bit Unsigned Integer 16-Bit Unsigned Decimal, 16-Bit Hexadecimal, 16-Bit Octal, 16-Bit Binary
32-Bit Unsigned Integer 32-Bit Unsigned Decimal, 32-Bit Hexadecimal, 32-Bit Octal, 32-Bit Binary
16-Bit Signed Integer 16-Bit Signed Decimal
32-Bit Signed Integer 32-Bit Signed Decimal
16-Bit BCD 16-Bit Unsigned Decimal
32-Bit BCD 32-Bit Unsigned Decimal
32-Bit Floating Point 32-Bit Floating Point, Exponential Format
16-Bit Signed BCD (LMB) 16-Bit Signed Decimal
32-Bit Signed BCD (LMB) 32-Bit Signed Decimal
16-Bit Signed BCD (LMD) 16-Bit Signed Decimal
32-Bit Signed BCD (LMD) 32-Bit Signed Decimal
8-Bit Unsigned Integer 8-Bit Unsigned Decimal, 8-Bit Hexadecimal, 8-Bit Binary
8-Bit Signed Integer 8-Bit Signed Decimal
Separator Check this option if you want the binary number to display with dot separator positioned in every four numbers. Available only when the display type is 8-Bit Binary,16-Bit Binary and 32-Bit Binary.
Monitor Address Specifies the monitored variable.
Click to enter an address for this field. Click to select a tag for this field.
Font The font of the displayed value.
Text Color The color of the displayed value.
Total Digits The number of digits to be displayed.
Fractional Digits When the Display Type is 32-bit Floating Point, this property specifies the number of fractional digits to be displayed.
When the Display Type is not 32-bit Floating Point, this property specifies not only the number of fractional digits to be displayed, but also the number of least significant digits to be displayed as the fractional part. With this feature, an integer can be shown as a fixed point number.
Example:
Display Type Total Digits Fractional Digits Justification Monitored Value Displayed Value
32-bit Floating Point 4 2 Zero Suppress 12.34 12.34
32-bit Floating Point 4 2 Zero Suppress 123.4 23.40
16-bit Signed Decimal 5 2 Zero Suppress 12345 123.45
16-bit Signed Decimal 5 2 Zero Suppress -5 -0.05
Alignment The alignment of the displayed value. There are three types of alignment: Left, Center, and Right.
Justification The justification of the displayed value. There are three types of justification:
Option Description
Zero Suppress The leading digits will not be displayed when they are 0.
Leading Zeros All digits will be displayed.
Leading Spaces The leading digits will be displayed as blank characters when they are 0.

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Source.Section 7.2.3 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.

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