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Chapter 7: Displaying and Inputting Data: 32 topics
  1. 7.1Numeric Entries
  2. 7.1.1Numeric Entry - Operation Options
  3. 7.1.2Numeric Entry - Settings
  4. 7.1.3Numeric Entry - General Settings
  5. 7.1.4Advanced Settings for Numeric Entries
  6. 7.2Numeric Displays
  7. 7.2.1Numeric Display - Operation Options
  8. 7.2.2Numeric Display - Settings
  9. 7.2.3Numeric Display - General Settings
  10. 7.2.4Numeric Display - Advanced Settings
  11. Advanced Numeric Displays
  12. 7.3.1Advanced Numeric Displays
  13. 7.3.2Advanced Numeric Display - Operation Options
  14. 7.3.3Advanced Numeric Display - Settings
  15. 7.3.4Advanced Numeric Display - General Settings
  16. 7.3.5Advanced Numeric Display - Range Settings
  17. 7.4Character Entries
  18. 7.4.1Character Entry - Operation Options
  19. 7.4.2Character Entry - Settings
  20. 7.4.3Character Entry - General Settings
  21. 7.4.4Character Entry - Advanced Settings
  22. 7.5Character Displays
  23. 7.5.1Character Display - Operation Options
  24. 7.5.2Character Display - Settings
  25. 7.5.3Character Display - General Settings
  26. 7.6Time Displays
  27. 7.6.1Time Display - Settings
  28. 7.7Date Displays
  29. 7.7.1Date Display - Settings
  30. 7.8Day-of-week Displays
  31. 7.8.1Day-of-week Display - Settings
  32. 7.8.2Day-of-week Display - General Settings
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Section 7.6.1 · Chapter 7: Displaying and Inputting Data

Time Display - Settings

You can complete all the settings of a time display in the Time Display property sheet. The following is an example of the sheet.

time display

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 time displays is TDnnnn.
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
Format The format of how the time is displayed. There are two formats available.
Format Description
HH:MM HH: 00-23 (hour); MM: 00-59 (minute)
HH:MM:SS HH: 00-23 (hour); MM: 00-59 (minute); SS: 00-59 (second)
MM:SS MM: 00-59 (minute); SS: 00-59 (second)
HH:MM PM HH: 00-23 (hour); MM: 00-59 (minute); PM/AM: Prior to Midnight / After Midnight
HH:MM:SS PM HH: 00-23 (hour); MM: 00-59 (minute); SS: 00-59 (second); PM/AM: Prior to Midnight / After Midnight
Font The font of the text. You can use the drop-down list to select a font, or click to bring up the Font Templates dialog box and select a font for the current time. You can change the font templates before selecting a font in that dialog box.
Text Color The color of the text.
Alignment The alignment of the text in the object. There are three kinds of alignment available: Left, Center, and Right.

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Source.Section 7.6.1 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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