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Section 9.8.3 · Chapter 9: Animated Objects

Dynamic Lines - General Settings

This section describes how to define the general settings for dynamic lines. The following is an example of the General page of the Dynamic Line property sheet.

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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 dynamic lines is DLnnnn.
Note You can type a note for the object.
Data Type The data type of the variable that controls the dynamic line. The supported data types include: 16-Bit Unsigned Integer, 32-Bit Unsigned Integer, 16-Bit Signed Integer and 32-Bit Signed Integer.
Monitor Address Specifies the variable that controls the dynamic line.
Click to enter an address for this field. Click to select a tag for this field.
The following table shows the data arrangement of the monitored variable.
Controllable 16-bit Data 32-bit Data
Position, Color and Style Word No. Data Word No. Data
0 X1 (Note) 0,1 X1
1 Y1 (Note) 2,3 Y1
2 X2 (Note) 4,5 X2
3 Y2 (Note) 6,7 Y2
4 Color (Note) 8,9 Color
5 Style (Note) 10,11 Style
Position and Color Word No. Data Word No. Data
0 X1 0,1 X1
1 Y1 2,3 Y1
2 X2 4,5 X2
3 Y2 6,7 Y2
4 Color 8,9 Color
Position and Style Word No. Data Word No. Data
0 X1 0,1 X1
1 Y1 2,3 Y1
2 X2 4,5 X2
3 Y2 6,7 Y2
4 Style 8,9 Style
Position Only Word No. Data Word No. Data
0 X1 0,1 X1
1 Y1 2,3 Y1
2 X2 4,5 X2
3 Y2 6,7 Y2
Color and Style Word No. Data Word No. Data
0 Color 0,1 Color
1 Style 2,3 Style
Color only Word No. Data Word No. Data
0 Color 0,1 Color
Style only Word No. Data Word No. Data
0 Style 0,1 Style
Note:
Variable Description
X1 Specifies the X coordinate of the line's starting point.
Y1 Specifies the Y coordinate of the line's starting point.
X2 Specifies the X coordinate of the line's ending point.
Y2 Specifies the Y coordinate of the line's ending point.
Color Specifies the color of the line. You can specify a 16-bit color value here.
The format of the 16-bit color values is described below:
Bits Description
15-11 Store the red component
10-5 Store the green component
4-0 Store the blue component
About color values, see Section 9.2.4.
Style Specifies the style of the line.
The following figure shows the available line styles and the associated style values.
Controllable Position Check this option when you want to control the line position.
Color Check this option when you want to control the line color.
Style Check this option when you want to control the line style.
Default Color Specifies the default color of the line.
Style Specifies the default style of the line.

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Source.Section 9.8.3 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.

Text and figures are the manufacturer's and may describe features your panel or software version does not have. For a plain-language introduction read the PM Designer guide; for help with a specific panel contact TSL Automation.