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.

The following table describes each property in the General page.
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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 The following table shows the data arrangement of the monitored variable. |
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| 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: |
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| 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. ![]() |
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| 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.
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