Movicon Help on Line - Rel. 11.7.1301
The draws and Control execution properties allow you to configure how they are to function.
To edit the Execution properties, select the object with the mouse and use the Movicon "Properties Window" which shows.
Only the Execution properties common to draws and controls have been described. For components that have special properties, please refer to the relevant sections dedicated to them:
This is only available only for Display type windows (Historical Log window, Data Logger/Recipe Window, etc.) and is used to specify the name of the child project from which data is to be retrieved and displayed. If this field is left blank, the current project will be used.
Only the names of child projects belonging to the current project can be entered here.
The Window objects can be set to display a maximum number of rows to display by using this edit box. When the object is an "Alarm Window", this parameter is only used to limit the number of rows in the alarm's historical log when opened with the "Get History" button. It will not have any influence on the number of alarms displayed. All alarms that are active or not yet acknowledged and reset will always be displayed.
The name or the IP address of the Network Server, where data is to be fetched from and displayed in the window, is entered in this edit box.
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When an "Alarm Window" or "Alarm Banner" object is connected to a Network Server, the blink and color managements of the alarms on the Client side will be executed based on the settings defined in the appropriate alarm threshold properties in the Server project. The default colors will be used for automatic colorings. |
This is used to enter enter the name or IP address of a Backup Network Server from which data is to be retrieved and displayed in the window when the Main Server (usually the Primary Server in a redundant system) is unavailable.
When the connection towards the Main Server switches to Timeout mode, the Backup Server will automaticallybe reconnected.
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Automatic reconnection to the Backup Server in the Trend and Data Analysis objects while being loaded can only be executed when the "Read Data in Background" property of these objects has been disabled. |
This button opens the Movicon "Commands List" through which you can define a list of one or more commands to execute with a left click of the mouse on the object (upon releasing the mouse key) or by pressing the "SPACE" or "RETURN" keys when the object has focus.
For further information about which commands are available, please refer to the paragraph on "Command List".
This is used to enter the name of the "Symbol Configuration Files" to associate to the object. The object's settings will be saved in the "Symbol Configuration Files". You can also use the [...] button to the right of this field to open the window used to select the file (If file does not exist, it can be created by using the "Save" command). If you enter the file name without a path, Movicon will save the file in the project's "DATA" folder (default Configuration File search path). The file will be saved for default with the ".sxml" extension (or ".tsxml" when a Trend or Data Analysis object). You can define the name of the file with one of your choice or you can use the "Generate Unique File name" command to automatically create a unique name that is easy for to identity.
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It is advised to place the Configuration File in the project's "DATA" folder (default path). If you insert Configuration Files in different folders, Movicon will use absolute paths that may cause errors to arise when loading files. |
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After having inserted the object's Configuration File name, you will need to use the "Save" command to create the file. Otherwise, when starting up the project in runtime a "not found" error may occur:
"C:\TestProject\DATA\Config.sxml not found." |
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Symbol size and position settings are not loaded and will remain with their original settings while the Configuration File is being loaded. If the "Auto Load File Settings" has been enabled, the Configuration File can be loaded by using the "Load" command in design or runtime mode or by using the "LoadExtSettings" function. |
This property is enabled for default and loads the settings from the "Symbol Configuration Files" associated to the object's creation which normally happens when the screen is opened.
This property is disabled for default and saves the settings in the "Symbol Configuration Files" associated to the object's destruction which normally happens when the screen is unloaded from memory. In this way, any changes made to the object at runtime can be made persistent by using the settings file.
When this button is pressed, a unique name for the "Configuration File" will be generated automatically in GUID analog format (number in 128 bit) e.g. 0A8DEC92-9213-4DBA-A7E6-C4157ECA8883.sxml. This name will only be generated if another name has not been entered in the "Symbol Configuration Files" property.
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This command only generates the file name. In this way, the file will be created in the project's "DATA" folder with the "sxml" extension. These settings can be changed by means of using the "Symbol Configuration Files" property. |
This command loads all the configuration file's settings that have been selected in the "Symbol Configuration Files" property and applied to the object.
This command saves the object's settings in the Configuration File that has been selected in the "Symbol Configuration Files" property.
