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CONFIGURING DATA TAGS
EDITING PROPERTIES
expression directly into the edit box. Most users, though, will choose to press the arrowed
button and select from the menu of options that is presented...
• Selecting Tag will display a dialog box containing a list of data tags. You can
select the tag that you want to be used to control this property. In some cases,
you will also be given the chance to create a new tag and define its basic
properties. This is not available when editing properties that belong directly to
other data tags, as it is otherwise too easy to forget which tag you’re editing!
• Selecting a device name will display a dialog box allowing you to choose a
register within that remote communications device. The various communications
devices are listed at the end of the menu in the order in which they were created.
• Selecting Next will set the property to be equal to the register which follows the
last selected register within the last selected device. For example, if you have
used the device name option to set a previous property to N7:10 of PLC1,
selecting Next will set the current property to N7:11 of the same device.
TRANSLATABLE STRINGS
Crimson databases are designed to support multi-lingual operation, whereby any string that
will be presented to the user of the virtual HMI is capable of being displayed in one of many
different languages. To allow you to define these translations, properties that contain such
strings have a button labeled Translate to their right-hand side.
To enter the translations, click the button and the following dialog box will appear…
If you do not enter text for a particular language, and that language is subsequently selected
by the operator, Crimson will use the default language in its place. Note that Crimson will
re-configure Windows to use the appropriate Input Method Editor whenever a complex (ie.
Unicode-based) language is being edited on a Master configured with a color virtual HMI.
For information on how to select the languages for the database, and on how to configure a
key or a menu to select a different language, refer to the User Interface section of this manual.
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