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CONFIGURING THE MONOCHROME VIRTUAL HMI
DEFINING PAGE PROPERTIES
DEFINING PAGE PROPERTIES
Each page has a number of properties that can be accessed via the Page menu…
• The On Select and On Remove properties are used to define actions to be
performed when the page is first selected for display, or when the page is
removed from the display. Refer to the Writing Actions section and the Function
Reference for a list of supported actions. Refer to the Data Availability section in
this chapter for details of a timeout than can occur when using these properties.
• The On Tick property is used to define an action that will run every second
during the period for which this page is displayed. Refer to the Writing Actions
section and the Function Reference for a list of supported actions. If a lack of
data availability results in this action being unable to execute, it will be skipped
and retried one second later.
• The Period is the time in seconds to wait before performing the action specified.
• On Timeout is the action to be performed when the period of time has expired.
• The Parent Page property is used to indicate the page to be displayed when the
HMI’s Exit key is pressed while this page is active. Selection of this page can
be overridden using the techniques below.
• The Next Page property is used to indicate the page to be displayed when the
HMI’s Next key is pressed while this page is active, and when the cursor is on
the last data entry field on the page. This selection can also be overridden.
• The Previous Page property is used to indicate the page to be displayed when the
HMI’s Prev key is pressed while this page is active, and when the cursor is on
the first data entry field on the page. This selection can also be overridden.
If you have too many data entry fields to fit on a single page, the Next Page and Previous
Page properties can be used to link together a series of pages to allow the operator to edit the
fields in sequence. Crimson will automatically position the cursor appropriately, such that if
the Prev key is pressed on the first field of a page, the previous page will be activated with
the cursor on the last field of that page.
• The Entry Order property is used to define how the cursor on the HMI will move
between data entry fields. The settings determine whether fields organized in a
grid will be entered in row or column order.
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