Message

Messages, such as alarms and conditions, can be displayed. It can also display detailed information.

Display of alarms that occur:

Select an alarm to view its details.

Message item Setting

Message

Register and select the messages to be displayed.

  • Edit Message List
    Edit message list is displayed. Tapping the button opens the Edit Message List screen.
  • Message list
    Multiple message lists can be created. Select the message list to display in the message list item.

Editing the message list

Tap 'Edit Message List' to open the editing screen. A selection of message lists appears on the left, and editing for the chosen message list occurs on the right.

  • "+" button
    Add a message list.
  • Title
    Enter a title to identify the contents of the message list.
  • Add / delete messages
    Manage messages by adding or removing them from the message list.
  • Message
    A list of messages appears. Tap to modify the message content.

Add / Delete messages

Add or remove message devices that activate the display of messages. You can add or remove multiple message devices by specifying the starting device, the number of devices to add, and the number of repetitions (quantity).

  • Start bit device name
    Enter the name of the first-bit device that activates the display of the message.
  • Step
    Enter the number of device increments. If the starting device is M0 and the increment range is 1, the target devices will be M0, M1, M2, and so on. If the increment is 2, the target devices will be M0, M2, M4, and so forth, targeting devices in one jump.
  • Repeat count
    Enter the number of repetitions to be increased incrementally from the starting device.
  • Add
    Message devices specified by the start bit device, increment width, and number of iterations are included. If any message devices have already been included and a new one is to be added, only unregistered ones will be included.
  • Delete
    The messaging device specified by the start bit device, incremental width, and number of iterations has been removed.
  • Preview
    Message devices to be added or deleted are displayed.

Editing the message

  • Bit device name
    Displays the triggering message device. Indicates the ON status when the device is activated.
  • Message
    Enter the text to be displayed in the message component.
  • Detail
    Enter if you wish to show details about the message.
    e.g., how to handle alarms, etc.

Row

Indicates how the message appears on the line.

  • Active only
    When turn it on, only messages from devices that are also turned on will be displayed. If it is off, all messages will be displayed.
  • Show detail
    Indicate whether to show details or not.
    When turned on, the ▶︎ symbol appears on the right side of the message, and details are displayed when tapped.
    When turned off, the symbol does not appear, and nothing happens when you tap the message.
  • Heigh
    Indicates the row height.

Font

Specifies the font of the text.
  • Default font
    When turned on, the default font is used, and the font size is adjusted to fit the width.
  • Font
    Specify the font.
  • Auto size
    When turned on, the text size is adjusted to fit the width.
  • Font size
    Turning auto size off allows you to specify the text size. Adjusting the font size, label width, and height will cause the text to wrap.


Color

Specify the text and background colors of the row.
Specify the background and border colors when inactive or active.


Confirmation

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