Color Box Drawing Method
Available in all applications
Used by: Analog Input, Analog Output, Analog Status, Analog Control, Calculation, Counter, Deadband Control, Digital Control, Digital Input, Digital Output, Digital Status, Function, Modem, Network Status, Pump Status, Roster, Selector Switch, Totalizer, SQL Logger.
The Color Box drawing method is used to represent the associated tag as a box that changes color based on the tag's value. It is primarily used with that have discrete states such as digitals and alarms, but may also be used with analogs. For an analog tag, the value will be rounded to find the closest match to one of the states.
Not all tags will have all states shown. Alarms and single-bit digitals have only state 0 and state 1 while 2-bit digitals also have states 2 and 3.
The graphic editor dialog for a Color Box is as shown:
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The Tag field displays the name and description of the tag that is currently associated with this drawing method. You can use this to select a different tag or parameter to use as the data source for this drawing method.
The Tag field is only present when editing a completed drawing method object
Opens the Select Color Dialog from which you can choose a color to be displayed when the tag’s value is in the corresponding state.
Opens the Select Color Dialog from which you can choose a color to be displayed when the tag’s value is invalid.