Digital Control Tag Drawing Methods

Digital control tags enable users to write digital data to a PLC or RTU, which transmits the entered value to the equipment process associated with the tag. The drawing methods for digital control tags enable users to set values to be written to the equipment process associated with the tag, and display these set values.

The following drawing methods are available to digital control tags:

Animated Bitmap Drawing Method

Color Blink Drawing Method

Color Box Drawing Method

Color Line Drawing Method

Gradient Color Change Drawing Method

Image Change Drawing Method

Momentary Push Button Drawing Method

Set Value Button Drawing Method

Set Value Hotbox Drawing Method

Text Change Drawing Method

Two Color Bar Drawing Method

Note: Of the drawing methods displayed above, only the Momentary Push Button, Set Value Button, and Set Value Hotbox drawing methods allow users to actually output data to the equipment process associated with the tag being drawn. All other drawing methods simply display the value that has been output.