Setting the I/O Display Order Numerically on a Station Page
The manner by which the I/O associated with a polling driver tag or Data Flow RTU tag are sorted on a station page (i.e. alphabetically or numerically) is controlled by the configuration of the Site Draw drawing method used to draw station symbols.
To set the order of the I/O associated with a polling driver tag or Data Flow RTU tag numerically on a station page (by the Display Order configured for each I/O tag), follow the instructions included below:
Note: The instructions below will guide you through the process of drawing a polling driver tag or Data Flow RTU driver tag on a page using the Site Draw Drawing Method, as clicking the resulting station symbol is the means by which a station page or custom page is accessed. If you have already drawn the polling driver tag or Data Flow RTU driver tag using the Site Draw tag drawing method, you may modify its settings by clicking the Configure button, right-clicking the station symbol, and proceeding to step 8 below.
1. Open the page upon which you wish to draw the polling driver tag or Data Flow RTU driver tag as a station symbol (typically the Overview page).
2. Click the Configure button to open the Configuration Toolbox.
3. Click the Browser button to open the Tag Browser.
4. Select Drivers from the Types drop-down list (the Drivers tag group appears quite far down in the Types drop-down list).
5. Select the polling driver tag or Data Flow RTU driver tag representing the station that you wish to draw, and for which you wish to establish the order of the I/O on the associated station page.
6. Click the Draw button. The polling driver tag or Data Flow RTU driver tag drawing methods will be displayed.
7. Click the Site Draw button. The Site Draw dialog will open similar to the one displayed below.
8. Select the Numeric Sort Order radio button.
9. Click the OK button. The station symbol will be attached to your mouse pointer.
10. Position the station symbol on your page.
11. Click to drop the station symbol. The Tag Browser will reopen.
12. Select All in the Tag Browser's Types drop-down list.
13. Select the Area configured for the polling driver tag or Data Flow RTU driver tag you just drew in the Areas drop-down list. The Tag Browser will then display all input and output tags associated with your station.
14. Select the first tag in the list.
15. Click the Properties button. The tag properties folder for the selected tag will open. An example of the tag properties folder for an analog status tag is displayed below.
16. Click the Order tab.
17. Set the Display Order spin box according to the order in which you wish this tag to appear in its respective column. (For example, analog status tags appear in the top half of the first column on a station page.)
18. Click the OK button.
19. Select the next I/O tag in the list and repeat steps 15 through to 18 until you have given each I/O tag associated with this station a display order number.
20. Close the Tag Browser.
21. Close the Configuration Toolbox.
You may now click the station symbol to view the associated station page. The I/O will be sorted numerically by their configured Display Order in the appropriate portions of their respective columns (i.e. Analog status tags numerically by Display Order, and then pulse input tags numerically by Display Order in the first column; digital status tags numerically by Display order and then pump status tags numerically by Display Order in the second column; and finally, digital control tags numerically by Display Order in the third and fourth columns).