Vertical Button Drawing Method
Available in all applications
Used by: Selector Switch
The Vertical Button drawing method, one of the native drawing methods for Selector Switch tags, is a control method used to output one of three possible values. The values will be those configured for the three positions of the selector switch, 0 to 2 in order from top to bottom.
Color is used to indicate that either a mismatch in state has occurred, or that an alarm is active as demonstrated in the following examples.
Vertical buttons in a normal operating state (A), showing a state mismatch (B) and showing an active alarm (C). (See: Selector Switch Tags, for a discussion of mismatch conditions.)
The following image shows the graphic editor dialog where you can set the properties of the object.
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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
[Select one of the font tags (or parameter linked to a font tag) that you with to use to display the text. The display will use the default system font if you do not select a font tag.
The parameters button is enabled only if the tag is drawn on a page that includes a font parameter or if the tag is part of a drawing method and the associated drawing method editor is open.
Set the labels that will appear on the buttons. The buttons are drawn from top to bottom and match the Position 0 through Position 2 settings of the associated selector switch.
Colors (Background, Text and Mismatch)
Use these buttons to control the appearance of the buttons.
• Background sets the overall color of the button
• Text is the color of the text label on the button
• Mismatch is the color that will replace the background should a mismatch condition occur.
If selected, the operator will be prompted to confirm every change made by clicking on the buttons.
An example of the confirmation dialog is as follows:
