Tag Graphic Displays

As you read in the previous section, incoming or outgoing tag data is displayed on the screen using graphic displays, which are easy to interpret. A single tag can be drawn on your application's pages in a variety of different ways; for example, a single input tag representing the level of fluid in a tank may be drawn as a changing number in a field, as a meter with a moving needle to indicate level, and/or as vertically changing bar.

A single input tag's value can be drawn on a page using a variety of different methods. Above we see the value of an analog input tag as a vertically changing bar, as a number, and as a meter.

Incoming data is instantly reported to the graphic objects on your screen so that you immediately know the value, mode, or status of the related equipment.

A single output tag can also be drawn in a variety of different ways. A button can send an off/on signal to equipment, while a slider or numeric entry field can send an analog value to equipment.

A single output tag can also be drawn on a page using a variety of different methods. Above we see an analog output drawn as a numeric entry field and as a slider.

The section that follows describes some of the possible ways in which incoming tag data is represented on your application pages.