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Navigation links
Navigation links are objects displayed on the screen, which can be used to navigate between the various application pages, using the
and
links, Page 51
).
keys on the display unit keypad (
see section Functional
Text
Text can be entered in n different languages (n being limited by the size of the display-unit memory), and the display unit displays the text corresponding to the selected language.
Properties
A single-size character is encoded on a rectangle 6 pixels wide and 8 pixels high (5 pixels wide by 7 pixels high for XBT N200s). Its sizing handle is located on the top left-hand corner of this rectangle.
For the default font, ASCII characters are encoded in a single-size character (6 x 8) with separation of one pixel at the left and the bottom
(i.e., a rectangle of 5 x 7 pixels).
Size of a single-size character: Default font: 5 x 7 pixels
5 pixels
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7 pixels
XBT ref.
N200
N400/N401/N410
NU400
R400/R410/R411
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One character size: 5 x 7 pixels
10 character sizes: 6 x 8 to 36 x 32 pixels
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Characters can be represented in 10 different sizes extrapolated from the single-size font (double width, double height, double size, etc.).
Maximum number of characters on the screen according to the size:
Size of characters L x H compared to single size
Number of characters (HxL)
XBT-N200
XBT N40•
XBT NU400
XBT R4••
XBT N40•
XBT NU400
XBT R4••
(Chinese
(1)
)
2X20 4X20 -
Single size
1 X 1
DoubleH
1 X 2
Double L
2 X 1
Double size
2 X 2
Double L Quadruple H
2 X 4
Triple L Double H
3 X 2
Triple L Quadruple H
3 X 4
Quadruple L Double H
4 X 2
Quadruple size
4 X 4
Sextuple L Quadruple H
6 X 4
4X20
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2 x 20
4x10
2x10
1x10
2x6
1x6
2x5
1x5
1x3
-
-
2x10
1x10
-
-
2x5
1x5
1x3
Characters are positioned on a grid defined by the number of characters and the number of lines the display unit can support.
A character has its own set of a parameters. This makes it possible to have characters with different properties on the same line.
Example for a display unit with 4 lines x 20 characters:
TEXT TEXT
TEXT
XBT ref.
N200
N400/N401/N410
NU400
R400/R410/R411
(1): If the Chinese font has been selected
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One character size: 5 x 7 pixels
10 character sizes: 6 x 8 to 36 x 32 pixels
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For Chinese characters, if the current size is not permitted and the user enters a Chinese character, the size is automatically updated as shown in the following table:
Current size
1X1
1X2
2X1
2X2
2X4
3x2
3x4
4X2
4X4
6x4
New size after using a Chinese character
2X2
2X2
2X2
No change
No change
4x2
4x4
No change
No change
No change
At the end of the input in Chinese font, the new size will be retained for the following inputs.
Character fonts
The character fonts available are "Latin+Cyrillic" or "Latin+Katakana",
"Cyrillic", "Greek" or "Chinese".
"Latin and Cyrillic" font
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"Latin and Katakana" font
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XBT ref.
N200
Note
Only one font: Latin + Katakana
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"Chinese" font
The Chinese font consists of:
- The ASCII character set (containing Latin characters)
- The Katakana extended ASCII character set
- The Chinese character set
"Cyrillic" font
"Greek" font
The character font is selected in the terminal parameters ( see section
"Step 2 - Configure the terminal parameters", Page 15 ).
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XBT ref.
N200
Note
Only one font: Latin + Katakana
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Modifiable characters
For all fonts used by XBT N/XBT R display units, the first 96 characters cannot be edited.
Special characters in the Configuration menu.
This window contains a "Spread Through Other Fonts" button, which can be used to apply the character modification to other fonts in the application.
Inserting special characters
It is possible to insert a character, which does not exist on the keypad
(special character or without equivalent on the keypad) when entering a piece of text or values from an enumerated list.
The copy/paste mechanism is used to insert special characters.
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XBT ref.
N200
N400/N401/N410
NU400
R400/R410/R411
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Note
5 modifiable characters
125 modifiable characters
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Select Insert Characters in the Edit menu to access the following character table:
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XBT ref.
N200
Select the desired character and press the Copy button. Then simply paste the selection.
This function is also useful for displaying all the characters in the font selected for the application.
Inserting Chinese characters
Chinese writing does not consist of letters, but of ideograms, which represent an idea or a concept. A word would consist of one or more of these ideograms and a sentence would consist of one or more of these words.
A special program, called IME (Input Method Editor), is required, which can be used to simulate a keyboard using the simplified Chinese alphabet, which consists of approximately 7000 ideograms.
To enter a word, the designer types it phonetically on the keyboard, and a data-processing system then finds the best ideogram for this word. If the data-processing system cannot determine the right ideogram for this word (for example in the case of homonyms), it suggests all the words, which might correspond to this pronunciation, and the designer can then select the most suitable ideogram from the list of suggestions.
Note
Only one font: Latin + Katakana
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Importing/Exporting text for translation
This function is used to translate a dialog application into several languages.
Recommended methods:
1 Enter the monolingual dialog application in the XBT L100•.
2 Add the desired languages ("Application languages configuration"). The original texts are copied in each language.
3 Export the texts ("File\Export Texts") to a new file (for all languages except Chinese).
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4 Check the "System Pages" box. This also enables the user to translate the display-unit system messages.
The following information is exported (or imported):
- Page names
- Application-page text (application, alarm, system pages)
- Texts contained in the items "circular texts
- Text in enumerated list-type alphanumeric fields
Note
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NOTE:
When exporting text, the information is recorded as follows: one column per language (separator: tab) and one line per text. There are as many columns as languages.
French
Bonjour un 2 au revoir
English
Hello one 2 goodbye
German
Hallo eins 2 auf wiedersehen
The first column contains the texts in the reference language. They must not be modified.
5 Translate the texts (columns 2 and next) using the Windows application you selected (e.g.: Microsoft Excel). Save the file and quit the Windows application.
6 Import the translations for all languages other than Chinese
("File\Import translations").
In cases where the reference language is Chinese, it is impossible to import/export: The menu is grayed-out.
Similarly, Chinese text can neither be exported, nor imported.
Thus, a multilingual English/Chinese/French application will only be able to import English and French text.
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XBT ref.
N200
Note
Only one font: Latin + Katakana
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