Rear Panel Indicators. Automation Direct EZTEXT-SP-M

LEARNING THE FEATURES

EZ-TEXT-SP-M

Rear Panel Indicators

TXD LED

This LED will toggle “on” and “off” to signal activity on the transmission line.

RXD LED

This LED will toggle “on” and “off” to signal activity on the receive line.

Functional Description

On power-up, the EZText Set Point Display Panel will enter the Run Mode and alpha-characters "ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOP" will be written to the LCD display and "8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8" will be written to the 8-digit LED Display for approximately three seconds. This information will be removed when the first message is retrieved. The messages/data will be displayed in two ways, either triggered by the PLC or triggered from the front panel.

Scrolling through Message List

If a message triggered from the PLC is not being displayed or edited, the user can scroll through a list of messages. (These messages are programmed using the EZText Programming Software.) To scroll through the messages, press the "

▲" (UP Arrow) or "▼" (DOWN Arrow) button. Pressing "▲" button will retrieve the previous message. Pressing "

▼" button will retrieve the next message. When a message is displayed that has a Data Value , you can press the "sel" (Select) button to edit the Data Value.

Editing a Data Set

While editing, the operator can either edit the data or escape out of the Edit

Mode. When the operator presses the sel button, the LSD (Least Significant

Digit) in the display will blink. This is an indication that the panel is ready to edit. If the data has READ Only access, you will not be able to edit the value.

If the data set is READ Only, a warning message will be displayed in the LCD window for a few seconds. The operator will not be allowed to edit this data set.

While in the edit mode, the blinking digit is the digit selected to be edited. To select another digit, press the sel button again. Each successive press of the

sel button will move the blinking cursor progressively toward the MSD (Most

Significant Digit). If the sel button is pressed while the MSD is blinking, the

LSD will begin to blink. While any of the eight digits is blinking, the operator may edit the currently displayed data set or escape out of the edit mode.

If the operator presses the esc button, the panel will exit the edit mode. When escaping from the edit mode, the currently displayed data set will not be written to the PLC, the selected digit will stop blinking, and the original data set will be displayed.

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