15 Displaying and

Changing Text

This chapter explains about “Displaying and Changing Text” in GP-Pro EX and the basic
functions used to change settings.
Please start by reading “15.1 Settings Menu” (page 15-2) and then turn to the corresponding
page.

15.1 Settings Menu ...............................................................................................15-2

15.2 Changing and Displaying Messages (Text)...................................................15-4
15.3 Changing the Displayed Text ........................................................................15-8
15.4 Changing Languages (Multilanguage) ........................................................15-15
15.5 Changing a Text’s Language (Multilanguage).............................................15-22
15.6 Importing/Exporting Registered Text Tables for Use with Different Projects ..........15-29
15.7 Settings Guide.............................................................................................15-35
15.8 Restrictions .................................................................................................15-62

15-1
Settings Menu

15.1 Settings Menu

Changing and Displaying Messages (Text)

D100=1
Pressure Error

) Setup Procedure (page 15-5)

D100=2 ) Details (page 15-4)
Confirm Rack Enabled

Changing text depending on

numbers inputted to the PLC

Changing the Displayed Text

Divides registered text into several parts and displays
them.
Text Registration Screen

001 1. Release the three

002 tabs nearest you &
003 remove the cartridge's
004 top cover.
005 2. Open the left
006 side of the Register the text.
007 cartridge and
008 remove part A.
009 3. Set the
010 opening part of ) Setup Procedure (page 15-9)
011
012
part A facing
downward.
) Details (page 15-8)
013
014

Scroll through the screens and the text displays.

1. Release the three 2. Open the left side 3. Set the opening
tabs nearest you & of the cartridge and part of part A
remove the cartridge's remove part A. facing downward.
top cover.

Beep Beep

Changing Languages (Multilanguage)

D00300: 2

Change the value of the language

change control address...
) Setup Procedure (page 15-16)
) Details (page 15-15)
RUN STOP
STOP

And the language of a Switch’s label or text changes.

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Changing a Text’s Language (Multilanguage)

The text changes into

Touch the switch... another language.

3. Set the opening part of

part A facing downward. ) Setup Procedure (page 15-23)
) Details (page 15-22)
Japanese Beep Japanese
English English
French French

Importing/Exporting Registered Text Tables for Use with Different Projects

Text Table Registration Screen CSV File (TXT File)

Table1 Table2 Japanese
Import Eng ) Setup Procedure (page 15-30)
ALARM A
ALARM B
) Details (page 15-29)
ALARM C
Export

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15.2 Changing and Displaying Messages (Text)

15.2.1 Details

D100=1
Abnormal Pressure

D100=2
Confirm Rack Enabled

Changing text depending on

numbers inputted to the PLC

You can change previously set messages according to the bit address’s ON/OFF state or to
changes in the word address’s value (0 to 15).

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15.2.2 Setup Procedure

• Please refer to the settings guide for details.

) “15.7.1 Message Display Settings Guide „ Direct Input” (page 15-36)
• For details of the part placement method and the address, shape, color, and label
setting method, refer to the “Part Editing Procedure”.
) “9.6.1 Editing Parts” (page 9-37)

D100=1
Abnormal Pressure

D100=2
Confirm Rack Enabled

Changing text depending on

numbers inputted to the PLC

1 Select the [Part (P)] menu - [Message Display (M)] command, or click and place the
Part on the screen.
2 Double-click the placed Message Display and the settings dialog box opens.

3 Select the Data Display shape from [Select Shape].

4 Select the method for changing messages in [Mode]. (e.g.: Word)

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5 In [Address], set the address (D100) which will trigger the message’s display.
Click the icon to display Select device “D”, input
an address input keypad. “100” as the address, and
press the “Ent” key.

Click

6 Select the [Display Settings] tab, and select [Text Type] as [Direct Text].

7 Select the number of messages to display in [No. of Messages]. (e.g.: 4)

8 Designate the message’s Font Type, Size, and Display Language.

9 Set the text position in [Align]. (e.g.: Align Center)

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10 There is a message registered for each state.

Select [State 0] in [Select State], and erase “Undefined” in [Register Message].
(If it is blank, when 0 is stored in [Address], it will display nothing.)

11 Select [State 1] in [Select State], and input “Abnormal Pressure” in [Register Message].
(When 1 is stored in [Address], it will display “Abnormal Pressure”.)

12 Select [State 2] in [Select State], and input “Confirm Rack Enabled” in [Register Message].
(When 2 is stored in [Address], it will display “Confirm Rack Enabled”.)

13 As needed, set the Text Color and Plate Color for each state on the [Color Settings] tab, and
click [OK].

• If a message which has not been defined is designated, the Message Display will
show nothing. For example, when the number of messages is 16 and only states 0
to 3 actually have a message registered, designating states 4 to 15 displays only
the message frame.
• Input a message to register within 100 single-byte characters per line. If the
number of input characters exceeds this range, the excess part is not displayed.

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15.3 Changing the Displayed Text

15.3.1 Details

Text Registration Screen

001 1. Release the three

002 tabs nearest you &
003 remove the cartridge`s
004 top cover.
005 2. Open the left
006 side of the Register the text.
007 cartridge and
008 remove part A.
009 3. Set the
010 opening part of
011 part A facing
012 downward.
013
014

Scroll through the screens and the text displays.

1. Release the three 2. Open the left 3. Set the
tabs nearest you & side of the opening part of
remove the cartridge's cartridge and part A facing
top cover. remove part A. downward.

Beep Beep

Displays registered text on the screen.

You can display text that is too large for a single screen by scrolling.

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15.3.2 Setup Procedure

• Please refer to the settings guide for details.

) “15.7.1 Message Display Settings Guide „ Text Display” (page 15-40)
) “15.7.2 Common Settings Guide (Text Register)” (page 15-47)
• For details of the part placement method and the address, shape, color, and label
setting method, refer to the “Part Editing Procedure”.
) “9.6.1 Editing Parts” (page 9-37)
Displays registered text on the screen.
Text Registration Screen

001 1. Release the three

002 tabs nearest you &
003 remove the cartridge's
004 top cover.
005 2. Open the left Register the text.
006 side of the
007 cartridge and
008 remove part A.
009 3. Set the
010 opening part of Scroll through the screens and the text displays.
011 part A facing 1. Release the three 2. Open the left side 3. Set the opening
012 downward. tabs nearest you & of the cartridge and part of part A
remove the cartridge's remove part A. facing downward.
013 top cover.
014
Beep Beep

1 Select the [Common Settings (R)] menu - [Text Registration (T)] command, or click to
display the [New Text/Open] dialog box.
2 Set the text number and comment, then click on [New].
(e.g. Text Number “1”, Comment “Maintenance”)

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3 The text input screen is displayed. Input text.

After inputting, click at the top right of the screen to close the text.
4 Next, configure the Message Display settings. Open a screen which displays text, select the
[Part (P)] menu - [Message Display (M)] command, or click and place the Part on the
screen.
5 Double-click the placed Message Display and the settings dialog box opens.

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6 Select [Text Display], and click [Detail].

7 In [Specify Text No.], select the method of specifying text to display, and set the text number.

8 In [Start Row Bit Address], set the start address (D100’s 00 bit) which will trigger the mes-
sage’s display.
Select device “D”, input “100.0” as
the address, and press the “Ent”
Click the icon to display an address input keypad. key.

Click

• Designate a bit address or a word address to specify bits. If you set a bit address,
[No. of Bits] of sequential addresses are assigned to set the display start row. If
you set a word address, [No. of Bits] of sequential bits in the word (16 bits) are
used.

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9 Set the number of bits to use for designating the start row display in [No. of Bits]. (e.g.: 2)

• The number of bits to use depends on [No. of Scroll Rows]. When scrolling four
rows at a time, you need to scroll three times at the maximum to display 12 rows.
2 bits are required to store “3”.
15 00
D100

Each scroll increments 0 0 ←Nothing displayed

0 1 ←1st - 4th row
the address by 1. To
1 0 ←5th - 8th row
display up to the 12th
1 1 ←9th - 12th row
row, 2 bits are used.
2 bits used

10 Set how many rows of text to scroll each time in [No. of Scroll Rows]. (e.g.: 4)

11 Click the [Display Settings] tab, and set the number of display characters and the number of
display lines.

• Set “1” to [No. of Display Char.] to display one single-byte character. Set “2” for
one two-byte character.

12 As needed, set the Message Display’s color and text color on the [Color Settings] tab, and
click [OK]. The Message Display settings are complete.

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13 Set a Switch to scroll through the text. Select the [Part (P)] menu - [Switch Lamp (C)] option
- [Word Switch (W)] command, or click , and place it on the screen.
14 Double-click the placed Switch and the settings dialog box opens.

15 Select the Switch’s shape from [Select Shape].

16 Set the address (D100) where you want to write data when you touch the switch in [Word
Address].

17 Select [Add Data] in [Word Action] and designate an address value to add in [Addition Base
Word Address].

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18 As needed, set the Switch’s color and label on the [Color] tab and [Label] tab, and click
[OK]. A Switch to scroll to next text has been created.

19 Create a Switch to scroll to previous text as well. Place a Word Switch and select [Sub Data]
in [Word Action].

Two scroll switches have been placed.

• Text can have up to 512 lines with up to 100 single-byte characters per line.
• When the data designated as the Display Start Row has no corresponding text
row, no operation will occur. The previously displayed rows will remain.
• If your text data is wider than the display area, the portion that exceeds the area is
truncated and is not displayed.

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15.4 Changing Languages (Multilanguage)

15.4.1 Details

D00300: 2

RUN STOP
STOP

Change the value of the language And the language of all text using text tables
change control address... (Draw’s text, Switch’ s label, etc.) changes.

Create a preset Text Table with text in another language for the text you want to change. You
can then change languages for the text even while the system is running. (No translation
function is available.)

Foreign language text tables

English Table Japanese Table
1 RUN 1 French
2 STOP 2 German
ETC.
3 PRODUCTS 3
4 4
5 5

5
5

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15.4.2 Setup Procedure

• Please refer to the settings guide for details.

) “15.7.3 Text Table Settings Guide” (page 15-48)
) “15.7.4 Switch/Lamp - Label (Enable Text Table) Settings Guide” (page 15-53)
• For details of the part placement method and the address, shape, color, and label
setting method, refer to the “Part Editing Procedure”.
) “9.6.1 Editing Parts” (page 9-37)
Configure settings to change languages for a Switch’s label while the system is running.

D00300: 2

RUN STOP
STOP

Change the value of the language And the language of a Switch’ s label changes.
change control address...

1 Register words and phrases to use on the screen in Text Table.

Select the [Common Settings (R)] menu - [Text Table Settings (S)] command, or click
and the following screen is displayed.

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2 Click [Language Change Settings] and the following dialog box will be displayed. Put a
check mark next to the [Enable Language Change Feature] box.

• When the check mark is removed from the [Enable Language Change Feature]
box, all Text Table data registered in the project will be deleted.

3 Set the address (e.g.: D300) that will store the Table No. to display in [Switching Control
Address].
Select device “D”, input “300” as the
Click the icon to display an address input keypad. address, and press the “Ent” key.

Click

4 In [Initial Table], set the table to display when the specified [Switching Control Address] is
set to “0”.

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5 Select each Table’s display language and click [OK].

(e.g.: Table 1 - ASCII, Table 2 - Japanese)

6 Set the [No. of Characters] and [No. of Text Rows] and input words or simple messages in
each table.
(e.g.: No. of Characters = 10, No. of Text Rows = 1)

After inputting, click at the top right of the screen to close the [Text Table].
Text table registration is completed.

7 Use the text table as a Switch’s label to be used on the screen.

Open the drawing screen, select the [Part (P)] menu - [Switch Lamp (C)] option - [Bit Switch
(B)] command, or click , and place the Part on the screen.

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8 Double-click the placed Switch and the settings dialog box opens.

9 Select the Switch’s shape from [Select Shape].

10 Specify the [Bit Address] (e.g.: M100) and select [Bit Set] in [Bit Action].

11 Click the [Label] tab, and select [Text Table].

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12 Set the Label’s font type, size, text color, etc.

13 When the text that was previously registered displays as a list in the pull-down menu, select
the text for the Label. (e.g.: Run)

• To add new words which are not registered in Text Table, select [Add Text].

14 Set the label text’s display position and click [OK].

The “Run” Switch has been created.

15 Create the same kind of “Stop” Switch.

[Switch Feature] Tab [Label] Tab

Two switches have been created.

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To check the display state when Text Tables are changed, select the [View (V)] menu -
[Change Language (L)] option - [Table 2] command.

Display State for Table 2

• You can use text registered in Text Table for a Message Display, Draw text,
Alarm Part item name, Alarm Message, etc. as well as a Switch label.
) “15.7.1 Message Display Settings Guide „ Direct Input ‹ Display Settings (Text
Table)” (page 15-38)
) “15.7.5 Draw’s Text (Enable Text Table) Settings Guide” (page 15-55)
) “15.7.6 Alarm Part - Item Settings/Detail (Text Table) Settings Guide” (page 15-57)
) “15.7.7 Alarm Settings (Enable Text Table) Settings Guide” (page 15-58)
• If you change languages, all the text using Text Table is changed. If text in
multiple languages is registered, the language of the displayed text is also
changed.

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15.5 Changing a Text’s Language (Multilanguage)

15.5.1 Details

Touch the switch to The text changes into

change languages... another language.

3. Set the opening part of

part A facing downward.

Beep
Japanese Japanese
English English
French French

Create a preset text with words and phrases in another language for the text you want to
change. You can then change languages of the text even while the system is running. (No
translation function is available.)
If you change languages, all the text using Text Table, as well as the text, is changed.

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15.5.2 Setup Procedure

• Please refer to the settings guide for details.

) “15.7.2 Common Settings Guide (Text Register)” (page 15-47)
) “15.7.1 Message Display Settings Guide „ Text Display” (page 15-40)
• For details of the part placement method and the address, shape, color, and label
setting method, refer to the “Part Editing Procedure”.
) “9.6.1 Editing Parts” (page 9-37)

The text changes into

Touch the switch... another language.

3. Set the opening part of

part A facing downward.

Beep
Japanese Japanese
English English
French French

1 Register text in multiple languages you want to use. Select the [Common Settings (R)] menu
- [Text Registration (T)] command, or click to display the [New Text/Open] dialog box.

2 Set the text number and comment, then click on [New].

(e.g.: Text Number = “1”, Comment = “Set”)

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3 When you put a check mark next to the [Input Multilanguage] box, the following confirma-
tion message will appear. Click [Yes].

4 The [Language Change Settings] dialog box will appear. Put a check mark next to the
[Enable Language Change Feature] box.

• When the check mark is removed from the [Enable Language Change Feature]
box, all Text Table data registered in the project will be deleted.

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5 Set the address (D300) that will store the Table No. to display in [Switching Control
Address].

Select device “D”, input “300” as the

Click the icon to display an address input keypad. address, and press the “Ent” key.

Click

6 In [Initial Table], set the table to display when the [Switching Control Address] is set to “0”.

7 Select each the display language for each table and click [OK].
(e.g.: Table 1 - ASCII, Table 2 - Japanese)

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8 Input text to display for each table.

After inputting, click at the top right of the screen to close the text.
The text registration is complete.

9 Next, configure the Message Display settings. Open the drawing screen, select the [Part (P)]
menu - [Message Display (M)] command, or click and place the Part on the screen.

10 Double-click the placed Message Display and the settings dialog box opens. Click the [Text
Display] icon.

11 In [Specify Text No.], select the method of specifying a text number, and set the text number
to display.

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12 In [Trigger Bit Address], set the address (M100) which will trigger the text’s display.

13 Click the [Display Settings] tab, and set the [No. of Display Char.] and [No. of Display
Lines].

• Set “1” to [No. of Display Char.] to display one single-byte character. Set “2” for
one two-byte character.

14 As needed, set the Message Display’s color and text color on the [Color Settings] tab, and
click [OK]. The Message Display is now set.

15 Create a Switch for changing languages. Select the [Part (P)] menu - [Switch Lamp (C)]
option - [Word Switch (W)] command, or click , and place it on the screen.

16 Double-click the placed Switch and the settings dialog box opens.

17 Select the Switch’s shape from [Select Shape].

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18 In [Word Address], set the same address as the set [Switching Control Address] (D300).

19 Select [Write Data] in [Word Action] and set “1” to [Constant].

20 Specify the color and label for the switch on the [Color] tab and [Label] tab as required, and
click [OK]. The switch for changing to English text (Table 1) has been completed.

21 Create the same kind of Switch to change to Japanese text (Table 2). The settings for the
Switch are as follows.

• If you change tables (languages), all the text using Text Table, as well as the text,
is changed.

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15.6 Importing/Exporting Registered Text Tables for Use with

Different Projects

15.6.1 Details

„ Saving/reusing registered Text Tables with a CSV or TXT File Format

Text Table Registration Screen CSV File TXT File

Import Japanese Japanese English
Table1 Table2 Eng
ALARM A
or
ALARM B
ALARM C Export

(1) You can save (export) Text Tables registered on a project to outside media by saving them
in CSV or TXT format.
The saved Text Table file (∗.csv or ∗.txt) can then be edited in Microsoft Excel or other
spreadsheet software.
) “15.6.2 Setup Procedure „ Export” (page 15-30)

Text Table Registration CSV File Format

Japanese
Export Eng
Fre
Edited in Microsoft Excel or
reused in another project.

(2) You can use the Text Table files saved in CSV or TXT format (Refer to (1)) by importing
them to another project.
You can also create a preset Text Table file (∗.csv or ∗.txt) in Microsoft Excel or other
spreadsheet software and use the file by importing it to another project.
This method is useful when getting Text Tables translated into different languages by
someone who does not have this software.
) “15.6.2 Setup Procedure „ Import” (page 15-32)

CSV File Format

Add a text table to a project.
Japanese
Eng Import
Create a text table file in
Fre
Microsoft Excel or export a
text table registered in
another project.

• To export/import multiple languages at the same time, save them in a TXT file.

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15.6.2 Setup Procedure

• Please refer to the settings guide for details.

) “15.7.3 Text Table Settings Guide” (page 15-48)
„ Export
Writes the registered Text Tables to the CSV file format.
Text Table Registration Screen CSV File
Table1 Table2 English
Export 1 ALARM A
ALARM A 2 ALARM B
3 ALARM C
ALARM B
4
ALARM C 5

1 Select the [Common Settings (R)] menu - [Text Table Settings (S)] command, or click
to open a registered Text Table screen. Click [Export].

2 The [Export Text Table] dialog box will appear. Confirm that all tables to be exported have a
check mark next to them. Also, remove check marks next to tables you do not want to export.

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3 Select the code type of the files to export.

• To export multiple languages at the same time, select [Unicode]. When

[Unicode] is selected, a file is exported in the text file format (*.txt).

4 Click [Reference], select a save location and file name, and click [Save].

5 Click [Export] and the output will start. When the file output is complete, the following dia-
log box will appear. Click [OK] to complete the export.

• If there are any problems carrying out the export, the entire export process will
be canceled, and the Text Table information will return to its previous state.

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„ Import
Imports Text Table files (*.csv) to a project.

CSV File Text Table Registration Screen

English Table1 Table2
Import
1 ALARM A
2 ALARM B
ALARM A
3 ALARM C ALARM B
4
5 ALARM C

1 Select the [Common Settings (R)] menu - [Text Table Settings (S)] command, or click
and the following screen is displayed. Click [Import].

2 The [Import Text Table] dialog box will appear. Click [Reference].

3 Select “CSV File (∗.csv)” in [Files of type], select a file to import, and click [Open].

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4 Designate [File Code Type] according to the languages of a Text Table to import.
Confirm that all tables to be imported have a check mark next to them. Also, remove check
marks next to tables you do not want to import.

• If you select a Text Table file in TXT format (*.txt), the [File Code Type] is fixed
as [Unicode]. To import multiple languages at the same time, select [Unicode].

5 Designate a destination table. The Text Table is imported to the designated table by overwrit-
ing it.

6 Click [Import]. The following dialog box will appear. Click [OK] to complete the import.

• If there are any problems carrying out the import, the entire import process will
be canceled, and the Text Table information will return to its previous state.
• You can input text with up to 1,200 characters in a Text Table. Any excess/
remaining characters or rows will not be imported.

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15.6.3 Text Table’s File Format

Exported Text Tables’ file (∗.txt or ∗.csv) format will be displayed as follows.

Text Table Registration Screen

Export

CSV file format

String Table Data - - - - - - - - - - - - -Header (Necessary for import)
,"","","1","2" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Each table’s Table No.
,"","","Table 1","Table 2" - - - - - - - -Each table’s Table Name
,"","","ja-JP","en-US"- - - - - - - - - - -Each table’s Language Code*1
1,"10","1", " ", "Alarm" - - - - - - -The number of characters in No. 1, No. of Rows, Each
table’s text
2,"10","1"," ","OK" - - - - - - - - - -The number of characters in No. 2, No. of Rows, Each
table’s text
3,"10","1"," ","Pressure" - - -The number of characters in No. 3, No. of Rows, Each
table’s text

When the above CSV file is represented in Excel, it looks as follows.

Table No.
Table Name
No. of No. of
Characters Text Rows
Language
Code*1

Index No. Text

*1 Text Table files (∗.txt or ∗.csv) will display each table’s language with the following
language codes.
Chinese Chinese
Language Japanese ASCII (Tradi- (Simpli- Korean Cyrillic Thai
tional) fied)
Language
ja-JP en-US zh-TW zh-CN ko-KR ru-ru th-TH
Code

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15.7 Settings Guide

15.7.1 Message Display Settings Guide

Setting Description
Placed parts are automatically assigned an ID number.
Text Display Part’s ID: MD_ ∗∗∗∗ (4 digits)
Part ID
The letter portion is fixed. The number portion can be modified from 0000
to 9999.
Comment The comment for each Part can be up to 20 characters long.
Part Shape Displays the shape and status of the Part selected in [Select Shape].
Select Shape Open the Select Shape dialog box to choose the Part’s shape.
Select the Text Display part’s type.
• Direct Input
The displayed message changes according to the bit address’s ON/OFF
Message Display’s state or the word address’s value.
Type ) “ „ Direct Input” (page 15-36)
• Text Display
Text registered to a text screen is changed and displayed.
) “ „ Text Display” (page 15-40)
When [Text Display] is selected, select whether or not the part will be
No Shape
transparent with no shape.

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„ Direct Input
‹ Basic Settings

Setting Description
Select the method for changing Messages.
• Bit
The Message changes in response to the bit address turning ON/OFF.
• Word
The Message changes in response to which bits are displayed in the
Word Address, starting from the 00 bit. Bits (starting from Bit 00) from
the Word Address are automatically allotted, depending on the No. of
Messages (2, 4, 8, 16) set on the [Display Settings] tab.
When the No. of Messages is 2,
Mode only the 00 bit is used.
The remaining bits can be used
No. of No. of for another purpose.
Messages Bits Used
2 1 03 02 01 00

4 2
8 3
16 4
When the No. of Messages is 16,
bits 00-03 are used.

Address Select the address which will trigger the Message’s display.

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‹ Display Settings (Direct Input)

Setting Description
Set the fixed text for each state by directly inputting it in the Register Mes-
Direct Text
sage box.
When the [Basic Settings] tab’s [Mode] is [Word], select the number of
No. of Messages
Messages to display from 2, 4, 8, or 16.
Here, register a message for each selected state. When the [Basic Settings]
Select State tab’s [Mode] is [Bit], ON/OFF will be displayed. For [Word], the state indica-
tion buttons (State 0 to State 15) appear according to the No. of Messages set.
Font Settings Set a font for the text.
Font Type Choose a font type for the text from [Standard Font] or [Stroke Font].
Choose a font size for the text.
Standard Font: Specify Horizontal × Vertical by the unit of 8 dots from [8 ×
Character Size 8] to [64 × 128], or select from the fixed size of [6 × 10], [8 × 13], or [13 × 23].
In Fixed Size, only single-byte alphanumeric characters can be displayed.
Stroke Font: 6 to 127
Display Lan- Choose from [ASCII], [Japanese], [Chinese (Traditional)], [Chinese
guage (Simplifed)], [Korean], [Cyrillic], or [Thai].
Select the font’s text attributes.
Standard Font: Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Shadow]
Text Attribute
(When a fixed size [6 × 10] is selected, select from [Standard] or [Shadow].)
Stroke Font: Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Outline]
Select the alignment of the text from [Align Left], [Align Center], or
Align
[Align Right].
Input the text to be displayed. The comment can be up to 100 single-byte
Register Message
characters × 4 rows.
Copies the text in the [Comment] field to the Message field selected in
Copy Comment
[Select State].
Copies all the text in the Register Message field selected in [Select State]
Copy to All
to all states.
Delete Deletes the message.

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‹ Display Settings (Text Table)

Setting Description
Text Type Browses and displays Text registered as a Text Table.
Here, register a message for each selected state. When the [Basic Settings]
tab’s [Mode] is [Bit], ON/OFF will be displayed. For [Word], the state
Select State
indication buttons (State 0 to State 15) appear according to the No. of
Messages set.
Font Settings Set a font for the text.
Font Type Choose a font type for the text from [Standard Font] or [Stroke Font].
Choose a font size for the text.
Standard Font: Specify Horizontal × Vertical by the unit of 8 dots from
[8 × 8] to [64 × 128], or select from the fixed size of [6 × 10], [8 × 13], or
Character Size
[13 × 23]. In Fixed Size, only single-byte alphanumeric characters can be
displayed.
Stroke Font: 6 to 127
Select the font’s text attributes.
Standard Font: Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Shadow]
Text Attribute (When a fixed size [6 × 10] is selected, select from [Standard] or
[Shadow].)
Stroke Font: Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Outline]
Select the character string from registered strings in the Text Table.
Register Message
• If you select [Add Text], you can register new text in the Text Table.
Select the alignment of the text from [Align Left], [Align Center], or
Align
[Align Right].
Displays the text in the center of the Text Display Area.
Center ) “15.7.8 Text Placement When Using Text Tables „ Message Display” (page
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‹ Color Settings

Setting Description
Here, select a color for each selected state. When the [Basic Settings] tab’s
[Mode] is [Bit], ON/OFF will be displayed. For [Word], the state indica-
Select State
tion buttons (State 0 to State 15) appear according to the No. of Messages
set.
Text Color Select a color for the displayed text.
Choose a shadow color for the text to display. [This can only be set when
Shadow Color
the [Display Settings] tab’s [Text Attribute] is set to [Shadow].
Select the Message Display’s color (background color for the displayed
Plate Color
text).
Border Color Select the Message Display’s border color.
Select whether or not the Part will blink, and the blink speed. You can
choose different blink settings for the [Text Color], [Shadow Color], [Plate
Color], and [Border Color].
Blink
• There are cases where you can and can not set Blink depending on the
Main Unit and System Settings’ [Color Settings].
) “9.5.1 Setting Colors „ List of Available Colors” (page 9-34)

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„ Text Display
‹ Basic Settings/Basic

Setting Description
Choose how the Text No. will be specified.
• Constant
Specify Text No. Designate a set constant in [Text No.]
• Address
Select an address that will store the Text No.
Constant Shows/hides the fixed text by turning the bit ON/OFF.
Text No. Set a number for the text from 1 to 8,999.
Trigger Bit Set a bit address to display the text. Displays the text selected in [Text No.]
Address if you turn ON this bit and erases the text if you turn it OFF.
Displays desired text on the Message Display.

Address

Text No.
Set the address where the text number to display is stored. The text with
Word
Address
the number stored in this address is displayed.

Select the data type of the text number to be stored in [Text No. Word
Data Type
Address] from [Bin] or [BCD].

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‹ Basic Settings/Detail
If you click [Detail] on the [Basic Settings] tab, you can configure settings to display regis-
tered text from the specified row.
Text Registration Screen

001 1. Release the three

002 tabs nearest you &
003 remove the cartridge's
004 top cover.
005 2. Open the left
006 side of the
007 cartridge and 1st - 4th row 5th - 8th row 9th - 12th row
008 remove part A.
1. Release the three 2. Open the left side 3. Set the opening
009 3. Set the tabs nearest you & of the cartridge and part of part A
010 opening part of remove the cartridge's remove part A. facing downward.
011 part A facing top cover.
012 downward.
013 Beep Beep
014

When [Specify Text No.] is [Constant]

Displays fixed text starting from various rows.

Setting Description
Text No. Set a number for the text from 1 to 8,999.
Set the start bit address to store the text’s display start row specification
Start Row Bit data. You can designate a bit address or a word address to specify bits.
Address The display start row is determined by the data stored in the range of the
start row to the bit specified in [No. of Bits] and the [No. of Scroll Rows].
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Setting Description
Designates how many bits, from the [Start Row Bit Address], are used for
Display Start Row Specification. Select a value from 1 to 16. The number
of bits to use will differ depending on the specified [No. of Scroll Rows].
e.g.) 12 row of text, Scroll will move by 4 rows each time: using 2 bits
15 00
D100

Each scroll increments 0 0 ←Nothing displayed

0 1 ←1st - 4th row
the address by 1. To
1 0 ←5th - 8th row
display up to the 12th
1 1 ←9th - 12th row
row, 2 bits are used.
2 bits used

Because the number of bits used is set from the Display Start Row Specifi-
cation data, the empty portion of the Reserved Area can be used for other
purposes.
No. of Bits e.g.) Start Row Bit Address: D100’s 08 bit, No. of Bits: 4
15 12 11 08 00
D100

Reserved Area Area where the Display Start Row data is stored

• When setting the [No. of Bits], please ensure that the allotted bits are in
one word. Even if the number of bits is set to span across two words,
only the address specified in [Start Row Bit Address] will be allotted as
the Display Start Row.
e.g.) Start Row Bit Address: D100’s 12 bit, No. of Bits:10
15 12 00
D100

Bits allotted for Display Start Row designation.

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Setting Description
Set the number of rows the display will scroll when the Start Row data
changes. Use a number from 1 to 256.
Display Start Row = No. of Scroll Rows (Display Start Row data -1) +1
e.g.) [No. of Display Lines] = 4, [No. of Scroll Rows] = 4
Display Start Row data = 1 → Display Start Row = 1
Display Start Row data = 2 → Display Start Row = 5
Display Start Row data = 3 → Display Start Row = 9

Text Display Start Row data

No. of Scroll Rows 1st Row 1

Display Start Row data

5th Row
2
9th Line Display Start Row data
3

If the Display Start Row is “0”, the text will not be displayed, and the
Message Display’s Display Area will be shown with a clear color.

When [Specify Text No.] is [Address]

Setting Description
Text No. Word Set the address where the text number to display is stored. The text with
Address the number stored in this address is displayed.
Select the data type of the text number to be stored in [Text No. Word
Data Type
Address] from [Bin] or [BCD].
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Setting Description
Choose how the text’s Start Row will be specified.
• Constant
Specify Start Row Designate a set constant as the Display Start Row.
• Address
Specify the address where the display start row will be stored.
Constant Desired text is displayed starting from fixed lines.
Set a number for the text’s Display Start Row from 1 to 512.
Start Row When the row designated as the start row does not exist, then the operation
is ignored. The previously displayed rows will remain.
Displays desired text starting from various rows.

Address

Set the address of the word address which stores the text’s Display Start
Row. The Display Start Row is decided by the data stored here and by the
Start Row [No. of Scroll Rows].
Address When the row designated as the start row does not exist, then the operation
is ignored. The previously displayed rows will remain. The display is
cleared when the Display Start Row is set to “0”.
Data Type Choose the format for the text’s Display Start Row from [Bin] or [BCD].
Set the number of rows the display will scroll when the Start Row data
changes. Use a number from 1 to 256.
Display Start Row = No. of Scroll Rows (Display Start Row data -1) +1

e.g.)
[Display Settings] tab’s [No. of Display Lines] = 4, [No. of Scroll Rows]
=4
Display Start Row data = 1 → Display Start Row = 1
Display Start Row data = 2 → Display Start Row = 5
Display Start Row data = 3 → Display Start Row = 9
No. of Scroll
Text Display Start Row data
Rows
1st Row 1

Display Start Row data

5th Row
2
9th Line Display Start Row data
3

If the Display Start Row data is “0”, the text will not be displayed, and the
Message Display’s Display Area will be shown with a clear color.

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‹ Display Settings

Setting Description
Font Type Choose from [Standard Font] or [Stroke Font].
Choose a font size for the text.
Standard Font: Specify Horizontal × Vertical by the unit of 8 dots from
[8 × 8] to [64 × 128], or select from the fixed size of [6 × 10], [8 × 13], or
Character Size
[13 × 23]. In Fixed Size, only single-byte alphanumeric characters can be
displayed.
Stroke Font: 6 to 127
Set the number of single-byte characters to be displayed on each line from
No. of Display Char.
1 to 100.
No. of Display Lines Set the number of lines of text to be displayed from 1 to 50.

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‹ Color Settings

Setting Description
Text Color Select a color for the displayed text.
Select the Message Display’s color (background color for the displayed
Background Color
text).
Border Color Select the Message Display’s border color.
Select a color for the Display Area for after the Message has been cleared
Clear Color
(when the text of the corrresponding number does not exist).
Select whether or not the Part will blink, and the blink speed. You can
choose different blink settings for the [Text Color], [Background Color],
[Border Color], and [Clear Color].
Blink
• There are cases where you can and cannot set Blink depending on the
Main Unit and System Settings’ [Color Settings].
) “9.5.1 Setting Colors „ List of Available Colors” (page 9-34)

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15.7.2 Common Settings Guide (Text Register)

Setting Description
Input Multilanguage Put a check mark next to this to allow for Multilanguage input.
Choose the language for the text from [ASCII], [Japanese], [Chinese (Tra-
Language
ditional)], [Chinese (Simplified)], [Korean], [Cyrillic ], or [Thai].
Text Input Border You can input text with up to 100 single-byte characters per row × 512 rows.

„ Text (Input Multilanguage) Settings Guide

Setting Description
The [Language Change Settings] dialog box opens. Designate a language
Language Change
for each table.
Settings
) “ „ [Language Change Settings] Dialog Box” (page 15-50)
Changes the setting to display only one table or display two overlapping
Change Display
tables.
Select Table Select the table to register text from [1:Table 1] to [16:Table 16].

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15.7.3 Text Table Settings Guide

Setting Description
Jump Jump to a specific row number.
Language Change Displays the [Language Change Settings] dialog box.
Settings ) “ „ [Language Change Settings] Dialog Box” (page 15-50)
Designate the tables to display on the Text Table setting screen. Put a
check mark next to the tables necessary to register the Text Table.

Select Table to Show

Imports Text Tables using a CSV file.

Import
) “ „ [Import Text Table] Dialog Box” (page 15-52)
Exports Text Tables using a CSV file.
Export
) “ „ [Export Text Table] Dialog Box” (page 15-51)
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Setting Description
Text Table Register text. You can register up to 10,000.
No. Displays the Text Table’s index number (row number).
Set the number of characters to be displayed on each row from 1 to 100.
However, please ensure that the number of characters used, [No. of
Characters] × [No. of Text Rows], is a maximum of 1,200.
No. of Characters

• Each row’s [No. of Characters] and [No. of Text Rows] are available in
all tables.
Set the number of rows from 1 to 40. However, please ensure that the
number of characters used, [No. of Characters] × [No. of Text Rows], is a
maximum of 1,200.

• Each row’s [No. of Characters] and [No. of Text Rows] are available in
all tables.
• If text spans across multiple rows, Alt + Enter will line feed. “\n” is
displayed to signal a line feed.

No. of Text Rows

• Even if such an index number is specified on an Alarm Message, only

the first line will be displayed.
Input Text Field Input text to display for each table set in [Language Change Settings].

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„ [Language Change Settings] Dialog Box

Set the Text Table’s language and the address to control the language change feature.

Setting Description
Enable Language
Select whether or not to use the Language Change feature.
Change Feature
Select the address where the Table No. will be stored.
Switching Control
Address
• When you specify a table number for which nothing is set, only a blank
Text Display Area will be shown.
Initial Table Set the table to display when the [Switching Control Address] is set to “0”.
Table Name Set a table name of up to 30 characters for each table.
Choose the language for each table from [ASCII], [Japanese], [Chinese
Language
(Traditional)], [Chinese (Simplified)], [Cyrillic], or [Thai].

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„ [Export Text Table] Dialog Box

Saves registered Text Table data in TXT file format or CSV file format.

Setting Description
Select the code type of the file to import from among [Unicode], [Western
European (Windows)], [Japanese (Shift- JIS)], [Chinese Traditional
(Big5)], [Chinese Simplified (GB2312)], [Korean], [Cyrillic (Windows)],
or [Thai (Windows)].
File Code Type
• To export multiple languages at the same time, select [Unicode]. If you
select other code types, characters are not properly outputted into files.
• If [Unicode] is selected, the file extension is “txt”. If other code types
are selected, the extension is “csv”.
Designate a file name to export. You can designate a file’s storage location
Export File Name
and file name by directly inputting the file name or clicking [Reference].
Select the Text Table to export. Text Tables which have a check mark to
Export Table
the left of them will be exported.

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„ [Import Text Table] Dialog Box

Imports Text Table files (∗.txt or ∗.csv) to a project.

Setting Description
Import File Name Click [Reference] and select a file to import.
If the Text Table file to import is a CSV format file (∗.csv), select the code
type from among [Western European (Windows)], [Japanese (Shift-JIS)],
[Chinese Traditional (Big5)], [Chinese Simplified (GB2312)], [Korean],
File Code Type [Cyrillic (Windows)], or [Thai (Windows)].
For import files that are the text format (∗.txt), [Unicode] is fixed.

• To import multiple languages at the same time, select [Unicode].

The [Table Name] and [Language] of the file to import are displayed. The
checked tables are imported to the Text Tables selected in [Import Destina-
tion] by overwriting them.

Import File Info

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15.7.4 Switch/Lamp - Label (Enable Text Table) Settings Guide

Setting Description
Text Table Browses and displays Text registered as a Label.
Select the Lamp’s state. If the Lamp Feature is not used, only [Normal]
can be selected.
If the Lamp Feature is used, you can set the label corresponding to the
lamp’s state.
Select State

• To set a label that is interlocked or in delay, set the [Switch Common]

tab’s Detail Settings to [Set Interlocked Condition Display] or [Set the
In-Delay Status Display]. This will add the [Select State] choice.
Font Settings Set a font for the Label text.
Font Type Choose a font type for the text from [Standard Font] or [Stroke Font].
Choose a font size for the text.
Standard Font: Specify Horizontal × Vertical by the unit of 8 dots from
[8 × 8] to [64 × 128], or select from the fixed size of [6 × 10], [8 × 13], or
Character Size
[13 × 23]. In Fixed Size, only single-byte alphanumeric characters can be
displayed.
Stroke Font: 6 to 127
Select the font’s text attributes.
Standard Font: Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Shadow]
Text Attribute (When a fixed size [6 × 10] is selected, select from [Standard] or
[Shadow].)
Stroke Font: Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Outline]
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Setting Description
Select text used as the Label from the registered Text Tables.
Text If you select [Add Text], the dialog box appears and you can register new
text in the Text Table.
Text Color Select a text color for the Label.
Select a shadow color for the label’s text.
Shadow Color
• This can only be set when [Shadow] is set in [Text Attribute].
Background Color Set the background color for the text.
Select whether or not the Part will blink, and the blink speed. You can
choose different blink settings for [Text Color], [Shadow Color], and
[Background Color].
Blink
• There are cases where you can and cannot set Blink depending on the
Main Unit and System Settings’ [Color Settings].
) “9.5.1 Setting Colors „ List of Available Colors” (page 9-34)

When clicked, the Label is positioned in the center of the Part.

Fixed Position ) “15.7.8 Text Placement When Using Text Tables „ Switch Lamp’s Label”
(page 15-59)

Row Spacing Set a value from 0 to 255.

Select the alignment of the text from [Align Left], [Align Right], or [Align
Center].
Align
When the [Font Type] is set to [Image Font], you can also select [Align on
Both Sides].

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15.7.5 Draw’s Text (Enable Text Table) Settings Guide

Setting Setting
Enable Text Table Browses and displays Text registered as a Text Table.
Font Settings Set a font for the text.
Font Type Choose a font type for the text from [Standard Font] or [Stroke Font].
Choose a font size for the text.
Standard Font: Specify Horizontal × Vertical by the unit of 8 dots from
[8 × 8] to [64 × 128], or select from the fixed size of [6 × 10], [8 × 13], or
Text Size
[13 × 23]. In Fixed Size, only single-byte alphanumeric characters can be
displayed.
Stroke Font: 6 to 127
Select the font’s text attributes.
Standard Font: Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Shadow]
Text Attribute (When a fixed size [6 × 10] is selected, select from [Standard] or
[Shadow].)
Stroke Font: Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Outline]
Direction Select from “Horizontal” or “Vertical”.
When [Vertical] is selected in [Direction], align the center of the text
Centering
which includes single-byte and two-byte characters.
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Setting Setting
Color Configure the color settings for the text.
Text Color Select the text’s color.
Background
Set the background color for the text.
Color
Shadow Color This can only be set when [Shadow] is set in [Text Attribute].
Select whether or not the Part will blink, and the blink speed. You can
choose different blink settings for [Text Color], [Background Color], and
[Shadow Color].
Blink
• There are cases where you can and cannot set Blink depending on the
Main Unit and System Settings’ [Color Settings].
) “9.5.1 Setting Colors „ List of Available Colors” (page 9-34)

When [Horizontal] is selected in [Direction], select the alignment of the

Align
text from [Align Left], [Align Center], or [Align Right].
Row Spacing Set a value from 0 to 255.
Select text to display from the registered Text Tables.
Text If you select [Add Text], the dialog box appears and you can register new
text in the Text Table.
When [Horizontal] is selected in [Direction], designate whether or not to
Center display the text in the center of the text display area.
) “15.7.8 Text Placement When Using Text Tables „ Text” (page 15-60)

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15.7.6 Alarm Part - Item Settings/Detail (Text Table) Settings Guide

Setting Description
Put a check mark next to the item names you want to display from the items
to display on the Alarm Part.
Show Item Name When [Text Table] is selected in [Show-Item-Name Settings], select text to
use as an Item Name from the registered Text Tables. If you select [Add
Text], the dialog box appears and you can register new text in the Text Table.
Show-Item-Name
Configure settings for Item Name display.
Settings
Font Type Choose a font type for the Item Name from [Standard Font] or [Stroke Font].
Set a font size for the Item Name.
Standard Font: Specify Horizontal × Vertical by the unit of 8 dots from
[8 × 8] to [64 × 128], or select from the fixed size of [6 × 10], [8 × 13], or
Character Size
[13 × 23]. In Fixed Size, only single-byte alphanumeric characters can be
displayed.
Stroke Font: 6 to 127
Select the font’s text attributes.
Standard Font: Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Shadow]
Text Attribute
(When a fixed size [6 × 10] is selected, select from [Standard] or [Shadow].)
Stroke Font: Choose from [Standard], [Bold], [Outline]
Display Color Select the Item Name’s text color.
Select whether or not the Part will blink, and the blink speed. You can
choose blink settings for [Display Color].

Blink
• There are cases where you can and cannot set Blink depending on the
Main Unit and System Settings’ [Color Settings].
) “9.5.1 Setting Colors „ List of Available Colors” (page 9-34)

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15.7.7 Alarm Settings (Enable Text Table) Settings Guide

Setting Description
Designate whether or not to use the text registered in Text Tables as an
Alarm Message. If this option is set, you can change languages of the
Alarm Messages to display even while the system is active.

Enable Text Table • When the Alarm Message is set by directly inputting it, if you put a
check mark next to this item, all the set messages are deleted.
• The [Language Settings] and [Enable Text Table] settings are available
to all Alarms (Alarm History’s each block, Banner, and Show
Summary). Direct Inputted messages and messages registered on a Text
Table cannot be displayed at the same time.
Language Change Displays the [Language Change Settings] dialog box.
Settings ) “ „ [Language Change Settings] Dialog Box” (page 15-50)
Text Table Select the Text Table to use.
Select the text to use as a message from the text registered in the table
selected in [Text Table].
Message

• When multiple lines of text are selected, only the first line is displayed.

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15.7.8 Text Placement When Using Text Tables

„ Switch Lamp’s Label

‹ Text Display Area
The size of a Part’s text display area changes according to the size specified in the Text Table
([No. of Characters] × [No. of Text Rows]). Even when the number of characters inputted in
the Text Table is smaller than the set [No. of Characters] × [No. of Text Rows], the text dis-
play area remains the same size. Text is always displayed in the center of the text display
area.
e.g.) No. of Characters = 6, No. of Text Rows = 3
Table 1 Table 2

Text Display Area

Change Tables

‹ Align ([Align Left], [Align Center], [Align Right])

When multiple rows are set to the Text Table, the row with the largest number of characters
(in the following example, the second row, “5555”) is fixed and the other rows can be aligned
to it with [Align Left], [Align Center], or [Align Right].
Set [Align Center] Set [Align Left] Set [Align Right]

‹ Fixed Position
When [Fixed Position] is set
The text display area is always fixed in the center of a Part.
Text Display Area

Part size The text display area is

gets bigger fixed in the center.
When [Fixed Position] is not set
You can move the text display area to a desired position on a Part.

Text Display Area

Part size The text display area is

gets bigger not fixed in the center.

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„ Text
‹ Text Display Area
The size of a Draw [Text]’s text display area changes according to the size specified in the
Text Table ([No. of Characters] × [No. of Text Rows]). Even when the number of characters
inputted in the Text Table is smaller than the set [No. of Characters] × [No. of Text Rows],
the text display area remains the same size.
e.g.) No. of Characters = 6, No. of Text Rows = 3

Text Display Area

Change Tables

‹ Center
Centers the text in the Text Display Area.
Therefore, even if you specify the second row text in table 1, or the third row text in table 2,
the text will be displayed in the center of the display area.
When [Center] is set

Set [Center] Change Tables

When [Center] is not set

Do not set Change Tables

[Center]

‹ Align ([Align Left], [Align Center], [Align Right])

When multiple rows are set to the Text Table, the row with the largest number of characters
(in the following example, the second row, “5555”) is fixed and the other rows can be aligned
to it with [Align Left], [Align Center], or [Align Right].
Set [Align Left] Set [Align Center] Set [Align Right]

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„ Message Display
‹ Text Display Area
The size of a Message Display’s text display area changes according to the size specified in
the Text Table ([No. of Characters] × [No. of Text Rows]). Even when the number of charac-
ters inputted in the Text Table is smaller than the set [No. of Characters] × [No. of Text Rows],
the text display area remains the same size.
e.g.) No. of Characters = 6, No. of Text Rows = 3

Text Display Area

Change Tables

‹ Center
Displays the text in the center of the Text Display Area.
Therefore, even if you specify the second row text in table 1, or the third row text in table 2,
the text will be displayed in the center of the display area.
When [Center] is set

Set [Center] Change Tables

When [Center] is not set

Do not set Change Tables

[Center]

‹ Align ([Align Left], [Align Center], [Align Right])

When multiple rows are set to the Text Table, the row with the largest number of characters
(in the following example, the second row, “5555”) is fixed and the other rows can be aligned
to it with [Align Left], [Align Center], or [Align Right].
Set [Align Left] Set [Align Center] Set [Align Right]

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15.8 Restrictions

15.8.1 Message Display (Direct Input) Restrictions

• If a message which has not been defined is designated, the Message Display will show
nothing. For example, when the number of messages is 16 and only states 0 to 3 actually
have a message registered, designating states 4 to 15 displays only the Message Display
frame.
• If a Message is input which exceeds the [No. of Display Char.], the overflowing portion
will not be displayed.
Please ensure that messages remain within the [No. of Display Char.].

15.8.2 Message Display (Text Display) Restrictions

• When the data designated as [Display Start Row] has no corresponding row, no operation
will occur. The previously displayed rows will remain.
• If your text data is wider than the display area, the portion that exceeds the area is trun-
cated and is not displayed.

15.8.3 Language Change (Multilanguage) Restrictions

• If you change languages, all the text using the Text Table changes. The text registered in
the Text Table can be used for the following features.
• Text
• Switch Lamp Part’s Label
• Alarm Part’s Item Name
• Messages to register in a Message Display’s [Direct Input]
• Alarm Messages to register in the Common Settings [Alarm Settings]
• For text using multiple languages, if you change languages, a Message Display’s
[Text Display] and the text displayed on an Alarm Part are also changed.
• You cannot change the text to display in a Data Display’s [Text Display]. Also, item
names and text displayed on a Sampling Data Display and Special Data Display cannot be
changed by changing languages.
• Multiple text tables cannot be displayed at the same time.
• Changing languages acts the same as changing screens. Screens displayed before chang-
ing languages may not be displayed after changing languages.

„ Changing Alarm Language

• When you set [Enable Text Table] in [Alarm Settings], all of the messages inputted up to
that time will be deleted.
• When registering Alarm Messages, Direct Input text and Text registered in a Text Table
will be set to all Alarms (Banner, Alarm History, Summary). Direct Input text and Text
registered on a Text Table cannot be displayed at the same time.
• For text registered on a Text Table with two or more lines, only the first line will be dis-
played/printed, even if two or more lines have been set up.
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‹ Alarm History and Summary

• When setting an Alarm History Switch on the Alarm Part’s [Switch Settings] tab, you
cannot use a Text Table for the label. If you want to change languages for an Alarm His-
tory Switch, please use a Switch Lamp part’s Special Switch.
) “11.14.4 Special Switch” (page 11-61)
• When you change a text table, the screen displays the initial state (the display state imme-
diately after a screen change). Accordingly, any scroll movement or displayed Sub
Screens will be canceled when the text table changes.
(e.g.)
Table
Alarm (Row 1) Alarm (Row 6) Sub Changes ALARM 1
Alarm (Row 2) Alarm (Row 7) Screen ALARM 2
Alarm (Row 3) Alarm (Row 8) ALARM 3
Alarm (Row 4) Alarm (Row 9) ALARM 4
OK OK OK

Scroll
When the Text Table changes,
the scroll display returns to the
top of the table, and the Cursor
and Sub Display disappear.

• Do not change the text table (language) while saving an Alarm History to a CF-card
(exporting a CSV file). If the text table changes, the CSV file will contain text with differ-
ent languages, which may cause display problems when opening it in a spreadsheet pro-
gram.
• Do not change the text table (language) while printing an Alarm History. If the text table
(language) is changed while Batch Print is running, characters of different languages will
be exported, and the print image may contain gaps.
• When saving in CSV or when printing an Alarm History, “Date”, “Trigger”, and other item
names will be displayed in Japanese if the language of the Alarm Message (Text Table) is in
Japanese, and displayed in English if the Alarm Message is in another language (ASCII,
Korean, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), and Cyrillic, Thai).

‹ Banner
• If the text table (language) is changed while an alarm message is scrolling, the language
will change starting from the next message.

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