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Item

Description

Project Workspace

This is a list of items in the project, similar to the project workspace ([View] – [Project Workspace]). You can double click each module to bring up its configuration window. However, you cannot open or delete pages from this menu.

Description

Enter a short description of the current project.

Type

Displays the Xpanel type of the current project.

System Memory Size

Assigns the size of virtual system memory when you need to use storage space with consecutive addresses. You may assign between 100 and 10000 addresses.

Language

Opens a window to configure the multiple language feature.

Password

Sets up a password for the current project, which will be applied when you open the project next time.

Convert

Changes the Xpanel type of the current project. You can select the following models: XT05S, XT06C, XT08C, XT10C, XT12C, XT05M Mono, XT04C, XT07C, XT15C, XT10CC, XT07C-R, CM-NP/iNP, or CM-NP/iNP-R. Currently, you cannot convert an existing project to Hybrid. To use a Hybrid Xpanel device, you must select the “Hybrid” option when creating a new project. Alternatively, you can configure the I/O device settings to match those for an Xpanel Hybrid device. When converting, you are given the option to back up your project.

All Page Color

You can select the background color for all new and/or existing pages in the project. When you press the [Ok] button after selecting the ‘All Page Color’ option, the background color of all pages in the current project will be changed to the selected color. When you press [OK] without selecting the ‘All Page Color’ option, only new pages will have the assigned background color, while existing pages will be left unchanged. 98 colors are provided.

Font Auto-Resizing Option

You can activate or deactivate the ‘Font Auto-Resizing’ option in the [Switch/Lamp] – [Label] tab. Note: for font auto-resizing to work for a given Switch/Lamp object, both this option (in the project config window) and the object’s option (in the [Switch/Lamp] – [Label] tab) must be enabled.

Enable

Enable the ‘Font Auto-Resizing’ option.

Disable

Disable the ‘Font Auto-Resizing’ option.

Text Padding

Adds space on the left and right sides of text within text-displaying objects (text, string, dynamic tag, date/time, string value, and data logging objects). The value can be set between 0 and 10 pixels.

※ This option is supported in XpanelDesigner V2.53 and above.

The examples below show how text padding affects the appearance of a text object.

0

5

10

Auto Size

Changes the way that font and text object sizes change to match each other when a text object is altered. ‘Optimize font size to shape size’ is the default setting.

※ The ‘Auto Size’ option is supported in XpanelDesigner V2.53 and above.

None

Text is not resized even if the object shape is changed. Text will be truncated if its length is longer than the object shape.

Optimize font size to shape size

Text is resized when the object shape is changed. Text will be re-sized to fill out the object without being truncated. Changing font size will not affect the object shape.

Optimize shape size to font size

Object shape is resized when the font size is changed. Objects will be resized to show all text content while minimizing margins. Changing the object shape will not affect the font size.

Default Active Type

For object configuration options which require a tag to be specified, the input window will either select “Address” or “Tag Name” by default. You may change the default selected option here.

※ This option is supported in XpanelDesigner V2.53 and above.

Info

Displays the creation date, last edited date, and location of the project directory.

Item

Description

Use Multiple Language Table

Select this option to use multiple columns from the string table. If this option is de-selected, you can only use the contents of column 0, regardless of the string table configuration.

Initial Value

Configure this option when the ‘Use Multiple Language Table’ option is selected. The assigned value will select the initial language to use. Note that this will be overridden by the value of the chosen tag or address.

Control Addr / Tag

Configure this option when the ‘Use Multiple Language Table’ option is selected. Assign a device address or tag to control the column/language number. For example, when the selected tag’s value is 3, all Multi Language Strings will display the contents of column 3.

Addr

Uses the address of a device registered in the [I/O Device] menu, or in SYSTEM MEMORY. Bit-type devices only allow language 0 or 1 to be selected. Word-type devices allow any language between 0 and 9 to be selected. Pressing the button gives more options for address selection.

Tag

Controls the column with a tag registered in the [Database]. Bit-type tags only allow language 0 or 1 to be selected; word-type tags allow any language between 0 and 9 to be selected. You can manually enter the tag name or press the button to browse the database.

Language Option
(Lang. 0~9)

Name

Enter a language name for the column number (Ex: “English”, “Korean”, “Spanish”, etc.).

Font

Select the font to display the corresponding language in. You may choose from the fonts which were downloaded with XpanelDesigner.

Item

Description

Data Type

Select the data type ('Digital', ‘Analog’, or ‘String’) to be used for the column control. This option is the same as the Bit/Word dropdown menu in the [Language Configuration] window.

With ‘Digital’, you can only select column 0 or 1.

With ‘Analog’, the value assigned to the device address will be the number of the column selected. Only values between 0 and 15 will be recognized. Values exceeding 15 will follow the configuration in the [Option] window.

I/O Device

Selects a device to access from the list of I/O devices registered in the current project.

Device Address

Assign the device register and address for the column control.

Device Type

Displays a list of available device registers based on the selected I/O device and the chosen data type (Digital or Analog).

Address

Enter the address of the device. The address format may differ depending on the data type (BIT/WORD), the selected I/O device, and the address type.

Device Address
Input Keypad

You can use this keypad to input the address without a keyboard.

Enter the address in decimal or hexadecimal depending on the device type.

Option

The [Option] button is activated when the ‘Analog’ data type is selected.

Press the button to bring up the [Analog Tag Option] window as shown below.

Data Type

You can select the analog data type from the following list: INT8, INT16, INT32, UINT8, UINT16, UINT32, BCD8, BCD16, BCD32, UBCD8, UBCD16, UBCD32, or Float . UINT16 is the default type.

Internal Data

Enter the value range to be used by Xpanel. The default range is from 0 to 65535.

When you select the ‘Clipping’ option, a warning message will appear when the value exceeds the assigned range, and the value will not be used.

Raw Data

Enter the value range which will be input by the PLC. See section 4.1 for more information on value scaling.

Scale

This option rescales the PLC data from the Raw Data range to fit within the Internal Data range. See section 4.1 for more information on value scaling.

Item

Description

New Password

This is used to set up the password for the project. The password must meet the following criteria:

1. Alphanumeric characters are allowed. The password is case-sensitive.

2. Special characters and spaces are not allowed.

3. The password can be up to 8 characters long.

While being entered, the password will be displayed as ‘****’.

Reenter New Password

Enter the password again for confirmation.

Change Password

If a password is already configured for the project, the following [Change Password] dialog box will appear before a new password can be created. Enter the current password in the text box, then press [Ok].

OK

Saves and applies the new password.

Cancel

Cancels the password setup and goes back to the [Project Properties] window.