To bring up the ‘Language Configuration’ dialog box, go to [Tools] – [Multi Language Setup] or press the ‘Language…’ button in [Tools] – [Project].
Item | Description | |
Use Multiple Language Table | Select this option to use the ‘Multiple Column’ in the string editor. If the option is deselected, 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 display the corresponding column. You can assign a value between 0 and 15. | |
Control Addr / Tag | Configure this option when the ‘Use Multiple Language Table’ option is selected. Assign the device address or tag to control the column number. | |
Address | Controls the column with the address of the device registered in I/O Device. You can decide the unit of the data: BIT or WORD. The detailed configuration can be done by pressing the | |
Tag | Controls the column with the tag registered in the database. You can manually enter the tag name or press the | |
Language Option (Lang. 0 ~ 9) | Specify properties used in the ‘Column Property’ of string editor. | |
Name | Enter the name to distinguish the language. | |
Font | Select the font type to display the corresponding language. You can use the fonts you downloaded in XpanelDesigner. |
(1) Column Property
Find this dialog box by selecting the icon in [Tools] – [String Editor].
Item | Description |
Display | Check the box to show each column in its corresponding language. |
Language | Select the language to display from the combo box. |
RTL | RTL (Right-to-left) language means the character writing starts from the right of the text field and continues left. Arabic or Hebrew are the most widely used RTL language. English and numeral characters do not follow ‘RTL’ option. ※ ‘RTL’ option is supported in XpanelDesigner 2.53 and above versions. |
(2) Control Address
You can configure the details of the assigned device address for controlling columns by pressing the button in the [Object Config] window of the selected object.
Item | Description | ||
Data Type | Select the data type to be used for the column control. This option is different from the BIT, WORD selection in the [Language Configuration] window. When you select ‘Digital’, you will control the column with 0 or 1. All values exceeding 1 will be recognized as 1. When you select ‘Analog’, you will control the column with the value assigned to the device address. The values from 0 to 15 will only be recognized. The values exceeding 15 will be recognized as 15 or will follow the configuration in the [Option] window. | ||
I/O Device | Displays the list of I/O devices registered in the current project. | ||
Device Address | Assigns the device and address for the column control. | ||
Device Type | Displays the list of devices according to the selected I/O device and the data type. | ||
Address | Enter the starting address of the device. The value you can input may differ according to the data type (BIT/WORD) selection from the [Language Configuration] window, the selected I/O device and the device type. | ||
Device Address | You can use this keypad if you must input the address without a keyboard. Enter the address in decimal or hexadecimal according to the device type. For example, if you assign an address in device X of CIMON-PLC, the address must be assigned in hexadecimal. In case of the device D, the address must be assigned in decimal. | ||
Option | The [Option] button is activated when the ‘Analog’ option is selected. Press [Option] to bring up the [Analog Tag Option] window as shown below. | ||
Data Type | You can select the analog data type from the following list types: UINT8, UINT16, UINT32, INT8, INT16, INT32, UBCD8, UBCD16, UBCD32, BCD8, BCD16, BCD32, Float. UINT16 is the default type. | ||
Internal Data | Enter the value range to be displayed on the 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 exceeded value will not be used. | ||
Raw Data | Enter the value range that will be input to the PLC. For example, if the raw data range is from 0 to 16000 and the internal data range is from 0 to 100, the Xpanel will display 100 when the PLC gets the value 16000. | ||
Scale | This option calculates the PLC data and displays the result to the Xpanel. The Scale calculation is as shown below. Scale = Raw Data x Scale + Offset |