Example: Setting up local messages

This example shows how to use local messages to notify the operator about the status of a hoist.
  1. Create an analog tag called Hoist_Status.
    This tag points to an address in a programmable controller that is linked to a sensor on the hoist.
    When the hoist is
    The tag's value is
    At bottom
    1
    Raising
    2
    Stopped between the top and bottom
    3
    Lowering
    4
    At top
    5
  2. In the Local Messages editor, create the following messages with five trigger values, to match the values of the Hoist_Status tag:
    Trigger value
    Message
    1
    The hoist is ready to rise.
    2
    The hoist is raising the pallet.
    3
    The hoist has stopped.
    4
    The hoist is lowering the pallet.
    5
    The hoist is finished rising.
  3. Save the message file with the name Hoist status.
  4. In the Graphics editor, create a local message display object.
  5. In the object's Properties dialog box, click the
    General
    tab, and then select the Hoist status message file.
  6. Click the
    Connections
    tab, and then type Hoist_Status in the
    Tag/Expression
     column.
At runtime, when the operator views the graphic display containing the local message display object, the status of the hoist is shown.
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