FactoryTalk ViewPoint commands with tags

FactoryTalk ViewPoint
 supports the following
FactoryTalk View SE
 commands:
  • Abort
  • Display
  • = (Equal)
  • Macro Name (the actual macro name and not the word macro)
  • Ramp
  • RecipeProDownload
  • ScriptExecute
  • Set
  • Toggle
  • AE_Acknowledge
  • AE_ClearCount
  • AE_Disable
  • AE_Enable
  • AE_Remark
  • AE_Reset
  • AE_Shelve
  • AE_Suppress
  • AE_Unshelve
  • AE_Unsuppress
For more information about each command, see
FactoryTalk View SE
 Help.
TIP:
Macros still follow the supported
FactoryTalk ViewPoint
 commands.
All other commands will be ignored if they are included in a macro or specified as the press or release action for a button or for touch animation.
FactoryTalk ViewPoint
 does not execute StartUp/ShutDown commands configured in
Display Settings
. It also does not support runtime security macros or command execution from
FactoryTalk Alarms and Events
 summary objects.
How these commands are supported
FactoryTalk ViewPoint
 supports commands using press and release actions through a button or through touch animation. The following controls support touch animation press and release actions:
Arc
Rectangle
Ellipse
Rounded Rectangle
Freehand
String Display & Input
Line
Symbol Factories
Numeric Display & Input
Text
Polygon
Wedge
How
FactoryTalk ViewPoint
 processes commands
All commands that perform updates are processed before any display navigation occurs.
FactoryTalk ViewPoint
 processes commands in the following order:
  1. First pass (each step must complete before its matching second step)
    1. Download parameter file
    2. Download macro file
    3. Request display information
  2. Second Pass (each step must complete before processing commands)
    1. Parameter file substitution
    2. Macro command creation (commands get pushed onto the existing command queue)
    3. Verify that display(s) are not missing or are authorized to view
  3. Process commands (Set, Toggle, Ramp, =)
  4. Process abort displays
  5. Process replace displays
  6. Either re-navigate to a new replace display or show all new popup displays.
Example
In the following example, if the button press action is "
Set Tag 2; Display Display1; Ramp Tag1 12
" FactoryTalk ViewPoint does the following:
  1. Processes the Set and Ramp commands before navigating to Display1.
  2. If the display does not exist,
    FactoryTalk ViewPoint
     still sends the commands to the command sub-system.
How
FactoryTalk ViewPoint
 processes the Abort and Display commands
FactoryTalk ViewPoint
 groups all writable commands into one command sequence and sends the command sequence to the command subsystem before it processes Display or Abort commands.
Example
In the following example, if the press action is "
Ramp Tag +4; Display PlantFloor; Toggle Tag2
"
FactoryTalk ViewPoint
 does the following:
  1. Sends the command string "Ramp Tag +4; Toggle Tag2" to the command subsystem.
  2. Waits for the subsystem to verify it received the command.
  3. Verifies that the display exists and that it is authorized for viewing.
  4. Continues processing the Display command.
    TIP:
    When processing a Press and Release action for the same button or touch animation, there may be instances when the release action may not get processed.
    FactoryTalk ViewPoint
     may miss the mouse up event while it processes the press action because the client blocks user interface interactions while it is sending commands to the command sub-system.
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