Set up global Date and Time connections

Use the Date and Time
tab of the Global Connections
editor to set up global Date and Time connections.

To set up global Date and Time connections

On the
Date and Time
tab, in the Date and time output interval (seconds)
box, type the frequency with which to update date and time values from the terminal to the data source.

In the Maximum update rate (seconds)
box, select the maximum rate at which the data source will supply data to the global connections.

The rate applies to all the tags specified in Remote connections, including tags used in Remote expressions. At runtime, all tags are updated when global connections are started, regardless of the update rate.

Assign a tag to the local connections:

The values of all of the assigned local connections are updated at the date and time output interval specified in step 1.

Assign a tag or an expression to the remote connections:

TIP:

To unassign a control, select the control in the Tag
or Expression
column and do one of the following:

Press Backspace
on your keyboard repeatedly to remove the assignment one character at a time.

Double-click twice to highlight the text, and then press
Delete
or Backspace
to remove the entire assignment at once.

Set up global connections