Button behaviors

Description

Set the value of the selected tag to 1 by releasing the button.

To configure this command, in the

Tag

box, enter or browse to select the tag.

Set the value of the selected tag to 0 by releasing the button.

To configure this command, in the

Tag

box, enter or browse to select the tag.

Set the value of the selected tag to 1 by pressing the button and then setting the value to 0 by releasing the button. Select a minimum hold time for this button behavior.

To configure this command, in the

Tag

box, enter or browse to select the tag.

For momentary button behaviors, press the button for a minimum length of time. The button stays pressed even when releasing the button before the minimum hold time. To set a minimum hold time for the momentary button, select the

Minimum Hold Time

box, and then select a minimum hold time. Pressing the button again before the minimum hold time expires is not allowed. If a screen or popup containing the button closes before the hold time expires, the hold time resets. The minimum hold time does not support binding.

Set the value of the selected tag to 0 by pressing the button and then setting the value to 1 by releasing the button. Select a minimum hold time for this button behavior.

To configure this command, in the

Tag

box, enter or browse to select the tag.

For momentary button behaviors, keep the button pressed for a minimum length of time. The button stays pressed even when releasing the button before the minimum hold time. To set a minimum hold time for the momentary button, select the

Minimum Hold Time

box, and then select a minimum hold time. Pressing the button again before the minimum hold time expires is not allowed. If a screen or popup containing the button closes before the hold time expires, the hold time resets. The minimum hold time does not support binding.

Toggle the value of the selected BOOL tag from 0 to 1, or from 1 to 0, by releasing the button.

To configure this command, in the

Tag

box, enter or browse to select the BOOL tag.

Write a value to the selected tag by releasing the button. Specify the value with a number, a tag, or an expression.

To configure this command, in the

Tag

box, enter or browse to select the tag. In the expression

box, create the expression value to write to the tag when you release the button.

Increment the value of the selected tag by releasing the button. Specify the value with a number, a tag, or an expression.

To configure this command, in the

Tag

box, enter or browse to select the tag. In the

By

box, create the expression value by which to increment the tag when releasing the mouse button. The increment can be either negative or positive.

Use high priority communication to set the value of the .ButtonState member of the selected HMIBC tag to 1 when pressing the button, and to 0 when releasing the button.

To configure this command, in the

HMIBC Tag

box, select an HMIBC type tag. The

Tag Browser

filters HMIBC type tags from the Logix Designer project file (.acd). Select the HMIBC type tag only. Creating an HMIBC button using the Logix HMIBC

set to 1 on press, 0 on release

Button Behavior option automatically uses the .ButtonState member of the HMIBC tag.

Open the

Log On

dialog box to log on to the HMI device. When the

Log On

dialog box opens, any open popup closes.

Log the current user off the HMI device. This logs on the Guest user role automatically to show only the items to which the Guest role has access.

Open a specific popup when the event occurs.

To configure this command, in the

Open Popup

box, navigate to and select the popup the event is to open. The popups listed exist in the

User-Defined Screens

and

Predefined Screens

folders of the

Project Explorer

. Only popups appear for the

Popup Open

command. Only one popup at a time can open on the HMI device. When a popup opens, any previously open popup closes.

If the selected popup has a user-defined data type property, a

Property Configuration

box appears under the command. To pass a value to the popup on the HMI device when the popup opens, bind the value in the

Property Configuration

box to the user-defined data type property of the popup.

Close the popup on the HMI device when the event occurs. Only one popup at a time can open on the HMI device.

Open the specified screen or shortcut by releasing the button.

To configure this command, in the

Navigate To

box, select the shortcut or screen the event is to open. Navigate to the contents of the Navigation Menu, User-Defined Screens, and Predefined Screens folders of the

Project Explorer

.

If the selected screen has a user-defined data type property, a

Property Configuration

box appears under the command. To pass a value to the screen on the HMI device when the screen opens, bind the value in the

Property Configuration

box to the user-defined data type property of the screen.

Navigate back in history to open the screen opened using the

Navigation

menu or a

Screen Navigate

command.

Logging off the HMI device erases the navigation history.

Navigate forward in history to open the screen opened using the

Navigation

menu or a

Screen Navigate

command.

Logging off the HMI device erases the navigation history.

Open the

Navigation

menu on the HMI device screen by releasing the button.

Switch to a specific language when the event occurs.

Tip:

Import the desired languages before switching to a specific language.