Chapter 10: Message List
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1. Se X Slow Insert Yariable Tr 14 LED Display ID o Send to LED Display 2 Description Entry 0 Auto Generated Description b Command String Copy 174 2 500 bg lt ID 0 gt lt CLR gt lt WIN 0 0 287 31 gt lt POS 0 0 gt xLJ gt xXBL N gt lt CS 0 gt lt GRN gt lt T gt Msq 0 Line i lt T gt lt POS 0 8 gt lt xLJ gt xT gt Msg 0 Line 2 lt T gt lt POS 0 16 gt lt LJ gt lt T gt Msg 0 Line 3 lt T gt lt POS 0 24 gt lt LJU gt lt T gt Msg 0 Line 4 lt T gt The Message List toolbar allows you to Message List ESE amp 2 Open an existing Message List 1 Create a new Message List Save a current Message List 2 4 Open the Message List Manager The Message List toolbar also shows Message List Message List with 4 lines wml B E o Description Enty 0 Auto Generated Description C 1 The Message List file name 2 The Description for the present message in the list a The Description is auto generated for convenience but can be edited by the user p Mso Ht 0 ED MESSAGE DISPLAY VIEWMARG User Manual 1st Ed Rev B MD USER M f 10 3 Chapter 10 Message List J From the Message List toolbar you can 3 Meg 9 1 Read the previous message in the Message List into the editor 2 Read the next message in the Message List into the editor 3 Select a particular message number location to Read or Write 4 5 lt P gt2. B MD USER M f 10 5 Chapter 10 Message List S Adding Messages to a Message List Ya ViewMarq by AutomationDirect File Edit View Setup Format Insert Simulator MessageList Help A E tE xX gt a Simulate As 4x24 Character v Link Ethernet v VIEWMARQ Text Editor 4 e re S ml rm fT 2 inch FLIE Pad Slow Insert Variable Ty 14 LED Display ID o Send to LED Display i Msg 1 Line k Msg i Line 2 gt Msg i Line 3 1 4 Msg i Line SEE 4 amp Slow Message List Message List with 4 lines yml fn ES Description Entry 1 Auto Generated Description b Msg 1 B Dn O Command String Cop 1 Create a message in the ViewMarq Text Editor 2 Select a message number on the Message List Toolbar 3 Select the Write Message toolbar button The message in the Text Editor with the Description and Text is saved to the Message List to the position selected as shown am PO icy re ee Ga a Messages Msg Description Message Text jo Entry 0 Auto Generated Description 5 EDE Msg 0 Line 1 Msg0Line2 Msg0Line3 Msg 0 Line 4 1 Enty H1 Auto Generated Description Msg1Line1 Msg1Line2 Msg1Line3 Msg1Line4 EPA Te O ES T LED MESSAGE DISPLAY 10 6 f VIEWMARQ User Manual 1st Ed Rev B MD USER M Chapter 10 Message List Editing an existing Message List SE E pecite Eny An
3. Read the message from the selected location into the Text Editor Write the present message in the Text Editor to the selected location LED MESSAGE DISPLAY 10 4 f VIEWMARQ User Manual 1st Ed Rev B MD USER M Chapter 10 Message List a The Message List Management Window The Message List Window is opened using the Open Message List Management Dialog button E3 Message List Management File Message List with 4 lines vml A S66 S i x f Messages Hsg Description Message Text Entry 0 Auto Generated Description Msq 0 Line 1 Msg0Line2 Se Msg 0 Line 3 Msg OLine 4 Entry 1 Auto Generated Description Msg0Line1 Msg0Line2 a Msg 0 Line 3 Msg 0 Line 4 In the Message List Manager you can Message List Management 1 Close the Message List Management dialog 2 Create a new Message List 3 Open an existing Message List 4 Save the current Message List The Message List Management toolbar also includes it File Message List with 4 lines vmil 1 Save the current Message List with a different file name 2 Download the Message List to a connected ViewMarq LED display 3 Compare a Message List file to the Message List in the connected ViewMarq display 4 Stop the Message List download or compare 5 Open the Message List test dialog 6 Delete the selected Message from the list LED MESSAGE DISPLAY VIEWMARG User Manual 1st Ed Rev
4. Tab Delimited TXT file and later restored to the display File Edit View Setup Format Inset Simulator B A fe 4 _ a l Message List Management New Message List Message List Help Open Message List Save Message List to File Download Message List File to LED Display Backup Message List frorn LED Display to File IS Restore Message List from File to LED Display 1 Make sure you have a good link to a ViewMarg LED display 2 From the pulldown menu select Message List Backup Message List from LED Display to File r Va Backup Message List File Name gt gt O a ViewMarq Message List Backup Organize v New folder 2 S Name Date modified Type Fr Favorites ME Desktop 100 Messages 3 13 2014 9 08 AM Text Docu ib Downloads Recent Places 3 Libraries Documents ga File name essage List with 4 Lines Save as type Message List Backup txt a Hide Folders Cancel 3 Enter a filename and click the Save button 4 The Backing up Message List from LED Display progress dialog will open to show the progress of the backup Click OK when backup is complete The resulting txt file contains the 1 Message number 2 ASCII string Version 2 00 0017 0 lt CLR gt lt WIN 0 0 287 31 gt lt POS 0 0 gt lt L gt lt BL N gt lt CS 0 gt lt GRN gt lt T gt Msg 0 Line 1 lt T gt lt POS 0 8 gt lt LI gt lt T gt Msg 0 Line 2 lt T gt lt POS 0 16 gt l
5. MESSAGE LIST In This Chapter MOUCHO 6244444 Sb atso4ss 54g te eke et hes pes ee een eeeeaen ee EA 10 2 Message List Features sn5564 4 tanec ee bee Gee eae he Poe ee eh eee 10 2 Main Window Message List Toolbar ce ee ee ee ee eee 10 3 The Message List Management Window 0 2 cece eee eee eee 10 5 Adding Messages to a Message List cee ee ee ee eee eee eee 10 6 Editing an existing Message List ce cee ec ee ee eee eee eee 10 7 Autoloading Message scccusncees aebeu eat ae gadeas oe oan ohe eee sadeas 10 7 Configuring the ViewMarg display for Message List 10 8 Downloading Messages to the ViewMarg Display 10 10 Triggering Messages in the Display ce eee ee ee ee eee 10 11 Using the lt DO n gt command lt sscadedcenceeasaepeseeeean eet wennaeseas 10 11 Using the Discrete Inputs lt 4 cw e r n bd o6o oe 2s eee eahheman eke ee hee 10 11 Testing a Message List o02 545 0050e405 2b eaedesdeeneen es o66S4RGoa00m4 10 12 Compare Message Lists 2 siei esi cavweseeeee ee been eee baa ee bee us eeens 10 13 Backup a Message List toa File ccc ee ec ee ee ee eee eee 10 14 Restore a Message List File to a ViewMarg Display 10 15 Clear Message List in the LED Display 2 ee eee eee eee 10 16 Format of Stored Messages o 64 i464 604 0 bet does ee edas bndeesedicddas 10 16 Chapt
6. O 287 31 gt lt POS 0 0 gt lt LJ gt lt BL N gt lt CS0 gt lt GRN gt lt T gt Hello World lt T gt It is stored in the ViewMarq display as lt CLR gt lt WIN 0O O 287 31 gt lt POS 0 O0 gt lt LJ gt lt BL N gt lt CS0 gt lt GRN gt lt T gt Hello World lt T gt The lt ID 1 gt is stripped off since it is an addressing command that is no longer needed when the message is stored in a particular ViewMarq display LED MESSAGE DISPLAY 10 16 f VIEWMARG User Manual 1st Ed Rev B MD USER M
7. ections LED MESSAGE DISPLAY VIEWMARG User Manual 1st Ed Rev B MD USER M f 10 11 Chapter 10 Message List Testing a Message List The Message List can be tested in the ViewMarg Display or on the Simulator or both at the same time Message List Management File Message List with 4 lines vml 1 Open or create a new Message List 2 Make sure you have a good link to a ViewMarg LED display and download the Message List to be tested to the display 3 From the Message List Management window select the Test Message List toolbar button a Message List Toolkit Test Commands Test Options 4 Destination 5 T LED Disp Start est Entry S gt All Messages Simulator One Message Message Both Run Continuously Test Blank Messages Test Rate in sec 1 Close Test Status Display 4 Select the desired Test Options a Run Continuous This selection will loop through the message list indefinitely This is only available when the destination is the LED display b Test Blank Messages When selected the software will attempt to test all 200 messages to see whether a string is stored or not For blank messages an E19 error will display on the ViewMarg display 5 Select the Destination for the test a LED Display b Simulator c Both 6 Select Start NOTE The LED Display will show the messages in memory The Simulator will show the messages in the op
8. en Message List If these do not match you will get unexpected results Testing Blank Messages will cause an E19 Error to be displayed LED MESSAGE DISPLAY 10 12 f VIEWMARQ User Manual Ist Ed Rev B MD USER M Chapter 10 Message List a Compare Message Lists The Message List in the ViewMarq display may be compared to any list that has been saved Message List Management File Message List with 4 lines vml F Ti in i 1 Open or create a new Message List 2 Make sure you have a good link to a ViewMarg LED display 3 From the Message List Management window select the Compare Message List toolbar button a Compare Message Lists i Message List Mismatch Error Message Lists do not match starting with Message 0 This is the first mismatched message There may be others that are different in the list 4 When the compare operation reaches a message in the display that does not match the same message in the open list it will stop and indicate the first message that is different Warning If the Message List in the Display was downloaded with Byte Swap selected on the Link but lo the Link used during the compare is not Byte Swapped the Compare will fail at Message 0 LED MESSAGE DISPLAY VIEWMARG User Manual Ist Ed Rev B MD USER M f 10 13 Chapter 10 Message List J S S Backup a Message List to a File Any Message List in a display can be backed up as a
9. er 10 Message List J S Introduction Message lists are created using the ViewMarq configuration software The Message List can be downloaded to the ViewMarg and triggered for display using ASCII commands or discrete signals wired to the ViewMarq input terminals Message List Features e Up to 200 Messages can be added to a Message List and saved on the PC e Multiple Message Lists can be saved to the PC e A single Message List can be downloaded to the ViewMarq memory e The Message List in the display is retained on power cycle e Messages downloaded to the ViewMargq can be triggered by using the following e lt DO n gt ASCII command from the PLC e Discrete input terminals inside the communication connection opening of the ViewMargq e Message 0 becomes the Startup message ViewMarq Discrete Inputs CLICK I O Output Module Ol T ao C0 00AC 0 00DD1 D re 0 08TD Terminal Block pwRe RUN RUN S E s L STOP ERR a JSU LECS A pORTI TX1 0 Rx1 SH OONDORWNH mie CEN Tx2 M Rx pORT2 ln aan Flexible multi conductor cable 14 28 AWG 7 LED MESSAGE DISPLAY 10 2 f VIEWMARGQ User Manual Ist Ed Rev B MD USER M Chapter 10 Message List a Main Window Message List Toolbar The Message List control toolbar is in the Main Window of the ViewMarq Configuration Software Text Editor 2 inch Msg 0 Line i Msg 0 Line 2 Msg 0 Line 3 z
10. essages in the Display Messages can be triggered to display on your ViewMarg two different ways 1 lt DO n gt ASCII command where n is the Message Number 2 Discrete Inputs on the back of the display if enabled in LED Display Configuration Using the lt DO n gt command From the PLC an ASCII String can be sent to the ViewMarg to trigger a stored message For example if the following message is stored as Message 6 in ViewMarq Node 1 lt CLR gt lt WIN 0O 0O 287 31 gt lt POS 0 0 gt lt LJ gt lt BL N gt lt CS 0 gt lt GRN gt lt T gt Hello World lt T gt The Command String from the PLC to trigger this message is lt ID 1 gt lt DO 6 gt Using the Discrete Inputs There are two modes for triggering the discrete inputs depending on how the ViewMargq display is configured 1 Single Input up to eight messages 2 Multiple Input up to 200 messages Using the last example of a message stored in as Message 6 1 In Single Input Mode Turn on input 6 2 In Multiple Input Mode Turn on inputs 2 and 3 The maximum rate at which messages can be triggered is 5 00ms per message lo Ethernet RS 232 RS 485 Discrete Inputs Discrete Input Option Single Input Multiple Input Inputs Msg 0 0000 0000 Msg 1 00000001 Msg 2 00000010 Msg 3 00000011 Msg 4 00000100 Wink j 00 001 010 011 100 101 Msg 199 11000111 E NOTE See Chapters 2 and 3 for more information on Discrete input specifications and conn
11. f Display Startup is not selected then the Display will be blank on power up when there are no Discrete Inputs turned on 2 Discrete Inputs To use the hardwired Discrete Inputs to display messages in the Message List the Discrete Inputs checkbox must be selected 3 Discrete Input Option Single or Multiple Inputs See Triggering Messages in this chapter LED MESSAGE DISPLAY 10 8 f VIEWMARQ User Manual 1st Ed Rev B MD USER M Chapter 10 Message List a ESS Message Exists in Panel Memory Discrete Inputs Enabled Display Startup Banner Enabled On Start Up ViewMarg will display Triggered Message per Discrete Inputs Triggered Message per Discrete Inputs Startup Banner Comm Settings Blank Display Startup Banner Comm Settings Blank Display Startup Banner Comm Settings Blank Display At startup the ViewMarg will be in one of three states 1 The message triggered by Discrete Inputs if the message exists in the panel memory and the Discrete Inputs are inabled and on 2 The Startup Banner Communication Settings if the the Startup Banner is enabled and discrete inputs are not enabled or the Startup Banner is enabled and the messaged triggered is blank 3 The discplay is blank and the Startup Banner is not enabled and Discrete Inputs are not enabled or the Startup Banner is not Enabled and the message triggered by the Discrete Inputs is blank NOTE After any cha
12. nges are made the configuration needs to be written to the ViewMarq display in order for them to take effect LED MESSAGE DISPLAY VIEWMARG User Manual Ist Ed Rev B MD USER M f 10 9 Chapter 10 Message List Ca Downloading Messages to the ViewMarq Display o ViewMarq by AutomationDirect File Edit View Setup Format Insert Simulator MessageList Help ABE ADEX as BX Simulatt ViEWMARO Text Editor ei 2inch x X Slow Insert Variable Tr 14 Msg 1 Line 1 2 Msg 1 Line 3 Message List Management File Message List with 4 lines vml j j e a Message List Msgt Description Message Text Entry 0 Auto Generated Description Msg 0 Line 1 Msg 0 Line 2 Msg 0 Line 3 lt ID 0 gt lt CLR gt lt WIN O Wie Ulned 16 gt lt LJ gt lt T gt Msg 1 Lif Open the Message List Management window and select the following 1 Make sure you have a good link to a connected ViewMarq display 2 Make a new Message List or open an existing Message List 3 Open the Message List Management window 4 Select the Download Message List Toolbar Button and select Yes in the Message List Download dialog box to confirm the Message List overwrite Downloading Message List to LED Display Download Complete Progress LED MESSAGE DISPLAY 10 10 f VIEWMARG User Manual 1st Ed Rev B MD USER M Chapter 10 Message List Triggering M
13. oba wat D D oO 2 3 Bo 1 Open a previously saved Message List Com d Ghrinn Cara 2 Select the Next or Previous Message buttons until the message is selected or 3 Select the message number 4 Select the Read Message toolbar button The message selected will be read from the Message List into the text editor Make any modifications necessary 5 Select the Write Message toolbar button The message in the Text Editor with description and text is saved to the Message List Autoloading Message Automatically load a message into the text editor by selecting it in the Message List Manager window File Edit View Setup Format Insert Simulator MessageList Help age X88X as DX Simulate As 424 Character v Link Eems z VIEWMARO Text Editor Ff 2 inch X X Slow Insert Variable Tr 14 Msg i Line i Msg i Line Msg i Line Msg i Line Msg Description Message Text lo Entry 0 Auto Generated Description Msg0Line1 Msg0Line2 YK o Msg 0 Line 3 Misg O Line 4 m W N Entry 1 Auto Generated Description SEE ames Slow i Msg 1 Line 1 Msg 1 Line 2 Message List Message List with 4 lines yml Misg 1 Line 3 i 7 Msg 1 Line 4 eS ES Description Entry 1 Auto Generated Description 5 Entry 2 Auto Generated Description Msg 2 Line 1 Msg 2 Line 2 Msg 2 Line 3 Command String lt ID O gt l
14. ssage List Restore Message List from File to LED Display rc Ya Restore File Name a E m ViewMarq Message List Backup Organize v New folder Name Wr Favorites ME Desktop 100 Messages 3 13 Text Doc J Downloads s Message List with 4 Lines 5 19 2014 10 57AM Text Docu Recent Places J Libraries r E Documents File name Message List with 4 Lines Message List b 3 Select the file to restore and click the Open button 4 The Restoring Message List to LED Display progress dialog will open to show the progress of the backup 5 Click OK when restore is complete ED MESSAGE DISPLAY VIEWMARG User Manual 1st Ed Rev B MD USER M f 10 15 Chapter 10 Message List SS Clear Message List in the LED Display Yo ViewMarq by AutomationDirect File Edit View Setup Format Insert Simulator Message List Help E E x A A Message List Management New Message List Open Message List Save Message List to File Download Message List File to LED Display Backup Message List from LED Display to File Restore Message List from File to LED Display Clear LED Display Message List iS Text Editor 1 Make sure you have a good link to a ViewMarg LED display 2 From the pulldown menu select Message List Clear LED Display Message List Format of Stored Messages The above message is stored as a ViewMarq message on the PC as lt ID 1 gt lt CLR gt lt WIN O
15. t 1 lt CLR gt lt WIN 0 0 287 31 gt lt POS 0 0 gt lt L gt lt BL N gt lt CS 0 gt lt GRN gt lt T gt Msg 1 Line 1 lt T gt lt POS 0 8 gt lt L gt lt T gt Msg 1 Line 2 lt T gt lt POS 0 16 gt lt 2 lt CLR gt lt WIN 0 0 287 31 gt lt POS 0 0 gt lt U gt lt BL N gt lt CS 0 gt lt GRN gt lt T gt Msg 2 Line 1 lt T gt lt POS 0 8 gt lt LI gt lt T gt Msg 2 Line 2 lt T gt lt POS 0 16 gt lt 3 lt CLR gt lt WIN 0 0 287 31 gt lt POS 0 0 gt lt LI gt lt BL N gt lt CS 0 gt lt GRN gt lt T gt Msg 3 Line 1 lt T gt lt POS 0 8 gt lt LI gt lt T gt Msg 3 Line 2 lt T gt lt POS 0 16 gt lt nuo amp WN Fe NOTE Backup Message Lists cannot be opened in the ViewMarq Software for editing They can only be restored directly to the display LED MESSAGE DISPLAY 10 14 f VIEWMARG User Manual 1st Ed Rev B MD USER M Chapter 10 Message List a Restore a Message List File to a ViewMarq Display A Backup Message List can be restored directly to a connected LED Display Yo ViewMarg by AutomationDirect File Edit View Setup Format Insert Simulator Help B m A Ei IE x A A E Message List Management New Message List Open Message List Save Message List to File Download Message List File to LED Display Backup Message List from LED Display to File Restore Message List frorn File to LED Display hs Clear LED Display Message List 1 Make sure you have a good link to a ViewMarg LED display 2 From the pulldown menu select Me
16. t CLR gt lt WIN 0 0 287 31 gt lt POS 0 O gt lt LJU gt lt BL N gt lt CS 0 gt lt GRN gt lt TI gt Msg i I 16 gt lt LJ gt lt T gt Msq 1 Line 3 lt T gt lt POS 0 24 gt lt LJ gt lt T gt Msg 1 Line 4 lt T gt ED MESSAGE DISPLAY VIEWMARGQ User Manual 1st Ed Rev B MD USER M f 10 7 Chapter 10 Message List S S Configuring the ViewMarq display for Message List Starting with Firmware version 1 65 the ViewMarq LED display is configured to accept and display messages from a downloaded Message List This may be accomplished using an ASCII command or the discrete inputs m LED Display Configuration LED Display Selection Configuration File Display Name ViewMarq Import from File Link Name Ethernet Export to File Changetink Blink Global Settings Identification Read Configuration from ViewMarg Name ViewMarg LED Display ID 1 Ethemet RS 2B2 RS 485 Discrete Inputs 3 J Display Startup Banner 1 Discrete Input fOptio Heartbeat Timeout 0 s 00000000 00000001 nea 00000010 Jj Enabled 2 00000011 MODBUS ASCII Byte Swap ASCII Reply Word Swap 10 1 Display Startup Banner B NOTE This setting only takes affect if there is no message loaded into Message 0 If Display Startup Banner is selected the ViewMarq Name Firmware and Communication Settings will be displayed on power up when there are no Discrete Inputs turned on I
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