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1. 2 NICOS e TTE 2 OVC NELSON u uu P 3 PLCs Compatible with PowerMarquee a 4 installing the 5 NT TETTE TOES 5 Main Programming lito MM m UTE 7 CHAPTER 2 CREATE A PROJECT Oi 25s 1 oe Miel sio RR m 9 PowerMarquee Main Programming 11 Messag ypD 8S8 ANE ENTE 11 Messages 13 Abou Characier SIZO eee eer ee eee encom eee ere eee 15 About Embedded Data Values 16 CHAPTER 3 REFERENCE Filo On u LULU ERE E E ansa asasasaasssxssqsusaauqpuussandusqpgaqkanssssnnsassshasssusa 21 Fl pMCCCK 24 PowerMarquee Menu e 26 S 0189 21 31 Dalaba8 68 31 About Expressions Tags 36 Tag Cross R e er 668 ETT T iya a 38 TAS n un u suu 38 heeqME Mep Ou 40 L DO ENDES S JO mr T T
2. 42 Import MessagedS a 44 Export Power Up Messages a 46 Import Power Up Messages a nnn 46 Project Pa USS MEMINI NITE 46 eri e Y i 46 xi ger U 48 so 49 mn lbosuMcm 50 To Panel uuu u uuu says cee 51 MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual 52 Error WINS S ACS NTC 53 IPL U gt s 54 Upgrade Firmware 54 PTO IN siio RR 57 Men s S 58 Tag Database Right Click Menu 58 Message Database Right Click Menu 58 Message Text Right Click Menu sees 61 gm D p 62 APPENDIX A ADCILCNSIIBCIBIS uuu ll uuu R A 2 PowerMa
3. 2 3 The file will be written to Message Database To avoid overwriting or replacing an existing message s the Message Paste dialog box shown below will appear providing you with import options Message Paste Specify the message numberto Overlap Preview start copying to Msgit Copy CopyMsgText r 1 Dut of Range Temperature is at optimum 115 degre Confirm before overwritting WARNING MACHINE OVERHEAT Temperature is H degrees from o 5 Type in Active Text here Active Text is displayed here Cn C Overwrite without confirmation C Do not overwrite Help Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Do you want replace Msg prompted with each imported message that has the same Message No of an existing message to confirm each overwrite Click Yes or No You can also select Overwrite without confirmation or Do not overwrite 4 Enter the Message No 1 xl where you want to begin 2 4 importing Confirm before Existing Msg rwriting i S selecte d by Temperature is lt gt degrees from optimum i Replace With default If you leave this Temperature is gt degrees from optimum o selected you will be Q 5 Click OK when done and the imported Messages now listed in the
4. Digits AutoCheck lt 1 gt Display Format Signed Decimal Total Digits Justification Leading Spaces Fractional Digits 0 24 o 24 r Selected tag is a discrete SS Time command Date command rine Format 2 Date Format Add Cancel Help Special characters in the message determine where the embedded data from the registers should go Up to four data values may be embedded in a single message Program how the data value will be displayed as follows 2 Select the Embedded Command that determines the type of value to embed Available choices are Discrete String Time and Date Depending on what type command you choose certain areas of the dialog box become available or unavailable grayed out for selection or data entry 3 If you choose Discrete Numeric or String select or enter the Tag name where the data value will be read by clicking in the field or on the down arrow next to Select tag from where value will be read for embedded data Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual 4 If you have selected Numeric the options under Selected tag is a numeric tag will be enabled 5 Select the Display Format from the available choices 6 Select Justification from Leading Zeroes Leading Spaces or Trailing Spaces O O U 1
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6. PLC Driver Code Revision D Memory bytes Exec Flash 524288 User Memory Flash 0 System Memory 15777218 Driver Memory 2866176 User Program 2060 Free Memory 445496 User Memory 524288 Option Board ption Board Type option board selected Click for important information about the PowerMarquee you are using and your PLC Information includes Revisions Hardware This is the revision of the PowerMarquee unit Boot Software This is internal PowerMarquee firmware used to power up the marquee Exec Software This is also internal firmware used to display marquee information and allow panel adjustments to the internal clock Memory bytes Exec Flash Amount of memory available to hold the boot and exec firmware Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual User Memory Flash This will let you know if the PowerMarquee has a Flash Memory card installed It will say 0 if not installed This feature allows you to back up your program from the marquee itself There are three available memory sizes 512K 1 MEG and 2 MEG Once the program is backed up onto the card you can use it to load the program into different units no programming computer is necessary System Memory This tells you how much RAM memory is used by the firmware Driver Memory This is the memory used by the PLC
7. DI gt i File Edit Insert Format Tools Data Window Help 18 x ee h ma x 21 2 00 10 0 D E F B 1 NAME ITAG DATATYPE ADDRESS EXP OF CHARACTERS INITIAL VALUE RETENTIVE FLAG PLC INT EXP DIFF ACTUAL VS SIGNED INT 16 v20005 PLC1 OVERHEAT WARNING SIGNED INT 16 v20004 PLC1 TEMP OPTIMUM RANG SIGNED INT 16 20003 PLC1 5 TEMP OUT RANGE X SIGNED INT 16 v20002 PLC1 B TEMPERATURE DIFFE SIGNED INT 16 TEMP OUT RANGE TEMP OPTIMUM RANGE EXPRESSION H V RITE TAH Click on File gt Save As in the Excel program and enter a name for the file Click on the Save button to save the file under the name you have entered Close Excel to return to PowerMarquee Programming Software Column Headers in the Excel file will be TAG NAME TAG DATA TYPE ADDRESS EXP an Expression will appear within double brackets OF CHARACTERS INITIAL VALUE RETENTIVE FLAG if applicable PLC INT EXP will list if the tag is a PLC tag and Internal tag or a Expression tag WRITE TAG These attributes are listed for each tag in the project database MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net x POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Import Tags Click on the Import Tags menu item to import the tags into your current open project from a
8. A D D D O POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Tag Cross Reference 2 The Tag Cross Reference screen provides you with a list of the programmed tags and a cross reference to the messages that use them 6 0 f x DirectLogic K Sequence Rev a ER Address Y20005 DataType Signed 16 bit IOType Rew Message List Message 4 Display Condition Message 4 Embedded T aq Information is provided on the PLC type and protocol next to PLC at the top of the screen Tag Names are listed alphabetically Click on the arrow to scroll to a particular tag name Information on the Address Data Type and Type for the selected tag is provided In the Message List you are provided with the Message numbers that use the selected Tag If the message has a Display Condition or an Embedded Tag is shown in parenthesis after the message number To view specifics for each Tag go to the Tag Name field click on the DOWN arrow and select one from the drop down list Export Tags Click on the Export Tags menu item to write the tags from your current open project to an Excel file or a CSV file Comma Delimited The CSV Comma delimited or Comma separated values file format saves only the text and values as they are displayed in cells of the Tag Database All rows and all characters in each cell are saved Columns of data are separated by commas and e
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10. siGNED INT 16 Address String Po of Charact of Characters 3 Initial Value Retentive Flag Initial value Hetentive E Add New Tag Close Under Select Tag Type select from PLC Internal Tag Expression Select Internal Tag if the tag you are adding does not use a PLC address The Address String will be grayed out unavailable Select Expression if the tag you are adding is comprised of a constant and or operands and or predefined tags To Define Expression click on the button so named For information on how to program Expression tags see page 36 After you have selected the type of tag click in the field next to Tag Name and enter a name for the tag Click on the DOWN arrow next to the Tag Data Type field and select the data type from the list If you have selected Internal Tag the Address String field will not be available If you have selected Expression the Address String field will contain the expression If you have selected PLC enter a PLC Address String that is appropriate for your type PLC If you have selected ASCII String as your Data Type the of Characters field will become available Enter or select the number of characters up to 40 for the ASCII String Select Initial Value Retentive Flag This option affects the values of the tags when the program is loaded into the marquee and when the marquee panel is reset If you enter a value in the
11. 2 wire 4 wire your type PLC in this table control Technology visit our web site at 2800 2700 and 5100 ei xe o www UTICOR net or call DeviceNet I O Generic DeviceNet I O Option Card UTICOR Technology L P Generic Ethemet IP Option Card technical support ak d erne erne eneric Ethernet IP Option Card 800 832 3647 or FAX us at General Electric 90 30 and 90 70 SNPX 1 563 359 9094 Versamax SNP Mitsubishi FX Series all Direct CC LINK Modicon 984 CPU Quantum 113 CPU AEG Modicon Micro Series 110 CPU Modbus RTU 311 xx 411 xx 512 xx 612 984 Series Quantum Series Modbus Plus Option Card Profibus DP Generic Profibus DP Option Card DirectLogic K Sequence DirectNet ModBus Koyo addressing D2 240 K Sequence DirectNet K Sequence DirectNet ModBus Koyo addressing K Sequence DirectNet ModBus Koyo addressing D3 350 DCM DirectNet D4 430 K Sequence DirectNet D4 440 K Sequence DirectNet K Sequence DirectNet ModBus Koyo addressing 300 Series CPU 400 Series CPU TI5X5 Series TBP Transparent Byte Protocol or TI 505 1545 1102 1545 1104 NITP Non Intelligent Terminal Protocol Telemecanique TSX 37 Micro Other H2 WinPLC Think amp Do V6 3 Think amp Do Studio check for version Modbus RTU serial port compatibility Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 00
12. Error E02 Illegal Token Token xxxx value exceeds max allowed value Error E03 Unknown token found Solution Delete the expression and enter it again If problems persist please call technical support MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual PLC Driver Error Messages For a list of PLC Driver Error Messages that you may encounter when using the PowerMarquee consult the PowerMarquee Programming Software online help lt X Q lt Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual International Character Sets The PowerMarquee display messages in 7 international character sets in addition to the U S character set The marquee is set to the specific character set on positions 2 3 and 4 on Switch Two see The marquee will display messages according to the ASCII conversion chart on the following pages To program messages into a master display or the computer in a non U S character set refer to the ASCII conversion chart Enter the ASCII character or code equivalent to the non U S character desired Blank areas on the chart indicate no change from the American set If no character is shown for the character set in use the American character is displayed For example when using the English character set enter the character Program Mo
13. The PowerMarquee is a large LED display available in 2 widths and 1 height for a total of 2 different sizes The PowerMarquee is a red LED also available in High Bright Red LED display display that displays messages in 2 4 6 and 8 characters The PowerMarquee uses suspended mounting the unit is suspended using a hole in the top of each end plate s O Physical Characteristics The PowerMarquee is housed in an anodized aluminum case Two capped holes are provided for routing wires through the back access plate The fuse connectors and switches can be accessed by removing the back access plate The front panel of the PowerMarquee contains a lens that covers the LED field and protects the inside of the unit The LED field is offered in 2 sizes The display area is 9 6 high Field width sizes are 36 or 72 wide The P3000 PowerMarquee Master Hardware Manual that was shipped with your unit provides hardware information such as wiring requirements switch settings fuse locations and outline dimensions Refer to the hardware manual P N MAN P3000 003 for information about PowerMarquee installation Messages How messages look depend on the way they were programmed Messages programmed into the PowerMarquee Master have message options that determine message outputs and visual appearance One of the master message output options is sending messages to slaves When the message contains thi
14. c 5 Left scroll messages feature smooth scrolling that is letters move one LED at a time Each portion of a letter will illuminate every dot in that row when it scrolls across the display Upward scrolling messages actually do not scroll at all Rather they wipe on to the display in an upward fashion The first section of message lines appear then the display pauses clears and displays the next section of text Conclusion Application of the PowerMarquee display is as diverse as individual business needs Think of it if you will as a mailbox into which messages addressed to that location are delivered and subsequently displayed Now consider several mailboxes in various locations within your company Delivery of these messages takes a matter of milliseconds and can provide vital information to all employees from machine operators to the CEO MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net ED POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual PLCs Compatible Allen Bradley Micrologix 1000 1200 1500 SLC500 5 01 02 03 with PowerMarquee SLC5 04 PLC5 DH Option Card The table to the right lists the Micrologix 1000 1200 and 1500 DF1 Half Duplex DF1 Full Duplex PLCs by manufacturer that SERIOUS URL WEEDS compatible with We are always updating PLC PLC 2 3 and 5 Remote O DH Option Card compatibility if you don t see Control Techniques
15. 7 Under Digits click on box in front of Auto Check if you want to have the panel automatically determine the number of digits to be placed for the embedded value Total Digits and Fractional Digits will be disabled if you choose Auto Size 8 Also under Digits you may enter the Total Digits that you want to display and enter the Fractional Digits you want to display leave at default O if you do not want fractional digits 9 If you have selected Discrete the fields under Selected tag is a discrete tag will be available Enter the text that you want to appear within the message when the Discrete register is ON and when the Discrete register is OFF 10 If you have selected Time under Embedded Command the field Time Command will be available 11 Select the Time Format from the available choices HH MM SS 24 HH 24 HH 55 12 or HH MM 12 12 If you have selected Date under Embedded Command the field Date Command will be available 13 Select Date Format from the available choices DD MMM YY DD MM YY MM DD YY YY MM DD 14 Press the Add button to add the embedded data to the message When inserted in a message a numeric command will be represented in the Active Text or Inactive Text message field as gt Discrete is represented as DISCRETE String is represented as lt STRING gt Time as Time and Date as lt Date gt You will return to the Add Edit Message details
16. POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Manual P N MAN P3000 002 WARNING Programmable control devices such as the UTICOR s PowerMarquee must not be used as stand alone protec tion in any application Unless proper safeguards are used unwanted start ups could result in equipment damage or personal injury The operator must be made aware of this hazard and appropriate precautions must be taken In addition consideration must be given to the use of an emergency stop function that is independent of the programmable controller The diagrams and examples in this user manual are included for illustrative purposes only The manufacturer cannot assume responsibility or liability for actual use based on the diagrams and examples WARNING f the PowerMarqueel is used in a CLASS 1 DIV 2 environment the following conditions must be met Class 1 Div 2 methods AND must conform to all rules and requirements of applicable jurisdictions regarding Class l Div 2 installations ALSO peripheral equipment controlling this device or being controlled by it shall be suitable for service in the location in which they are used Failure to comply with any of the above installation requirements will invalidate the device s qualifications for service in CLASS I DIV 2 hazardous locations WARNING EXPLOSION HAZARD SUBSTITUTION OF COMPONENTS MAY IMPAIR SUITABILITY FOR CLASS 1 DIVISION 2 WARNING EXPLOSION HAZARD DO NOT DISCONNEC
17. PS BL ee iE C The Toolbar consists of icons for frequently used commands These commands are also found in and accessible from the Main Menu Bar The toolbar is selected to show by default To hide the Toolbar click on it in the menu to remove the check mark deselect The icons from left to right represent the following commands E Opens a Project m Saves a Project E Print Project T About Default Tag Data Transfer to PowerMarquee E Set Group and Unit Numbers E PowerMarquee Information C Marquee Warmstart E Set Marquee Time and Date Monitor Tags Clear Memory Diagnostics Communication Settings Cac Tag Database Project Attributes wE Export Tags to Excel Et Export Tags in CSV Format Import Tags from Excel Import Tags from CSV Format File Export Messages to Excel Export Messages in CSV Format iE Import Messages from Excel Flle n Import Messages from CSV Format e Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Status Bar The Status Bar is located at the bottom of the Programming Screen and shows the status of the current screen It provides information about a tool bar or menu item on the main programming screen that the pointer passes over A D D D o Default Tag Data Click on this menu item to set the Default Tag Data Type Click on
18. Creating tag with default name and making it as internal Error T10 Unable to open tag database file ptd Reason The Tag Database is corrupt Solution Try the following 1 Goto Tag Database Setup gt Tag Database and select a tag not associated with any objects 2 Delete the tag by pressing the Delete button or by using the delete key on keyboard 3 Save the project 4 Close and then restart PowerMarquee software 5 Open the project and check for the error again P o x gt Error T11 Tag index limit reached unable to create a new tag Reason You ve reached the tag maximum Maximum number of tags that can be entered is 32 000 Error T12 Tag expected but not found Creating it as an internal tag Solution Try the following 1 Accept defaults 2 Open Tag Database and check to see if all tags are there 3 Some Tags will be UNKNOWN modify to your requirements Error T16 No map data found in tag database file named xxxx Unable to read MapData Solution Try the following 1 Accept defaults 2 Open Tag Database and check to see if all tags are there 3 Some Tags will be UNKNOWN modify to your requirements Error T19 Unable to add Tag Maximum tag index limit reached Solution Try the following 1 Accept defaults 2 Open Tag Database and check to see if all tags are there 3 Some Tags will be UNKNOWN modify to your requirements Error E01 Illegal Token is found
19. Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual 4 Click on the Find Next button The program loader will find the character string in applicable Tag Names and highlight the line s where it appears 5 Click on Replace if you wantto approve check each item before replacing Click on the Replace button if you want to replace all instances of the character string without checking pum x Number of PLC Tags Number of internal tags Number of Expression tags and Total Tags The number of PLC tags that are programmed in the project are listed here Also the number of internal tags and Expression tags that are currently programmed in the project are provided Total Tags is the combined total of all kinds of tags Highlight Internal Expression Tags This is enabled by default Click on the box with the check mark to deselect this option When selected the internal tags in the list will be displayed in blue and the expression tags will be displayed in red Highlight Unused Tags Click in the box in front of Highlight Unused Tags to enable this option The tags that are not currently linked to a message or attribute are highlighted in the list Unused tags are highlighted in yellow If you want to delete the unused Tags click on the Delete Unused Tags button at the bottom of the screen Columns Headings in Tag List Tag This is the number of the Tag in
20. Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net A D D D o POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual This allows you to transfer the current open project to the PowerMarquee Click on Transfer to PowerMaruqee and the following dialog box will open Write Program To PowerMarquee Project Information Project Title C Program Files Uticor Technology Power arquee New pum x PLC Type and Modicon Modbus RTU Rev F Protocol PowerMarquee to PLC Link ot Connected PowerMarquee Information E irmware Total Memory Bytes Revision Free Memory Bytes pei Press START to write program to PowerM arquee CALITION Pressing Start will OVERWRITE program already in the PowerMarquee If you do not want to lose program in the PowerMarquee press Cancel and first Read program Online and save it on your AE Ethernet COM Configuration Help This dialog box provides information about the current project and the PowerMarquee memory available Under Project Information the screen provides you with the Project Title you are about to transfer and the PLC Type and Protocol that you have selected as used by your application Press Start to begin the transfer or Cancel to abort If you receive an error message check to ensure your marquee to PC connections are correct Under Ethernet COM Port click on the
21. displayed no other messages will update or be processed until the Priority Message is removed Export Power Up Messages Click on the Export Power Up Messages menu item to write the messages power up messages only from your current open project to an Excel file or a CSV file This is accomplished in the same way as for the regular messags See the previous section Export Messages for step by step instructions Import Power Up Messages Click on the Import Power Up Messages menu item to import messages stored in an Excel file or a CSV file into your current open project This is accomplished in the same way as importing regular messages See the previous section Import Messages for step by step instructions Project Attributes GENERAL Under the General tab in Project Attributes you will make the following selections Project Attributes General Printer Clock Panel to PLC PLC to Panel Ports Error Messages Priority Message Display Time sec Priority Message List Size 33 Queued Message Display Time sec 5 E Queued Message list Size 3 Blink DN Time 1 10th of a second 5 Blink OFF Time 1 10 of a second 5 Display Time Interval between D 3 consecutive Power Up Messages 1 1 10th of a second Cancel Priority Message Display Time sec This is the amount of time in seconds that the Priority Message will display on the marquee Enter a number between
22. the down arrow to view the list of data types Default Tag Datatype Select the Default Tag Datatype Cancel The Default Data Type automatically switches to the last data type used For example if you set UNSIGNED INT 16 as default and create a Message DISCRETE the default will switch to DISCRETE Tag Name as Address Click on this to use the Tag Name that you type in as the Tag Address The Address must be in the correct Data Format For example if using an Allen Bradley SLC 500 you might name the tag N7 2 which is the address format of the PLC register MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net pum x POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Set Group and Unit Number Information Reboot Clear Program FLASH Update PLC Driver Time Date Diagnostics Monitor Tags Configuration PowerMarquee Menu Set Group and Unit Number x Group Number 1 Unit Number 1 4095 fi Cancel Click here to set the Group Number 0 15 and Unit Number 1 4095 of the PowerMarquee that you want to program Enter numbers or click on the down arrow to select and then click Set to save or Cancel to quit without saving Information x Revisions PLC Driver Hardware B PLC Punt Catan DO PLC Manufacturer DirectLogic PLC Model K Sequence
23. 1 563 359 7501 Version 2 0 Selected Action None r SELECT ACTION 4 ENTER PROJECT INFORMATION Edit Program Project Location OFF LINE HEUS Write to PowerM arquee Project Name Later 3 PLE TOFU UA Edit Program ad Protocoi 7 View Edit PLE Com Setup ON LINE Think n Do Map file Ethernet COM Port Configuration Dk Help Clear Exit The top of the Project Information screen shows you manufacturer and contact information for the PowerMarquee Programming Software also provides you with the software version If you contact technical support make sure you know the version number of the software Under SELECT ACTION click on one of the working mode buttons If you want to work offline not connected to PowerMarquee click on the button labeled Edit Program OFF LINE Write to PowerMarquee Later You will use this mode when creating a new project If you want to edit an exiting project that is online make sure your PC is connected to the PowerMarquee where the program resides that you want to edit click on the Edit Program ON LINE button Under ENTER PROJECT INFORMATION perform the following steps 1 First select the Project Location Click on the Browse button if you want to navigate to another Directory or Folder where you will store your project If you want to accept the default folder where PowerMarquee Programming
24. 1 and 60 seconds default is 5 After the display time has been reached the next active Priority Message will display If there is no other active Priority Message in the queue the same Priority Message will re display Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Priority Message List Size This is the maximum number of Priority Messages that can be stored in the list Enter a number between 1 and 99 default is the maximum 99 After the maximum is reached no other Priority Messages can be stored in the queue Once a Priority Message in the queue list becomes inactive and the list is no longer at maximum capacity the next Priority Message will be added to the list A D D D o Queued Message Display Time This is the amount of time in seconds that the Queued Message will display on the marquee Enter a number between 1 and 60 seconds default is 5 After the display time has been reached the next active Queued Message in the list will display If there is no other active Queued Message in the queue the same Queued Message will re display Please note that active Priority Messages are displayed in place of Queued Messages A Priority Message must become inactive before Queued Messages will be displayed Queued Message List Size This is the maximum number of Queued Messages that can be stored in the list Enter a num
25. Cc Low Value High value Message lLog Print Send Mes Slave grou Send unit iMatch fram Allow Text Inclu Fal 0 TEMP OU Qut of 50 200 MESSAGE YES NO YES 02 0999 YES YES Out of X1F YES 32 0 TEMP OP Equal 115 MESSAGE YES NO YES 01 0001 YES YES Temperatu YES 4 3 0 Greater Th 260 PRIORITY YES YES YES 01 0002 YES YES WARNING YES 15 0 DIFF ACTL Out of Ran MESSAGE YES NO YES 00 0000 YES YES Temperatu YES 65 0 NEW MES PRIORITY YES NO YES 01 0003 YES NO Type in Ac NO 765 0 MESSAGE Out of Ran 9999 MESSAGE YES NO YES 00 0000 YES YES Active Tex YES 8 7 0 TEMP OU Out of Ran50 200 MESSAGE YES NO YES 02 0999 YES YES Out of X1F YES 9 11 0 NEW MES PRIORITY YES NO YES 01 0003 YES NO Type in Ac NO 10 12 0 MESSAGE Out of RanO 9999 MESSAGE YES NO YES 00 0000 YES YES Active Tex YES 1113 0 DISCRETE MESSAGE YES NO YES 00 0000 YES YES YES MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net 14 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual A Please Note Always import tags used by messages into the project s tag database before you import the Messages into the project If the Message tags are not already in the tag database they will not be imported into the project TIPs on Editing Excel CSV Message files before importing 1 Ensure that tag name is spelled properly if it is available in tag database 2 C indicat
26. Configuration button Click on the down arrow under Ethernet COM Port to select the correct PC Port COM1 through or Ethernet Group Number and Unit Number must match that of the marquee you are trying to communicate with Ethernet is not available in this first release Click OK When ready click on the Start button to begin the transfer The Progress Bar indicates that the transfer is in process and then when the process is complete After the transfer is complete PowerMarquee Information gathered during transfer communication is displayed It will tell you the Total Memory installed in your PowerMarquee in bytes and the Free Memory available after the project upload The PowerMarquee Firmware Revision internal software number is displayed and whether or not a PowerMarquee to PLC Link is established ED Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Print 1 Click on Print to print the current open project The dialog 22 shown below will open From here you will Select Items for Printing x Select Items for Printing v Print Messages C All Messages From 0 zi Range of Messages o v Print Power Up Messages C Messages From o zd RangeofMessages To p a v Print Tag Database TagName Sort by TagAddress Cancel 2 Click in the box in fr
27. Cursor Position Line 1 Column 28 Type in fictive Text here Active Text will be displayed when Message Trigger condition is True O O O U 1 simultaneoulsy Message Text Use arrow keys Or CTRL ENTER to move up down Clear Display v Enable Scrolling Center Message C Scrolls Upwards Scrolls Left Blink Message Scroll Upwards Scroll Left Include Marquee Frame Info Top Line Scroll Line Upper Row 2 Bottom Line 4 Lower Row 6 Scroll Rate P Repeat Message Preview Previous Msg Next Msg Lom Cancel the Message that you want to display when the Message Trigger Condition is TRUE message is active Place your cursor anywhere in the Message Text field and right click your mouse button to access a menu that will allow you to change the color or size of the text or change it to blinking text Highlight the text you want to change right click and select the color character size or blink attribute for that text If you want to Embed a Data Value right click in the position you want the data value to appear and select Embed Tags from the popup menu For more information on changing the color character size or the blink option available from the right click menu in the text field go to Chapter 6 Reference Right Click Message Text Menu About CHARACTER SIZE The PowerMarquee displa
28. Driver Click on this to update your PLC Driver This will send the current O PLC Driver code to your PowerMarquee other project information e is not sent 14 Name of the AD C_K Sequence Updating driver will remove existing driver from PowerMarquee Do you want to continue Cancel Help Time Date Here you may view and set the PowerMarquee Time and Date and then send it to the marquee The current PowerMarquee Time and Date will display in the window Time and Date PowerMarquee Time and Date Time Hr Min Sec Date MM DD YY 29 57 05 30 03 Set PowerMarquee Time and Date Time Min Sec Date MM DD Y Y 30 31 a 5 30 2003 v Send to PowerMarquee Under Set PowerMarquee Time and Date your PC time will display To change the Time click on the hour minutes or seconds and type in the appropriate numbers or use the UP DOWN arrows to change the time To change the Date click the DOWN arrow next to the date field A calendar shown to the right will appear Use the arrows to search for date The May 2003 current PC date will be circled Click on Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 29 30 1 Send to PowerMarquee button to send your 5 changes to the PowerMarquee clock 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 22 25 26 27 28 29 1 2 3 4 5 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POW
29. Driver User Program This is the size of the program that you currently have loaded into your marquee Free Memory This is the RAM memory that you have left to use in the PowerMarquee User Memory This is the total RAM Memory available for use in the PowerMarquee A D D D o PLC Manufacturer PLC Model PLC Driver Code Revision This provides information about the type of PLC you are using Option Board Option Board Type This tells you if you have an option board installed and the type Reboot Click here to Reboot the PowerMarquee Clear Program Click here to Clear the current user program from the PowerMarquee s RAM only FLASH You must be online to use these options Click on RAM to Flash to copy RAM memory to Flash card This will transfer the user program loaded on your PowerMarquee to the Flash Card Flash card may then be removed and installed into another Powermarquee to transfer to the RAM You may also backup your user program to save it before shutting off power to the Marquee You may then reinstall the program later Click on Flash to RAM to copy the contents of the Flash card to the PowerMarquee RAM memory This is used to copy the user program from one PowerMarquee to another or to reinstall a program to the PowerMarquee MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Update PLC
30. Initial Value field when the program is loaded into the panel e Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual or reset the tag will be set to this value and sent to the PLC If not selected the values are set to zero numeric off discrete text when the program is loaded into the marquee or the marquee is reset If you have entered a value into the Initial Value field the Retentive option becomes available Click in the box in front of Retentive if you want the initial value to be used ONLY when the program is loaded into the marquee When the marquee is reset the tag values will be retained In other words it will not cause the tag values to change The values will be sent to the PLC A D D D o 8 Click on the Add New Tag button The new tag will appear in the Tag Database list To Edit an Existing Tag 1 Highlight the tag in the list that you wish to edit PLEASE NOTE This right click menu shown 2 Click on the Add Edit button The Edit Tag Details window below is available when you will appear have the Tag Database window open Just right click your 3 Make any changes and then click on the Apply Tag Changes mouse button while your cursor button The changes will be made to the tag and are reflected resides anywhere in the in the Tag Database list window and you can select from this popu
31. It will change in the Active Text or Inactive Text window Blink Text Highlight the text that you want to blink in the message s active text or inactive text field and then right click your mouse button Click on Blink The text that you have selected to blink will be underlined in the Active Text or Inactive Text window to indicate that the blink option has been enabled MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net Q x POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Embed Tags Special characters in the message determine where the embedded data from the registers should go Up to four data values may be embedded in a single message Program how the data value will be displayed as follows 1 The following dialog box will appear when you select Embed Tags value within a message x Embedded Command Numeric v Select tag from where value will be read for embedded data Selected tag is a numeric tag Display Format Signed Decimal Digits AutoCheck lt 1 gt Total Digits 2 gt J Justification Leading Spaces Fractional Digits o 24 Selected tag is a discrete tag On fo Of Time command Date command rine Format v Date Format m Add Delete Select the Embedded Command that determines type of value to embed Available choices are Dis
32. Messages are written over with the next triggered Message It remains on the marquee until it is overwritten does not re display Be aware that when the trigger is no longer active the message does not clear automatically You must overwrite it or use some method to clear it or the Data Message will remain on the display If you send a command to the PowerMarquee telling it to erase Message No 1 from Line 1 it will erase the Line regardless of the message being displayed In otherwords the Marquee will receive the command to erase line 1 and cannot differentiate if line 1 contains Message No 1 2 or 3 etc Data Messages are triggered by a change in a variable in a PLC register Queued Messages These messages will be redisplayed on the Marquee after the Message Display time is met as long as the trigger is active Each queued message will continue to display in the order in which it was triggered and for as long as the trigger is active Message MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual display time is set in System Attributes Up to 99 Messages can be stored in the Queue When the queue is full 99 the 100th message will write over the first message in queue Priority Messages Priority Messages are also queued messages but when the message trigger is active no other messages will be updated or processed Priority Messages might be
33. Messages list Excel Format 1 Click on the Import Messages Excel Format menu item to select the Microsoft Excel file where the Message database resides The following Read Message Excel File window will appear Navigate to the file you want click on it to highlight it and then click on the Open button Read Excel File x Look in lt ex EE Demo 1 1 xls Demo Messages 1 1 xls Demo PWRLIP Messages 1 1 xls File name PowerMarquee Message s Excel Files xls Cancel 7 2 The file will be written to Message Database To avoid overwriting or replacing an existing message s the Message Paste dialog box will appear providing you with import options the same as for the csv file shown on previous page 3 Enter the Message No 1 where you want to begin importing Confirm before overwriting is selected by default If you leave this selected you will be prompted with each imported message that has the same Message No of an existing message to confirm each overwrite Click Yes or No You can also select Overwrite without confirmation or Do not overwrite Click OK when finished 4 The imported Messages are now listed in the Messages list MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net Q pum x POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Please Note When Priority Messages are
34. Sequence Rev E Number of PLC tags Export Messages k Import Messages k A D h D 5 o Export Messages F Import Power Llp Messages F Project Attributes Seleck PLC Upgrade Firmware 2 Number of internal tags 0 Search and Replace in T ag Name Number of Expression tags 0 2 Find Replace With Total Tags Highlight Int Exp Tags Highlight Unused Tags Find Next Replace All Replace Tag Tag Data Type ADDRESS EXP of Char Initial Reten PLC Int Exp_ Write Tag TAG 1 SIGNED 20002 MESSA SIGNED 20003 gt Delete Delete Add E dit Selected Tags Unused Tags Help Cancel PLC The model and manufacturer of the PLC used in the project are provided at the top of this dialog box Search and Replace in Tag Name This feature allows you to search for a character string up to 40 characters in the Tag Database specifically the Tag Name and replace each instance of the character string with another character string To use this feature perform the following steps 1 Click in the box in front of Search and Replace in Tag Name 2 Enter the characters up to 40 in the text field next to Find that you want to search for in the Tag Name 3 Enter the characters up to 40 in the text field next to Replace With that you want to replace in the Tag Name MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501
35. Specify a valid file name Do not include any special characters lt gt etc while naming your files First character should be alphanumeric MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Error M29 Not a valid project file xxxx Reason If you have chosen a non PowerMarquee project file you will get this error Error M30 Unable to find PLC dll with manufacturer id xxxx and model id xxxx Reason If you have moved the PLC dlls from the directory where PowerMarquee exe resides you will receive this error message Solution Reinstall the software lt JX Q lt Error M32 OLE libraries initialization failed Solution Restart the system If the problem persists OLE related Windows system files are not installed properly Error M34 Wrong Embedded Data Format Solution If you are getting this error while opening a project the project file is corrupt Recreate the project If the problem persists contact technical support Error C01 Unable to open communication port Solution Select another COM port Error C02 Communication port is being used by some other application Access denied Solution Close the other application and try to communicate or if you have an extra serial port connect the cable to that port and select that extra port for communication from PowerMarquee Error C05 Unable
36. dialog b Next you will decide how you want your message to appear on the marquee Click in the box in front of Clear Display if you want the previous message to be erased from the display If left unchecked The previously displayed characters will remain on the display where this message does not overlay them For example MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual New Result Checked 1234567890 2nd LINE ABC ABC to Not Checked 1234567890 ABC4567890 5 2nd LINE ABC 2nd LINE c Click in the box in front of Center Message if you want the message to be centered on all lines of the display If left unchecked the text will be displayed as entered in the message Please note that left scrolling messages cannot be centered d Click in the box in front of the Blink Message option to blink the message The entire message including time date and variable data will blink ON and OFF when displayed If you just want to blink certain characters in the text see step a above Characters that remain on the display from the previous message will also blink e Click in the box in front of Include Marquee Frame Info to set the default state for the PowerMarquee Frame Upper Row or top and Lower Row or bottom attributes on this message The Upper Row attribute sets the top sti
37. failed gt E x gt Solution If you have a RAM Card installed in the marquee remove this RAM card and redo the test If the test passes replace the RAM card with a new RAM It the test fails there is a problem with the marquee Please contact technical support MAN P3000 002 Error C25 Testing Flash failed Solution Replace the Flash card Error C26 Error in Setting Group and Unit Number on PowerMarquee Error C27 Incorrect Communication Packet Checksum Error Error C28 Incorrect Communication Packet Time Out Error cable communication port and ports assignment on PowerMarquee Error C29 Error C30 Error C31 Error C32 Error C33 Error C34 Error C35 Error C36 Error C37 Error C38 Error C39 Error C42 Error C43 Error C44 Incorrect Communication Packet Incorrect Communication Packet Incorrect Communication Packet Incorrect Communication Packet Incorrect Communication Packet Incorrect Communication Packet Incorrect Communication Packet Incorrect Communication Packet Incorrect Communication Packet Incorrect Communication Packet Incorrect Communication Packet Incorrect Communication Packet Incorrect Communication Packet PowerMarquee is out of memory nPlease delete few messages and try again Incorrect message code Incorrect message number Incorrect message length Error in EEPROM program Incor
38. in the Tag Database list pum x About EXPRESSION TAGS Display expression tags are expressions that send the result value to the message display These tags are read only and can only be used where read only tags are permitted These tags are updated when the operand values change Conditional Expressions The format for the conditional is IF lt expression gt THEN lt expression gt ELSE lt expression gt ENDIF The ELSE and ENDIF are required All expressions require atleast one operand The conditional can be used as an operand For example tag1 IF tag2 THEN tag3 10 ELSE 5 ENDIF The following table provides a list of the Operators their Symbol order of Precedence and Direction Operators Symbol Precedence Direction End of expression none 13 Left to right Left parenthesis 13 Left to right Right parenthesis 13 Left to right Bitwise NOT 12 Right to left Logical NOT 12 Right to left Negative 12 Right to left Positive 12 Right to left Modulus 11 Left to right Multiply 11 Left to right Divide 11 Left to right Add 10 Left to right Subtract 10 Left to right Shift left 9 Left to right Shift right gt gt 9 Left to right Less than lt 8 Left to right Less than or equal lt 8 Left to right Greater than gt 8 Left to right Greater than or equal 8 Left to right Equal 7 Left to right Not equal lt gt 7 Left to right Bitwise AND amp 6 Left to right Bi
39. is loaded into the marquee or reset the tag will be set to this value and sent to the PLC If not selected the values are set to zero numeric off discrete text when program is loaded into the marquee or reset Retentive This appears if you have selected Retentive when configuring the tag Initial Value Select this option if you want the initial value to be used ONLY when the program is loaded into the marquee When the marquee is reset the tag values will be retained In other words it will not cause the tag values to change The values will be sent to the PLC PLC Int Exp This column tells you whether the tag is a PLC Internal or Expression tag Write Tag This column will display the name of the destination or Write tag A value from an expression will be written to this tag Add Edit Button Click on this button to Add a new tag or Edit an existing tag MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net 14 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual To Add a New Tag 1 Click on Add Edit button If you have existing tags ensure that none are highlighted or you will go to the edit tag window The screen shown below will appear Add New Tag Details Select Type PLC DirectLogic K Sequence Rev E C Tag Define Expression C Expression Tag Name Tag Datatype
40. left margin Enter a range in the fields Make sure that the Low Limit is less than the High Limit or you will receive an error message If the value of the tag falls in or out of the range you have entered the message will be triggered based on the condition For Equal Not Equal Less Than or Greater Than you will only need to enter the Low Limit This is the value that will trigger the message based on the condition you have selected Choose whether or not to Print the Message when it is triggered You may also select whether or not to Use Inactive Text If you choose to use inactive text you can enter message text that will be displayed when the message is inactive has not been triggered under the Inactive Text tab If you deselect it here the Inactive Text dialog will be unavailable grayed out When Inactive Text is not available in a message NO ACTION takes place If a message has already been displayed it will remain on the display Select Match Frame Line Information for Active and Inactive Texts if you wantthe inactive and active messages to display in the same frame and on the same line MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual 4 Click on the Active Text tab and choose from the following options Edit Message Details 5 x Message Attributes Active Text Inactive Text f Please Note Scrolling Messages and Blinking Characters will NOT appear on the display
41. open this project for viewing editing purpose Consult with project s creators Error M18 File xxxx not found Error M19 Unable to open xxxx file Solution If you have inadvertantly renamed your project while open in PowerMarquee Programming Software close and then reopen the project Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Error M20 Unable to start Excel application Do you want to import from csv format Reason PowerMarquee Editor is not able to start Excel It is possible that Excel is not installed in the system or the system has insufficient memory Solution Install Excel or restart the system and try again If the problem persists contact technical support Error M21 Unable to find details in Excel file Reason This Excel file does not have details no fields and records P o x gt Error M22 Unable to import data Reason PowerMarquee Editor is not able to import the data from Excel file CSV file Reason could be that either the file has invalid data or the data is improperly ordered Error M23 Unit Number is out of range Solution Enter a valid unit number Valid range is 1 4095 Error M24 Invalid file name or path Reason You have specified an invalid file name Solution You have to specify a valid file name Do not include any special characters V lt gt etc
42. that the marquee sets with the day 1 31 Time Tags Hour word Tag for internal location that the marquee sets with the hour 1 12 Minute word Tag for internal location that the marquee sets with the minute 00 59 Second word Tag for internal location that the marquee sets with the second 00 59 Clock Source If you select Internal the marquee maintains the clock using the onboard Real Time Clock chip The marquee will write data and time values to the PLC if the tags are mapped to the PLC If you select External the marquee uses values from the tags in place of internal Real Time Clock The marquee will read these values from the PLC if the tags are mapped to the PLC MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net Q A D h D 5 o POWERMARGUEE Programming Software User Manual PANEL TO PLC Project Attributes 14 Good Communication Toggle Discrete Watchdog this bit is toggled every 5 seconds allowing the PLC to determine if the marquee is communicating Low Battery Discrete Indicates battery for system RAM needs to be replaced Cleared on power up set when low battery is detected c Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual PLC TO PANEL Project Attributes A D l D D 5 o Increa
43. the list Tag Name You may enter a descriptive Tag Name of up to 40 characters Data Type This is the format of the data Select the Data Type that is appropriate for your PLC Choose from DISCRETE SIGNED INT 16 SIGNED INT 32 UNSIGNED INT 16 UNSIGNED INT 32 BCD INT 16 BCD INT 32 FLOATING PT 32 and ASCII STRING ADDRESS EXP The syntax for entering PLC addresses depends on the type of PLC A message will display letting you know if the PLC Address Type and Tag Data Type don t match or if the Address is invalid If you are configuring an Expression tag the expression will appear in this column Number of Characters If the Tag will read a character ASCII string from the PLC or write a character string to the PLC you will need to enter the Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual number of characters here Each PLC register can contain 2 characters You may enter up to 40 characters The PLC will assign the correct number of sequential registers needed for the string The address you have entered for the tag is the starting address For a list of ASCII characters supported by the PowerMarquee see Appendix A A D D D o Initial Value This option affects the values of the tags when the program is loaded into the marquee and when the marquee is reset If you enter a value in the Initial Value field when the program
44. to update PLC driver Reason You will receive this error message if communication is not established between the programming software and the marquee or if the marquee is still trying to communicate with the old driver and you are attempting to update the driver Solution Restart marquee and try communicating with marquee If you still face this problem clear memory from Marquee using PowerMarquee gt Clear Memory and update the PLC driver and then save your project Ensure that you have the project saved to disk before you clear memory Error C07 PLC Attributes could not be written to the PowerMarquee Error C09 Tags could not be written to the PowerMarquee Error C10 Error in sending Project attributes to PowerMarquee Solution Check the connections between the marquee and computer Restart the panel and try communicating again Error C12 Unable to delete message from PowerMarquee Reason If Delete Message is selected while there is a disruption in the communication between the panel and computer this error message is displayed Solution Check the COM line power to the marquee and COM port used for correct setting and function Error C13 Memory diagnostics failed Solution Check connections and COM port settings Ensure the proper function and power distribution of marquee no system faults If all checks out OK and you are still receiving this error message there maybe a physical problem with the mar
45. used to display critical information For example if a Marquee is routinely displaying Data Messages that provide pressure readings for Valve 1 you may want to program a Priority Message to display if Valve 1 pressure exceeds a maximum point Priority Message could read WARNING Valve 1 pressure exceeds maximum Shut down System XYZ 2 o 65 65 Power Up Messages Power Up Messages are unique messages that are displayed on the PowerMarquee when the system is turned on Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Creating Messages Right Click Message Menu appears when you right click your mouse button anywhere in the Message Window or Power Up Message or 1 Right click anywhere in the Message List Window to access the Right Click Messages Menu shown to the left For more information on this menu go to Chapter 6 Reference Right Click Message Menu Add Message 2 Click on Add Message and the following window will appear Delete Messages O O O U Add New Message 1 Message Attributes Active Text Inactive Text Copy Messages Paste Messages Find Send Message To Message t h Group o x Unit o Sark k Message Type Properties Data Messages C Queued Messages C Priority Mes
46. while naming your files First character should be alphanumeric Error M25 Invalid file name Do not use symbols Reason You have specified an invalid file name Solution To avoid getting both these messages when creating a project do not use character symbols lt gt etc in the project name Only use letters A Z and or numbers 0 9 for a unique project name Error M26 Invalid Think and Do map file Reason When working with Think and Do PLC type this program will map the PowerMarquee project to an existing Think and Do map file If you try to map the PowerMarquee project to a map file generated by any program other than Think and Do this message will appear and prevent you from continuing with the project Solution Select a valid Think and Do map file Error M27 Cannot edit ON LINE unless the PowerMarquee has a program Edit OFF LINE first and write a program to the PowerMarquee Reason If no project has been loaded into the PowerMarquee the program loader will not allow you to enter the ON LINE Edit mode Also if the map file has been altered you will receive this message Solution Get into OFF LINE Edit mode and upload a project Exit to the Step 1 Project Information screen click on the ON LINE Edit mode button and select OK If that doesn t work you may need to make a new project with a new map file Error M28 Invalid project name Reason You have specified an invalid file name Solution
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49. 2 Profibus D2 250 D3 350 D4 450 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Installing the Software PowerMarquees are configured with software running on an IBM or compatible personal computer This software is available through Uticor Technology P part number ACC P3000 EDIT The PowerMarquee can be configured on line or off line Perform the following steps to install the PowerMarquee Programming Software onto your PC Place the CD into your CD ROM drive The CD should automatically start the install program if it does not perform the following 2 steps 1 From Windows click on the Start Button and then click on Run from the menu The Run dialog box will pop up 2 At the prompt type D or your CD ROM drive setup exe or click on the Browse Button and find the Setup exe file for PowerMarquee Programming Software Click on the OK button to begin the installation The PowerMarquee Programming Software Installation Screen will appear New Office Document Open Office Document Wig Set Program Access and Defaults Follow the onscreen prompts to load the software Windows Update Winzip Launch RealOne Player Programs gt Documents Type the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and windows will it for vau SERT Cancel Browse MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www
50. 2003 MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net pum 14 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Add Edit Delete Duplicate Tag Sort Address Sort Tagname Sort on Datatype Add Message Delete Messages Copy Messages Paste Messages Find Sort Properties Message Preview Right Click Menus These menus are availabe when working with message database message text field and in the tag database Tag Database Right Click Menu Add Edit Click on this menu item to Add or Edit a Tag For more information go to the Add Tag Details topic Delete Tag Highlight Tag s in the Tag Database that you want to delete Right click the mouse and choose Delete to remove the tag s from the database Sort Tags in Tag Database With the Tag Database open right click your mouse while your cursor resides anywhere in the Tag Database list A menu will appear You may also choose to sort the list by Address Tag Name or Data Type If you click on Sort on Address the list will be sorted alphanumerically by the PLC address If you click on Sort on Tag Name the list will be sorted alphabetically A to Z by the name of the tag If you click on Sort on Data Type the tag list will be sorted by Data Type For tags with same data type it will perform a second sort by the address Message Database Right Click Menu D
51. 61 Lowercase a b 0142 98 62 Lowercase b C 0143 99 63 Lowercase c d 0144 100 64 Lowercase d 0145 101 65 Lowercase e f 0146 102 66 Lowercase f g 0147 103 67 Lowercase g h 0150 104 68 Lowercase h i 0151 105 69 Lowercase i j 0152 106 6A Lowercase j k 0153 107 6B Lowercase k 0154 108 6 Lowercase m 0155 109 6D Lowercase m n 0156 110 0157 111 6F Lowercase p 0160 112 70 Lowercase p q 0161 113 71 Lowercase r 0162 114 72 Lowercase r s 0163 115 73 Lowercase s t 0164 116 74 Lowercase t u 0165 117 75 Lowercase u V 0166 118 76 Lowercase v w 0167 119 Lowercase w x 0170 120 78 Lowercase x y 0171 121 79 Lowercase y 7 0172 122 Lowercase z 0173 123 7B Left curly brace 0174 124 7C Vertical bar 0175 125 7D Right curly brace 0176 126 TE Tilde MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net e POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual PowerMarquee Programming Software Error Messages Error M01 Unable to open the project file prp Error M02 Unable to open Message database file Error M03 Unable to open PLC attributes file atr Error M04 Unable to open project options file ppo Error M05 Unable to create project file pmq Error M06 Unable to create PLC attributes file atr Error M07 Unable to create message database file mmd Error M08 Unable to create project options file ppo Error M09 Unable to c
52. ERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Look in a Projects er E3 Demo 1 1 xls A D O Demo 1 1 sls Files of type PowerM arquee Tag Excel Files xls 4 2 The Tag Database Import from Excel window will appear shown below x Mapping relation between PowerMarquee T ag database and the fields in Excel file PowerMarquee Tag Excel Database Fields Tag Name TAGNAME rj Data Type e Address Espression anoREss EXP e No of characters HOFCHARACTERS v Initial Value nma vane v Retentive RETENTIVEFLAG v PLC Intemal E pression Destination Tag WRITETAG e V First row contains the header information Only Import addresses for tags that have the same Name and Data Type Reset 3 PowerMarquee Programming Software will read the Excel Database Fields and allow you to choose the field name that correlates with the PowerMarquee Tag Database field in your project 4 Click on the down arrow to view the Excel Database Fields and select the Excel field that corresponds to the PowerMarquee Tag Database field TAG NAME TAG DATA TYPE ADDRESS EXP OF CHARACTERS INITIAL VALUE RETENTIVE FLAG PLC INT EXP WRITE TAG See Tag Database Import from Excel dialog below right Click on First row contains the header information if the fi
53. ERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Diagnostics To run a diagnostic test on the PowerMarquee click here The screen shown below will appear letting you choose from Test RAM 22 and Test Flash Click OK to begin diagnostic c When you click on OK you will receive the warning message shown below Save program to disk before testing the marquee memory This would clear the program from the PowerMarquee However project will not be cleared From the Editor Do you want to continue Yes Monitor Tags must be ONLINE Click on Monitor Tags if you want to monitor tag values from the PowerMarquee You may select up to 100 tags to monitor at one time Select the taps which are to be Read Time 13 42 11 15 05 2003 monitored hiom ther z and dick on Tape 2 for Unsigned Decimal V1402 2 Com Adi Sit Montong Click on the Tag Names in first column list that you want to monitor Press the Shift key and then click to highlight more than one tag name Then click on the Add gt gt button To remove tag names from the list to be monitored click on them to highlight and then click on the Remove button They will be added to the list on the right hand side to be monitored Select the Data Format for the value Click on the Start Monitoring button to begin the monitori
54. Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net c 5 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual of the primary attributes of each message you have programmed making it easy to track and update messages as your program grows You can see what messages you ve programmed where they are being sent and the controls that trigger them Power Up Message List Power Up Messages are messages that will display upon power up They can be programmed to display on the PowerMarquee Master or a slave message display lt o Status Bar The Status Bar is located at the bottom of the Programming Screen and shows the status of the current screen It provides information about a tool bar or menu item on the main programming screen that the pointer passes over and the current programming mode ONLINE or OFFLINE eo Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Create a Project Once your PowerMarquee Programming Software is installed you C are ready to begin configuring a project The first screen to appear D is the Project Information Screen shown below From here you o will enter information about a new program you are creating or you o will select an existing program to edit Y Step 1 Project Information E X O Uticor Technology L P eR www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Phone
55. For example if you select 7 messages 1 5 and 6 will be copying to new message number 7 11 and 12 The program loader will leave blank messages 8 9 and 10 in the place of the sequential messages that you skipped 2 3 and 4 over for copying and pasting Confirm before overwriting is selected by default If this is checked the following dialog will appear asking you to confirm each Message overwrite Powermarauee M 4 D Existing Msg Temperature is lt gt degrees from optimum Replace With Temperature is gt degrees from optimum Do you want to replace Msg Yes No You can also select Overwrite without confirmation if you do not want to receive the message above or Do not overwrite if you do not want to overwrite existing messages with pasted messages with the same message number To edit a message after pasting double click on the message you want to edit and the Edit Message details dialog will appear or click on the message to highlight right click the mouse button for the popup menu and click on Properties Click OK when finished or Cancel to quit without pasting MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Find Click on Find to search for character strings in the Message List the following dialog box will appear cR 04 Find Find what MatchCase Search Down C An
56. IFFERENCE TagDatatype INT 16 Y Address Sting TEMP OUT RANGE TEMP C of Characters 0 A Initial Yalue Retegtve Flag Initial Value Hetentive Apply Changes Close The Expression is shown here MAN P3000 002 Define Exprafsion Phone 1 563 359 7501 MESSAGE NO 6 TAG Bitwise NOT MESSAGE 7 TAG Logical NO NEW MESSAGE 5 TAG WARNING Modulus i i TEMP OUT RANGE This operand is used i lt lt Shift Left in Expression 55 Shift Right Less than These Tags are used _ lt Less than or equal in Expression Greater than gt Greater than or equal lt Equal to condition lt gt Not equal amp Bitwise AND 3 Bitwise 4 2 4 gt I Bitwise OR Add New T ag Help Complex computations can be accomplished with Expression tags However please be aware that Expression Tags are limited to a maximum of 40 operands per tag Complex operands may use more memory and may further limit the number of operands per expression In order to avoid errors when trying to use the tag avoid using too many operands per expression When the Expression Tag is triggered the operation that is expressed in the tag will be performed and the result will be displayed on the marquee Click on OK to save e Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net
57. J EEHEHE g i 72 m m m ENEEN B m 75 muu J 74 K E m EN an 75 m mH g m g m OLET E E J HN 76 NENNEN M E E E m m J 77 m EM N mM E EN J m 0 i m B B EE E 79 mmm s m J BO N Em g Es EN J mw amp 1 ENEN R E EBENEN EN E 52 m Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual MAN P3000 002 AMERICA CYRILLIC GERMANY ENGLAND DENMARK SWEDEN FRANCE KANA ml mms S m E HME 55 mam mi m T m E E 84 B m m m m m m m L m m EH m m m m 35 Emi m m m m m V m m m m m m E 86 HN m m m W a mus E 57 m m m H m ms X HH E HN m m m 55 m EH Y m m m m 59 m m ms 7 m E m m m gl NENNEN m m H EH m m m m m m m E E EH
58. Microsoft Excel xls file or a CSV Comma delimited or Comma separated values file format Comma Delimited 1 Click on Import Tags Comma Delimited to import tags from a CSV file The following window will appear Navigate to the folder where the file is stored Look in eEM Demo 1 1 csv File name am Files of type PowerM arquee Tag CSV Files csv Cancel Z 2 Click on the csv file you want to import to highlight it and then click on the Open button The file will be written to the Tag Database You will be prompted to choose whether the import csv file s first row contains header information and whether or not you only want to import addresses for tags with the same Name and Data Type Tag Database Import from CS IV First row contains the header information Only Import addresses for tags that have the same Name and Data Type An Errors Log View will display letting you know if there were any problems importing the file into your current project 3 Click on Setup Tag Database to view the database and make any corrections or changes Excel Format 1 Click on the Import Tags Excel Format menu item to select the Microsoft Excel amp file where the tag database resides Navigate to the file you want click on it to highlight it and then click on the Open button lt gt Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POW
59. OL gt displayed 13 0 DISCRETE T G On MESSAGE TES NO YES 00 0000 YES YES YES 1 4 NO NO NO NO YES 1 43 NO 1 1 NO YES 1 4 N Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Click on Comma Delimited if you want to save the Message Database as a CSV file The following window will appear allowing you to name the file and navigate to the directory and folder where you want to save it Read Message s CSV File GIES Look in a Projects E3 A D D D o Demo 1 1 csv Demo Messages 1 1 csv File name am Files of type Message s CSV Files csv Cancel Z Excel Format Click on the Excel Format menu item to write the messages from your current open project to a Microsoft Excel file The PowerMarquee Programming Software will open Microsoft Excel and write the messages to an Excel book as shown below Click on File gt Save As in the Excel program and enter a name for the file Click on the Save button to save the file under the name you have entered Close Excel to return to PowerMarquee Programming Software 5 File Edit View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help l xl OSHA zi ow 0 a Ez a saa E ia EE EET NE TR EET 1 Message Revision N Monitored Display
60. Software resides just enter the name of your new project in the empty field under Project Name For an existing project click on the Browse button to go to the location of the project you wish to edit MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual 2 Click on the DOWN arrow to the right of PLC Type and Protocol to view the list Select the PLC Type and Protocol you are using 3 Click on the View Edit PLC COM Setup to edit the PLC Attributes A dialog box will appear that is particular to the type of PLC you have selected in the previous step Set the attributes to match your PLC Click OK If you have selected Think amp Do as your PLC Type the Thnk n Do Map File field will become available allowing you to navigate to the map file and bring it into the project 2 o 65 65 O 4 Under Ethernet COM Port click on the Configuration Button The following dialog box will appear Ethernet COM Port Group Number z Unit Number 1 4095 Port 5 Click on down arrow to view choices for the Ethernet COM Port Click on COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 5 COM6 or Ethernet is not available in this release Select the Group Number 1 through 15 and Unit Number 1 through 4095 of the PowerMarquee Select the one that matches the port on your progr
61. T EQUIPMENT UNLESS POWER HAS BEEN SWITCHED OFF OR THE AREA 15 KNOWN BE NON HAZARDOUS Trademarks This publication may contain references to products produced and or offered by other companies The product and company names may be trademarked and are the sole property of their respective owners UTICOR Technology L P disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others Manual Part No MAN P3000 002 06 03 03 Copyright 2003 UTICOR Technology L P All Rights Reserved No part of this manual shall be copied reproduced or transmitted in any way without the prior written consent of UTICOR Technology L P Technology L P retains the exclusive rights to all information included in this document PowERMARQUEE UrTICOR MANUFACTURED and MARKETED UTICOR Technology L P 4140 Utica Ridge Rd Bettendorf IA 52722 1327 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Warning Trademarks Copyright inside front cover lable of COmemis C o ee ane een eee amen ne ene meee eee ee cee eee eee CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION PI OCHS NOUN t rc r 1 Technical Support SM RR 1 P3000 PowerMarquee Master Models and Features 2 Physical
62. ach row of data ends in a carriage return If a cell contains a comma the cell contents are enclosed in double quotation marks Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Example of what a CSV file looks like opened in Notepad TAG NAME TAG DATATYPE ADDRESS EXP OF CHARACTERS INITIAL VALUE RETENTIVE FLAG PLC INT EXP WRITE TAG DIFF ACTUAL VS OPTIMUM SIGNED_INT_16 V20005 PLC1 OVERHEAT WARNING SIGNED_INT_16 V20004 PLC1 TEMP OPTIMUM RANGE SIGNED INT 16 V20003 PLC1 TEMP OUT RANGE SIGNED INT 16 V20002 PLC1 TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE SIGNED INT 16 TEMP OUT RANGE 1 TEMP OPTIMUM RANGE EXPRESSION A D h D 5 o Click on Comma Delimited if you want to save tag database as a CSV file The following window will appear allowing you to name the file and navigate to the directory and folder where you want to save it Save lt ex Ee Demo 1 1 csv Demo Messages 1 1 csv Demo PWRLIP Messages 1 1 csv File name aem Save as type PowerMarquee Tag CSV Files csv Cancel 2 Excel Format Click on the Excel Format menu item to write the tags from your current open project to a Microsoft Excel amp file The PowerMarquee Programming Software will open Microsoft Excel and write the tags to an Excel book as shown below Ea microsort encer goora
63. age in the Message list to highlight it and then right click your mouse button to bring up the popup menu Click on Message Preview to bring up the Message Preview window for that message This window will show you how the message will AJ display the marquee 5 O Message Preview on Slave Message 6 x Active Text Inactive Message Text Right Click Menu Color k Font Size k Blink Embed Tags Color Highlight the text that you want to change the color of in the message s active text or inactive text field and then right click your EK d mouse button Move your cursor to the arrow next to Color and Font Size Green you will see the options of Red default Green or Yellow Choose the color you want for the highlighted text It will change in the Active Text or Inactive Text window PowerMarquee is currently only available in Red or High Brite Red but it can drive other UTICOR marquees that have multi color displays Font Size OE Highlight the text that you want to change font size of in the Font Size 2 High i Tum 4 High message s active text or inactive text field and then right click your Embed rage 6 High mouse button Move your cursor to the arrow next to Font Size and you will see the options of 2 High 4 High 6 High 8 8 High Narrow or 8 High Choose the size you want for the highlighted text
64. amming PC and is connected to the PowerMarquee 6 Do one of the following e Click on OK button to save your selections and exit the dialog box e Clickon Clear to clear all entries or selections the dialog box Click on Cancel button to exit the dialog box without saving your selections Click on Help button to go to the Help Topic for that dialog box Once you have clicked on OK and saved your selections you will begin configuring messages on the Main Programming Screen O Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual PowerMarquee Main Programming Screen 615 File Edit PowerMarquee Setup Help le et lt BL X 19 0 Total Messages 0 Messages t TagName Active Text In ctive Text Msg Type Tag Datatype Active State Minimum Value Maximum Value O O O U 1 C e Configure Data Queued and Priority Messages here Power Up Messages Triggered sequentially during Power LIp Messagett AciveTet Gruptt usa Enable Scroll Clear Displa Blink Message Configure Power Up Messages here Message Types Data Messages These are messages with embedded data values They are typically used for displaying information such as production data temperature etc Data
65. ber between 1 and 99 default is the maximum 99 After the maximum is reached no other Queued Messages can be stored in the queue list Blink ON Time 1 10 of a second Enter a number between 1 and 99 tenths of a second for the time the message will remain ON during the blink sequence Used if the blink option is selected as a message attribute The default is 5 tenths of a second Blink OFF Time 1 10 of a second Enter a number between 1 and 99 tenths of a second for the time the message will remain OFF during the blink sequence Used if the blink option is selected as a message attribute The default is 5 tenths of a second Display Time Interval between consecutive Power Up Messages 1 10 of a second Enter a number between 1 and 255 tenths of a second for the time that each consecutive Power Up Message wil display The default time is 16 tenths of a second MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARGUEE Programming Software User Manual PRINTER Project Attributes x Baud Rate Select baud rate to match Printer Select from 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 or 38400 Default is 9600 Parity Stop Bits Data Bits Select the corresponding attributes of the printer Select RS485 This allows you to select RS 485 as the communication protocol If you are connecting RS 232 or RS 422 do NOT select this feature Click o
66. ck that will be used to display as a message The Lower Row sets the bottom stick that will be used to display a message Enter a number between 0 and 8 for the Upper Row and the Lower Row f Click in the box in front of Enable Scrolling if you want the message to scroll on the display Please be aware that If you have selected to Include Marquee Frame Info you will not be able to select the lines that where you want the message to scroll they will be grayed out it will scroll on the lines selected under Include Marquee Frame Info g Click on the box in front of Scroll Upwards to enable it with a check mark and the message lines will scroll up from a lower line of the display to the next line up of the display h If you have selected Scroll Upwards select the Top Line from 1 to 8 and the Bottom Line from 1 to 8 where you want the message to scroll The bottom line value must be equal to or greater than the top line value i If you select Scroll Left the message will scroll from right to left on any one line of the display Select the Scroll Line from 1 to 8 where you want your message to scroll Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual j Enter a Scroll Rate for the message The value you enter here will determine the rate at which this particular message will scroll The range for the Scroll Rate is 1 to 99 0 1 to 9 9 seconds and the d
67. crete Numeric String Time and Date Depending on what type command you choose certain areas of the dialog box become available or unavailable grayed out for selection or data entry If you choose Discrete Numeric or String select or enter the Tag name where the data value will be read by clicking in the field or on the down arrow next to Select tag from where value will be read for embedded data If you have selected Numeric the options under Selected tag is a numeric tag will be enabled Select the Display Format from the available choices Select Justification from Leading Zeroes Leading Spaces or Trailing Spaces c Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual 7 Under Digits click on the box in front of Auto Check if you want to have the panel automatically determine the number of digits to be placed for the embedded value Total Digits and Fractional Digits will be disabled if you choose Auto Size 8 Also under Digits you may enter the Total Digits that you want to display and enter the Fractional Digits you want to display leave at default O if you do not want fractional digits A D D D o 9 If you have selected Discrete the fields under Selected tag is a discrete tag will be available Enter the text that you want to appear within the message when the Discrete register is ON and when the Di
68. de or HEX 23 Computer Interface Mode to program and display the character All international character sets use the standard ASCII codes The programming terminal always shows only the American character set PowerMarquee Hardware Manual P N MAN P3000 003 AMERICA CYRILLIC GERMANY ENGLAND DENMARK SW EDEN FRANCE KANA EN EN B HE m m m E E mus Bi m E m m m m m m m ms m m m m m m 3 H El m m m 58 E m m E m m e m mis m m lt SPACE gt m ms E E E amp NEN mis FILI E H Ei m off E mus mis El El El B m E 65 QUEM C E E A mu m m H 68 SEE m BE E i Bu ms F m m fy 70 MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net P o x P lt lt Q 4 POWERMARGUEE Programming Software User Manual AMERICA CYRILLIC GERMANY ENGLAND DENMARK SWEDEN FRANCE KANA m B E EN 71 miss g m m B
69. efault is set at 1 second Click in the box to enter a value for this option k Select Repeat Message if you want the scrolling message to keep repeating until a new message is selected If you leave this check box empty the scrolling message will be displayed only once O O U 1 5 Click on the Inactive Text tag to program inactive text message Inactive text will be displayed when the Message Trigger condition is False Inactive Text is programmed with the same options as Active Text Refer to step 4 above If you did not select the Use Inactive Text option under the Message Attributes tab you will see the following dialog when you click on the Inactive Text You will need to go back to the Message Attributes tab and select Use Inactive Text if you want access to the inactive text options Edit Message Details 5 x Message Attributes Active Text Inactive Text You have chosen not to include Inactive Text in this message If you want to add Inactive Text you must choose Inactive Text Details under Message Attributes Page Preview Previous Msg Msg Arey Cancel 6 When finished you may click the Add or Apply if editing message button to make the changes T f you want to see how the message will look on the display click on the Preview button at the bottom of the Add or Edit Message Details window A message preview
70. elete Messages Highlight the message s in the Message List that you want to delete and right click your mouse button to view the menu Click on Delete Messages The message to the right will appear asking you to No confirm the deletion Click Yes to delete No to cancel the command 2 Do you want to delete selected message s Copy Messages Highlight the message s in the Message List that you want to copy and right click your mouse button to view the menu Click on Copy Messages e Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Paste Messages Once you have copied the messages from the list right click your mouse button and then click on Paste Messages in the popup menu The following dialog will appear showing the message list and the messages that you have selected to copy A D D D o Message Paste Specify the message numberto Overlap Preview start copying to Copy Copy Msg Texst moo 1 Dut of Range Temperature is at optimum 115 degre Confirm before overwritting WARNING MACHINE OVERHEAT Temperature is degrees from o Type in Active Text here Active Text is displayed here oor eo C Overwrite without confirmation C Do not overwrite Help Next you will want to Specify the messages number to start copying to
71. es color S indicates size and B indicates blink 3 Embedded tag nkames are in TAGNAME and details of this tag are specified in different columns AM EMBED TOTAL CHARACTER etc 4 Ensure that you have used YES NO properly in the various fields 5 We suggest that you make a copy of a previous record and edit it for subsequent messages Import Messages Click on the Import Messages menu item to import Messages into your current open project from a Microsoft Excel xls file or a CSV Comma delimited or Comma separated values file format Comma Delimited 1 Click on Import Messages Comma delimited to import messages from a CSV file The following message will appear Make sure you have the tags associated messages already in your project Click Yes if you want to continue with the import Click No if you need to import or configure the tags into the tag database first x Please ensure that Tag Database contains any tags that will be imported with your messages If the tags associated with these messages are not currently in the Tag Database the messages will not be imported Continue with Message Import Yes 2 When you click Yes the following window will appear Navigate to the folder where the file is stored Read CSV File 21 xl Look in e EM Demo 1 1 5 Demo Messages 1 1 csv Filename Files of type Message s CSV Files csv
72. ey are displayed in cells of the Message Database All rows and all characters in each cell are saved Columns of data are separated by commas and each row of data ends in a carriage return If a cell contains a comma the cell contents are enclosed in double quotation marks Example of what a CSV file looks like opened in Notepad Message Number Revision Number Monitored Tagname Display Condition Low Value High value Message Type Log Pr 1 0 TEMP OUT RANGE Out of Range 50 200 MESSAGE YES NO YES 02 0999 YES YES Out of XiRange YES 1 4 NO NO NO 2 0 TEMP OPTIMUM RANGE Equal 115 MESSAGE YES NO YES 01 0001 YES YES Temperature is at optimum 115 degrees 3 0 OVERHEAT WARNING Greater Than 260 PRIORITY MESSAGE YES YES YES 01 0002 YES YES WARNING MACHINE OVER 4 0 DIFF ACTUAL VS OPTIMUM Out of Range 0 0 MESSAGE YES NO YES 00 0000 YES YES Temperature is lt DIFF ACTUAL 5 0 NEW MESSAGE NO 5 TaG On PRIORITY MESSAGE YES NO YES 01 0003 YES NO Type in Active Text here NO 1 6 0 MESSAGE NO 7 TaG Out of Range 0 9999 MESSAGE YES NO YES 00 0000 YES YES Active Text is lt EOL gt displayed 7 0 TEMP OUT RANGE Out of Range 50 200 MESSAGE YES NO YES 02 0999 YES YES Out of X1Range YES 1 2 NO NO NO 11 0 NEW MESSAGE NO 5 T G On PRIORITY MESSAGE YES NO YES 01 0003 YES NO Type in Active Text here lt DIF 12 0 MESSAGE NO 7 TAG Out of Range 0 9999 HESSAGE YES NO YES 00 0000 YES YES Active Text is lt E
73. ges Queued Messages or Priority Messages MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net 2 o 65 65 The Message will activate when the tag value goes outside the set point limits The available ranges for the Low and High Limits will be displayed in these fields and are particular to the data type The limits you place here must be within these ranges If the data type of tag is Discrete then data boxes for Low Limit and High Limit will not be available Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual d Now select the Message Display Condition Select or enter the Message Tag The message will be triggered by a value that resides in this tag PLC register If the Tag Data Type is Discrete the options will change in the field immediately below to the following Message Display Condition Message Tag DISCRETE TAG Discrete On C Off Select whether to trigger the message when the tag is On or Off For all other tag data types the field below will stay as Numeric Under Numeric choose the Display Condition for the Message You may choose In the Range Out of Range Equal Not Equal Less Than or Greater Than Out of Range or In the Range will leave both the Low Limit and High Limit fields available see note in
74. ll open allowing you to navigate to the folder where the project is stored The primary PowerMarquee program file has suffix Close Project Click on File Close Project to exit the current open project Save Project Click on File Save Project to save the current open project and any changes or additions to the project s attributes databases messages etc Copy Project As Click on File Copy ProjectAs to save the open project under another name The following dialog will open allowing you to enter a name for the copied project Copy Project As Protected If you click on File Copy Project As Protected you will only be able to transfer the project to and from the marquee as is The project that you have copied as protected will no longer open in PowerMarquee Programming Software to allow editing This protects the project from unauthorized changes after it has been distributed Make sure you have another copy saved as unprotected if it will require changes or updates Transfer to PowerMarquee DON T LOSE AN EXISTING PROGRAM When you write the program to the marquee it will write over any program already loaded into marquee Save the existing program before you click on the Start button to transfer your new program To do this exit project to the Step 1 Project Information screen and click on the Edit Program ON LINE button Save this project to your computer MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501
75. m E m H m mus H E E m m m m m H m BE 91 masm m m E mi m m m m m m m m B m m N H m E El m m m m ZH m m m B m m m m m BH m i m m m m m m m m m 92 mi mis m m ms E E H H m gl m mm E m ml H E m sm m m m m m m m m m m i gt m m 95 EMEN Bi Bl mis Bl m m m 94 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net gt E z gt POWERMARGUEE Programming Software User Manual AMERICA CYRILLIC GERMANY ENGLAND DENMARK SW EDEN FRANCE KANA lt Bl 7 LE m m 55 EBENEN EH e B m m m lt E m E E H E mmm 36 m EH EBEN BEEN m mE EHEHE EBEN m E m Bi m m 97 EBEN m E EBENEN HB mam EBEN EE NH m mi E m mis S maa m m EENI EHEH B BEEN 99 m m m i EBEN m mm m m Rl m m gl El m m m Ei 00 mm m E mm E e EBEN H H m m m m TITI 101 EBEN m E mmm BEN m 02 Em mu g EBEN m mis 105 Be gi
76. n the box to place a check mark if you want to enable RS 485 Require CTS Select this to match the printer Control RTS Select this to match the printer Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual NOTE If using Internal the tag address string must use a READ WRITE register in the PLC The PLCs use READ ONLY registers for their internal clock calendars and cannot be written to If using External be sure to use the correct PLC addresses CLOCK x General Printer Clock Panel to PLC PLC to Panel Ports Error Messages Date Taas Year word X Month word m Day word Time Tags Hour word v Minute word Seconds word Clock Source INTERNAL Panel maintains clock using onboard Realtime Clock Chip Panel will write date and time values to PLC if above tags are mapped to PLC C External CAUTION Use Read Write PLC addresses to use Internal Clock option EXTERNAL Panel uses values from the above tags in place of internal realtime clock Panel will read these values from PLC if the tags are mapped to PLC Cancel Date Tags Year word Tag for the location that the marquee sets with the year 0 99 Month word Tag for the location that the marquee sets with the month 1 12 Day word Tag for location
77. ng process The tag values from the PowerMarquee will display in the Value column MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual COM Configuration If you will be programming on line ensure that you have selected the COM Port Ethernet connection you are using Click on COM Configuration The following window will appear x Ethernet COM Port Group Number m Unit Number 1 4095 Port Select the appropriate Ethernet COM Port from the available choices COM1 through COM8 Select the Group Number 1 through 15 and Unit Number 1 through 4095 of the PowerMarquee Ethernet is not available in this release Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Setup Setup Menu Tag Database Tag Cross Reference Export Tags Tag Database Import Tags k The Tag Database is where you define the Tags for your project A Tag can be a discrete single bit location or word location within the PowerMarquee Tags may be Internal no address External PLC Address or Expression math or logic function In other words a Tag is an alias for a PLC address or an Internal PowerMarquee location that a message is communicating with Tag Database j DirectLogic K
78. nit number Select the Group Number 0 15 and Unit Number 1 4095 of the message display that will display system error messages Please remember that the display of the PowerMarquee Master Unit is always Group 1 Unit 1 Include Marquee Frame Information Click here if you want to include the Marquee Frame information and then select the Top Stick for Error Messages to appear and the Bottom Stick for Error Messages to appear MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Select PLC x Select PLC name to change pus PLET and DirectL ogic K Sequence Rev E View Edit PLC Com Setup Y DirectLogic K Sequence Rev Think N Do DirectLogic Modbus Koyo addressing Rev D Map File Click on the down arrow to view the available PLCs Select the PLC Type and Protocol for the PLC you are using If your PLC Type and Protocol is Entivity s Think amp Do Modbus the Think N Do Map File field will become available allowing you to select a map file to import into the project If you want to view or edit the PLC Attributes click on the View Edit PLC Com Setup button The PLC Attributes dialog box applicable to the type PLC you have previously selected will be shown Here you can make changes to the PLC communication setup Click on OK to save your changes or Help to view the help topics available for
79. ont of Print Messages and then choose either Messages or a Range of Messages from the project to print If you choose Range enter the From To message numbers in the appropriate field 3 Click in the box in front of Print Power Up Messages and then choose either All Messages or a Range of Messages from the project to print If you choose Range enter the From To message numbers in the appropriate field Please Note The project will print from the System Printer 4 Click in the box in front of Print Tag Database if you want to print the tags from your project You must then select whether you want the tags listed alpha numerically by name or by address click in front of Sort by Tag Name or Sort by Tag Address To print a message when it is triggered you must set this option when configuring the message and then print from a serial printer attached to the marquee You will set the serial printer parameters see Project Attributes Printer tab 5 Click on OK to print your selections or click on Cancel to quit without printing Exit Click on Exit to quit PowerMarquee Programming Software MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net pum x x POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Edit wv Toolbar wv Status Bar Default Tag Datatype Tag Mame As Address Edit Menu Toolbar 9 Db 92 EH Fl x Qd
80. p menu To Sort the Tag Database list Add Edit Delete 1 With the Tag Database open right click your mouse while your cursor resides anywhere in the Tag Database list A menu will appear This right click menu shown to the left is available when you have the Tag Database window open open Just right click your mouse button while your cursor resides anywhere in the window and you can select from this popup menu Duplicate Tag Sort on Address Sort on Tagname Sort on Datatype 2 From here you may Add Edit Delete or Duplicate a tag You may also choose to sort the list by Address Tag Name or Data Type If you click on Sort on Address the list will be sorted alphanumerically by the PLC address If you click on Sort on Tag Name the list will be sorted alphabetically Ato Z by the name of the tag If you click on Sort on Data Type the tag list will be sorted by Data Type For tags with same data type it will perform a second sort by the address To Duplicate a Tag 1 Highlight the tag you want to duplicate in the Tag Database list MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual 2 Right click your mouse and then click on Duplicate Tag in the popup menu that appears 3 Simply enter the number of the tags that you want created in the field provided and then click on the Duplicate button 4 The duplicates will appear
81. quee s memory Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 Error C14 Errors in WarmBoot Reason Marquee is not warm booting Solution This could indicate that the marquee is not active and or communication is not established between the PC and the marquee Please check the connection between the marquee and the PC If the problem persists restart the marquee Error C15 Error C16 Errors in reading Flash card Unable to program User Flash POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Reason If the Flash card is not set properly communication cannot be established between the marquee and the programming software Solution Check whether the Flash card is set properly in the slot restart the marquee Check the cable for communication Error C17 Error C18 Error C19 Error C20 Error C21 Error C24 Unable to read PLC Attributes from PowerMarquee Unable to read PLC 1 Attributes from PowerMarquee Unable to read PLC 2 Attributes from PowerMarquee Unable to delete message 905 d from the PowerMarquee Unable to get Information from PowerMarquee nPlease checkup the connection between PowerMarquee and computer Error C22 Unable to read System Attributes from PowerMarquee Error C23 Unable to read tags from the PowerMarquee Solution Check the connection between marquee and computer Restart the marquee and try communicating again Testing RAM
82. reate project options file opt Error M18 File 905 not found Solution If you have inadvertently renamed your project while open in PowerMarquee Programming Software close and then reopen the project lt JX Q lt Error M10 Unable to create temporary PLC attributes file Reason You might receive this error message if you are running two instances of the PowerMarquee Programming Software opened a project in one and then gave the same project name in another to be downloaded from marquee Solution Give a valid project file name that is not open in any application If the problem persists close all your applications run only one instance of PowerMarquee and try again Error M13 Problems in project file while verifying checksum Reason Project file is corrupted Solution If you have a backup of your project files use them to open the project You may have to recreate the project If this problem persists call technical support Error M14 There are PLC dlls available in this execution directory Error M15 PLC DII file being used by this project is not found Reason If you have moved all the PLC dlls from the directory where PowerMarquee exe resides you will receive this error message Solution Reinstall the software Error M16 Downloaded project is a protected project This cannot be edited viewed in the editor Reason Project is write protected Solution You will not be able to
83. rect message load Incorrect Format Image not found Incorrect password Error in INIT ERR MSG ECHOED Protection error Program read only error Incorrect type Solution Check the connection between marquee and computer Restart the marquee and try communicating again Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Error C50 The starting address does not match Reason Driver file or firmware file is not valid may be corrupt Solution Reinstall the software Error C51 Error reading driver or hex file Solution You will receive this error message if two different applications are trying to access the same driver firmware file Close one application and try again If you are using only one application try restarting the system lt JX Q lt Error C52 Error in transmitting data Error C53 Error while sending Messages to Marquee Error C54 Error in Execute Boot Error C55 Error in writing firmware to PowerMarquee Error C56 Error reading project from PowerMarquee Error C57 Error while sending Power Up Messages to PowerMarquee Error C58 Communications Error Operation can not be performed Solution Check the cable and communication If required restart your system Error C60 Unable to set the Group and Unit number on the Power Marquee Solution Try again to set the gro
84. rquee Programming Software Error Messages A 4 International Character Sets A 11 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Introduction Welcome to UTICOR s PowerMarquee Programming Software P NACC P3000 EDIT This software is used to configure a Message Project for PowerMarquees You will install this software to run from an IBM or compatible computer The PowerMarquee can be configured on line or off line You can add or edit messages embed up to 4 data values and set the triggers for each message r O Q 5 Technical Support Although most questions can be answered with PowerMarquee HELP or the manuals you may find answers to your questions in the operator interface section of our web site www uticor net If you still need assistance please call our technical support at 1 800 832 3647 or FAX us at 1 563 359 9094 MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual P3000 PowerMarquee Master Models and Features The P3000 PowerMarquee Master is a cost efficient alohanumeric display It is the newest of UTICOR s line of Programmable Message Displays PMD
85. rst row in the Excel file is a header row Click on Only Import addresses for Tags that have the same Name and MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net Q x POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Data Type if you want to import new addresses for tags that already exist in your project 5 Each column heading in the Excel file you have imported will display when you click on the down arrow next to each field You may have other information in the Excel file that you cannot import into the Tag Database The Tag Database only allows the types of information shown in the dialog box Select the heading of the Excel column that corresponds to the column headings in the Tag Database 6 Click on the Import button to import tags The tags will be written to your project Tags that already exist will not be overwritten A message will appear letting you know if the Excel file was successfully imported into the Tag Database The Error Log View will appear to let you know if there were problems in the import process or if the tags already exist in the project Open the Tag Database to make changes Export Messages Click on the Export Messages menu item to write the messages from your current open project to an Excel file or a CSV file Comma Delimited The CSV Comma delimited or Comma separated values file format saves only the text and values as th
86. s option the message can be displayed on one some or all slaves The behavior of the message is determined by selected message options and or embedded codes Messages can be stationary flashing or scrolling Scrolled messages scroll up or left Other options determine if message text is centered on lines if previous text remains on the display or is removed etc Embedded codes place time date and variable data locations in the message These locations display the continuously updated information it receives from the controller or computer The PowerMarquee displays also feature international character sets This option is switch selectable to allow message display in the following character sets America U S default England France Denmark Sweden Germany Cyrillic or Japan See Appendix A Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual The PowerMarquee has a large LED field on which to display messages The size of this field varies see part numbers and provides a variety of ways to display messages 2 4 6 8 and 8 compressed characters can be displayed simultaneously even within the same message Because of this programmed embedded codes are used to change character size Another code a frame definition code can be used to determine which lines of the display are used by a particular message emt
87. sages Message Preview Message Display Condition Message Tag m Numeric you can double click anywhere in th em essag e window to open Display Condition Out of Range the Add Message dialog Make sure the space is blank if you Low Limit o High Limit 0 double click on an existing message you will open that message s attribtes Print v Use Inactive Text Match Frame Line information for Active and Inactive Texts Preview Previous Next Msg au 3 Under the Message Attributes tab you will enter the following information a Enter the number of the message you want to create in the Message field The message numbers must be entered sequentially in other words you cannot enter Message 5 if you haven t already programmed message numbers 1 2 3 and 4 b Choose where you want the message to be sent displayed Under Send Message To you must select the Group number through 15 and Unit number through 4095 If you choose Group O the message will be sent to all Groups If you choose a Group number and leave the Unit number set to 0 the message will be sent to all units in the Group IMPORTANT Ihe PowerMarquee Master contains a subordinate marquee and its location is factory set to Group 1 Unit 1 c Next select the Message Type for information on the Message Types see previous page Choose from Data Messa
88. screte register is OFF 10 If you have selected Time under Embedded Command the field Time will be available 11 Select the Time Format from the available choices HH MM SS 24 HH MM 24 HH MM SS 12 or HH MM 12 12 If you have selected Date under Embedded Command the field Date Command will be available 13 Select Date Format from the available choices DD MMM DD MM YY MM DD YY YY MM DD 14 Press the Add button to add the embedded data to the message When inserted in a message a numeric command will be represented in the Active Text or Inactive Text message field as lt gt Discrete is represented as DISCRETE String is represented as STRING Time as Time and Date as lt Date gt You will return to the Add Edit Message details dialog MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net Q POWERMARGUEE Programming Software User Manual x This page intentionally left blank Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 Appendix ASCII Characters Error Messages International Character Sets lt 2 Q lt x POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual ASCII Characters Name Octal SP 040 041 i 042 043 044 045 amp 046 047 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 070 07
89. se Clock by 1 hour Discrete This allows the PLC to increment the marquee system clock by 1 hour Decrease Clock by 1 hour Discrete This allows the PLC to decrement the system clock by 1 hour MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net c POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual 9 x General Printer Clock Panel to PLC PLC to Panel Ports Error Messages S 2 Computer interface c PLC1 Driver PLC port Glave USED Cancel Computer Interface Select the PowerMarquee port that you will use to connect to a programming computer when you create a PowerMarquee Project and load it into a marquee PLC Driver Select the marquee port that you will use to connect to a PLC Printer Select the PowerMarquee port that you will use to connect to a serial Select NOT USED if not connecting to a Printer Slave Select the PowerMarquee port that you will use to connect to a slave device Select NOT USED if not connecting to a slave NOTE Please be aware that any given port can be used only once If you attempt to duplicate the COM 1 e g port assignment you will receive a warning message c Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual ERROR MESSAGES Project Attributes A D D 5 o Error Messages will be displayed on this Group and U
90. status bar will let you know when the upgrade is complete Upgrading Firmware MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual 5 The dialog box will show the File Revision number of the firmware and the Panel Revision of the Firmware Check these revision numbers If they are the same upgrade is needed you may click on the Cancel button to exit If the file you have selected is not the right one click on the Select a different file button x 6 Click on Continue to write the new firmware to the PowerMarquee Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Help Menu Help Topics About PawerMarquee Help Topics Click on Help Topics to view the help topics for PowerMarquee Programming Software The help window is in Windows 2000 format Use the Contents tab to view help topics by category Click on the Index tab to view an alphabetical list of all help topics Click on the Search tab and enter a word or words to find them where used in the help topics A D h D 5 O About PowerMarquee Click on About PowerMarquee for copyright manufacturer and version number of the PowerMarquee Programming Software x PowerMarquee Version 2 0 md Copyright c
91. that particular PLC Upgrade Firmware There may be occasional upgrades to the PowerMarquee internal software also referred to as the Exec or Firmware Check the www uticor net website periodically for information about software and firmware upgrades CAUTION Existing Programs that are saved to FLASH Memory must be resaved to FLASH after the upgrade When upgrading firmware YOU MUST write the program to the panel and save the program to FLASH using Panel gt Flash gt RAM to Flash To Upgrade Firmware 1 Back up the user program currently stored in the PowerMarquee and save to disk or Flash option card Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual 2 Click on Upgrade Firmware the following window will appear Upgrade Firmware A D h D 5 o 3 Click on Browse button and navigate to the new firmware hex file Firmware is generally stored in the PowerMarquee Program file in the Firmware folder Click on the hex file that you want to import and click on the Open button Select Firmware File to Send to PowerMarquee WII 214 PowerMarquee Exec Rev 0 PowerMarquee Exec Rev 0 Firmware files hex 4 Select the appropriate COM port under Ethernet COM Port click on the Configuration button and click on the OK button to begin the upgrade A
92. twise XOR 5 Left to right Bitwise OR 4 Left to right Logical AND amp amp 3 Left to right Logical OR 2 Left to right Assignment 1 Right to left Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 The value of this Expression tag will be diplayed on the PowerMarquee Edit Tag Details POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Special Symbols Hex constant Used to indicate a hexadecimal constant i e 3F Octal constant Used to indicate constant i e 377 Click in the middle column Expression to type in a Constant Press CTRL ENTER to move to a new line within the expression Double click on a Tag in the list on the left hand column to embed it into the Expression The tag will appear in the center column Select double click an Operator in the right hand column to embed it into the Expression Insert another tag into the Expression Define Display Expression Double click to embed tag in Expression Double click to embed an the expression Press Ctrl Enter to move to new line OPerator in the expression TEMP OUT OPT F THEN LSEENDIF 4 Hex value delimiter Octal value delimiter Left Parenthesis Right Parenthesis 2 DIFF ACTUAL OPTIMUM DISCRETE EMBEDDED DATA TAG es C PLC DirectLobic K Sequence Rev Tag Expression Tag Name TEMPERATURE D
93. up and unit number If the problem persists contact technical support Error T01 Tag name already exists Reason The tag name that was entered is a name that already has a data type and or PLC address assigned to it in the tag database Solution Change the tag name entered to a name that is unique when compared to the other tags in the Tag Database Error T02 Tag category does not match Reason This error occurs when a Tag Name of an incorrect data type is typed into the Tag Name field of an object Solution Select a valid Tag Name from the pull down list or create a new valid Tag Name Error 04 Error 05 Not used by PowerMarquee Error T06 Number of Characters must be even and valid range is 2 to 40 Reason In the process of making an ASCII tag the number of characters must remain between 2 and 40 If you enter a number outside of this range this error message will display Solution Either re enter a number within the specified range or use the wheel to the right edge of that field Error T07 IO Type is not valid forxxxx Unable to convert Reason If you specify a discrete address to an object requiring a word address or vice versa you will receive this error message Solution Specify a valid PLC address Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Error T08 Unable to get the datatype Error T09 Tag index not found
94. uticor net E gt c 5 POWERMARGUEE Programming Software User Manual PowerMarquee Programming Software Verston 2 0 This is screen that will appear when you are installing your software Read the information in each dialog and follow the onscreen instructions o o E x Welcome to the PowerMarquee Setup program This program will install PowerMarquee on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Cancel the software has been installed The next time you want to run the PowerMarquee IUE Programming Software just double click on the icon This icon will appear on your desktop after PM e Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Main Programming Window Title Bar ELZET Bl E Total Messages 0 Messages Maximum Value Tool Bar Message u TagName Acti
95. ve Text Indctive Text MsgType TagDatatype Active State Minimum Value Maximum Value Status Bar Ready MAN P3000 002 File Edit PowerMarquee Setup Help 2 1 52 E Fl EJ eu E nn IB Message List Window Power Up Messages Triggered sequentially during Power LIp Messagett u AciveTet Gruptt Clear Displa Blink Message Power UP Message List Window Title Bar The Title Bar tells you the name of the project and name and number of the screen that you currently have open Main Menu Bar This isthe Main Menu Bar PowerMarquee Programming Software menus are represented by the names listed across the top of the Main Programming Screen and directly under the Title Bar Tool Bar The Toolbar consists of icons for frequently used commands These commands are also found in and accessible from the Main Menu Bar Click on an icon in the graphic below to go to the help topic for that item Message List The Message list provides you with a list of programmed messages From this list you can enter a new message or edit an existing message You can delete messages copy one or more and paste them into the list and sort them by different variables You can also search for a character string in the entire message list to find each instance where it appears It provides you with a quick view Phone 1 563 359 7501
96. window similar to the following example will appear MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net E gt POWERMARGUEE Programming Software User Manual Message Preview on Slave Message 6 Active Text 2 o 65 65 O Inactive Text 8 To go to the Previous Message or the Next Message if programmed click on the Previous Msg or Next Msg buttons at the bottom of the window 9 Click on Cancel to quit without saving the current message changes Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Reference File Open Project Close Project Save Project Copy Project 4s Copy Project Protected Transfer to PowerMardquee Print Exit The Reference chapter provides more details on Menu commands It takes you through the Main Menu Bar item by item command by command with instructions It also contains information about the tool bar and popup menus referred to as Right Click Menus that are available when working in the Tag Database Message List and Active Inactive Text fields File Menu Open Project Click on File Open Project to open an existing or create a new project The Step 1 Project Information screen will open If you want to open an existing project click on the Browse button and the following window wi
97. y area is composed of up to 8 LED sticks These sticks are denoted in your display size by the W and H numbers that is a 2W4H display is 2 sticks wide and 4 sticks high When formatting your message for your particular size display keep in mind the display s stick height For instance a 4H unit can display 4 lines of 2 inch characters 2 lines of 4 inch characters 1 line of 4 inch characters and 2 lines of 2 inch characters 1 line of 6 inch characters and 1 line of 2 inch characters 1 line of 8 inch characters MAN P3000 002 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Each stick height represents a 2 inch high character Two stick heights represents a 4 inch tall character or two 2 inch characters One stick width supports 20 2 inch characters Two stick widths support 40 2 inch characters or 20 4 inch characters etc Each stick is 8 LEDs high and 120 LEDs wide Together these LED sticks form the LED display field Character size and field definitions can change continuously and can be hardware and or software defined 2 o 65 65 About EMBEDDED DATA VALUES 1 The following dialog box will appear when you select Embed Tags value within a message Embedding Data value Embedded Command Numeric Select tag from where value will I be read for embedded data Selected tag is a numeric tag
98. y wod All words pum 14 1 Enter the text string into the Find What field 2 Select Match Case if you want the upper and lower case characters found to match exactly what you typed in otherwise it will match your word MONITOR to Monitor for example 3 Select Match Exact if you only want the search to find and display exactly what you have typed in otherwise it may find the characters as part of a larger word text string 4 Select Any Word if you have typed in a phrase and want the search to find any word in the phrase 5 Select All Words if you want the search to find only instances where all of the words in the character string appear 6 Click on the Find Next button to go to the next match Sort Click on Sort in the right click menu to sort alphanumerically by Msg Message Number Msg Name Active Text in Message or by Group Number where messages are sent for display You can also click on a column heading in the Message List window or the Power Up Message list window to sort alphanumerically Properties Click on a message in the Message list to highlight it and then right click your mouse button to bring up the popup menu Click on Properties to bring up the Edit Message details dialog for that message Q Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www uticor net MAN P3000 002 POWERMARQUEE Programming Software User Manual Message Preview Click on a mess

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