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Configuring user symbols


Configuring user symbols

General information

A maximum of 128 user symbols for process displays can be configured in the user symbol table.

You can set-up or open the user symbol table in the List of contents, project.

You will find additional general information on configuring user symbols in the Planning Guide for WF470, Section 6.

List of contents, user symbols

All 128 possible user symbols are shown in the form of icons in the user symbol list of contents:

Anwendersymbol-Inhaltsverzeichnis

The icons have the following significance, depending on what they look like:

Icon für Anw.Symbol mit Inhalt

Icon for user symbol with contents; for these symbols, pixels are set in the pixel matrix. The icon displays the pixel matrix.

Icon für leeres Anw.Symbol

Icon for an empty user symbol; the symbol is in the user symbol list, but no pixels are set in the pixel matrix.

Icon für (noch) nicht vorhandenes Anw.Symbol

Icon for a user symbol which is (still) not available; the user symbol is (still) not entered in the user symbol list.

Editing a user symbol

Select one of the symbols (icons) in the List of contents, user symbols and select the menu item File/Open. The dialog box "Edit user symbol" is then opened.

It is not possible to delete user symbols. However, you can reset all pixels in the matrix so that an empty symbol is created.

Information:

Dialog box, edit user symbols

Dialog Anwender-Symbol Bearbeitung

This dialog box displays a larger (zoomed) user symbol. The status of the pixels is inverted by clicking on a pixel field in the matrix.

The displayed symbol is transferred with the OK button, and the dialog box closed.

You can edit the standard text with the specified number in this dialog box.

The text entry is transferred and the dialog box is closed by pressing the OK button.

Additional information on configuring texts is provided in the Planning Guide for WF470, Section. 5.


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