Text Color
Select a color for the message text.
Background Color
Select a background color for the message text.
Blink
Select the blink and blink speed. You can choose different blink
settings for [Text Color] and [Background Color].
Font
Choose a font type for the Alarm Message from [Standard Font] or
[Stroke Font].
Standard Font/Stroke Font
This bitmap font displays quickly, because it
is composed of dots.
This vector font maintains its shape when
enlarged, because its shape is described with lines.
Size
Choose a text size for the Alarm Message. Each font type has a
different range of styles.
[8 x 16], [8 x 32], [8 x 64], [16 x 16], [16
x 32], [16 x 64], [32 x 16], [32 x 32], [32 x 64].
[8], [16], [32]
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When using GP-4100 series, font sizes are
limited as follows.
Standard Font: Select from [8×16], [8×32], [16×16], [16×32],
[32×16], or [32×32].
Stroke Font: Select from [8] or [16].
Jump
Go to a specific row number.
Auto Allocation
The [Address Auto Allocation] dialog box appears. Configure
settings to allocate designated addresses from the starting
address.
Start Address
Set the Bit Address that will start the Auto Allocation.
Added Bits
Set the number of Bit Addresses (from 1 to Alarm limit - Current
row position + 1) for Auto Allocation.
Increase Address By
Set the number of bits to add during an Auto Allocation, from 0
to 4096.
Print at Trigger Time/Print at Recovery
Time
Select whether or not to print the trigger time or recovery time
along with the Alarm Message when the alarm is triggered or
recovered. Set this to [ON] to print.
Number
Displays the Banner Alarm Message registration number (row
number) from 1 to 512.
Bit Address
Set the Bit Address to monitor the alarm trigger. When the
Monitoring Bit Address turns ON (Trigger), the Alarm Message
scrolls. When the Monitoring Bit Address turns OFF (Recovery), the
Alarm Message display ends.
Message
Set an alarm message within 160 single-byte characters.
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When [Enable Text Table] is selected, this
displays with the text table's number of index characters.
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When using the Text Table data, if line feed is
inserted in the data, the text before the line feed will be
displayed as messages. The text after the line feed will not be
displayed.
Print at Trigger Time/Print at Recovery
Time
Select whether or not to print the trigger time or recovery time
along with the Alarm Message when the alarm is triggered or
recovered. Set this to [ON] to print.
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The print color is limited to black.
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Printing will use the font designated in
[Alarm] settings [Banner] tab.
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When this is set to a language other than
Japanese (set to ASCII, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, Chinese
(Traditional), Cyrillic or Thai), it will be output in English.
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The display unit can store printing information
for a maximum of 1000 Alarm Messages (Banner) and Alarm Histories
(Real-time Print). If no printer is connected to the display unit,
it can still store up to 1,000 messages, but any messages over
1,000 will be lost while the display unit is waiting to print.
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If the printer goes offline during printing due
to a paper jam or some other reason, fix the printer error without
turning off the display unit. Print information stored in the
display unit will be sent to the printer when it comes back
online.
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If the printer's power goes off during
printing, the data sent from the display unit during that time will
not be printed.
