FactoryTalk Multistate Indicator

I'm converting a pva program to a mer in FactoryTalk View Studio ran into a addressing question.The multistate indicator in FT only gives me the option of value or LSB whereas panelbuilder allows you to select bit. I have the training software and the user guide but i must be missing something. I tried converting the pba to a mer but you would need a microscope to read the alarm banner when loaded in the panelview plus 600 so i decided to do it from scratch since i really need to learn the FT software and get away from PB.

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You can use an expression to change values/states based on your bits.

If bit.1 then 1 else
If bit.2 then 2 else
If bit.3 then 3 else 0

The expression is solved from top to bottom. Meaning that if bit.1 and bit.2 were both true then the Multistate Indicator would show State 1 because it is the first expression that is true. Just something to keep in mind if you need to have priority for what is displayed.

Currently the program uses only one address to display two different messages it sounds this will not work the same way.

If your address is a bit then there can be only two values 0 and 1. The State tab is where the value for each state is entered. They default to the State # but can be changed if needed. Enter the address on the connection tab, set up the states to display information and that should be all you need.
note:
If your address is a INT value then set the correct values for state 0 and 1 under the state tab.

Ok so i will leave trigger type set to value and when the assigned bit is a 1 that message is displayed and when its a 0 the message assigned to that value will be displayed?

Correct

Thanks for clearing that up for me.