FactoryTalk View Tag Addressing

The Global Object definitions do not have to have values entered. In post #2 we can see it is not being used. You can use a parameter file or parameter list instead.

Parameters are "plugged in" when the display loads or is refreshed. Check the button/object that opens this display. Look to see if they are using the parameter list/file option.

I don't know if you are using ME or SE but you could even have a button on that same display that uses the "display command (SE) or a GoTo button (ME). This would act to refresh the display using a different set of parameters.


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The Global Object definitions do not have to have values entered. In post #2 we can see it is not being used. You can use a parameter file or parameter list instead.

Parameters are "plugged in" when the display loads or is refreshed. Check the button/object that opens this display. Look to see if they are using the parameter list/file option.

I don't know if you are using ME or SE but you could even have a button on that same display that uses the "display command (SE) or a GoTo button (ME). This would act to refresh the display using a different set of parameters.


OG

I'm using ME. I appreciate the response. This makes a lot of sense now. I'll check the button that loads that screen and see what is going on and if parameters are being loaded.

*Edit - You're correct, this seems to be where it's being generated. Now I just need to understand exactly what this file is doing.

Thanks again.

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I totally understand this methodology of programming, I use it often with Siemens Functions. I'm still struggling to understand WHERE the 2nd part of the address is called. #1 is obvious to me, it's basically the driver/link to the PLC. The #4 is where I'm still confused. I understand you can have multiple instances of the same global object, I'm just not seeing where the bit that it's toggling is called out. I really hope I don't seem as stupid as I feel right now, I'm just not seeing where that tag is set per instance.

Thank you guys for all the help. It's been a while since I've been out of my comfort zone, hence the lack of posts over the years.

The #4 is your PLC tag for your button. You are correct that the #1 is the link to the PLC. So where I work I have global objects and I have some screens that have the same global object duplicated 15 times on the same screen yet they all display different information because in this case that #4 parameter value points to different buttons.
 
The #4 is your PLC tag for your button. You are correct that the #1 is the link to the PLC. So where I work I have global objects and I have some screens that have the same global object duplicated 15 times on the same screen yet they all display different information because in this case that #4 parameter value points to different buttons.

Thanks for all the help guys. I don't know why, but I had to uninstall and reinstall to be able to see the Global Object parameters in the instance. I greatly appreciate the guidance and patience.
 

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