irondesk40
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have a question. Have a project i just finished with a micrologix 1400 and a Control Techniquie (red lion) hmi and controlled temperature through the plc.
Now looking at something i want to try. In my HMI programs i have a menu screen for the operator to enter values for timers, motor speed, etc... I am looking at creating a menu as a test where a operator would select a item on the menu screen and a keypad pop up and then instead of entering a numeric value which is how i have done my menus over the year i am wondering is it possible to bring up the keypad and instead of the numeric value enter text such as STYLE 1 and then when you press enter in the plc program do a compare to see if the value is equal to the STYLE 1 and if so then put the correct values for that style into the registers for the timers, motor speeds, cycle counts etc.. is this possible?
thanks.
Now looking at something i want to try. In my HMI programs i have a menu screen for the operator to enter values for timers, motor speed, etc... I am looking at creating a menu as a test where a operator would select a item on the menu screen and a keypad pop up and then instead of entering a numeric value which is how i have done my menus over the year i am wondering is it possible to bring up the keypad and instead of the numeric value enter text such as STYLE 1 and then when you press enter in the plc program do a compare to see if the value is equal to the STYLE 1 and if so then put the correct values for that style into the registers for the timers, motor speeds, cycle counts etc.. is this possible?
thanks.