I'm developing a program in FTView ME for a machine that has three independent axes of motion, each controlled by an old pneumatic proportional controller. There are a dozen or so parameters related to each axis, and I've only got a small HMI to play with, so I'm building a generic "axis settings" page which I'll then call with a parameter file to specify the particular axis I'm looking for. My parameter file just has two parameters, a literal string for the page header (so when you load the page for Axis ABC it says "Axis ABC" at the top of the display) and a reference to the UDT in my Compact Logix PLC.
I want to place a button on this page that, when pressed, will bring up a popup window with some calibration information for whichever axis I'm looking at. That is, I need to pass the UDT reference that I've loaded the configuration window with, to the popup. I thought maybe I could use parameter #3 in my parameter file as the name of a new parameter file - one containing just the UDT reference - and then put {#3} in the parameter file for the go to display button - would that work? Is there any other way to achieve this?
I want to place a button on this page that, when pressed, will bring up a popup window with some calibration information for whichever axis I'm looking at. That is, I need to pass the UDT reference that I've loaded the configuration window with, to the popup. I thought maybe I could use parameter #3 in my parameter file as the name of a new parameter file - one containing just the UDT reference - and then put {#3} in the parameter file for the go to display button - would that work? Is there any other way to achieve this?