FactoryTalk ME 7-Segment Font

[robertmee]

Does Me/Panelview support a 7 segment font? I have a customer that want's a temperature controller mimic'd on the HMI and it's a standard Honeywell style with 7 segment display.

 

[Cheeseface]

bitmaps in a multistate indicator

 

[nhatsen]

Does Me/Panelview support a 7 segment font?

Yes, if you install the same true type font in both systems, your PC and PV. Use the MER transfer utility for sending the font to the PV.

 

[Archie]

If the Panelview lets you download True Type Fonts or Web Open Type, then you can do something similar as I had done in an example for AdvancedHMI with a free font:

http://advancedhmi.com/forum/index.php?topic=1565.0

 

[robertmee]

Ok thanks....For some reason in reading the help, it seemed I was limited to Rockwell fonts....I downloaded a 7 segment TType font and its working on the PC....Won't know for a month or so when I dump it into the PV Plus 1500 if it will work there.

 

[Ken Roach]

You have to load the TrueType font into the PanelView Plus terminal separately from the project file. There's a seldom-used tab in the Transfer Utility for downloading fonts. It's not automatically bundled in with the *.MER file.

There may technically be licensing issues with TTF fonts included with desktop operating systems being run on a Windows CE box, but in general I've found I can copy the TTF files from Windows XP or Windows 7.

 

[arlenjacobs]

Does Me/Panelview support a 7 segment font? I have a customer that want's a temperature controller mimic'd on the HMI and it's a standard Honeywell style with 7 segment display.

Same as everyone else, find a TTF font and download that to the PVP.


FYI
The PV5000 does have built-in 7 segment fonts. They look really nice.