Specifications

Section 10. Custom Keyboard Display Menus
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The Variable parameter is the variable name of the value to be displayed.
Values displayed using MenuItem can be edited, either by typing in a value
directly or by creating a pick list of values using MenuPick.
Note: Use DisplayValue to display variable values without allowing them to be
changed.
Parameter
& Data Type
Enter
MenuItemName
Text
The text that will be shown as the heading for the custom menu. The
string is limited to 20 characters, and it should be enclosed in quotation
marks.
Variable
Variable
The source of the value to display to the right of the text
“MenuItemName” The source must be a variable.
MenuPick (Item1, Item2, Item3, ..., Item7)
Used to create a pick list of values that the preceding MenuItem variable can be
set to. When MenuPick is used, the pick list is the only way to set the variable
from the custom menu.
The pick list can contain constants (see example). The constants must be
defined in the program. When the list contains constants, the variable value
shown in MenuItem will be displayed as the constant name (text) if the
numeric value of the variable equals the constant.
The MenuPick instruction must immediately follow the MenuItem instruction
for which a list of options is being generated. Each item in the list is separated
from the next by a comma.
SubMenu/EndSubMenu
Syntax:
SubMenu ("MenuName")
menu definition (DisplayValue, MenuItem, and SubMenu)
EndSubMenu
The SubMenu/EndSubMenu instructions are used to define the beginning and
end of a custom menu screen one level below the current menu. The
MenuName parameter is the text that will be shown on the datalogger's display
in the current menu and as the heading for the submenu. The string is limited
to 20 characters, and it should be enclosed in quotation marks. EndSubMenu
marks the end of the custom menu definition. The DisplayValue, MenuItem,
and SubMenu instructions are used to define the submenu.
Parameter
& Data Type
Enter
MenuName
Text
The text that will be shown as the heading for the Sub menu. The string is
limited to 20 characters, and it should be enclosed in quotation marks.