USER-PAK Option

Chapter 8
Defining Strings for Serial Ports and Viewports
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The Color CVIM module thus displays the string for each index value, until
the index value exceeds the End value. If the # character is included in the
repeated string, the current index value replaces the # character in the string.
In our example, to display the string 5 times, and include the numbers 1-5 in
the five strings, respectively, we set the Start value to 1, the End value to 5,
and the Increment to 1. The index will increment through values 1 to 5,
printing the string five times. If instead we needed to indicate the numbers
6-10, we can set the Start value to 6, the End value to 10, and set the
Increment to 1, so the index will increment from 6-10, and so forth.
Example 5 – Using Data Codes and # (Index) Character
The second and third columns in the viewport display (the mean and
standard deviation values, respectively, for gages 1-5) were created using a
single viewport string, along with the Repeat String feature.
Figure 8.17 Example of using data codes and index characters in runtime displays
Example 5
Here is the string text used to create the displayed strings:
Here are the elements of the string text used:
• Data codes are used to display the mean (data code Sn.3, where n is the
tool type and tool number indicator – see Table 8.A Data Codes in this
chapter) and the standard deviation (data code Sn.4) in the string. In
both cases, we use the # character in place of the n in the data codes; thus
when the string is repeatedly displayed, the current index number is
inserted, designating, in this case, both the tool type and tool number.