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Using SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx @aGlance 1-13
SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx 4.1.1 @aGlance
 Starting Time, Ending Time — for each of these, enter a character
string with a maximum total length of 21 characters that represents
the starting or ending point for the historical trend.
You can specify time using a number with one to six digits. The system
acceptsaoneortwodigitnumberashours;athreeorfourdigit
number as hours and minutes; and a five or six digit number as hours,
minutes, and seconds. A colon between fields is optional. If AM or PM
is not specified, the system defaults to a 24-hour clock.
The following are examples of legitimate start or end times:
10AM FRI
10AM FRI + 2 DAYS
10:10:00 MON NEXT DAY
For more information, refer to the appendix on time strings in the
SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx Reports Manual.
 Time Range (optional) — designate a location that will display an
actual time string for each set of samples when they are received from
OSx. OSx formats these values so that you can use them as the
Starting Time in subsequent commands.
 Status Range (optional, but recommended) — designate a location to
display error messages. This location must be the same size as the
output location.
 List Counts — enter integers to represent the number of tag names and
the number of attribute names. Refer to the user documentation that
accompanies your client software for more detailed information.