Tags Pages 63 to 114 in your workbook

Tag Browser Review of the communication chain Polling Driver concepts Tag Browser in detail – Filtering – The tag tree & navigation – Tools for creating & managing tags New Tags – The ID & I/O tabs: standard features – Exercise 6-1

Update Type What the command does When to use it When not to use it

Context Tags Benefits of a hierarchical structure Uses for a Context tag – Exercise 6-2 – Exercise 6-3

Analog Input Analog Input versus Analog Status I/O configuration Scaling Preview of other configuration options – Exercise 6-4

Link Widgets to Tags Review: Unlinked widget indicator Color Fill – Configuration properties Other bar type widgets Linking to a tag – Exercises 6-5 through 6-10

Questionable Data Why there is a ? blinking on the widget How to turn it off Manual data and the !

Snapshot Expressions The expression editor Expression syntax \PropertyName Adding properties to Context tags Recognize a snapshot field: blue shading – Exercise 6-11 – Exercise 6-12

Automated Properties Use a tag as the data source for a widget property – Exercise 6-13 – Exercise 6-14 Extra topic: Text formatting & Text Fonts

Export Tags The Export page of Application Configuration Format choices What to expect in the output file How to add, edit, delete Synchronizing

Analog Output Output options in Input tags Analog Output versus Analog Control Configuration options Uses of the Data Source field Widgets for operator controls – Exercises 6-15 to 6-17

Digital Input Digital Input versus Digital Status Configuration options Pump Status Indicator Widgets The System Style tag – Configuration – Default usage by tags and widgets

Digital Output Digital Output versus Digital Control Configuration options Widgets for digital control – Exercise 6-18 Optional topic: Selector Switches

From Context to Type Turning a Context tag into a new type Advantages – Equipment with many I/O addresses is now one tag – Can be updated at any time, updating all – Automated configuration with snapshots – Later, will create complex widgets for use by custom types – Exercise 6-19 through 6-23