LCD Screen Editor: Data Tab Details

The field pane's Data tab is divided into two areas:

Data to Display

This area is used by all fields and determines what data will be displayed in this field. The first item to fill in is the Data Area. Listed below are all the data areas supported, and the additional options used by each.

Status
This area gives access to any of the ten status registers on any axis. These fields must be read only. This area has the following additional parameters that must be defined:

Axis: Select the axis for the status you want to display.

Field: Select the status field for the selected axis that you want to display.

Parameter
This area gives access to most of the parameters on any axis. These fields may be read only or editable. Changes made to parameters take effect immediately and do not require a separate Set Parameters (P) command to be issued. This area has the following additional parameters that must be defined:

Axis: Select the axis for the parameter you want to display.

Field: Select the parameter for the selected axis that you want to display. Notice that the Configuration Word and Auto Stop parameters cannot be displayed or edited.

Note: When parameters are changed through the LCD420 display, the Set Parameter On-the-Fly (0xD0-0xDF) commands are used internally. Not all parameters can be set on-the-fly and therefore, attempting to change them will result in a parameter error. For details on limitations of setting parameters on-the-fly, see Set Parameter On-the-Fly Commands.

Step Table
This area gives access to most fields in the Event Step table. These fields may be read only or editable. This area has the following additional parameters that must be defined:

Step: Select the step number for the field you want to display.

Field: Select the step field you want to display. Notice that the Mode, Command, Commanded Axes, Link Type, and Link Next fields cannot be displayed or edited.

Profile Table
This area gives access to most fields in the Motion Profile table. These fields may be read only or editable. This area has the following additional parameters that must be defined:

Profile: Select the profile number for the field you want to display.

Field: Select the profile field you want to display. Notice that the Mode field cannot be displayed or edited.

Input-to-Event Table
This area gives access to any Input-to-Event table entry. These fields may be read only or editable. Blank Input-to-Event table entries will be displayed as -1. This area has the following additional parameters that must be defined:

Axis: Select the axis for the input-to-event table entry you want to display.

Input: Select the input edge for the input-to-event table entry you want to display.

Parameter Error
This area gives access to the last parameter error number for any axis. For a list of parameter error numbers and descriptions on each, see Parameter Error Values. These fields must be read only. This area has the following additional parameter that must be defined:

Axis: Select the axis whose last parameter error number you want to display.

Any Auto Stop Error
This area selects a special bit field for any axis. This field will be on when the axis has any error bit on in its Status word that also has any type of auto stop enabled for it. Otherwise it will be off. This field must be read only. This area has the following additional parameter that must be defined:

Axis: Select the axis whose error bit you want to display.

Write Locations

This area is used only for editable fields. If this section is disabled then ensure that the Editable check box on the Format tab is checked. For editable bit fields, this area is available, but the list cannot be edited. In this case, the one write location will automatically match the Data to Display area.

For editable integer fields, you will see a list of all locations that will be written to when the LCD420 user changes the value of this field. The first item in the list will always match the location entered in the Data to Display area.

To edit this list:

In the Write Locations area, click Edit.

For details on editing this list see Using Fields with Multiple Write Locations.