6-8
Section
Touch Switches
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Action Type
Set, Reset, Alternative, Momentary
:
Displays the dialog box used to specify the bit number.
:
Displays the I/O comment table.
Guidance
The input notify touch switch drives the specified PC (PLC) bit ON/OFF in re-
sponse to the pressing of the touch switch.
The status of the PC (PLC) bit when the touch switch is pressed is processed
as shown below according to the setting for [Action Type].
Set:
Drives the PC (PLC) bit ON when the touch switch is pressed. The PC (PLC) bit
stays ON even after the touch switch is released.
Reset:
Drives the PC (PLC) bit OFF when the touch switch is pressed. The PC (PLC)
bit stays OFF even after the touch switch is released.
Alternative:
Drives the PC (PLC) bit from OFF to ON or from ON to OFF when the touch
switch is pressed. The PC (PLC) bit is turned ON when the touch switch is
pressed while it is OFF and if the touch switch is pressed when the PC (PLC) bit
is ON, the PC (PLC) bit goes OFF.
Momentary:
Drives the PC (PLC) bit ON when the touch switch is pressed; the PC (PLC) bit
remains ON only while the touch switch is being pressed. The PC (PLC) bit
goes OFF when the touch switch is released.
6-8-2 Switch Screen Touch Switch
Function:
Switch screen
Settings
Screen No.: Specify the screen number of the screen to which the display is to
change when the touch switch is pressed.
Guidance
The switch screen touch switch changes the displayed screen at a PT to the spe-
cified screen.
6-8-3 (Character) String Input Touch Switch
Function:
Input key – String
Settings
Input Key String:
Indicates the (character) string that is input into the (charac-
ter) string input field when the touch switch is pressed. This
control is enabled for the PT models NT21 and NT31/631
only.
Insert Mark:
Select the mark data to be pasted into a string.
Copy from Label
Copies the contents of Touch Switch’s label to the Input Key
String label. This will be enabled only if the label type of a
Touch Switch is Static or On Off Static.
Related elements and setting
(Character) string input element:
[Objects]
→
[Data Input]
→
[String] (Refer to 6-4-2 (Character) String Input.)