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GraphWorX64 - Setting Dynamic Local Aliases

This document provides guidance on how to dynamically set local aliases to changing OPC tag values in GraphWorX64. It describes creating a localsim tag as the dynamic value, adding it as a process point, and using a pick action to set the local alias value from the tag data.

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GraphWorX64 - Setting Dynamic Local Aliases

This document provides guidance on how to dynamically set local aliases to changing OPC tag values in GraphWorX64. It describes creating a localsim tag as the dynamic value, adding it as a process point, and using a pick action to set the local alias value from the tag data.

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GraphWorX64

Setting Dynamic Local Aliases


September 2013

Description: Guide to set Local Aliases to OPC tag values Selecting the local alias from the list will not give the full syntax,
OS Requirement: Vista x64/ Windows 7 x64/ Windows 8 x64/ so to view it as a string it will need to be preceded with x= “ and
Windows Server 2008 x64/ Windows Server 2008 R2 x64/ superseded with “. When entering Runtime the display should
Windows Server 2012 appear as follows, see Figure 3:
General Requirement: General knowledge of ICONICS
GENESIS64 and Local Aliasing

Introduction

When using the system there may be instances where the end Figure 3 - GraphWorX64 in Runtime
user wishes to set a Local Alias to an undefined value, so there
needs to be a way for a value to be dynamically changed and To set the value of the created localsim tag to the Local Alias
then this value be applied to a Local Alias. value, then a pick action will need to be created with the Set
Local Alias Command and the LocalAliasCommandType of From
Data will be selected, as shown in .
Setting the Value

For this example a GraphWorX64 display will need to be created


with two process points on it. In this example we will be using
the local simulation tags for the dynamic value, however it will
work with other OPC Data Inputs.

When adding the first process point the Simulation tab in the
Data Browser will need to be selected. From here a new variable Figure 4 - Local Alias
will need to be defined by clicking on the Define New Variable
button, with the following properties set, as displayed in Figure 1: Instead of opening Local Alias editor, the
LocalAliasCommandData string will need to be set to the
following string:
{{x= "LocalAlias," +
{{localsim::InitialValue:String:::Initial}}}}
When entering Runtime clicking the button will update the Local
Alias on the display so it now has the value of the localsim tag.
Figure 1 - Defining the Local Variable
If the retrieved value is not a String datatype then the
After closing this dialog the Process Point will need to have the OPC tag will need wrapped in the tostring() function, e.g:
Data Entry property enabled. tostring({{localsim::DynamicInt:Int32}})
The pick action can be modified to set multiple Local Alias values
A second process point will need to be added and this time the
in one command by utilising the following command syntax:
context will need to be changed to the Local Aliases tab, from
{{x= "LocalAlias," +
here the text area will need to have the following text, as
{{localsim::InitialValue:String:::Initial}} +
displayed in Figure 2: asciitochar(13) + asciitochar(10) + "LocalAlias2," +
{{localsim::LocalAlias2:String}}}}
Each new local alias will need to be preceded by the
asciitochar(13) + asciitochar(10) to function correctly.

Figure 2 - Adding a Local Alias

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