Bind Widgets to the Datapoint

After adding widgets to the Px page, you need to bind the widget with the appropriate datapoint.

There are three type of binding:

The toolbar is located at the bottom of the Easy Binding view.

Stepls to bind a widgets with a datapoint

  1. Save the Px page then in the view selector on the right select Easy Binding.

    The Easy Binding window view is displayed.

  2. Note: The chain icon displayed on the graphic means the graphic is not bound.

  3. Bind the points with the graphics. This can be done in one of three ways

    Using Point Chooser

    1. Select the graphic.
    2. Select   (plus icon) from the required binding type in toolbar. The Point Chooser window displayed.

    3. Enter the required point name in the search field. Filtered data points are displayed.

      NOTE

      • If you select the Remember last choice option, the application will remember the last search history.
      • The displayed points can be filtered by point type by selecting the Secure Boolean, Numeric, Secure Numeric, Enum or Secure Enum checkboxes.
    4. Select the required datapoint and click Choose. This will bind the selected datapoint to the selected binding type for the widget.

    Using drag and drop on the widgets

    1. In the Nav tree select the required data point.
    2. Drag the datapoint onto the binding type for the widget.

      This will bind the datapoint to the selected binding type for the widget.

    Using drag and drop on the toolbar

    1. Select the widget. The toolbar displays the properties and binding points for the widget.

    2. In the Nav tree select the required datapoint.
    3. Drag the datapoint on to the area of toolbar representing the required binding type.

    Select the widget. The toolbar displays the properties and binding points for the widget.

    After the widget has been bound to the required datapoint, its appearance will change.

    You can switch  to Wb Px View, to check the display is  as required.

Wb Px View

Wb Px View displays the widgets datapoint value, override status and generate alarm, In the normal operation widgets displays the datapoint value in Wb Px View, which is binded with widget value slot. Also, you can manually change the datapoint value.

To change the datapoint value:

  1. Right-click on the datapoint > Action > Set
  2. Enter the value and click OK

If the datapoint binded with widget alarm slot, the widget will generate alarm and displays alarm status in Wb Px View when the lower or higher limit value reached. You can change the lower or higher limit value of the alarm manually. For more details to configure alarm extension, refer Niagara documentation or module://docAlarms/doc/alarm-AlarmSourceExt.html Ord link

If the datapoint binded with widget override slot, the widget will generate override status, then widgets changes status with (hand icon).in Wb Px View. Also, you can change the override value and duration manually as per requirement.

By default, a Permanent override is the default choice in the drop-down list—the override value will remain effective until the next time this action is autodetected. Other timed durations are available, including a Custom selection in which a user specifies a duration in hours, minutes, and seconds.

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