Issue
Script advise for xPDisplay on a b3/i2 controller
Product Line
EcoStruxure Building Operation
Environment
- i2 and b3 Controller
- xP Display
Cause
The xP Display was designed when only Continuum was available (before EBO) and there was no documentation for EBO. Scripts need to be used to control the xP Display
Binding to Object LCDAnswerString directly via "String Input" or "String Output" in a script program
Then doing a check
If LCDAnswerString <> "" then
causes the script to disable with errors.
"" = Null
Resolution
A simple way around this is to do the script check on another (manually created) string that is bound to the object LCDAnswerString
Thus the following will work:
Numeric Input LCDKeyStroke 'bind to LCDKeyStroke - this can also be used to set to zero. eg. LCDKeyStroke = 0
String Input LCDAnswerStrCopy 'bind eg LCDAnswerStrCopy - use this to read the LCDAnswerString value
String Output LCDAnswerString 'LCDAnswerString - use this to set to Null eg. LCDAnswerString = ""
Numeric Output AAA
Line Wait4Value
If LCDAnswerStrCopy <> "" then 'check if a value has been input
AAA = minimum(maximum(0, StrToNum(LCDAnswerStrCopy)), 100) 'Make AAA equal the input (min0, max100)
LCDAnswerString = "" 'reset LCDAnswerString back to Null
Endif
Outside this script, the manually created string object LCDAnswerStrCopy needs to be bound to LCDAnswerString, this can be achieved directly (change the binding type to COV) or via another script (use Print LCDAnswerString to LCDAnswerStringCopy)
Note
v4.0 export, script text attached and install guide attached
