Section 1 Overview 1-1 The NS-Designer
NS-Designer Operation Manual
1-1 The NS-Designer
The NS-Designer is an application software package that can be run on Windows 95, 98, NT, Me, 2000,
or XP to create screen data for NS-series Programmable Terminals (referred to as "PTs").
The NS-Designer enables using a graphic Windows interface and Windows operating environment so
that screens can be created simply and easily by practically anyone.
The data created on the NS-Designer consists of the following objects.
User screens
Sheets
Numeric units and scale settings
Alarm/event settings
Data log settings
Data block settings
Library
Fixed objects
Functional objects
Ta bl e s
Frames
Backgrounds
Fixed objects
Functional objects
Ta bl e s
Frames
Rectangles
Circles/ovals
Lines
Polylines
Polygons
Sectors
Arcs
Buttons
Lamps
Display and input
Display
System clock
Alarms/events
Data block tables
Functional objects
Fixed objects
Functional objects
Ta bl e s
Data created on
NS-Designer
(project)
ON/OFF buttons
Word buttons
Command buttons
Bit lamps
Word lamps
Numeral display & input
String display & input
Thumbwheel switches
Temporary input
Text
List selections
Level meters
Bitmaps
Analogue meters
Broken-line graphs
Data log graphs
Video display
Dates
Times
Alarm/event displays
Alarm/event summaries
and histories
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