Configure an InTouch group object

Add a group to your InTouch object

1. Select the new data source object, right-click it, and then select Add InTouchGroup Connection on the shortcut menu.

   • A new object is created in the hierarchy tree and is named New_InTouchGroup_000 by default (in "edit mode"). Rename it, if desired. You are allowed to add up to 100 new group objects.

     The New_InTouchGroup_000 Parameters configuration view (right pane) is displayed.

2. Configure the new group object according to the following option definitions:

   • Device Group Name: Name of the topic that DDE or SuiteLink clients of Gateway Communication Driver connect to in order to access items at the InTouch group. Default value is the concatenation of the InTouch data source object’s name and the group object’s name (this cannot be edited).

   • Read Only: Check this box to make all items connected through the InTouch group read only. This qualification is in addition to any read-only condition that InTouch imposes. Unchecking this box only removes Gateway Communication Driver-imposed read-only qualifications. In other words, items inherently read-only in the data source remain so. Default value is unchecked.

   • InTouch Runtime Node: The name of the node (computer) on which the InTouch application runs. Default value is the same as the InTouch data source object’s InTouch Runtime Node setting (this is not editable).

   • Item Browse Path: The path to the InTouch file, Tagname.X. It identifies the InTouch application whose tagname database is accessed by this InTouch group. Default value is the same as the InTouch data source object’s Item Browse Path setting (this is not editable).

   • Tag Browser button: Select to open the InTouch Tag Browser, in which you can select InTouch tags for inclusion in the items list on the Device Items tab of this group. For information about how to use the Tag Browser, see the InTouch HMI documentation . While using the Tag Browser, note that you can use typical Windows operations such as Ctrl-Click to toggle selections and Shift-Click to multi-select tagnames.

Since an InTouch group always belongs to a given InTouch data source object, all of its parameters (except the Read Only check box and the Tag Browser button) are implicitly inherited and thus for reference only (non-configurable) from the InTouchGroup configuration view.

Although the InTouch tagname database is flat, InTouch groups provide an artificial grouping hierarchy.

Note: Each group or topic must be uniquely named for the data source associated with it.