Configure a basic SA_PolarStar_8_Spoke symbol using ArchestrA attributes

The basic configuration of the SA_PolarStar_8_Spoke symbol shows eight spokes without labels or Alarm Border animation.

To configure a basic symbol, you need to assign attribute values to the SpokexPV and SpokexSP custom properties for each spoke.

Optional strings can be assigned to the symbol's spokes using the Substitute Strings feature.

Prerequisites

To demonstrate how to create a basic symbol using ArchestrA attributes, create a set of UserDefined objects with the following properties:

• Create an analog PV field attribute as Float data type.

• Enable limit alarms and set limit values for HiHi, Hi, Lo, and LoLo alarms.

• Enable I/O scaling and clamp to the EU range.

To configure a basic SA_PolarStar_8_Spoke symbol

1. Embed the symbol in another symbol in the Industrial Graphic Editor.

2. Select the symbol.

3. Right-click on the symbol and select Custom Properties to show the Custom Properties dialog box.

4. Assign reference values to Spoke1 and click OK.

   1. Select the Spoke1PV custom property from the list.

   2. Remove the default value from the Default Value field.

   3. Click the Galaxy Browser button to the right of the Default Value field.

   4. Click the Attribute Browser tab and select the PV attribute from the list.

   5. Click OK to return Custom Properties dialog box.

   6. Repeat steps a through d to assign the SP attribute to the Spoke1SP custom property.

   7. Repeat these steps to assign PV and SP attributes to each spoke's custom properties.

5. Click OK.

6. If you want, assign optional string values to the symbol's labels.

   8. Right-click on the symbol, select Substitute, and then select Substitute Strings.

   9. Enter string values into the fields of the Substitute Strings dialog box that match the default strings shown for the symbol and click OK.

7. Save the symbol and check it in.

8. If necessary, deploy the Galaxy containing the object with attributes that are used as reference values of the custom properties.

9. Double-click an instance of InTouch ViewApp to start WindowMaker.

10. Embed the symbol containing the symbol in an InTouch window.

11. Run the application in WindowViewer to verify that your basic symbol configuration works correctly.