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Guidance viewer screen

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Guidance Text

Displays the guidance text information.

File List

Displays a list of files registered in the guidance. Clicking on the list will display the target file in the preview display.

Preview display

Displays a preview of the selected file. When the screen is displayed, the selected file is initially displayed as a representative file. If it is an image file, the image is displayed. If it is any other file, it is displayed as an icon.

Clicking on the preview will open the file. For example, if it is a video file, a video player will pop up and the video will start playing.

Audio Switching

Enables/disables audio playback of video data.

When playing videos with sound, you may need to install a codec pack on the client PC depending on the type of video you are playing.

Settings button

The guidance editing screen will pop up.

Guidance registration/addition screen

This is the screen that pops up when you add new guidance.

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Unique ID

Enter a unique ID. A unique ID is used as an identifier to call up guidance information by specifying the ID from other functions. Setting a unique ID is optional, and you can leave it blank if you do not want to specify one. If you do specify one, please assign a unique ID as a string that does not overlap with other IDs.

keyword

For the keyword, specify a character string to associate with guidance information, such as a tag path or an alarm ID.

When you click the selection button "...", the following dialog will be displayed.

(Keyword Editing Dialog)

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The categories that can be set for keywords are "Custom," "Tag," "Alarm ID," and "Data Source," and can be switched using the tabs at the top of the screen.

Classification	explanation
custom	Specify a custom keyword. You can freely specify any string for this keyword. Use this when you want to make your own association.
tag	Specify a tag keyword. Specify the associated tag path for this keyword. If you specify this keyword in the guidance information, for example, when you select a tag from the signal list screen, guidance with a matching tag keyword will be displayed.
Alarm ID	Specify the alarm ID keyword. This keyword specifies the associated alarm ID (the alarm ID defined in the alarm master when monitoring the alarm). If you specify this keyword in the guidance information, guidance with a matching alarm ID keyword will be displayed when you select an alarm from the alarm summary screen, etc.
Data Source	Specify a data source keyword. This keyword specifies the associated data source (the data source for referencing fields defined in summary actions, etc.). If you specify this keyword in the guidance information, guidance with a matching data source will be displayed when you select data from trend graphs, daily report screens, etc.

title

Specify the title of the guidance information.

Guidance Text

Enter the text you want to display as guidance information. You can enter multiple lines by using line breaks.

Add files

Displays a file selection dialog box, allowing you to add files to be registered in the guidance information.

(File selection/server)

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The "Server" tab allows you to save files to the server, where they can be used commonly across the system.

(File selection/local)

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The "Local" tab saves files locally on the client PC that currently has the screen open. Use this tab when you want to manage files separately for each client PC.

File Deletion

Deletes the selected file.

Representative Selection

Select the file that you want to represent in the guidance information. Clicking the button will switch to the "Representative Selection" mode as shown below, and clicking the thumbnail will put a check mark on the file. The checked file will be the representative file. Clicking the "Representative Selection" button again will return to normal mode.

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Thumbnail View

Displays thumbnails of files registered in the guidance information. Files with a check mark are representative files.

Save the settings and close the window.

cancel

Cancels the settings and closes the screen.

Guidance registration/guidance editing screen

The guidance editing screen can be displayed from the settings button in the guidance viewer or the guidance information settings button on the information bar.

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#	name	explanation
1	Unique ID	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
2	keyword	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
3	title	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
4	Guidance Text	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
5	Add files	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
6	File Deletion	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
7	Representative Selection	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
8	Thumbnail View	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
9	List view	This screen will close and the guidance list screen will be displayed.
10	Unsubscribe	The keywords registered in this guidance information will be removed.
11	OK	Save the settings and close the window.
12	cancel	Cancels the settings and closes the screen.

Guidance registration/Guidance list screen

On the Guidance List screen, you can register, edit, and delete guidance information.

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1	Guidance List	Displays a list of registered guidance information. When you click on a guidance from the list, the registered guidance information is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Each item displayed at the bottom of the screen can be edited directly.
2	addition	Add new guidance information. Newly added guidance information will be added to the end of the list.
3	Insert	Inserts new guidance information into the currently selected line position in the guidance list.
4	delete	Deletes the currently selected guidance information.
5	Up	Moves the currently selected guidance information up one line.
6	Down	Moves the currently selected guidance information down one line.
7	Unique ID	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
8	keyword	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
9	title	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
10	Guidance Text	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
11	Add files	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
12	File Deletion	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
13	Representative Selection	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
14	Thumbnail View	For details, please refer to the "Add Guidance Screen."
15	Use registered guidance	Clicking this button allows you to select and copy existing guidance information from the Guidance Selection screen. Select the guidance information you want to copy from the list on the Guidance Selection screen displayed by this button and click the OK button, and each item of the source will be copied to the guidance information currently being edited (however, the unique ID will not be copied).
16	OK	Save the settings and close the window.
17	cancel	Cancels the settings and closes the screen.

Guidance registration/guidance selection screen

The Guidance Selection screen is displayed when selecting from existing guidance information. This screen displays the same guidance information as the Guidance List screen, but it cannot be edited.

To select guidance, select the desired guidance information from the list and click the OK button.

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Screen Explanation

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