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Widget for reading or writing a numeric PV by digit.

Basic Properties

Name (name): Human-readable name of this widget. Shown in the Outline view.

PV Name (pv_name)

The name of the main PV for this widget. If set, the widget’s value follows value updates of the corresponding PV.

It is not a requirement to use a PV. You may also control the widget value directly through scripting.

Widget Type (widget_type): Readonly property describing the type of this widget.

Behavior Properties

Actions (actions): Executable Actions attached to this widget.

Decimal Digits (decimalDigits): Number of decimal digits.

Enabled (enabled): Unset to make this control widget unusable.

Integer Digits (integerDigits): Number of integer digits.

Maximum (maximum): The upper limit of the widget.

Minimum (minimum): The lower limit of the widget.

Rules (rules): Rules attached to this widget.

Scripts (scripts): Scripts attached to this widget.

Visible (visible): Manage the visibility of this widget.

Border Properties

Alarm Sensitive (border_alarm_sensitive): If the PV is in alarm state, the widget border and style change to alarm mode.

Border Color (border_color)

The color of the widget border.

Has no meaning with certain types of border styles (for example, raised borders have a fixed style).

Border Style (border_style): The type of border. Some border styles also colorize the background of the widget’s bounding box.

Border Width (border_width)

The thickness of the widget border.

Has no meaning with certain types of border styles (for example, raised borders have a fixed style).

Display Properties

Alarm Pulsing (alarm_pulsing): If enabled, the PV is in alarm state, and the properties BackColor Alarm Sensitive and/or ForeColor Alarm Sensitive are used, then the corresponding colors will fade in and out to draw operator’s attention.

BackColor Alarm Sensitive (backcolor_alarm_sensitive): If the PV is in alarm state, then Background Color matches the corresponding alarm color.

Background Color (background_color): The color of the background of the widget’s bounding box. Only visible when the widget uses a border style that fills up the widget area.

Focused Frame Color (focusedFrameColor): Color of the border of the focused digit.

Font (font): The font of the label.

ForeColor Alarm Sensitive (forecolor_alarm_sensitive): If the PV is in alarm state, then Foreground Color matches the corresponding alarm color.

Foreground Color (foreground_color): The color of the label.

Internal Frame Color (internalFrameColor): Color of the border surrounding each digit.
Internal Frame Thickness (internalFrameSize): Thickness in pixels of the border surrounding each digit.
Show Buttons (show_buttons): Show the arrow buttons for manipulating the digits.

Tooltip (tooltip): Tooltip when mouse hovers this widget.

Position Properties

Height (height): Height of the widget area in pixels.

Scale Options (scale_options): If autoscaling is enabled on the Display, then this property allows controlling whether and how this widget participates.

Width (width): Width of the widget area in pixels

X (x): X-coordinate in pixels of the top-left corner of the widget area.

Y (y): Y-coordinate in pixels of the top-left corner of the widget area.