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Set up global connections
Chapter 8
To set up remote display changes
1. In the Graphics editor, in the Display Settings dialog box, every new
display is assigned the number 1 by default. Therefore, to use remote
display changes, you must assign a unique display number to each
Replace and On Top display that you want to change remotely.
For more information about graphic displays, see Use graphic displays
on page 299.
2. In the Global Connections editor, assign a tag or an expression to the
Remote Display Number connection.
3. If you assign a tag to the Remote Display Number connection, set up
the data source to send a display’s number to the connection when you
want the display to open.
4. If you assign an expression to the Remote Display Number
connection, FactoryTalk View monitors the values of the tags used in
the expression, and uses the expression result to determine which
display to open.
5. If you assign a tag to the Close An On Top Display or Close all On
TopDisplays connection, or both, set up the data source to send a
display’s number to the connection when you want one or more
displays to close.
6. If you assign an expression to the Close An On Top Display or Close
all On Top Displays connections, FactoryTalk View monitors the
values of the tags used in the expression, and uses the expression result
to determine which display to close.
Print displays
Use these global connections in the Display tab of the Global Connections
editor to monitor and control display printing:

Display Print Active — notifies the data source that a display print is
in progress.

Remote Display Print — allows the data source to trigger a display
print.
The operator can also print the current display by pressing the display print
button. For information about setting up this button, see Help.
When the data source or the operator prints a display, everything on the
screen is printed, including the current display, pop-up windows, and any
visible background applications.
If you plan to print graphic displays remotely, turn off the screen saver. If the
screen saver is on when a remote display print is triggered, only the screen
saver image is printed.
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