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In the Templates App you can prepare any element of the project tree in a parametrized parameterized way for future multiple use.
While setting up the element insert variables in curly brackets at any place where you want to insert dynamic text.
In the TODO Explorer App a template can be applied. That is, you provide a table that controls how the variables of the template are replaced for each instance of the element to be created.
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To create an Alarm we need a Condition and an Action to appear when the Condition is fulfilled. And maybe an Action on Vanishing. In this tutorial the condition is Temperature > 50 °C. The value of Temperatur is the predefined Virtual Item. Also in Condition Variables can be defined and and assigned based on the Excel definition file.
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This action will be called when the alarm condition vanishes. Here, the action uses the XCommand function WRITE to set the value of 0 in the selected item. The actual used ItemID will be changed based on the Excel definition file.
Other parameters
- Single shot: set to ON so that the alarm is fired just once when the condition is fulfilled.
- Time program: Defined schedule for this alarm to be enabled.
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