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An example of message text scrolling is as follows. If the Rows to Display field specifies
that three rows can be scrolled, the following occurs when message text is scrolled:
• Message text on row 2 moves up to row 1. The message text that previously appeared
on row 1 is overwritten.
• Message text on row 3 moves up to row 2.
• The new message to be displayed (scroll message) appears on message row 3.
Note that you can view the scrolled text in the message text entry boxes by clicking the Get
Messages button.
Loading Default Message Text: You can display the default message text in the message
text entry boxes by clicking the Load Default Messages button. Default message text
appears as follows:
Row 1 Message
Row 2 Message
Row 3 Message
Row 4 Message
Row 5 Message
Scroll Message
Clearing Message Text: For the selected unit and channel, you can clear message text
from a particular row or from all rows. In addition, you can clear message text from all rows
for all channels of a selected unit.
•To clear message text from a particular row for the selected unit and channel, select
the desired row number in the Clear Row list box using the up or down button and
then click the Clear Row button.
•To clear message text for all rows (1-5) for the selected unit and channel, click the
Clear All Rows button.
•To clear message text for all rows (1-5) for all channels of the selected unit, click the
Clear All Channels button.
Retrieving Current Message Text: If the current message text is not displayed in the
message text entry boxes for the selected unit and channel, you can retrieve the current
message text by clicking the Get Messages button.
Loading Default Format: You can load default format settings of the Format, Rows To
Display, Rows of Separation, and Display Time fields by clicking the Load Default Format
button. The following default settings are displayed:
• In the Format list box, Titles on Top is displayed and is highlighted. Titles on Top
specifies that title/time/date text is to appear above message text.
• In the Rows to Display list box, 0 is displayed and is highlighted. The value of 0
disables the display of message text.
• In the Rows of Separation list box, 0 is displayed and is highlighted. The value of 0
prevents the two text displays, date/time/title text and message text, from being
separated by blank rows.
• In the Display Time text entry box, 0 is displayed. The value of 0 allows the message
text to be displayed for an indefinite period of time or until it is overwritten.
Retrieving Current Formatting: If the current formatting settings are not displayed in the
Sample Display screen and are not shown in the Format, Rows To Display, Rows of
Separation, and Display Time fields, you can retrieve the current settings by clicking the
Get Current Formatting button. The Sample Display screen then displays the current
formatting and the current settings are shown in the formatting fields.