Element properties tab

The Element properties tab shows the properties of the selected element. The tab title changes according to the selected element. The items displayed in the Element properties tab depend on the selected element in the Programming editor or Room editor.

Element properties tab > Naming

Setting	Description
Description	The description of the selected element. Note The description and the name are linked, i.e., the description matches the name and vice versa. To unlink the description from the name, click the chain icon to the right of the Description and Name fields. To relink the description and the name, click the chain icon again.
Name	The name of the selected element. Renaming elements
Extension	The naming extension of the selected element. Click the button next to the Extension field to define the extension rule.
Extension type	Applicable for xFBs, disabled / hidden for charts.
Object naming in chart > Chart name	The full object name.

Element properties tab > Interface

Command	Description
Number of input pins	The number of input pins.
Setting	Description
Name	The name of the pin.
Type	The data type of the pin.
Value	The value of the pin.
Unit	The unit of the data type.
Section	The pin is an input pin or an output pin.
Visible	The pin is visible. Showing and hiding pins
For testing	The pin is marked for test.
Description	The description of the pin.
Multistate configuration	The enumeration configuration of integer pins.

Element properties tab > Chart

Setting	Description
Protection	Protects the chart from unauthorized changes. You must define an access password.
Read-only	The chart cannot be changed.
Changed	Set to writable or readable when the Read-only checkbox is checked/unchecked. Charts read-only Note: This field is empty for the first instance.
Origin	Shows the origin/original location of the chart and timestamp when chart was created.
Version	The version number of the chart. Numeric value in the form "abc.def" (read / write, between "0.0" and "999.999" or empty).
Type	The chart type.
Author	The author of the chart (read / write, max 255 characters).
Library group	The drop-down gives a list of predefined group names to group the content in the Program blocks folder under Library. Library group tags are available only for charts.
Help ID	Help ID for context help of the selected chart. To open the help page for the selected chart, press F1. Note: Do not change the Help ID of predefined charts, else the context help will not work as expected.

Element properties > Structure

Setting	Description
Show in BACnet	Checkbox to show the corresponding chart on BACnet or removing it from BACnet again. By default, it is unchecked.
Function type	Type of function with text picker and custom text support.
Family	Module family with text picker and custom text support.
Options	Option tag with a list of predefined group names. You can add only one option tag for the chart while you can add multiple options for function blocks and text boxes.

Element properties > Layout

Setting	Description
Static sheet bars	Static sheet bars are shown in the Programming editor.
Dynamic sheet bars	Dynamic sheet bars are shown in the Programming editor.
No sheet bars	No sheet bars are shown in the Programming editor.
Vertical sheets	The number of vertical sheet bars in the chart.
Horizontal sheets	The number of horizontal sheet bars in the chart.
Sheet size	The size of the sheet, e.g., A4, Letter.

Element properties > Displayed partition

Setting	Description
Name	Name of the partition (max 15 characters).

Element properties tab > Block

Setting	Description
BACnet object type	The BACnet object type of the block.
Device instance	The device instance number as an integer. To change this entry, select BACnet reference (if available) in the BACnet object type field.
Object type	The object type as an integer. To change this entry, select BACnet reference (if available) in the BACnet object type field.
Object instance	The object instance number as an integer. To change this entry, select BACnet reference (if available) in the BACnet object type field.
Version	The version number of the block.
Type	The block type.
Author	The author of the block.
Call(type)	The call type of the block.
Copy configuration from BACnet object	Copies the setting of the BACnet object to all "Value" pins of the function block. Analog: Copies the BACnet property "Units" to all "Value" pins of the function block. Multistate: Copies the BACnet property "State Text" to all "Value" pins of the function block.

Element properties tab > Group members

The group members view allows you to assign and remove group members from group managers.

Command	Description
Assign all	Assign all group members to a group manager.
Assign selected	Assigns the selected group members to a group manager.
Remove selected	Removes the selected group members from the group manager.
Setting	Description
Assigned	Assigns a group member to a group manager. Assigning group members to group managers
Object name	The full object name of the group member object.
Description	The description of the group member object.

Element properties tab > Configuration

Program blocks are configured by means of BA value objects. The main values of these value objects are listed to provide a configuration functionality on the program block function level.

The following objects are listed for the configuration:

Analog config, calc and process values
Binary config, calc and process values
Multistate config, calc and process values

Setting	Description
Description	The description of the BA value object.
Value	The value of the BA value object.
Unit	The unit of the BA value object.

Element properties tab > Pin

To reset an entry to the default value, click the icon next to the Value, Unit, Visible, and For test properties.

Setting	Description
Value	The value of the pin.
Unit	The unit of the value of the pin.
Is enumeration	The selected pin is an enumeration.
Enumeration	The enumeration of the selected pin.
Type	The data type of the pin.
Visible	The pin of the block is visible in the Programming editor. Showing and hiding pins
For test	The pin is marked for test.
Copy enumeration to other pins	Copies the enumeration configuration to all other Value pins of the function block that can be configured as enumeration.

Element properties tab > Textbox

Setting	Description
Textbox in background	The textbox is displayed behind all other blocks.
Text	The text in the textbox.
Font	The font of the text.
Text color	The color of the text.
Font size	The size of the font.
Alignment	The alignment of the text, e.g., left, centered.
Wrap lines automatically	The text is wrapped.
Border color	The border color of the textbox.
Border width	The border width of the textbox.
Background color	The background color of the textbox.

Element properties tab > Connection

Setting	Description
Source	The source block of the connection.
Target	The target block of the connection.
Negate	Negates binary connections. Only available for connections between Boolean pins.

Setting

Description

Source

The source block of the connection.

Target

The target block of the connection.

Negate

Negates binary connections.

Only available for connections between Boolean pins.

Element properties tab > Calendars

Command	Description
Assign all	Assigns all calendars in the list to the scheduler.
Assign selected	Assigns the selected calendars in the list to the scheduler.
Remove selected	Removes the selected calendars in the list from the scheduler.
Setting	Description
Assigned	Indicates if a calendar is assigned to the selected scheduler. Assigning calendars to schedulers
Description	The description of the calendar object.
Object name	The full object name of the calendar object.