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PCSD Detail Faceplate Tabs

I added more RP parameters to an EM which means I need a new tab to show up on the faceplate.  How do I get a new tab to show up on the detail faceplate?

Glenn Faber

• 11 Aug 2021 1:25 PM
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• Matt Stoner

  

  • 11 Aug 2021 2:03 PM

  If using a standard PCSD detail it will automatically look at RP###_VALUE starting at 1, in groups of 20 and go until it doesn't find that parameter in that version. It will support up to 400 I believe.
  
  Make sure your EM has RP001_VALUE, RP021_VALUE, RP041_VALUE, etc as that is how it is being determined the number of tabs to show.
  
  I know some have customized the graphic to speed up the loading of the detail display by reading and evaluating either SUBTYPE_FPDT or RP_MAX (This parameter is current PCDS method which has the number to display). So you may need to look at these parameters to evaluate if they could be used instead of the default looking for the parameters.
  
  All the help I can provide just based on a screen shot.

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• Glenn Faber

  

  • 11 Aug 2021 3:45 PM

  In reply to Matt Stoner:

  We are using the standard PCSD detail. I am testing my changes on our OTS so it's not the live system. I added the RPs by copying/pasting RPs 101 - 120 then changing the descriptions. Should I have done that differently? I checked and I do have a values in 001, 021, etc. When testing my code my new RPs update I just don't have a tab for them on the faceplate. There is a SUBTYPE_FPDT parameter in the EM that was set to EM_CMD48, HM16, SM48, TP300, OP20, RP120, FS8. I changed the RP value to 140 since I now have 140 RPs. Should I have changed that?

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• Matt Stoner

  

  • 11 Aug 2021 3:51 PM

  In reply to Glenn Faber:

  That isn't a standard PCSD detail but Yes you need to change the RP120 to be RP140 based on what you show and it should work.

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