User Manual

LOGO! functions
4.4 Special functions list - SF
LOGO!
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Messages that tick character by character scroll off the characters of the message line one
character at a time to the left with the additional characters scrolling in one at a time from the
right. The time interval for the tick is specified by the TickTime message text setting.
Messages that tick line by line scroll one half of the message off the display to the left with
the second half of the message scrolling in from the right. The time interval for the tick is ten
times the TickTime parameter. The two halves of the message simply alternate on the
LOGO! onboard display or LOGO! TDE.
Example: tick message character by character
The following illustration shows a one-line, 24-character message text:
If you set this message to tick "character by character" with a tick interval of 0.1 seconds,
then the initial appearance of this message line on the LOGO! onboard display or
LOGO! TDE is as shown in this illustration:
After 0.1 second, one character of the message line ticks. The message appears as follows
on the LOGO! onboard display or LOGO! TDE:
Example: tick message line by line
The following example uses the same message configuration as the previous example:
If you set this message to tick "line by line" with a tick interval of 0.1 seconds, then the initial
appearance of this message on the LOGO! onboard display or LOGO! TDE is the left half of
the message as shown in this illustration:
After 1 second (10 x 0.1 second), the message ticks to show the right half of the message as
shown in this illustration: