Use these options to customize the display of items in PA Amplifier reports before generation.
Retrieve last saved position
Select to enable the Save Position command in the Enhanced Report Utility and display drawing elements in the positions where they appear on the drawing before this command is implemented. Clear this check box to display generated drawing elements in their default positions.
Display options
DCS / PLC attributes
Select to display the attributes of DCS / PLC devices when placing them on the drawing layer. The displayed attributes are: whether it is connected to a CS tag, channels, number of slots and cabinet name.
Panel location
Select to display the panel location in its unit, on the drawing layer (for example Field, Control room, and so forth).
Terminal discontinuities
Select to display a gaping symbol which indicates discontinuity in a sequence of terminals. A gaping symbol appears between terminal symbols wherever there is a gap in a terminal sequence.
I/O Channel items
Select to display I/O channels with the channel names at the appropriate positions on the strip.
Show one instance of each cable in drawing
If a cable appears on a drawing more than once, select this option to display only one instance of the cable (all connections are still displayed).
Generating a report when this option is selected, can result in the report being
displayed differently each time it is generated.
Connector representation
Default layout
Set the connector representation for the default layout. Select one of the following:
Diagonal
Represents connectors as straight diagonal lines between the short horizontal lines that come from the terminals.
Orthogonal
Represents connectors as lines consisting of horizontal and vertical sections.
For a visual comparison of these representations, see Connector Representation Examples.
Cross wiring
Set the connector representation for cross- wiring connections. Select one of the following:
Diagonal
Represents connectors as straight diagonal lines between the short horizontal lines that come from the terminals.
Orthogonal
Represents connectors as lines consisting of horizontal and vertical sections.
When generating an enhanced report with many connectors, where the layout settings
for the connectors are set to diagonal, the connector names do not appear directly
over their respective connectors.