Global events are project-level events that are always active regardless of which screen is being displayed. On the contrary, screen events are only active when their associated screen is being displayed.

There are 4 available global event types:

• Project Startup Event : This event occurs when the project is first executed.
• Timer Event: This event occurs periodically while the project is running.
• Device Event: This event occurs when data in a device's memory meets a specified condition.
• Expression Event: This event occurs when a variable or expression evaluates to a specified condition.

Press the down arrow icon next to the event type to add actions to an event.

The following window will appear to provide the ability to add multi-actions to the event.

What is a multi-action?

Press the down arrow icon next to the Timer node to add a new timer event.

The following window will appear.

Specify the period of for which the event will occur. In this example, the period is set to 1 second.

Add actions to run when the event occurs.

Press the down arrow icon next to the Device node to add a new device event

Enter the device address to monitor and specify the conditions that must be met for the event to occur.

Add the actions to be executed when the event occurs.

Press the down arrow icon next to the Expression node to add a new expression event.

Enter the expression specifying the condition that must be met for the event to occur.

Add actions to be executed when the event occurs.

• Event Occurs Also on Project Start If Conditions are Met - When this option is checked, the event will occur on project start but only if conditions are satisfied. If the Advanced Options checkbox is not checked, this option will be on by default.
• Event Always Occurs Also on Project Start - When this option is checked, the event will always occur when the project starts whether or not conditions are satisfied.

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