Screen events are events that only occur when the associated screen is being displayed.

There are 4 screen event types:

• 1. When Screen Opens: This event occurs when the screen is first displayed.
• 2. When Screen Closes: The event occurs when the screen is no longer displayed (e.g. Immediately before transitioning to a different screen).
• 3. Timer: This event occurs periodically while the screen is being displayed.
• 4. Monitor by Expression : This event occurs when a variable or expression evaluates to a specified condition.
• 5. Monitor Device : This event occurs when data in a device's memory meets a specified condition.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

What is action?

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