Create Maintained push buttons

Use the Maintained push button object to create a button that toggles between two values. This type of button is useful for changing a setting within a machine or process, but not for starting the machine or process.

A Maintained push button sends one value to the data source the first time it is pressed, and a second value the next time it is pressed and released.

Important:

Do not use push buttons for emergency stops. Emergency stop buttons must be hard-wired.

To create a Maintained push button

  1. In the Graphics Display editor, from the Objects menu, select Push Button > Maintained.
  2. Drag the mouse to position and draw a rectangle the general size and location you want the button to be.
  3. Double-click the button to open its Properties dialog box.
  4. In the Properties dialog box, specify how the button looks, how to change states, and its tags.

See also

How the Maintained push button works at run time

Set up general properties for a Maintained push button

Set up states for the Maintained push button

Set up controls for the Maintained push button

About the Maintained push button’s error state

Keywords: push button