What it is and what it's for
Bind Tag Text to a text component and set its target and optional prefix/suffix. Use Script Text for calculations or combined values.
Manual
Tag Text
Display one Tag value with an optional fallback, prefix, suffix and quality border.
Text: Tag Text
Display one Tag value with an optional fallback, prefix, suffix and quality border.Field configuration
Open Tag Text and configure these fields:
- Target tag: enter the full name PLC_LINE01.OVEN01.TEMPERATURE directly. Quoted names, name-string variables, and =bindingConfig.temperatureTag are also supported. The target must be a name string; no read method is required.
- Fallback value: the fallback text shown when the tag has no value; defaults to an empty string.
- Prefix: text placed before the value, e.g. "Temperature: ".
- Suffix: text placed after the value, e.g. " °C".
- Use quality outline colors: enable a quality border. Good communication quality uses the Good color (default #000000); bad quality uses the Bad color (default #FF8800).
Target tag: PLC_LINE01.OVEN01.TEMPERATURE
Fallback value: "--"
Prefix: "Temperature: "
Suffix: " °C"
// Display example: Temperature: 36.5 °CWhen to use it
Use for a direct single-Tag display, for example:
- Show a measured value (temperature, pressure, level, flow) with its unit directly on the screen.
- Display a string tag such as a device operating-mode name or batch number.
- If the text needs multiple tags, conditional logic, or formatting, use Script Text instead.
Limitations and troubleshooting
A fixed full name in Target tag does not require quotes. Use =bindingConfig.temperatureTag for an object property. Fallback value, Prefix, and Suffix are string expressions: quote literal text. Use Script Text for numeric variables, formatted results, or calculated Tags. Quality Border indicates data quality, not equipment state or alarms.
Fill the tag expression, default value, and optional prefix/suffix to show a single tag's value as text.