Exercise - Configuring Icons and Variables

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This opens the 'Properties: Input' dialogue box, allowing you to configure the way the program treats information from the switch.
This information will be contained in a variable called 'switch'.
  • Click on the down arrow at the right-hand end of the 'Variable:' box to open the variables dialogue box.
  • Hover to the left of the 'Variables' label and click on the down arrow that appears.
  • Click on the 'Add new' option to open the 'Create a New Variable' dialogue box.
  • Create a new variable named "switch" with initial value "0" and description "Copies the state of the switch"
  • Leave the 'Variable type:' as 'Byte'.
(For more information about variables, see Creating Variables and Variable Types.
(The resulting dialogue box is shown opposite.)
  • Finish configuring the input properties as follows:
  • Change the 'Display name:' to "Read the switch".
  • In the 'Variable:' box, type the name of the variable you created "switch".
  • Leave the 'Port:' as PORT A.
  • Select to 'Input from:' 'Single Bit' and choose bit 0.
(The resulting dialogue box is shown opposite.)