PV Widgets

Any widget that is able to display PV value or write value to one or more PVs is PV Widget. For example, Text Update, Combo Box, XY Graph and so on. Generally, they have PV Name property.

Operations

Right click a PV widget, you will be able to

Properties Common to most PV widgets

There is also an invisible property: pv_value , which is the value of the PV.

Note: Changing pv_value property with rule or script will not write value to the PV. It only change the graphical value on the widget which is similar as calling method widget.setValue(Object value).

Methods Common to PV Widgets

See Access Widget in Script