Control List Rockwell, GE, AutomationDirect

[Masen_Suhadolnik 0]

I'm a young Controls Engineer at an integration company, and I need assistance.

 

I have a client that has about 330 different alphanumeric product numbers broken down by length and width. The operator must be able to select the product number at the HMI to pass along to the robot we are integrating. Is there a way to be able to have the operator select the product number simply, without having to scroll over 300 items in a single control list. The HMI is not chosen yet, so it can be GE, Rockwell/AB, or Automation Direct, but we are using a AB ControlLogix Processor. Racking my brain and I have little VBA/Scripting experience.

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While also being able to be edited while running, if possible...

[Steve Bailey 118]

The GE (now Emerson) Quick Panel supports ListBox objects which will jump to the first match in the object list as you enter characters. 

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Steve,

 

This would work very well for the application, thank you. Would it be possible for the end user to update the ListBox without closing the runtime?