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Chapter 1: Introduction: 28 topics
  1. 1.1Project Development Steps
  2. Using the software
  3. 1.2.1Main Menus
  4. 1.2.1.1File Menu
  5. 1.2.1.2Edit Menu
  6. 1.2.1.3View Menu
  7. 1.2.1.4Screen Menu
  8. 1.2.1.5Draw Menu
  9. 1.2.1.6Object Menu
  10. 1.2.1.7Project Menu
  11. 1.2.1.8Panel Menu
  12. 1.2.1.9Tools Menu
  13. 1.2.1.10Window Menu
  14. 1.2.1.11Help Sub-menu
  15. Toolbars
  16. 1.2.2.1Standard Toolbar
  17. 1.2.2.2Object Toolbar
  18. 1.2.2.3Draw Toolbar
  19. 1.2.2.4Text Toolbar
  20. 1.2.2.5Edit Toolbar
  21. 1.2.2.6Address Toolbar
  22. 1.2.2.7Picture Toolbar
  23. 1.2.2.8Status Bar
  24. 1.2.3Project Manager
  25. 1.2.4Screen Manager
  26. Pop-up Menus
  27. 1.2.5.1Object Pop-up Menu
  28. 1.2.5.2Screen Pop-up Menu
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Section 1.2.1.8 · Chapter 1: Introduction

Panel Menu

Icon

Menu Item

Pop-up Menu Item

Description
Current Panel Application <Panel application name> Select a panel application as the current application.
Link Add... Add a new communication link to the current application.
Properties Select a communication link to open its property sheet.
Delete Select a communication link to delete.
Driver List... Open communication driver list dialog box which lists all the supported communication drivers. In the dialog box, you can export the driver list to the .csv file.
Tags... Open the Tags window of the current application. You can define tags for the application in this window.
Sound Table... Open the Sound Table (dialog box). You can collect sounds for the current application in this dialog box.
General Setup... Open the Panel General Setup dialog box. You can define the general settings for the current application in this dialog box.
Command and Status... Open the Command & Status dialog box. You can define the command block and the status words for the current application in this dialog box.
Clock... Open the Clock dialog box. You can define the clock operations for the current application in this dialog box.
Passwords... Open the Passwords dialog box. You can define passwords and related settings for the application in this dialog box.
Discrete Alarm Block Add Add a new discrete alarm block to the current application.
Properties Select a discrete alarm block to open its property sheet.
Delete Select a discrete alarm block to delete.
Analog Alarm Block Add Add a new analog alarm block to the current application.
Properties Select an analog alarm block to open its property sheet.
Delete Select an analog alarm block to delete.
Export Alarm Blocks... Open the Export Alarm Blocks dialog box. You can export the selected alarm blocks to a CSV file or a XML file.
Import Alarm Blocks... Import an alarm block from a CSV file or a XML file or an ALM file.
Recipe Block Add Add a new recipe block to the current application.
Properties Select a recipe block to open its property sheet.
Delete Select a recipe block to delete.
Export... Open the Export Recipes dialog box. You can export the selected recipes to a RBF file.
Import... Import a recipe from a RBF file.
Data Logger Add Add a new data logger to the current application.
Properties Select a data logger to open its property sheet.
Delete Select a data logger to delete.
Export... Open the Export Data Loggers dialog box. You can export the selected data loggers to a DLF file.
Import... Import a data logger from a DLF file.
Operation Logging... Open the Operation Logging dialog box. You can define the settings of operation logging for the current application in this dialog box.
Schedule... Properties Open the Schedule dialog box. You can define schedules and related settings for the application in this dialog box.
Export... Export the schedule to a SCF file.
Import... Import a schedule from a SCF file.
Macro Native Scripts Add... Add a new native script to the current application.
Edit Select a native script of the current application to edit.
Delete Select a native script of the current application to delete.
VB Scripts Add... Add a new VB script to the current application.
Edit Select a VB script of the current application to edit.
Delete Select a VB script of the current application to delete.
Compile.... Compile the current application to build the runtime data. You can download the runtime data to the target panel. With the runtime data the target panel can perform exactly what you programmed for the application.
Build Panel Runtime Package (PRP)... Build the panel runtime package (PRP) file for the current application. The PRP file contains the runtime data and the system programs. You can update the target panel without the project file by downloading the PRP file to it. The target panel can also update itself by loading the PRP file from a USB mass storage device.
Build ROM Image... Build the ROM image file for the current application. The ROM image file contains the runtime data and the system programs. The target panel can update itself by loading the ROM image file from a micro SD card.
Download... Download data to the target panel.
Upload... Upload data from the target panel.
Export Panel Application... Export the current panel application to a PLF file.

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Source.Section 1.2.1.8 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.

Text and figures are the manufacturer's and may describe features your panel or software version does not have. For a plain-language introduction read the PM Designer guide; for help with a specific panel contact TSL Automation.