After power is applied, the target panel displays the Panel Setup screen. The
following is an example of a Panel Setup screen:

Note: Some of the buttons on the Panel Setup screen appear
only when they are needed.
Note: After powering up, the target panel
will not display the Panel Setup screen if "Run AP After Power On" in General
Settings is True. If it is False, the target panel will run the application
directly.
The following table describes the function of each button on the Panel Setup
screen of the target panel.
|
Property
|
Press the button to |
|
English/中文(繁體)/中文(簡体) |
Display the texts of the screen in the corresponding
language.
|
|
General |
Set the contrast and brightness of the display. Please
see
Section 20.2.2 for details. |
|
Touch Panel |
Calibrate the touch panel. Please see
Section
20.2.3 for
details. |
|
Set Time/Date |
Set the date and time on the Real Time Clock Chip.
Please see
Section
20.2.4 for details. |
|
H/W Information |
Display the hardware information of the target panel.
The following is an example of the hardware information
screen
 |
|
Link 1 - Link 4 |
Set the parameters for communication between the target
panel and PLC/Controllers. Please see
Section
20.2.5 or
Section
20.2.6 for details. |
|
LAN Printer Address |
Specify the IP address of the network printer. Please
see
Section
20.2.7 for
details. |
|
Copy AP to HMI |
Copy the application to another HMI. |
|
Copy AP to File |
Save the system programs and the application runtime
data to a PRP file. The file can be used by the software
and compatible target panels. |
|
Copy File |
Copy the file. |
|
Delete File |
Delete the file. |
|
Format Disk C |
Format the built-in flash disk (C:). This operation
requires a user level of 8 or higher. |
|
FTP/VNC |
Assign the user name and the permission of the file
operations for the target panel as a FTP site. Assign
the permission of the remote control for the target
panel as a VNC server. Please
see
Section 20.2.8 for
details. |
|
Boot from File |
Load-and-run the system programs and the application
runtime data from a PRP file. The original system
programs and runtime data are intact. The loaded system
programs and the runtime data will be lost after power
off. |
|
Update from File |
Update the system programs and the application runtime
data from a PRP file. The original system programs and
the application runtime data are replaced by the new
ones. |
|
Clear Recorded Data |
Clear the data stored in the battery backed RAM, which
include the operation history, alarm history, alarm
counts, and the data collected by data loggers. This
operation requires a user level of 7 or higher. |
|
Run |
Start running the application. If login is required, the
operator must enter a valid password of any user level
before the target panel displays the first screen. The
user level of the password you enter becomes the current
user level. Any operation that requires a user level
higher than the current user level will not work while
the application is running. |
Source.Section 20.2 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.