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Chapter 3: Creating Panel Applications: 54 topics
  1. 3.1Setting up the Panel Application
  2. 3.1.1General Setup - General Settings
  3. 3.1.2General Setup - Custom Settings
  4. 3.1.3Activating Multiple Overlapped Buttons by One Touch
  5. 3.1.4Specifying Default Folder for File I/O
  6. 3.1.5Avoiding Data Corruption Due To Random Power-off
  7. 3.2Working with Keys
  8. 3.2.1Default Key Settings for the Panel Application
  9. 3.2.2Key Settings for a Screen
  10. 3.2.3Key Usage Table Settings
  11. 3.2.4Usage Settings for a Key
  12. 3.3Internal Memory
  13. 3.3.1Types of Internal Memory
  14. 3.3.2Index Registers
  15. 3.3.3System Memory
  16. 3.3.4Setting up Internal Memory
  17. 3.4Communication Links
  18. 3.4.1Types of Communication Links
  19. 3.4.2General Settings for Commnunication Links
  20. 3.4.3Communication Parameter Settings (Serial Port)
  21. 3.4.4Communication Parameter Settings (Ethernet Port)
  22. 3.4.5Sub-link Settings
  23. 3.4.6Sharing Data among Panels Using Data Sharer
  24. 3.4.7Writing Communication Programs Using Macro Commands
  25. 3.4.8Using Gateway Server of the Target Panel
  26. 3.4.8.1Setting up Gateway Service
  27. 3.4.9Selecting Modbus Communication Drivers
  28. 3.4.10Accessing Internal Memory through Ethernet
  29. 3.4.11Accessing Siemens PLC through Ethernet
  30. 3.4.12Using the OPC UA Client Driver
  31. 3.5Sound Table
  32. 3.6Command Block and Status Words
  33. Types of Command Block and Status Words
  34. 3.6.1.1Command & Status - Type A
  35. 3.6.1.2Command & Status - Type H (Binary)
  36. 3.6.1.3Command & Status - Type H (BCD)
  37. 3.6.2Command & Status - General Settings
  38. 3.6.3Command Block Settings (Type A)
  39. 3.6.4Status Word Settings (Type A)
  40. 3.6.5Command Block Settings (Type H)
  41. 3.6.6Status Word Settings (Type H)
  42. 3.6.7Using General Commands
  43. 3.7Setting up Clock Operations
  44. 3.8Setting up Passwords
  45. Screens
  46. 3.9.1Types of Screens
  47. 3.9.2Creating and Opening Screens
  48. 3.9.3Setting up a Screen
  49. 3.9.3.1Screen - General Page
  50. 3.9.3.2Screen - Background Page
  51. 3.9.4Importing/Exporting a Screen
  52. 3.9.5Cutting/Copying/Pasting/Deleting a Screen
  53. 3.9.6Saving Screens as Pictures
  54. 3.9.7Protecting Screens
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Section 3.1.3 · Chapter 3: Creating Panel Applications

Activating Multiple Overlapped Buttons by One Touch

To enable the feature of activating multiple overlapped buttons by one touch, open the Panel General Setup dialog box and check the option of “Overlapped buttons can be activated in sequence by one touch” in the Miscellaneous group on the General page. With this feature, the overlapped underlying buttons will be activated sequentially from top to bottom when the top-most button is pressed. The following are the constraints of applying this feature.

  1. The types of buttons that support this feature include: Bit Button, Toggle Switch, Screen Button, Function Button, Word Button, Multi-state Switch, and Keypad Button.

  2. The first button, i.e. the top-most button, can only be a bit button, a toggle switch, a word button, a multi-state switch, or a keypad button. The button cannot have the optional property of Minimum Hold Time or Operator Confirmation. If the button is a bit button, a toggle switch, or a keypad button, it cannot have any macro. If the button is a word button, it cannot be configured for Enter Value or Enter Password. If the button is a multi-state switch, it cannot be configured as a List or Drop-down List.

  3. The underlying buttons that have the optional property of Minimum Hold Time or Operator Confirmation will not be activated.

  4. An underlying bit button that is configured for Momentary ON or Momentary OFF will not be activated. However, if that bit button is the second button and the first button is a keypad button, it can be activated. An underlying bit button that has any macro will not be activated.

  5. An underlying toggle switch that has any macro will not be activated.

  6. An underlying multi-state switch that is configured as a List or Drop-down List will not be activated.

  7. A function button can only be the last button, i.e. the bottom-most button. All the buttons that are under a function button will not be activated.

  8. A screen button can only be the last button. All the buttons that are under a screen button will not be activated.

  9. A word button that is configured for Enter Value or Enter Password can only be the last button. All the buttons that are under such a button will not be activated.

  10. The maximum number of buttons that can be indirectly activated by one touch is 10.

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Source.Section 3.1.3 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.