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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 3.3.3 · Chapter 3: Creating Panel Applications

System Memory

The following table lists the system maintained data and information in the system memory of the target panels that may be useful for your application.

Note that in any case do not modify the system memory for any purpose, or the system may malfunction or crash.

Address

 Length(Unit:Word) Content
$S0~$S25 26 Keypad input buffer for keypads.
$S0: Command code for keypad display.
$S1~$S24: Null terminated ASCII character string up to 48 characters.
$S42 1 The second and minute of the current time in BCD format.
Bit 0~7: Second (0x00~0x59).
Bit 8~15: Minute (0x00~0x59)
$S43 1 The hour of the current time in BCD format and the RTC adjustment parameter.
Bit 0~7: Hour (0x00~0x23).
Bit 8~15: RTC adjustment value
$S44 1 The day and month of the current date in BCD format.
Bit 0~7: Day (0x01~0x31).
Bit 8~15: Month (0x01~0x12).
$S45 1 The year and the day-of-week of the current date in BCD format.
Bit 0~7: Year (0x00~0x99).
Bit 8~15: Day of week (0x00~0x06); 0 represents Sunday.
$S46 1 The second of the current time in binary format (0~59).
$S47 1 The minute of the current time in binary format (0~59).
$S48 1 The hour of the current time in binary format (0~23).
$S49 1 The one tenth of a second of the current time in binary format (0~9).
9 represents 0.9 second.
$S50 1 The date of the current day in binary format (0~30).
0 represents the first day of a month
$S51 1 The month of the current day in binary format (0~11).
0 represents January.
$S52 1 The year of the current day in binary format (0~99).
$S53 1 The day of week of the current day in binary format (0~6).
0 represents Sunday.
$S219 1 Current user level (0~9); 9 indicates that the user logged in with the developer password.
$S230~$S241 12 The ASCII character string, up to 24 characters, to show the allowable input range for numeric keypads.
$S297 1 The lowest user level that can be accepted by the current password keypad. When the value is 0, any user level is accepted. When the value is 9, only the developer password is accepted.
$S300~$S301 2 500ms timer.
$S302~$S303 2 1 second timer.
$S304 1 20 Hz sine wave (-1000 ~ 1000).
$S305 1 20 Hz cosine wave (-1000 ~ 1000).
$S306 1 20 Hz triangle wave (0~1000).
$S307 1 System signals.
$S307.0: always 0 when ready.
$S307.1: always 1 when ready.
$S315 1 System status.
$S315.0: 1 indicates that the data in battery backed RAM is good.
$S317 1 Current language number (0~9); 0 represents language #1
$S319 1 Status bits of mass storage devices
$S319.0: Drive C --- Built-in flash disk (1:OK; 0:None)
$S319.1: Drive D --- Micro SD card (1:OK; 0:None)
$S319.2: Drive E --- USB memory stick (1:OK; 0:None)
$S555 1 $S555.0: Indicates there exists at least one active alarm when the bit is 1
$S556 1 The length of time to display a file I/O error message box. The unit is second. The message box will not close automatically (and the operator must close it manually by touching the close button) when the value is 0.
$S557 1 $S557.0: The system will not display error message for a file I/O operation when the associated disk/memory drive does not exist
$S654 1 Link enabled bits for Link 1~16
$S654.0 is for Link 1; 0: Disabled; 1: Enabled
$S654.1 1 is for Link 2;
…
$S654.f is for Link 16
$S662~$S677 32 Communication status words for Link 1~16
$S662 is for Link 1
$S663 is for Link 2
…
$S677 is for Link 16

Communication Status
Value Meaning Value Meaning
0 OK 13 Invalid request
1 Overrun error 14 Device busy
2 Break error 15 Unknown error
3 Parity error 16 Link disabled
4 Framing error 17 Initialization failure
5 No response 18 Failed to send data
6 Unrecognized response 19 Failed to receive data
7 Timeout 20 Failed to open connection
8 Inactive CTS 21 Connection not ready
9 Checksum error 22 Invalid sub-link
10 Command rejected 23 Invalid COM port
11 Invalid address 24 Error
12 Invalid range 255 Uncertain
$S838 1 The ID of the current recipe block (0~15).
$S839~$S854 16 The current recipe numbers of recipe block 0~15.
$S839 is for recipe block 0.
$S840 is for recipe block 1.
…
$S854 is for recipe block 15.

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Source.Section 3.3.3 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.

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