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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 3.5 · Chapter 3: Creating Panel Applications

Sound Table

The sound table contains all the sounds used by the panel application. The sound table is empty when the panel application is initially created.

In the application, you can use the function button with the play sound operation to play a specified sound.

Before using the sound in a panel application, import or add a sound into the Sound Table.

To open the Sound Table dialog box, please do one of the following:

  1. In the Project Manager window, double-click the Sound Table () node of the panel application.
  2. In the Project Manager window, right-click the Sound Table () node to bring out the pop-up menu and select Properties.
  3. On the Panel menu, click Sound Table…

The following is an example of the Sound Table dialog box.

The following table describes how to read or use each of the items in the dialog box.

Item

Description
Sounds Lists the sounds for the panel application. Select a sound as the current selection, or make multiple selections. To select a sound, click the row of the header column of the sound on the list. To select multiple rows, click the row of the header column and use Ctrl + Click to add a row to the selection.
The following table describes each column in the sound list.
Column Description
Number The number of the sound in the sound list. The number is an unsigned integer starting from 0. It must be unique in the panel application. The number can be edited by clicking the cell.
Name The name of the sound. Click the cell to select a predefined sound in the Sound Database from the drop down list. To know how to predefine sounds in the Sound Database, please see Section 2.2.4.
Type Displays the type of sound.
OK Close the dialog box and accept all changes to the sound table.
Cancel Close the dialog box and discard all changes to the sound table.
Import… Import a sound from a sound file. The types of importable sound files include: WAV and MP3.
Add Add a sound from the Sound Database to the end of the sound table. To know how to use the Sound Database, please see Section 2.2.4.
Insert Insert a sound from the Sound Database before the selection. To know how to use Sound Database, please see Section 2.2.4. This button is available when the selection is made.
Delete Delete all the selections. This button is available when the selection is made.
Move Up Move the selection one item down in the list. This button is available when the selection is made.
Move Down Move the selection one item up in the list. This button is available when the selection is made.

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Source.Section 3.5 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.