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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 3.6.1.2 · Chapter 3: Creating Panel Applications

Command & Status - Type H (Binary)

■ Type H (Binary) Command Block
You can have the following command words for the application.

Screen Number Register

You can command the panel to change the main screen or display a window screen by setting this word to the number of the desired screen. Use this word to request the panel to 1) change the language, 2) turn on the backlight, and 3) turn off the backlight. The following table describes how to program this word.

Bit

Description
0-9 Specifies the screen to be displayed.
11-13 Specifies the language that the panel displays for.
000: The panel does nothing.
001: The panel changes the language to language 1.
010: The panel changes the language to language 2.
...
111: The panel changes the language to language 7.
14 If this bit is On, the panel turns off the back light of the display.
15 If this bit is On, the panel turns on the back light of the display.

Command Flag Register
The following table describes the function of each bit in the Command Flag Register.

Bit

Description
0 Clears the alarm history.
1 Clears the alarm counts
2 (reserved)
3 (reserved)
4 Writes the current recipe of recipe block #0 to the address defined in the Recipe Block dialog box of recipe block #0.
5 Sets the current recipe number of recipe block #0 to the number specified in Recipe Number Register.
6 Reads the recipe from the address defined in the Recipe Block dialog box of recipe block #0, and use it to replace the current recipe of recipe block #0.
7 Turns on the buzzer.
8 Used as trigger bit #4.
9 Used as trigger bit #5.
10 Used as trigger bit #6.
11 Used as trigger bit #7.
12 Used as trigger bit #0.
13 Used as trigger bit #1.
14 Used as trigger bit #2.
15 Used as trigger bit #3.

Note:

To activate any of the above functions, change the corresponding command bit from Off to On. The panel does not reset the command bit, so you have to reset the command bit before commanding the panel to perform the same function again. Keep the state of the command bit long enough so the panel can detect the change. The best way is to use the corresponding acknowledge bit in the Command Status Word. The panel turns on the acknowledge bit when it detects the change. It is safe to reset the command bit when the acknowledge bit turns on. The panels turns off the acknowledge bit when it sees the command bit turn off.

Recipe Number Register
The number in this word will be used as the current recipe number of recipe block #0 when bit 5 of Command Flag Register changes from Off to On.

■ Type H (Binary) Status Words

You can have the following status words for the application.

Status Word

 Description
Screen Status Word Whenever the panel switches the main screen, it sets this word to the number of the current main screen.
Command Flag Ack. Word Contains the acknowledge bits for the command flags of Command Flag Register.
Current Recipe Number Word Stores the current recipe number of recipe block #0.

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Source.Section 3.6.1.2 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.

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