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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 3.6.3 · Chapter 3: Creating Panel Applications

Command Block Settings (Type A)

This section describes how to configure the type A command block using the Command Block page of the Command & Status dialog box. The following is an example of the Command Block page.

The following table describes each property in the Command Block page.

Property

 Description
Command Word Arrangement Select Default for the command words to be in the default order in the command block. Select Custom to arrange each command word in the command block by yourself.
Screen Switching Register Check this option to use the word to change the main screen, or display a window screen by setting the word to the number of the desired screen.
Reset SSR to Zero If this option is selected, the panel always resets the Screen Switching Register to zero when it detects a nonzero value in the word. If this option is not selected, the panel resets the Screen Switching Register to zero only when the specified screen is valid and not yet displayed.
Parameter One Register Check this option to use this word to specify the No. 1 parameter for the specified operation.
Command Flags #0 - #15
(Command Flag Word) 		Check this option to use the command flags to request the panel to perform the specified operations.
Trigger Bits #0 - #15
(Low Trigger Word)		 Check this option if any of the trigger bits in the word are needed for your application.
Parameter Two Register Check this option to use this word to specify the No. 2 parameter for the specified operation.
Trigger Bits #16 - #31
(High Trigger Word)		 Check this option if any of the trigger bits in the word are needed for your application.
Enabling Bits #0 - #15
(Enabling Word) 		Check this option if any of the enabling bits in the word are needed for your application.
Parameter Three Register Check this option to use this word to specify the No. 3 parameter for the specified operation.
Parameter Four Register Check this option to use this word to specify the No. 4 parameter for the specified operation.
Command Flag Switch Language (#1) Check this option to use command flag #1 to request the panel to display the specified language. Specify the following:
1) Parameter One Register: the number of the desired language
Set Current Recipe Number (#2) Check this option to use command flag #2 to request the panel to set the current recipe number of the specified recipe block to the specified recipe number. Specify the following:
1) Parameter One Register: The recipe number
2) Parameter Two Register: The recipe block
Note: You do not need to specify the recipe block if the application has only one recipe block.
Read Recipe From PLC (#3) Check this option to use command flag #3 to request the panel to read a recipe from the specified address defined in the Recipe Block dialog box, and use that recipe to replace the specified recipe of the specified recipe block. Specify the following:
1) Parameter One Register: The recipe number
2) Parameter Two Register: The recipe block
Note: You do not need to specify the recipe block if the application has only one recipe block.
Write Recipe To PLC (#4) Check this option to use command flag #4 to request the panel to write the specified recipe of the specified recipe block to the specified address defined in the Recipe Block dialog box. Specify the following:
1) Parameter One Register: The recipe number
2) Parameter Two Register: The recipe block
Note: You do not need to specify the recipe block if the application has only one recipe block.
Clear Alarm History (#5) Check this option to use command flag #5 to request the panel to clear the alarm history.
Clear Alarm Count (#6) Check this option to use command flag #6 to request the panel to clear the alarm counts.
Sound Buzzer (#7) Check this option to use command flag #7 to request the panel to sound its buzzer in the specified manner.
Specify the following:
1) Parameter One Register: The sound type.
The following table describes the sound type value.
Sound Type Value Description
0 Continuous beep
1 500ms beeps
2 200ms beeps
3 100ms beeps
4 50ms beeps
Print Screen (#8) Check this option to use command flag #8 to request the panel to print the specified screen.
Specify the following:
1) Parameter One Register: the number of the screen to be printed
Note 1: The top screen is printed if the number is zero or if there is no Parameter One Register.
Backlight On (#9) Check this option to use command flag #9 to request the panel to turn its backlight on.
Backlight Off (#10) Check this option to use command flag #10 to request the panel to turn its backlight off.
Set Current User Level (#11) Check this option to use command flag #11 to request the panel to set the current user level to the specified one.
Specify the following:
1) Parameter One Register: the user level
Close All Window Screens (#12) Check this option to use command flag #12 to request the panel to close all window screens.
Execute General Command (#15) Check this option to use command flag #15 to request the panel to perform the specified operation. See the Section 3.6.7 Using General Commands for details.

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Source.Section 3.6.3 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.