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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 3.6.5 · Chapter 3: Creating Panel Applications

Command Block Settings (Type H)

This section describes how to configure the type H 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 Block Screen Number Register Use the word to change the main screen, or display a window screen by setting the word to the number of the desired screen. You can also use this word to request the panel to do the following operations: 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
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.
Reset SNR to Zero If this option is selected, the panel always resets the Screen Number Register to zero when it detects a nonzero value in the word. If this option is not selected, the panel resets the Screen Number Register to zero only when the specified screen is valid and not displayed yet.
Command Flag Register Use the command flags to request the panel to do the specified operations.
Recipe Number Register Use command flag #5 to set the current recipe number for recipe block #0, specify the recipe number in this word.
Command Flag Clear Alarm History (#0) Check this option to use command flag #0 to request the panel to clear the alarm history.
Clear Alarm Counts (#1) Check this option to use command flag #1 to request the panel to clear the alarm counts.
Write Recipe To PLC (#4) Check this option to use command flag #4 to request the panel to write the current recipe of recipe block #0 to the specified address defined in the Recipe Block dialog box.
Set Current Recipe Number (#5) Check this option to use command flag #5 to request the panel to set the current recipe number for recipe block #0.
Specify the following:
1) Recipe Number Register:?the recipe number
Read Recipe From PLC (#6) Check this option to use command flag #6 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 current recipe of recipe block #0.
Sound Buzzer (#7) Check this option to use command flag #7 to request the panel to sound its buzzer.
Trigger Bit #4 (#8) Check this option so command flag #8 will be used as trigger bit #4.
Trigger Bit #5 (#9) Check this option so command flag #9 will be used as trigger bit #5.
Trigger Bit #5 (#10) Check this option so command flag #10 will be used as trigger bit #6.
Trigger Bit #5 (#11) Check this option so command flag #11 will be used as trigger bit #7.
Trigger Bit #5 (#12) Check this option so command flag #12 will be used as trigger bit #0.
Trigger Bit #5 (#13) Check this option so command flag #13 will be used as trigger bit #1.
Trigger Bit #5 (#14) Check this option so command flag #14 will be used as trigger bit #2.
Trigger Bit #5 (#15) Check this option so command flag #15 will be used as trigger bit #3.

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Source.Section 3.6.5 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.