There are three types of screens: Normal Screen, Window Screen and Menu
Screen.
To create any type of screen, you can do the following:
- Create a screen. Default is a normal screen. To learn how to create a
screen, please see
Section 3.9.2 for details.
- Open Screen Properties dialog box. To learn how to open the dialog box,
please see Section 3.9.3
for details.
- In the dialog box, select the type you would like the screen to be.
The following table describes how each type of screen opens, closes, and
displays.
|
Types
|
Description |
|
Normal Screen |
A screen that will be displayed when it is selected to be a startup screen, or when a screen button with open screen/previous screen operation is pressed.
Usually the normal screen cannot be closed until the
other normal screen is opened.
The normal screen is also called a main screen
that is only displayed one at a time in the panel. The
screen size is fixed and depends on the panel model. |
|
Window Screen |
A screen that appears in the following situations:
* Screen button with open screen operation is
pressed
* Selected to be a startup screen
* OPEN_WS macro command is used.
* Alarm is active or clear when the display
screen option in the discrete/analog alarm block is
selected
* Page selector object is used
* Custom keypad is needed
Usually the window screen stays on the normal
screen until the close button is pressed on the title
bar or the screen button or CLOSE_WS macro command to
close. It then disappears.
The panel can display many window screens at a
time.
At runtime, the window screen will initially be
displayed at the predefined position. If the window
screen has the title bar, click-and-hold the title bar
to move it around in the panel. |
|
Menu Screen |
A screen that is displayed when it is selected to be a
startup screen, or when a screen button with the open
screen operation is pressed.
The menu screen remains on the normal screen or
window screen, until an area outside the menu screen is
pressed, or the screen button is used to close the menu
screen. The menu screen then closes.
The panel can display one menu screen at a time.
The menu screen can slide horizontally into view
from either the left or right side of the screen. It can
also appear by the left or right side of the button and
slide upward or downward into view. Please see
Section
5.3.4 to learn how to use the screen button to set up
the position of the menu screen.
Usually the menu screen stays on the normal
screen or window screen until you press anywhere outside
the menu screen or use screen button to close. It then
disappears. |
Source.Section 3.9.1 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.