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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 3.9.1 · Chapter 3: Creating Panel Applications

Types of Screens

There are three types of screens: Normal Screen, Window Screen and Menu Screen.

To create any type of screen, you can do the following:

  1. Create a screen. Default is a normal screen. To learn how to create a screen, please see Section 3.9.2 for details.
  2. Open Screen Properties dialog box. To learn how to open the dialog box, please see Section 3.9.3 for details.
  3. 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.

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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.