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Section 4.4.5 · Chapter 4: Designing Screens

Setting up Objects - Advanced Settings

This section describes how to define the advanced settings for the following types of objects:

Bit Button, Toggle Switch, Screen Button, Function Button, Slide Switch, Word Button, Multi-state Switch, Radio Button Group, Step Button, Advanced Numeric Display, ASCII String Entry, and Recipe Selector.

You can use the Advanced page in an object's property sheet to define the advanced settings of that object.

The following are examples of the Advanced page for different objects:

For an advanced numeric display.

For a bit button.

The following table describes each property in the Advanced page.

Property Description
Touch Operation Control
Enabled by Bit Check this option so the touch operation of the numeric entry will be enabled and disabled by the specified bit or a word's bit.
Control Bit Specify the bit that enables and disables the touch operation.
Click to enter a bit address. Click to select a bit tag.
Enabling State Specify the state (On or Off) that enables the touch operation.
Enabled by User Level Check this item so the touch operation of the numeric entry will be enabled and disabled by the current user level.
Lowest Enabling User Level Specify the lowest user level that is required to enable the touch operation.
Show Disabled Sign Check this option so the touch operation disabled sign will be shown on the numeric entry when the touch operation is disabled.
Note You can configure the touch operation of the following objects to be enabled only when both the specified bit and user level meet the specified conditions:

Bit Button, Toggle Switch, Screen Button, Function Button, Slide Switch, Word Button, Multistate Switch, Radio Button Group, Step Button, Numeric Entry, Advanced Numeric Display, Character Entry, Recipe Selector, and Schedule Setting Table.

Timeout Timeout Check this option so the data entry will be cancelled if the numeric keypad does not receive any input within the specified time.
Timeout Time Specify the maximum time that the numeric keypad will wait to receive a new input. If there is no input within the specified time, the numeric keypad will be closed and the data entry will be cancelled.
Notification Notification Check this option so the numeric entry will notify the specified bit after it finishes outputting the entered value to the destination variable.
Signal Select one of the following signals for the notification:
Signal Description
Level Set the specified bit to the specified state.
Pulse Send a positive pulse to the specified bit.
Bit Specify the bit that receives the notification.
State Specify the state (On or Off) that is used for the notification.
Operator Confirmation Operator Confirmation Check this option if you want the operator to confirm what he/she enters for the numeric entry. The Confirmation box will be displayed when a value is entered for numeric entry. If the operator selects “Yes” in the Confirmation box, the numeric entry will write the entered value to the specified variable. If the operator selects “No” or if the operator does not respond within the specified time period (Maximum Waiting Time), the numeric entry will cancel the data entry operation.
Maximum Waiting Time Specify the maximum time that the numeric entry will wait for the operator’s confirmation. The data entry will be cancelled if the operator does not respond within this time.
Change User level Change User level Check this option to change the current user level when the object is activated to perform its function.
New User Level Specify the new user level.
Operation Logging Operation Logging Check this option so the following three items will be recorded in the operation log when the numeric entry outputs the entered value.
There are three recorded items:
1) The time when the operation is performed
2) The entered value
3) The predefined operation message
Message Enter the operation message of the first language here.
Click this button to bring up the Operation Message dialog box that you can edit the operation message for all the languages.
Designated Keypad Designated Keypad Check this option if you want the object to use the independent keypad instead of the custom keypad or the built-in keypad.
Screen Specify the window screen that is designated as the keypad.
Minimum Hold Time Available when the object is a button or switch. The touch operation of the button will not be activated until the button is pressed and held down for the specified time period (Minimum Hold Time).

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Source.Section 4.4.5 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.