The following operation options can be selected for a screen button to make
it more informative, secure, and useful. You need to select and set these
options in the Screen Button property sheet.
|
Options
|
Description |
|
Change User Level |
The button can be configured to change the current user
level when it is
activated to perform the function. |
|
Acknowledge Alarm |
The button can be configured to acknowledge the
associated alarm on the screen where it is located. You
can configure an alarm to display an (alarm) screen. The
alarm is then the screen’s associated alarm. |
|
Indicate Screen Already Opened |
The button can be configured to indicate that a
specified screen is opened. The indication is done by
exchanging the button’s FG color with its text color. |
|
Macro |
You can specify a macro that will run when the screen
button is activated to perform its operation. Select
this option in the General page. Specify and edit the
macro in the Macro page.
Note: The screen switching
operation will not be performed until the macro is
completely executed. Therefore, it is important to keep
the macro as short as possible so as not to delay the
operation. |
|
Touch Operation Control |
The touch operation can be enabled or disabled either by
a specified bit or by the current user level. Select and
set this option in the Advanced page. |
|
Minimum Hold Time |
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). Select and
set this option in the Advanced page. |
|
Notification |
The screen button can be configured to notify a bit of
the completion of the screen switching operation. Select
and set this option in the Advanced page. |
|
Operation Logging |
Each touch operation of the button can be recorded in
the operation log. Select and set this option in the
Advanced page. |
|
Invisible |
The button can be invisible and still touch operable.
Select this option in the Visibility page. |
|
Visibility Control |
The button can be shown or hidden either by a specified
bit or by the current user level. Select and set this
option in the Visibility page. |
Source.Section 5.3.2 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.