This section describes how to define the general settings for a keypad
button. The following is an example of the General page of the Keypad Button
property sheet.
The following table describes each property in the General
page.
|
Property
|
Description |
|
ID |
The object’s identifier. It is generated when the object
is created. The identifier is unique within the screen
where the object is located. The format of the IDs for
keypad buttons is KBnnnn. |
|
Note |
You can type a note for the keypad button group. |
|
Shape settings |
For details about the following properties, see
Section 4.3.4 Setting up the Shape of an Object.
Picture Shape,
,
Touch Response,
,
Border Color, Pattern Color, FG Color, BG Color. |
|
Enter Character |
Select this item if the button is used to input the
specified character to the keypad buffer. |
|
Character Set |
Select one of the following three character sets to
encode the entering character. |
|
Character Set |
Description |
|
ASCII (US) |
Defines 128 characters. |
|
ISO-8859-1 (Western European) |
Covers mostly Western European languages. |
|
ISO-8859-5 (Cyrillic) |
Covers languages using a Cyrillic alphabet such as
Bulgarian, Belarusian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian. |
|
Character |
Available when Enter Character is selected. Specifies
the character to be entered in the keypad buffer. |
|
Enter Command |
Select this item if the button is used to issue the
specified command to the keypad buffer. |
|
Command |
Available when Enter Command is selected. Specifies the
command to be issued to the keypad buffer. There are
four commands available: |
|
Command |
Description |
|
Enter |
Completes data entry and sends the input string to the
associated object or the system. |
|
Escape |
Cancels the data entry operation. |
|
Clear |
Clears the keypad buffer. |
|
Backspace |
Removes the last character in the keypad buffer. |
|
Increase By One |
Increases the keypad input buffer ($S0 ~ $S25) by one. |
|
Decrease By One |
Decreases the keypad input buffer ($S0 ~ $S25) by
one. |
|
No operation |
Issue to request a response from
the device without requesting any other actions. Such a
command can be used to ensure the connection is still
alive. |
|
Key |
The hard key that is used to operate the keypad button.
This item is available only when the target panel has
hard keys. |
|
Touch Operable |
Check this option if you want the button is still
operable by using the touch panel even it is configured
to be operated by the key. |
|
Macro |
Check this option if you want the button to have a
macro. Specify and edit the macro in the Macro page. |
Source.Section 5.9.3 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.