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CHAPTER 5 BUTTONS AND SWITCHES
5.3. Changing Screen Using Screen Buttons
You can touch a screen button to open or close a screen.
5.3.1. Basic Operations
A screen button can be configured to perform one of the following screen switching operations:
Operation
Description
Open Screen
Opens the specified screen.
Previous Screen
Closes the current main screen and opens the previous main screen.
Note: The panel can display many window screens but only one normal screen at a time so a
normal screen is also called a main screen. The panel can remember up to 32 previously
opened main screens.
Close & Open
Screen
Closes the window screen where the screen button is on and opens the specified screen.
Close Screen
Closes the window screen where the screen button is on.
5.3.2. Operation Options
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 those options in the Screen Button property sheet.
Options
Description
Change User
Level
The button can be configured to change the current user level.
Acknowledge
Alarm
The button can be configured to acknowledge the associated alarm of the screen where it is on.
You can configure an alarm to display an (alarm) screen and the associated alarm of an screen is
the alarm that displays the screen.
Indicate Screen
Already
Opened
The button can be configured to indicate that the 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 be 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.
So it is important to keep the macro as short as possible to not 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.