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CHAPTER 3 CREATING PANEL APPLICATIONS
Property
Description
Function
Button
If the usage is Function Button, you need to specify the following properties:
Property
Description
Function
Specifies the operation that you want the function button to perform. About the
available operations, see
.
Keypad
Button
If the usage is Keypad Button, you need to specify the following properties:
Property
Description
Enter
Character
Select this item if the button is used to input the specified character to the keypad
buffer.
Character
Available when the 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 the Enter Command is selected. Specifies the command to be
issued to the keypad buffer. There are four commands available:
Command
Description
Enter
Completes the 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.
Multistate
Switch
If the usage is Multistate Switch, you need to specify the following properties:
Property
Description
State Type
The state type of the monitored variable. There are two options: Value and LSB.
For details, see
Section 4.4.1.1 State Types
Data Type
The data type of the variables specified in this page.
Write
Address
Specifies the variable to be controlled.
Click
to enter an address for this field. Click
to select a tag for this field.
Total State
Specifies the number of valid states that the monitored variable has.
Note: The last state is state N-1 when the Total States is N.
Next State
Specifies the method of calculating the next state for the Button control type.
+1 means the next state is the current state plus one when the current state is not
the last state. When the current state is the last state, the next state is state 0.
-1 means the next state is the current state minus one when the current state is not
state 0. When the current state is state 0, the next state is the last state.
Screen
Button
If the usage is Screen Button, you need to specify the following properties:
Property
Description
Function
Specifies the operation that you want the screen button to perform. There are four
choices: Open Screen, Previous Screen, Close and Open Screen, and Close
Screen. For details, see
Section 5.3.1 Basic Operations.
Screen
Specifies the screen to be opened.
Change user
level to
Check this option if you want the button to change the current user level.
And specifies the new user level to replace the current user level.
Acknowledge
alarm
Check this option if you want the button to acknowledge the associated alarm of
the screen where the button is on.
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