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Pointe Controller User Guide Appendix B: Flow Chart Command Reference
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B.7 Operator Panel Commands
Operator Panel commands (in a Process block ) are used to control the OL3406,
OL3420, and OL3850 operator panels. You must have one of these panels
connected to your Pointe Controller unit and properly configured in order to use
these commands. For more information, see “
Configuring operator panels ” on
page 128.
NOTE: The Keypad Data Entry and Arrow Adjust Data Entry commands work only
with the OL3850 operator panel. The Button On and Button Off commands work
with all three panel models.
B.7.1 Keypad Data Entry
This command can be selected from the Operator Panel commands list.
When used in a Flow Chart, the Keypad Data Entry command displays a message
prompting the user to enter a value using the panel’s numeric keypad. After the
user enters a value and presses the ENTER key, the entered value is saved to the
Data Value tag and the Data Available tag is set to 1.
NOTE: This command works only with the OL3850 operator panel .
Parameters for this command include:
Message Line – Which line of the operator panel that will be used to
display the message. The top line is 1, the bottom line is 2.
The value of Message Line may be an Input/Memory/Output tag, a literal
numeric value, or some other logical expression that is evaluated every
time the block is executed.
To configure the Message Line parameter, click the button to open a
standard Build Argument dialog.
Message – The text of the message, as specified in the Build String
Argument dialog. Carets “^” must be included in the message text as a