Setting Up Hot Key Options - Emerson 375 User Manual

HART Functionality
Setting up Hot
Key options
The Hot Key menu is a user-definable menu that
can store shortcuts for up to 20 of your most
frequently performed tasks. For example, if you
change device tags and damping often, you can
add options for these functions to the Hot Key
menu. Once you are Online the Hot Key will
automatically appear in the toolbar. To add a
custom option to the Hot Key menu:
1. With the Online menu or any of the submenus
open, select the option you want to add to the
Hot Key menu.
2. Tap and hold the Hot Key (
Configuration window shows the new option you
are adding.
3. Tap ADD.
4. Tap ALL to add the Hot Key option for all
devices supported by the Communicator, or tap
ONE to add the Hot Key option only for the
device type to which you are currently
connected.
5. If the message "Mark as read only variable on
Hot Key menu" displays, choose one of the
following:
• YES: The variable for this option is read-only,
meaning users can view but not change its
value.
• NO: You can view as well as change the value
for this variable.
6. Respond to the message "Display value of
variable on Hot Key menu?" by choosing one of
the following:
• YES: The value of this variable will appear on
the Hot Key menu.
• NO: The Hot Key menu will show the name of
the variable but not its value.
). The Hot Key
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