Information Text - Siemens OP5 Equipment Manual

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Information Text

Purpose Information text contains information about the current display contents. It is
created during configuration with ProTool/Lite and provides additional in-
formation in the language set on the OP. Information text can be configured
for
Information text can be used to convey, for example, information to the user
on the current assignment of the soft keys. Information text relating to an
alarm message may contain additional hints, for example, on the possible
cause of the alarm and how to remedy it.
Displaying
The availability of information text is indicated by the HELP LED being lit.
information text
Configured information text can be output by pressing the HELP key on the
OP.
If the cursor is positioned in an input field or in an I/O field for which in-
formation text is available (lit LED), the information text is output by press-
ing the HELP key. Pressing the HELP key a second time displays information
text associated with the screen entry, if configured.
If the HELP key is pressed in a field for which information text is not avail-
able, information text associated with the screen entry, if configured, is dis-
played directly.
Information text
Configured information text associated with a screen is obtained either by
about screens
pressing the HELP key in the directory when the cursor is positioned on the
corresponding screen or within a screen when the cursor is positioned on the
screen title.
Scrolling through The UP and DOWN keys and are used to scroll through information text,
information text
if appropriate. The ESCAPE key terminates display of information text, and
the previous display is shown again.
Manual OP5, OP15
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event messages and alarm messages,
screens,
screen entries,
input fields and dual I/O fields,
recipes, recipe entries,
schedulers.
General Operation
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