Using Function Keys To Display Graphics - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx Operator's Manual

Displaying Graphics (continued)
Using Function
Keys to Display
Graphics
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OSx Station Basics
You can configure each of the keyboard function keys
display a different graphic when that function key is pressed. Only graphics
can be associated with function keys; trends, tag details, reports, and alarm
screens do not support function key association.
Since function keys are also required by OSx configuration utilities, such as
the Report Editor, you can enable or disable this feature as needed. OSx is
shipped with this feature disabled.
You can enable or disable function key associations on a per terminal basis.
If X terminals are connected to the OSx station, each X terminal, as well as
the OSx station, can individually enable or disable the feature. This feature
is not supported for remote terminals.
To enable function key associations, follow the steps below:
1. Place the cursor in the unoccupied gray area below the alarm icon in
the lower right corner of the OSx screen, and click the left mouse
button to access the root menu.
2. Click
Enable F Keys
3. Once the feature is enabled, you must restart the Window Manager for
the change to be recognized by OSx. Bring up the root menu again (as
in step 1) and click
4. Click to the Restart prompt. You can now associate function keys
OK
with individual graphics and bring up these graphics in the Operate
state with a single keystroke.
You can disable function key associations through a similar procedure. Once
you have enabled the function keys, the root menu displays the option
. Select this option and restart the Windows Manager for the
Disable F Keys
change to take effect.
on the root menu.
.
Restart
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