Calling Dedicated Screen Forms From The Plc; General Procedure; Creating The Configuration File As An Ascii File - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

Expanding the Operator Interface (BE1)
2 First Steps
Note
The information required to implement a softkey appears in Subsection 7.2.1,
keyword "Start softkeys".
HMI Advanced
With HMI Advanced, the system first attempts to access the configuration files in
the user cycles directory and then in the standard cycles directory and
manufacturer cycles directory.
2.1.5

Calling dedicated screen forms from the PLC

Screen forms can be selected via the PLC as well as via softkeys. An interface is
available for signal exchange between the PLC and HMI/HT6.
For more information about display selection from the PLC, see Chapter 5, "PLC
interface".

2.2 General procedure

2.2.1

Creating the configuration file as an ASCII file

Start softkeys
• One or more softkeys (start softkeys), which are used to initiate dedicated
sequences of operations, are defined in one of the specified configuration files.
• The loading of a dedicated screen form is associated with a softkey definition or
another softkey menu. These are then used to perform the subsequent actions.
Screen form definition
Defining the screen form layout
Some examples of screen form content include:
- Short text
- Graphics text
- Input/output fields (variables)
- Unit text
- Images/displays
- Tables
- Softkey menus, etc.
Definition of the methods/functions that are used for the purpose of processing the
form screen elements.
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