Change Keyboard Layout - Siemens SIMATIC HMI SICALIS PMC 7 Equipment Manual

Developer Version
C.1

Change Keyboard Layout

Prerequisites
You can change the standard keyboard layout – the assignment of one or more of
the operator panel's keys and switches – to suit the specific requirements for the
machine. To do so, you must first install the Developer Version, which is not part of
the standard operator panel package.
In Appendix D, you will find tables with the standard (default) key codes for all the
controls.
Assigning Key Codes
To generate the Simatico.pad definition file for the key codes, use the converter
DefPad.exe. This program takes the ASCII source file, Simatico.def, and
compiles the definition file, Simatico.pad.
The illustration below presents the flow of the compilation process.
Simatico.def
Binary Tables
The keyboard driver requires binary tables to allocate the key codes to a bit action
(Table TacoK2B.tbl) and from a bit to a lamp driver (Table TacoB2L.tbl).
These tables must be in the Windows NT directory, \System32\Drivers, so that
the keyboard driver can read them at system startup.
Assignment Key –> Bit
The batch file, KeyBit.bat, is used to create the binary table for assigning a PLC
bit to the activation of a key (movement key). This batch file converts a source file
in ASCII format into the binary table, TacoK2B.tbl.
Call:
Action:
C-2
DefPad.exe
KeyBit.bat source file
SET: The bit will be set
RESET: The bit will be reset
Simatico.pad
SICALIS PMC 7 Operator Panel Equipment Manual
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