Chapter 5: System Setup Screens; Introduction - C-more micro EA1-S6ML Hardware User Manual

Chapter 5: System Setup Screens

Introduction

The C-more ® Micro-Graphic panels include a series of built-in System Setup Screens that
allow the user to view detailed information about the panel, adjust features, test various
functions of the panel, clear memory, and reset all values and conditions back to the original
factory defaults.
The following is presented to give the user a detailed step by step look at:
• How to access the System Setup Screens
• What adjustments and features are available
• When and why the feature may need to be adjusted or used
• How to adjust and/or interrupt the features
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The System Setup Screens are split into three categories to make it easy for the user to view
information, make adjustments, or test the panel. The three Setup Menu selections are:
Information
Here you will find detailed information about the panel's available memory and usage, the
protocol being used by the panel, if an optional keypad bezel is installed and version
information for the firmware and boot loader.
Setting
This is the area for adjusting the contrast of the display, selecting one of the five backlight colors
(red, amber, yellow, lime or green for EA1-S6ML or white, pink1, pink2, pink3 or red for EA1-
S6MLW), enabling or disabling the internal beeper, calibrating the touch panel, clearing the
user memory, resetting all of the settings back to the factory defaults, and setting the loading
screen hourglass icon delay time or disabling the display of the hourglass icon.
The Setting factory default values are:
• LCD Contrast value of 8
• Green backlight color for EA1-S6ML, white backlight color for EA1-S6MLW
• The internal audible beeper enabled
• Forced touch panel calibration
• User program cleared from memory
• Hourglass icon delay of 350 ms.
• Horizontal orientation
Test Menu
The test menu includes options to initiate communication tests of the two serial ports, to test
communications with the PLC, to test operation of the panel's beeper and to test the touch
panel surface. Refer to the serial port 1 and serial port 2 loop back test sections of this chapter
for details on loop back connector wiring.
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