Rockwell Automation 2711 Standard PanelView Operator Terminal User Manual User Manual

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Publication 2711-UM014G-EN-P - September 2008

Chapter 5 Running Applications

Follow these steps to enter a value by using the keypad enable
button.

1. Press the keypad enable button.

The scratchpad opens.

2. Enter the value by using the terminal keypad and press Enter

.

Follow these steps to change an entry on a scratchpad.

1. Press the backspace

key to delete one character at a time.

2. Enter a new value and press Enter

.

Follow these steps to cancel a scratchpad.

1. Press the Backspace

key to delete one character at a time.

When pressing the Backspace

key in an empty scratchpad

PanelView 300, 300 Micro Terminal Thumbwheel Scratchpad

The thumbwheel scratch pad lets you enter values on terminals
without a numeric keypad or touch screen by cycling through the
available characters one position at a time. Use the Up

and Down

cursors to cycle through the available characters. The thumbwheel

scratchpad shows:

display area where the value is entered or modified

ESC - F1 key to exit the scratchpad without saving any changes
or sending a value

Scroll through and select digits 0…9. You can select the sign (+, -)
from the leftmost column. If the decimal point is keypad controlled,
you can also select a decimal point (if one has not been previously
selected).

Keys

Function

Left / Right Cursor

Moves the cursor one position to the left or right in the
display area. The cursor wraps around to the opposite
side when reaching the leftmost or rightmost character,

Up /Down Cursor

Cycles through the available characters at the cursor
position.

Enter Key

Send the numeric value to the logic controller. Leading
and trailing spaces are removed.

TIP

The Up/Down/Left/Right cursor keys can have an autorepeat
configured. If you hold down the key, the key is repeated at the
set key repeat rate.

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