Rockwell Automation 2711 PANELBUILDER SOFTWARE USER MANUAL - Manual (Page 16)

Introduction to PanelBuilder
Chapter 1
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List Selection of Objects
Creating screens is made simple with PanelBuilder. To create a screen, you
choose the kind of object you want from a list and position it on the screen.
You then adjust its shape, size, color, text labels, PLC address, etc., and
continue adding objects until the screen is done.
If you are designing screens for a Keypad terminal, you assign custom
soft-key labels to each of the Keypad buttons. If you are configuring a
Touch Screen terminal, you position the labels over touch cell areas. Most
of the remaining functions are identical for Keypad and Touch Screen
terminals.
Dynamic Memory Display
As you develop or edit an application, PanelBuilder displays the amount of
memory the application will require in a PanelView terminal. As each
object is edited, the display is updated with the current application file size.
This makes it easy to be sure that your application file will fit in the
amount of memory in your terminal(s).
Security
With PanelBuilder Development Software, any PanelView screen can be
assigned a security classification. Before PanelView will display a screen
with assigned security, the operator must enter a 5-digit access code. Up to
8 operators can be allowed access to a designated screen.
Alternatively, up to 8 levels of access can be defined for each screen. You
can even change access codes or enable and disable security directly from
a PanelView terminal in Configuration Mode.
Security cannot be assigned to the Alarm History or Alarm Status Screens,
since they must be available to every operator. The terminal also ignores
security for the Powerup screen and for screens requested by the PLC
controller.
Printed Documentation
A wide variety of reports can be printed from PanelBuilder. These include
all screens, functions and PLC addresses configured for specific
application files.