Shortcut Example

How to configure your project to enable the plant operator to view the following screen pages in Movicon Screens:

• Plant Lay-out represented in the "Main" Screen.

• Storage Silos represented in a Screen called 'Silos'.

• Working Area represented in a Screen called 'Working Area'.

Preset the keyboard commands or Shortcuts so that:

• The last two above mentioned Screens are called by using the F1 and F2 keys from the 'Main' Screen.

• The Lay-out page can be returned to by using the ESC key.

• In addition to returning back to the 'Working Area' Screen with the ESC key, a modal Screen window through which to set parameters opens when pressing the F1 key.

Proceed with editing the Movicon Shortcuts as follows:

1. Create a new Shortcut resource from the 'Project Explorer' window and call it 'Main'. This Shortcut resource will always be activated whenever the 'Main' Screen is loaded (when setting the 'Main' Screen as the project's startup Screen, the 'Main' Shortcut will consequently become the project's default Shortcut). Edit the new Shortcut by adding the commands to call the 'Silos' Screen when pressing the F1 key and to call the 'Working Area' Screen when pressing  the F2 key.

2. Create a new Shortcut resource from the 'Project Explorer' Window and call it 'Silos'. This Shortcut resource will always activate whenever the 'Silos' Screen is loaded. Edit the new Shortcut by adding the command to call the 'Main' Screen when pressing the ESC key.

3. Create a new Shortcut resource from the 'Project Explorer' window and call it 'Working Area'. This Shortcut resource will always be activated whenever the 'Working Area' Screen is loaded.

4. Edit the new Shortcut by adding the command to call the 'Main' Screen when pressing the ESC key, and the command to call the modal Screen to set the plant parameters (the modal Screen must be created beforehand) when pressing the F1 key.

The example project described above can also be configured in another way:

Associate the Shortcut commands so that each key performs its own function regardless of which screen is active.

As in the example above, the following points need to be established:

• The F1 key must always call the 'Silos' Screen.

• The F2 key must always call the 'Working Area' Screen.

• The ESC key must always call the 'Main' Screen.

• The F3 key must always call the modal Screen used to set the plant parameters from any page.

Proceed as follows:

1. Create a new Shortcut resource from the 'Project Explorer' window and call it 'Main'. This Shortcut resource will always be activated whenever the 'Main' Screen is loaded (by setting the 'Main' Screen as the project's startup Screen, the 'Main' Shortcut will consequently become the project's default Shortcut). The project will not contain any other Shortcut, therefore, the 'Main' Shortcut will remain active regardless of which Screen is currently active.

2. Edit the new Shortcut by adding the commands to:

1. • Call the 'Silos' Screen by pressing the F1 key.

   • Call the ''Working Area' Screen by pressing the F2 key.

   • Call the 'Main' Screen by pressing the ESC key.

   • Call the modal Screen used to set the plant parameters (created beforehand) by pressing the F3 key.