Configuring A Key Filter For Hmi Software - Siemens SINUMERIK 840DE sl Commissioning Manual

Installing and configuring updates and automation software

5.6 Configuring a key filter for HMI software

5.6 Configuring a key filter for HMI software
To prevent unwanted interruption of the HMI software while it is running, you can specify that
certain keyboard entries will be filtered out and thus ignored.
You can configure the key filter in the pcuhwsvc.ini configuration file:
● This key filter is not activated as delivered.
● You can activate the key filter and individually select which of the 20 filterable keyboard
entries will be ignored. During this, you can deactivate known shortcut keys, for example,
or even deactivate individual add-on keys, such as the left (SeqActive_16) or right
(SeqActive_17) Windows key.
You cannot configure any additional keyboard entries to be filtered.
● You can also completely deactivate the repeat function of the F1-F12 keys and all hard
keys with the key filter. When the repeat function is deactivated, a key held pressed is
considered as pressed once and not as pressed repeatedly.
Per default, the repeat function is activated during Service or Desktop operation. The repeat
function is always deactivated during operation of SINUMERIK Operate.
Requirement
● The Windows 7 Service Desktop is active
● Hidden directories are shown
See also: Directory structure and file conventions (Page 14).
Procedure
To configure the key filter, proceed as follows:
1. Switch to the template directory: C:\ProgramData\Siemens\MotionControl
\siemens\System\etc\
The settings can be viewed in the template pcuhwsvc.ini.
2. Save a copy of the template pcuhwsvc.ini to one of the user directories:
– C:\ProgramData\Siemens\MotionControl\user\System\etc\
– C:\ProgramData\Siemens\MotionControl\oem\System\etc\
– C:\ProgramData\Siemens\MotionControl\addon\System\etc\
3. In the new file (e.g. ...\oem\System\etc\pcuhwsvc.ini), delete all data except for
the section name [KEYB_FILTER] and the keys that are to differ from the template.
All data and keys that do not occur in your file are automatically taken over from the template
in the siemens directory.
See also: Directory structure and file conventions (Page 14).
4. Save your file.
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