Terms - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

Expanding the Operator Interface (BE1)
8 Terms, Tables, Lists, Examples

8.1 Terms

Table 8-1
Term
Access Level
Action
Array
Attribute
Column index
Configuration file
Definition lines
Editor
Event
Features
Focus
Form-independent
softkeys
Function
Graphics
Group
Help display
Help loop
Help variable
HMI Advanced
HMI Embedded
HSx
I/O field
Interpreter
Line index
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Explanation
Graduated system of authorization, which makes the accessibility
and utilization of functions on the → user interface dependent on
the authorization rights of the user.
Anything that is configured within a → method: → Functions,
→ Calculating variables, → Changing properties, ...
Table or list of data
Characteristic that assigns an object (→ screen form or → variable)
specific, detailed → properties.
Column number of an array
File or files, which contain definitions and instructions that
determine the appearance of → Screen forms and their →
Functions.
Program section in which → variables and → softkeys are defined.
ASCII Editor with which characters can be entered in a file and
edited.
Any action, which initiates execution of a → Method: Input of
characters, actuation of → Softkeys, ...
Characteristics of an object (e.g., of a → variable)
Highlighting on screen, which identifies the → Screen form element
that is currently selected for editing/monitoring. Screen form
element marked by the cursor.
Softkeys, which are not called from a screen form, i.e., start softkey
and softkey menus, which the user configures before the first, new
screen form.
Sequence of operations programmed in → Methods as a function
of → Parameters.
Graphic, which is displayed when a screen form is opened.
Reload unit for → configuration file
Display, which is opened context-sensitively in relation to screen
form elements.
Several help references can be configured in a loop for each →
Screen form element, i.e., the references are called up in
succession and when the last reference closes, the first is
displayed again.
Internal arithmetic variable to which no → Properties can be
assigned, i.e., it is not visible in the → Screen form.
Computer unit of operator panel front with hard disk
Computer unit of operator panel front without hard disk
Horizontal → Softkey x
Input/output field for displaying and modifying values of variables.
The interpreter automatically converts the defined code from the →
Configuration File into a → Screen form and controls its use.
Row number of an array
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