Enter/Exit Programming Mode
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CONFIGURE ACTIONS FOR FUNCTION KEYS
Each of the function keys can be programmed to perform a user-assigned
function. This is done by associating a function key with either a predefined
command or your own custom string. See the "
Defin
e Strings" on page
25
1
command to define customized strings.
Each function key has an associated la
bel
which shows in the display when
active. The default labels are shown in the table below. To program the
function key labels, see "
Set S
tring ID" on page 252
.
T
he following table shows the list of predefined commands and available
stri
ngs.
Table 26. Keyboard Programming
CMD_ID Name Function
Default
Label
0 Not configured
No configured action.
If a key must be kept enabled but in normal mode isn’t
requir
ed, this function can be selected to keep it inactive.
Whenever an unconfigured function key is pressed, an error
message appears on display and an error beep is emitted.
<None>
1 Enter CMD Same as ENTER_KEY. Ent
2 String 1 Display and transmit string 1. S1T
3 String 2 Display and transmit string 2. S2T
4 String 3 Display and transmit string 3. S3T
5 String 4 Display and transmit string 4. S4T
6 String 5 Display and transmit string 5. S5T
7 Backlight CMD Toggle backlight on/off. Blt
8 Clear CMD Clears the screen CLR
9 Reserved for future use
A Reserved for future use
B Show Date/Time Display the internal date, time. Tim
C Reserved for future use