Tests & Adjustments
PanelMate Diagnostic Tests
When power is applied to you PanelMate unit, the
unit will display a listing of internal diagnostic
checks as they are executed. After completing its
internal diagnostic checks, the unit will display the
Offline Mode Menu.This menu displays six
selections described below:
This template allows you to perform a series of
tests:
Set Date and Time
Display test
Touchscreen test
Tone, relay and battery test
Serial port test
For information on performing these tests, refer to
your PanelMate Getting Started Manual.
To download, upload or read system information
over a serial port, your PanelMate unit must be in
Serial Transfer Mode. For more information on
downloading and uploading PanelMate
configurations, refer to your PanelMate Getting
Started Manual.
Network transfer mode is used to read system
information over a remote network or remotely place
your PanelMate unit into Run Mode. For more
information, refer to your PanelMate Transfer Utility
User's Manual.
Execute Diagnostics
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Enter Serial Transfer Mode
Enter Network Transfer Mode
Execute
Diagnostics
Calibrate
Touchscreen
Enter
Serial
Transfer
Mode
Enter
Network
Transfer
Mode
Display
System/
Config.
Information
Enter
Run
Mode
Display System Configuration Information
Display Contrast Adjustment
This selection displays your PanelMate unit's
current configuration.Your PanelMate unit is
shipped with a demonstration PanelMate
configuration. Once you have downloaded a new
configuration, this information will be updated to
reflect the new configuration information.
Units equipped with grayscale or dual-scan color
displays feature software-controlled contrast
adjustment.To adjust the contrast, follow these
steps:
1) Place the unit in Run Mode
2) Select the Get Page control button from the
default control buttons
3) Select the More control button
4) Select the Setup Page control button
5) Select the Adjust Contrast control button and use
the Lighter and Darker control buttons to adjust
the display's contrast.
To save the new setting, press the Save Setting
control button.To revert to the previous contrast
setting, press the Cancel key.The unit will return to
the last saved contrast level after power is cycled to
the unit.
Enter Run Mode
Calibrate Touchscreen
Run Mode allows you to display the configuration
downloaded to the PanelMate unit and
communicate to the PLC of your choice. If a new
configuration has not been downloaded, the unit will
display the demonstration configuration. For more
information on Run Mode, refer to your PanelMate
Getting Started Manual.
Touchscreen units have a calibration routine that
must be performed to determine the boundaries of
the video on your touchscreen. Refer to
Touchscreen Information for instructions on
calibrating the touchscreen.
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