Siemens SINUMERIK 840DE SL Commissioning Manual

17.5 Configuring operator panels
17.5.1 Displaying the available operator panels
A list with all the available operator panels is displayed in the upper part of the Available
Operator Panels ... window. One line corresponds to one operator panel and contains the
following information:
Column Description
Consecutive number to identify the operator panel
Status Status of the operator panel:
: The operator panel is available on the bus.
: The operator panel is not available on the bus.
HW Information on the hardware of the operator panel
Possible values are unknown (no information available), NCU, PCU, PPU, TCU (all TCU
including HT 8, etc.).
Default value: Unknown
Name Name of the operator panel
MCP DIP switch position for the machine control panel
The values can be freely selected from 1 to 254 (0 means that the last active machine
control panel is retained, 255 means that a machine control panel is not being used).
Default value: 192
DCK Availability of direct control keys
Active: The TCU has direct control keys
Inactive: The TCU has no direct control keys
TCU Index for the TCU (Thin Client Unit)
The value is freely configurable from 0 to 255 and is used for identification in the PLC.
EKS DIP switch position for the chip reader for access levels (Electronic Key System)
Possible values range from 1 to 255. The value 0 means that an EKS is not used.
Virtual key‐
board
Use of a virtual keyboard
Possible values are "Never", "Always" and "Auto", whereby "Auto" is set as default value.
Note
The information of the operator panels is read-only and cannot be changed in the OPs window.
Update of the overview
When switching to the OPs window, a search for available operator controls is performed
automatically. This is also possible later via the "New display" or "Reload OP data" softkeys.
The latter action results in a completely new scan during which already available operator
controls are deleted from the local cache. New operator controls and data are sought during
a reload.
Configuring the network
17.5 Configuring operator panels
SINUMERIK Operate (IM9)
378 Commissioning Manual, 12/2017, 6FC5397-1DP40-6BA1

Siemens SINUMERIK 840DE SL Specifications

General

Brand	Siemens
Model	SINUMERIK 840DE SL
Category	Control Systems
Language	English