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Setting Button Assignments (Prefs/Utility Menu)
Chapter 19 Control Panel Setup (Panel)
Setting Button
Assignments (Prefs/
Utility Menu)
Assign the [PREFS 1] to [PREFS 16] buttons in the menu
control block, and the utility/shotbox control block
buttons.
This assigns recalling frequently used menus (menu
shortcuts), enabling/disabling functions (recalling utility
commands) and recalling shotbox registers or macro
registers.
• User Preference: Make the settings for the user
preference buttons in the menu control block.
• Utility Module Assign: Make the utility/shotbox
control block settings.
To display the Prefs/Utility menu
In the Engineering Setup menu, select VF2 ‘Panel’ and
HF4 ‘Prefs/Utility.’
The status area shows the settings of the user preference
buttons.
Assigning Functions to User
Preference Buttons
1
In the Panel >Prefs/Utility menu, using any of the
following methods, select the button to be assigned.
• Press directly on the list in the status area.
• Press the arrow keys to scroll the reverse video
cursor.
• Turn the knob.
2
In the <Action> group, select the function to be
assigned.
Menu Shortcut: Assign a frequently used menu to be
recalled (menu shortcut).
Utility Command: Assign a function enable/disable
or similar operation (utility command).
Macro Recall: Assign a macro register recall.
Shotbox Recall: Assign a shotbox register recall.
3
Depending on the selection in step 2, make the
following settings.
When Menu Shortcut is selected: For the subsequent
operations, see the next item “Assigning a menu
shortcut to a user preference button” (page 509).
When Utility Command is selected: A list of
commands appears on the right of the status area;
using any of the following methods, select the
command you want to assign.
• Press directly on the list.
• Press the arrow keys to scroll the reverse video
cursor.
• Turn the knob.
a) When the Command parameter is set to Sw’er GPI Test Fire, Panel
GPI Test Fire, DCU GPI, or Test Fire
When Macro Recall is selected: Turn the knob to
select the macro register you want to assign.
When Shotbox Recall is selected: Turn the knob to
select the shotbox register you want to assign.
4
Press [Action Set].
This assigns the selected action, which is reflected in
the status area.
To cancel an assignment
After selecting the relevant button, press [Clear].
To display register names in the Utility Command
column
If in step 2 you select [Macro Recall] or [Shotbox Recall],
press the [Reg Name Display] button to select whether or
not register names appear in the Utility Command column.
Using the [PREFS 9] to [PREFS 16]
settings
There are sixteen user preference buttons that can be set,
[PREFS 1] to [PREFS 16], but there are only eight user
preference buttons present in the menu control block. By
default these buttons are assigned to the [PREFS 1] to
[PREFS 8] settings. Therefore, to use the settings of
[PREFS 9] to [PREFS 16], it is necessary to access the
Engineering Setup >Panel >Config >Link/Program Button
>Menu Panel menu, and assign these settings to buttons in
the menu control block.
Knob Parameter Adjustment Setting values
1 No User preference
button selection
1 to 16
Knob Parameter Adjustment Setting values
3 Command Utility command
selection
1 and upwards
4
a)
GPI No GPI port number 1 and upwards
Knob Parameter Adjustment Setting values
3 Macro Macro register
selection
1 to 250
Knob Parameter Adjustment Setting values
3 Shotbox Shotbox register
selection
1 to 99