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Creating a TD 200C Faceplate Designs (96 DPI) with Microsoft Paint

INTRODUCTIONThis document provides step-by-step instructions about how to make a 96 DPI graphical faceplate for a TD200C using the TD Keypad Designer and Microsoft Paint. Additional information can be found in the Readmefile and the TD User Manual that is provided with the TD Keypad Designer. These instructions focus on how touse the low-resolution images provided in the \Images subdirectory.

Before your begin, you should print out this file and use it as a reference while you work.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Task Description

1 Identify yoursub-directorypath

This method of creating a faceplate with MS Paint requires that you frequently switchbetween applications and frequently save several different files. Before you begin,identify the sub-directory paths that you will use.

Identify the target directory where your TD Keypad Designer is installed, and takenote of the sub-directories. If you accepted the default installation path, the TDKeypad Designer target directory is:

Program Files\Siemens\TD Keypad Designer\If you did not accept the default install directory, write the directory you chose belowto use as a reference in subsequent steps:

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The sub-directories of TD Keypad Designer are:

/Bin -- Executable application file

/Help -- TD 200C manual that serves as the Help system-- Application notes that help users to create their first custom faceplate

/Images -- Pre-defined images for your faceplate background and for buttons

/Projects -- Default sub-directory where all your files should be stored

/Samples -- Completed TD files to use as a sample project

/Templates -- A MS Word Template used to print faceplates onto an A4-sized sheet

2 OpenKeyPadDesigner

From your PC desktop, select Start > Simatic > TD Keypad Designer

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3 Createbuttons

Decide the number and size of buttons for your custom faceplate.

Select the Draw Button tool.

Click on the button area and draw a button with the left-mouse held down

Use the Erase Button or the Delete key as necessary to modify the spare of abutton.

Position and draw all your buttons.

4 Assign afunction toeach button

Position the cursor onto a button area.

Click the right-mouse button and select Properties (alternatively, you may usethe CTRL + R hot keys).

For each button, you must make a function assignment on the button. For theSet PLC Bit functions, a symbol is created, and is stored in the TD KeypadDesigner .TD2 file. When the STEP 7-Micro/WIN V4.0 software (TD 200 Wizard) isused to create the TD 200C configuration, your .TD2 file is imported and the symbolswill become part of the Micro/WIN project symbols.

PLEASE REFERENCE THE IMPORTANT NOTES AT THE END OF THIS FILE REGARDING

THE SELECTION AND CONFIGURATION OF KEYS ON YOUR FACEPLATE.**

5 Save your(.TD2) KeypadDesigner file

From the Keypad Designer menu, select: File > Save Asand select the pathname for the .TD2 file:[Keypad Designer Install Directory]\Projects\


1. Highlight andClick to selectwhat function

should beassigned to thebutton

2. You mayrename thebutton symbol tohelp youremember thebutton function.


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6 Export yourkeypadButton layout

From the Keypad Designer menu, select: File > Export > Button Template to Fileand select the pathname for the .BMP file:[Keypad Designer Install Directory]\Projects\

7 Verify your 2files weresaved in theProjectdirectory

Open the Windows file explorer: Right mouse click on your PC desktop Startbutton, and select Explore.

Browse to the target directory where your TD Keypad Designer is installed. If youselected the default directory, the pathname is:

Program Files\Siemens\TD Keypad Directory\ Open the subdirectory: \Projects

You should locate the two files you previously saved (a .TD2 file and a .BMP file)

8 Open MSPaint

From the PC Start menu, select Start > Programs > Accessories > Paint

This will open up the MS Paint application

9 Maximize thePaint window

In the upper right-hand corner of the MS Paint window, click on the small squareicon (maximize) button.

10 Select abackgroundimage for thekeypaddesign.

From Microsoft Paint, select the menu item to select and import a background

image: Edit > Paste from File When the file dialog appears, browse to the following directory to find samplebackground images:[Keypad Designer Target directory]\Images\LowRes_96DPI_Background\

When the file dialog window opens, select the Thumbnails option that will let yousee thumbnail images of the sample background images:

11 View yourbackgroundimage

Your background image will appear in the upper left-hand corner of the MS Paintwindow.

At any time, if you make a mistake in MS Paint, press Ctrl + Z keys to Undo yourlast action. NOTE: Undo only applies to the very last action.


Select Thumbnails

Click on an image to select your pre-defined background image from theThumbnails.

Then, click the Open button.


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12 Save yourbackgroundimage

From Microsoft Paint, select the menu item to save your current file:Select File > Save

When the file save dialog appears, browse to the TD Keypad Designer \Projectssubdirectory to save your new background image (use any file name):[Keypad Designer Target directory]\Projects\

13 Import yourButton Layout

From Microsoft Paint menu item, select to import your previously (in Step 6)exported button layout image created earlier in the TD Keypad Designer:

Select Edit > Paste From

Browse the TD Keypad Designer application folder, and then to the

Images\Project sub-directory:[Keypad Designer Target directory]\Images\Project

14 Make the

imagetransparent

In order to make the white background (like is shown on the left screen in the

previous step), you need to click the MS Paint Transparency button (the lowerbutton in the MS Paint tool palette). This must be done while the button template isstill active (if active, you have not yet saved the last action, and the image has adashed border surrounding it).

15 Save thecurrent MSPaint file

From Microsoft Paint, select the menu item to save your current Paint file:Select File > Save

16 Turn off theTransparencyoption

To prepare for adding Buttons to the faceplate,Click the upper option to turn offthe transparency option:


Transparency Off

Click on the MS PaintTransparency Button thatwill display thebackground and buttonimage layered together.

Transparency On


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17 Read in a pre-definedButton image

From Microsoft Paint, select the menu item to select and bring in a sample (pre-designed) button image: Edit > Paste from File

When the file dialog appears, browse to the following directory to find samplebutton images:[Keypad Designer Target directory]\Images\LowRes_96DPI_Buttons\

18 Add button

images

When the file dialog opens, select the Thumbnails option that will let you see

images of the pre-defined buttons

19 Move andposition thebutton image

20 If needed,resize thebutton image

Position the button in a corner of the button outline.

Stretch if needed to cover the all of the button outline.

Save the file when the button is positioned correctly (File > Save).


Select Thumbnails

Select your pre-defined button fromthe Thumbnails, by clicking on animage.

Then, click the Open button.

To stretch an image, position cursor on thecorner edge of the image until the doublearrow cursor appears. Then you can dragthe edge border to stretch the image.

The button image is pasted into the upper-left-corner of your MS Paint file.

While it is active, you must drag it into one of the

button outlines in your file.

To move an image by dragging it, positionyour cursor on the active image, and wait forthe cross-arrow cursor to appear, then dragthe image to the desired position.


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21 Add allbuttons

Repeat steps 17 - 20 until you have selected and positioned all buttons on yourkeypad image.

22 Add othergraphicimages

To bring in a company logo for your faceplate, or any other graphics you want onthe faceplate, use the same technique that you used to bring in the button images:Edit > Paste from File

Small, low-resolution graphic images may become fuzzy or otherwise distortedwhen they are resized.

23 Turn on theTransparencyoption

Turn on the transparency option:

24 Add text toyourbackgroundand buttons

Select (click on) the Text icon in the Paint tool palette. Click on a button area

where you will insert text, or click on the faceplate area where you will insert text.

After you click on the selected area the Text Toolbar will be displayed.

If you do not see the text Toolbar, select from the menu View > Text Toolbar.The toolbar should be displayed on your screen:

The Text Toolbar allows you to select different styles and sizes of fonts. It alsoallows selection of options such as Bold, Italics, and Underlining. Select a font styleand size if you already know what you want.

If you want to test font styles, type some text, then select a different style and see

how it looks. As long as the text field is active (shown with dashed outline around it)then the text can be changed. (If needed, press Ctrl + Z keys to undo your lastaction.)

25 Optionallychange thetext color

Select the text color: on the color palette along the lower border of the Paintwindow, click on the color selection with the left mouse.

The selected color should appear as the foreground color in the left-hand color-indication-box:


Transparency On

Text selection onthe Paint Toolbar


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The Paint color palette.

26 Re-positionthe text field

While the text field is active, you can drag it (from any of the four corners) toposition it more accurately, or to widen the field, allowing for more characters to beadded, or larger characters.

Finish typing labels on all buttons.

Finish typing a company name, or a title on the TD faceplate.

27 Save the finaldesign as a

bitmap

When the faceplate design is completed, the total graphic design must be savedas a bitmap (.BMP file):

From the MS Paint menu, Select File > Save orFile > Save As

The file should be saved in the TD keypad Designer project directory:[Keypad Designer Target directory]\Projects

28 Open theKeypadDesigner

The finished faceplate graphic design must be imported into the TD KeypadDesigner project.

If it has been previously closed, open the TD Keypad Designer again (click onthe icon on your PC desktop).

Open the .TD2 project that contains your button layout: File > Open

When the file dialog appears, browse to the following directory to find your .TD2file: [Keypad Designer Target directory]\Projects

29 Import thedesign

(bitmap) intothe KeypadDesigner

Select to import your background image: File > Import > Panel Image from File

You can view the button layout and confirm that your bitmap faceplate design is

properly positioned onto the button layout. The TD Keypad Designer menu option,View > Buttons must be enabled to see the button outlines.



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30 Notes aboutprinting theFaceplatePanel Design

IMPORTANT NOTE: It is strongly advised that you print the faceplate design topaper before printing it onto the actual faceplate material. This will allow you to testthe colors and size of the design before you print the final faceplate.

Never adhere a paper faceplate to the TD because it will damage the adhesivelayer that is required for the transparent faceplate material to be permanentlyadhered to the keypad.

The supplied transparent faceplate material must be used for the actual faceplatethat will be adhered to the TD.

The TD Keypad Designer application can print the faceplate design (as a reverse,or mirror image) onto the faceplate material (or to paper)

You may obtain additional faceplate materials in A4 size sheets, allowing you toprint 3 faceplates at one time on a single sheet. Insert the faceplate design into the

A4 Word template to print on the sheets using a word processing application (suchas Microsoft Word).

The transparency material should be inserted into the laser printer such that theink will be printed on the smooth surface of the material. When printing to thetransparency material enable the reverse panel image option.

A reverse, or mirror of the faceplate should be printed, because the smooth side(printed side) of the transparency material must be placed face down on the TD.

The non-glare surface is designed to be exposed on the front of the TD 200C,protecting the faceplate image from everyday use.

31 Notes aboutlinking thePanel Imagewith the TDWizard.

STEP 7-Micro/WIN V4.0 TD 200 Wizard reads the .TD2 file. Once you select toconfigure a TD 200C device the wizard will display an option to import the faceplate.

After the .TD2 file is imported into the Wizard, the screens and alarms are configured.Refer to the STEP 7-Micro/WIN Help for more details about configuring the TD withthe wizard.

32 Notes aboutretrieving acustom TDconfigurationthat isresiding inthe PLCmemory

If the original Micro/WIN project file is not available upon installation of a S7-200 PLCand the TD 200C, it will not be possible to upload the Micro/WIN project from the PLCand export the .TD2 file from it. In this case, you would be able to see the buttonsymbols, although it would not be possible to view the faceplate design and see theexact button positions. You should always save the original .TD2 file with yourcustomized faceplate design in case you wish to modify the button layout at a latertime.



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**IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SELECTING AND CONFIGURING KEYS ON THE FACEPLATE:

The ESC, ENTER, and ARROW keys provide a way to navigate in the TD startup screens so that the TD-to-PLCparameters can be reset from the TD SETUP screen. Regardless if your TD is new or if it is being re-configured, thefollowing notes about establishing communication must be considered when configuring the TD system keys:

Unless your TD 200C baud rate matches the PLC port baud rate, the two devices can never establish communications.All newTD 200C devices are shipped with a default configuration set at 9600 baud.

Until the TD 200C establishes communications with the PLC, anewTD 200C remains in a default configuration modewhere the keypad is configured like a standard TD 200C (similar to the TD 200). If the TD is not being configured for thefirst time (not new), it powers up with the last used keypad configuration, in which case you need to have the last-usedfaceplate to navigate to the system menus (assuming the faceplate had ESC, ENTER, and ARROW keys configured in theTD 200 default positions).

In cases where you have a new TD that is shipped with a default baud of 9600 that does not match your PLC settings,then you need to use the supplied TD 200C standard template that is shipped with the TD device. Lay the templatetemporarily onto the TD keypad (do not adhere it). Use the ESC and ENTER keys and navigate to the DIAGNOSTICS > TSETUP menu where you can reconfigure the system settings of the TD 200C to match those of your PLC.

If your custom keypad has the ESC, ENTER, and Arrows keys in the same positions as they are found on standard TD

200/C models, then use of the standard template is not necessary. In this case, you can simply use the mentioned systemkeys on your custom keypad while the TD is in the default configuration mode.

Copyright Siemens AG 2004 All rights reservedWe have checked the contents of this note for agreement with the hardware and software described. Since deviationscannot be precluded entirely, we cannot guarantee full agreement. However, the data in this note has been reviewedregularly and any necessary corrections included in subsequent editions. Suggestions for improvement are welcomed.

Disclaimer of LiabilityCopyright Siemens AG 2004 All rights reserved. The reproduction, transmission or use of this document or its contents isnot permitted without express written authority. Offenders will be liable for damages. All rights, including rights created bypatent grant or registration of a utility model or design, are reserved.

TrademarksSIMATIC is a registered trademarks of SIEMENS AG.Some of other designations used in these documents are also registered trademarks; the owners rights may be violatedif they are used by third parties for their own purposes.


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