Hardware description
3.6 SIMOTION panel fronts
SIMOTION P350-3 and Panels
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Manual, 05/2009
Alpha keys
The alpha keys are used to enter letters, various special characters, blank spaces, and
underscores:
8QGHUVFRUH
%ODQN
Figure 3-11 Alpha keys
Toggling between lowercase and uppercase characters
The default setting for alpha key input is lowercase text. Hold down the SHIFT key to enter
uppercase characters. The LED on the SHIFT key is illuminated; you can now enter
uppercase characters with the alpha keys.
To enter lower case text, release the SHIFT key. The LED on the SHIFT key is no longer
illuminated and you can enter lowercase characters again.
Entering special characters
Most of the alpha keys are also assigned with special characters. These are indicated by
white symbols on the top left of the keys.
To enter a special character, hold down the <F
N
> control key and press the corresponding
alpha key. When you release the <F
N
> key, you will be able to enter the default characters
for the corresponding alpha key again.
Numerical keypad
The numerical keypad is used to enter the numbers "0" to "9", various special characters, "+"
and "-", the hyphen "-", and the decimal point ".":
Figure 3-12 Numerical keypad
