The Top Menu is displayed when
+ MENU is pressed. The Top Menu will
take over the screen even if pressed from a multiple pane mode. PREV
will cancel the Top Menu and restore whatever was shown before. However,
the Top Menu is not considered a popup menu. The controller may power
up with the Top Menu or application code can force the Top Menu.
The Top Menu has up to 9 icon selections which are shortcuts to the selected operation. The number keys can be used as shortcuts if a touch panel is not available. After selecting a shortcut, the screen will display the menu for the selected operation. The screen may split into several related panes especially if you have the 4D graphics functionality.
There can be 10 different Top Menus. They are changed using the Function Keys. Each function key can be password protected and operators are required to enter their username and password in order to select the function key.
TOP menu entries can be configured using SETUP iPendant Setup, Top Menu Setup. More details are in the Setup & Operations Manual, iPendant, Additional iPendant Features, Top Menu.