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Document SIEMENS S5 –NAVIGATION

Device Siemens S5 PLC
Software Step 5
VM Siemens VM
Programming Cable Siemens S5 cable with inbuilt RS232 to RS485 converter
Date Created 21 October 2015
Prepared By Ashley Tyler

1. Other relevant KB articles

This document describes how to move around in step 5

1.1. The Alt Method

The top level menu allows access to the sub menus.

Holding down the ALT key and pressing the red coloured letter will open that sub menu.

Example Currently from the above the file menu would be open. If I wanted to get to Documentation

I can click Documentation with the mouse. Or I can right arrow five times. Or I could do Alt D.

Now I am in this menu I can use the appropriate menu letter and open that command.

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As it stands pressing enter would open a diolog box to output block data. I wanted to look at cross reference. I simply push
C. I still have the option to use the mouse or the up and down arrow keys. The short cut is quicker.

Once in a sub menu like the one above the short cuts are limited to tab to move forward between the menu elements
Between () the arrow keys select items. To move backwards through the elements use the shift key.

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