GE Industrial Solutions Entellisys 5.0 Administrator Manual - Manual (Page 59)

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10 Sharing files across HMIs
The HMI provides a tool for the System Administrator to distribute files across all HMIs.
Figure 10-1 HMI Shared Files screen
10.1 Publishing shared files
Publishing shared files should be done whenever the following changes are made. (Other HMIs
must be updated manually, see
Updating an HMI with shared files .
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Oneline, Elevation, or Control Panel screens
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Alarm configuration
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Circuit breakers are added to the system or circuit breaker maintenance is updated
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Advanced protection zones, tiers, or topologies change
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User configurations and passwords are not updated
To publish shared files for other HMIs to retrieve
1. On the Main Menu, click User Settings.
2. Click HMI Preferences.
3. In the HMI Preferences dialog box, click General.
4. In the HMI Shared File dialog box, click the Update CPUs button. Only the Administrator will
have access perform this task. The button will be grayed out if the current session does not
have Administrator permissions.
NOTE: The HMI will only update files which are newer than those on the CPU.