GE Industrial Solutions Entellisys 5.0 Administrator Manual - Manual (Page 60)

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NOTE: Pop-up dialog boxes shall appear (one per CPU) confirming files are successfully written
to each CPU. Should any file fail to publish, an appropriate pop-up dialog box shall appear
identifying the file(s) and CPU to which the publish was not successful.
10.2 Updating an HMI with shared files
To obtain the custom files an Administrator has published
1. On the Main Menu, click User Settings.
2. Click HMI Preferences.
3. In the HMI Preferences dialog box, click General.
4. Click Update HMI.
5. Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box to proceed by loading the shared files. (Or click No to
cancel the operation.)
6. Once the file transfer is complete, a list of transferred file names is displayed. Click OK to
complete the process.
NOTE: On systems with more than one HMI, updating an HMI will change the file timestamps
in the CPU and will cause the other HMIs to alert the user that there is a “HMI file mismatch” See
figure
8-3 on page 52 . On the other HMIs, select “Do Not Update.”