Rockwell Automation 2711PC-xxxx PanelView Plus 6 Compact Terminals User Manual - Manual (Page 38)

38 Rockwell Automation Publication 2711PC-UM002B-EN-P - April 2014
Chapter 3 Configuration Mode
Load and Run Application Before running a FactoryTalk View Machine Edition .mer application, you must
first load the application. You can load a .mer application from internal storage or
nonvolatile memory in the terminal, an SD card, or a USB drive.
Follow these steps to load and run an application.
1. Press Load Application from the Configuration mode dialog box.
2. Press Source to select the location of the file you want to load:
• Internal Storage – nonvolatile memory of the terminal.
• External Storage 1 – SD card loaded in the card slot of the terminal.
• External Storage 2 – USB drive connected to a USB host port.
3. Use the up and down cursor keys to select a .mer file from the list.
4. Press Load to load the selected application.
You are asked if you want to replace the terminal’s communication
configuration with the configuration in the application.
5. Select Yes or No.
If you select Yes, any changes to the device addresses or driver properties in
the RSLinx
Communications dialog box are lost.
The name of the currently loaded application appears at the top of the
main Configuration mode dialog box.
6. Press Run on the Configuration mode dialog box to run the loaded
application.
List of FactoryTalk View .mer
applications stored in terminal
memory.
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TIP The recognized path for Machine Edition files on the terminal, USB
drive, or SD card is \Application Data\Rockwell
Software\RSViewME\Runtime\. On the terminal, the path is in
My Device on the desktop.
TIP Applications generate log files. To delete log files before running an
application, press Delete Log Files Before Running on the Configuration Mode
dialog box. Deleting log files reclaims terminal memory.
TIP Refer to Start-up Options on page 39 to set the application to automatically
run on startup or a terminal reset.