Rockwell Automation 2711P Creating Modbus Applications - Manual (Page 53)

53 Publication 2711P-UM002B-EN-P - March 2007
Chapter
7
Compiling, Downloading, and Running
Application
Objectives This chapter shows how to:
• compile a runtime RSView ME application file
• download and load application on terminal.
• connect terminal to a Modbus network
• run application.
Compile a Runtime
Application File You are now ready to build the Machine Edition runtime (.mer) file to
be downloaded to a PanelView Plus/PanelView Plus CE terminal.
1. From the menu bar, select Application>Create Runtime
Application…
2. Save the project to the default Runtime folder location on the
hard drive. Enter the filename and click
After a few minutes, you should have an .mer project ready to
download to the terminal. The KEPServer .pfe project file
created in Chapter 3 is merged into the .mer file.
TIP
B
Before compiling the .mer file, verify that the correct .pfe
project file is selected. See page 16.