Rockwell Automation 2711E-ND1 PanelBuilder 1400E Configurator Software Getting Started - Manual (Page 107)

9–2 Downloading and Running the Application
Publication 2711E-818 – January 1998
You can use the PanelView 1200/1400e Transfer Utility installed on
a portable computer to download a terminal file (*.pvd) to a
PanelView terminal at a remote location, in which case you don’t
need to open the application in PanelBuilder. See the PanelView
1400e Transfer Utility User Manual for more information.
Downloading the Application
PanelBuilder 1400e provides several methods for downloading your
application. Refer to the PanelView 1200/1400e Transfer Utility User
Manual for step-by-step instructions on downloading. After you
have downloaded the application, return to this tutorial.
If you’ve downloaded a file and specified it to be the Current
Application, switching the PanelView terminal to Run mode will run
that file. If you did not specify that the downloaded file is to be the
Current Application and there are other applications on the terminal,
you’ll need to go to the Select Application screen with the
PanelView terminal in Configure mode, to make it current. See the
PanelView 1000e, 1200e, and 1400e Operator Terminals User
Manual for information about the terminal’s Configure Mode.
Tip: To explore the photocopier application fully, connect the
PanelView terminal to a PLC that is loaded with the PanelBuilder
tutorial ladder logic. The ladder logic files (TUTORIAL.*) are in the
\AB\PB1400E\TUTORIAL directory, on the drive on which you
installed PanelBuilder.
To run the application:
1. Set the PanelView terminal to Run mode.
You see the Initial Screen.
2. Press one of the Goto Screen buttons or the corresponding
function key.
The assigned screen appears.
3. Explore the application. Test the different objects to see how they
work. In the application’s Setup screen, try copying large
quantities. Then look at the Copier Overview screen to see how
the Multistate Indicators and Bar Graphs work.
If necessary, refer back to Chapter 4 for information on the different
objects and how they work.
Running the Application
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