Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 570)

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data source. The data source is configured to exchange information (in the form of
numeric or string values) between FactoryTalk View and the machine that your
application is controlling. The general term data source is used unless specifically
discussing a programmable controller.
Summary of steps
Follow these steps to convert PanelBuilder 1400e applications:
1. Prepare the application in PanelBuilder 1400e, and then convert the application file, as
described in the next section.
2. Specify additional project settings, as described on page 4-11.
For example, if you want the application to have a border around its graphic displays,
or to use a title bar, you can specify these options in the Project Settings editor.
3. If you use the Convert to new window size option in the Machine Edition Import
Wizard, check the position of the graphic objects in each display.
4. Set up communications and edit tags that don’t convert directly.
For more information, see page A-9.
5. Set up graphic object features that don’t convert directly.
For more information, see page A-12.
6. Check each expression you used in PanelBuilder 1400e.
For more information, see page A-13.
7. If you are going to use a printer at run time, set it up for Ethernet or USB printing.
Adjust the printer settings on the PanelView Plus or PanelView Plus CE terminal.
For information about setting up printers on the terminal, see the PanelView Plus
Terminals User Manual.
Convert PanelBuilder 1400e application files
Follow these steps to convert a PanelBuilder 1400e application file, with the extension
.pvc, to an FactoryTalk View application file, with the extension .med. The original
PanelBuilder 1400e application file is not modified by the conversion.
For information about converting RIO applications, see page A-10.
We recommend that you use the Project Settings editor to change the project
window size, rather than using the Convert to new window size option in the
Machine Edition Import Wizard.