Delta RMC151 User Manual

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5 Programming

prevents the controller image from being uploaded via the Controller Image

Upload/Download area.

Enable Programming Security

If you wish to apply security to the user programming source code, do the following:

1. In the Project Pane, right-click Programming and choose Properties.
2. On the Security page, click the Display Copyright notice checkbox. The RMCTools

Security Policy and Agreement will open.

3. Read the RMCTools Security Policy and Agreement. If you accept the agreement, click

I accept this agreement and click Close, and the copyright notice will be enabled. If

you do not agree to the policy, click I do not accept this agreement and click

Close, and the copyright notice will not be enabled.

4. Enter Copyright Info

a. If you agreed to the policy, check the Edit Copyright button.
b. Enter a copyright notice and click OK. If you plan on password-protecting the

user programming source, make sure to enter contact information.

5. Source Protection

If you wish to password-protect the user programming source in addition to having the

copyright notice:

a. Check the Protect programming source code box. Make sure that the

copyright notice contains contact information.

b. Enter a password in the Password box and re-enter it in the Confirm

Password box. Passwords are case sensitive; therefore, you may want to

make sure the CAPS LOCK is not on.

6. Copy Protection

If you wish to copy-protect the programming:

a. Check the Copy Protection box.

7. Click OK to close the Programming Properties dialog.
8. If you are online with the RMC, right-click Programming and choose Download

Programs to Controller.

9. Remember to update Flash, or the security settings will not be retained after cycling

power.

Once programming security is enabled, a notice will appear each time the Programming

node is downloaded. This is intended to prevent the user from unknowingly downloading

a project with programming security enabled.
After applying the copyright notice and/or user program password protection and

downloading to the RMC, the security settings in the RMCTools project itself is not

password-protected. Anyone who uses that project can change the security settings and

the password. If you wish to password protect the security settings in the project itself,

lock the copyright notice and/or programming as described in the Locking the

Copyright Notice or Programming section below.
Once password-protected programming is downloaded to the RMC, it is protected in the

RMC. Therefore, if the controller contents are uploaded into a new RMCTools project, the

copyright notice and/or user programming will be password protected as specified in the

original project, and the security settings in the project will be locked. To unlock them,

see the Unlocking the Copyright Notice or Programming section below.

Locking the Copyright Notice or Programming

Enabling a copyright notice, password protection, or copy protection and downloading to

the RMC will password protect those items in the RMC, but the security settings in the

RMCTools project itself is not password-protected. Anyone who uses that project can

change the security settings and the password. To password-protect the security settings

in the project, you can lock the copyright notice or programming. If a project with a

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