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Rockwell Automation Publication 2711P-UM006A-EN-P - November 2010
Chapter 4
Configuration Mode
Load and Run Application
Before running a FactoryTalk View Machine Edition .mer application, you must
first load the application. You can load an .mer application from internal flash
memory in the terminal, an SD card, or a USB flash drive.
Follows these steps to load and run an application.
1.
Press the Load Application from the Configuration mode dialog.
2.
Press the Source button to select the location of the file you want to load.
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Internal Storage - internal flash memory of the terminal.
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External Storage 1 - SD card loaded in the card slot of the terminal.
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External Storage 2 - USB flash drive connected to a USB host port.
3.
Select an .mer file from the list by using the up and down cursor keys.
4.
Press the Load button to load the selected application.
You will be 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 will be lost.
The name of the currently loaded application will appear at the top of the
main Configuration mode dialog.
6.
Press the Run button on the Configuration mode dialog to run the loaded
application.
Moves
Highlight Up
Moves
Highlight Down
List of FactoryTalk View .mer
applications stored in terminal
memory.
TIP
FactoryTalk View ME Station recognizes only Machine Edition
files in the My Device\Application Data\Rockwell
Software\RSViewME\Runtime\ folder.
TIP
Log files are generated by the application. To delete the log files before
running an application, select the Delete Log Files Before Running button
on the Configuration Mode dialog. You can reclaim memory in the
terminal by deleting log files.
TIP
Refer to Load and Run Application on page 46
to set the application to
automatically run on startup or a terminal reset.
