Rockwell Automation 2711 PanelBuilder 1200 Transfer Utility - Manual (Page 9)

Introduction to the PanelView 1200
Chapter 1
Transfer Utility
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Keep these tips in mind when preparing to transfer an application file:
You can’t download a keypad application file to a touch screen terminal,
or a touch screen application file to a keypad terminal.
You can download an application file created for a monochrome
terminal to a color display, and vice versa.
You can’t download an application file to a terminal if the terminal’s
memory configuration doesn’t match the “User Memory Limit” set in
the application. This is the case even if there is enough available
memory for the file in the terminal.
Before you can download an application file created in PanelBuilder
1200 for Windows, the application must be saved as a DOS file (with
*.CFG file extension type). You can download PanelBuilder 1200 for
Windows application files only to terminals with Version 5 firmware
installed.
You can’t download PanelBuilder for DOS application files with higher
version features to terminals with lower version firmware. For example,
you can’t download an application file containing Version 4 features to a
PanelView 1200 terminal with Version 3 firmware. Refer to your
PanelBuilder Development Software User Manual for a list of version
features.
Before you download, determine the application’s size to see how much
space it will occupy in the PanelView 1200 terminal. See Chapter 3,
Transferring Application Files Serially for more information.
You can download a different application file even if your terminal
already contains an application in the user EPROM. This new file will
reside in application memory for temporary use. It will be erased and
replaced by the file in the user EPROM memory at the next power-up.
Likewise, if a PCMCIA card with a valid application is installed in the
PCMCIA slot, this application will erase and replace the downloaded
application at the next power-up.
If the terminal has an EEPROM installed, with or without an application
file, downloading an application file automatically copies the file to the
EEPROM.
Important A Series F PanelView 1200 terminal accepts either a 64K or
128K EEPROM. The 128K chip accepts an application of any size. The
64K chip accepts only applications with a memory limit of less than
64K. If the application is too large for the EEPROM, the EEPROM is
invalidated. This ensures that, if an old application is present in the
EEPROM, it cannot overwrite the application just loaded into memory.
Transferring Tips