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Configure Terminal Settings Chapter 3
Configure Start-up Options
You can specify what action the terminal takes on startup or a reset.
Disable FactoryTalk View ME Station on Startup
To launch the desktop on startup, you must disable FactoryTalk View ME
Station.
Follow these steps to disable FactoryTalk View ME Station on startup.
1. Press Terminal Settings, then choose Startup Options.
2. Press On Startup until ‘Do not start FactoryTalk View ME Station’ is
selected.
3. Press OK.
This Start-up Option Performs This Action Typical System
Do not start FactoryTalk View
ME Station
Launches the Windows desktop on startup. Open
Go to Configuration Mode Launches FactoryTalk View ME Station in Configuration
mode on startup. This mode is the initial, factory default
setting.
Closed
Run Current Application Runs the FactoryTalk View ME application that is loaded in
the terminal on startup.
Closed
IMPORTANT When desktop access is restricted, the start-up option must be set to Run
Current Application or Go to Configuration Mode (default). See page 46
for
details on how to allow or restrict desktop access.
TIP You can also launch the desktop by pressing Exit on the FactoryTalk View
ME Station dialog box.
TIP Desktop access must be set to allow or you get a warning. See
enable desktop access on page 46
.