Expanding the Operator Interface (BE1) 08/2005
7 Configuring and Working Environment
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BE1/7-168 SINUMERIK 840D sl/840D/840Di/810D HMI Installation and Start-Up Guide (IAM) – 08/2005 Edition
7.2.4 Testing configured screen forms in the PC/PG environment
Preconditions
You have installed the PC version of the HMI or HT6 software on your PC/PG.
Procedure
Create COMMON.COM in the directory in which you have installed the PC version
of the HMI-Embedded or HT6 software The data search takes place according to
the search sequence.
Create the screen form configuration files and text files in the directory in which you
have installed the PC version of the HMI. Start the PC version of the HMI or HT6
software.
The file ERROR.COM will be stored in the directory referenced by environment
variable RAMDISK. This file contains messages concerning errors in the screen
form configuration files.
7.3 HMI Advanced
7.3.1 Saving the configuration files onto the hard disk of the HMI
When using HMI Advanced, no control file entries are required.
The central control file COMMON.COM must be stored in one of the following NC
directories:
• DH\CUS ;User cycles directory
• DH\CMA ;Manufacturer cycles directory
• DH\CST ;Standard cycles directory
• DH\COM ;Comment directory
File names
Configuration files with the names listed in Table 2-1 are searched for in directories
in the specified order. If files of the same name are stored in different directories,
then the first file detected according to the search strategy is interpreted.
File sizes
The sizes of configuration files are not subject to any particular restrictions. It
should be noted, however, that large files are processed more slowly.
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