User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- E-Designer Reference Manual
- 1 Installation
- 2 General
- 3 Configuration with the Configuration Tool
- 3.1 Starting the Configuration Tool
- 3.2 Selecting Menu Language
- 3.3 Creating a Project
- 3.4 Saving a Project
- 3.5 Updating Drivers
- 3.6 Changing Project Properties
- 3.7 The Project Manager
- 3.8 The Block Manager
- 3.9 Showing Operator Panel around the Working Area
- 3.10 Configuration of Blocks
- 3.11 Using Text Blocks
- 3.12 Static Symbols
- 3.13 Changing I/Os
- 3.14 The I/O Browser
- 3.15 Changing BDTP Station
- 3.16 I/O Cross Reference
- 3.17 Other Managers/Editors
- 3.18 The File Menu
- 3.19 The Edit Menu
- 3.20 The View Menu
- 3.21 The Functions Menu
- 3.22 The Setup Menu
- 3.23 The Block Manager menu
- 3.24 The Object menu
- 3.25 The Layout Menu
- 3.26 The Project Menu
- 3.27 The Transfer Menu
- 3.28 The Window Menu
- 3.29 The Help Menu
- 4 Graphic Presentation and Maneuvering
- 5 Text-based Presentation for Printouts and Reports
- 6 Trends
- 7 Message Library
- 8 Alarm Management
- 9 Recipes
- 9.1 Calculation of Recipe Size
- 9.2 Recipe Properties and Recipe Directory
- 9.3 Creating a Recipe with the Operator Panel
- 9.4 Appending Recipes
- 9.5 Transferring Recipes to the Controller
- 9.6 Deleting Recipes
- 9.7 Using Recipes in a PC
- 9.8 Creating and Transferring Recipes with the Controller Program
- 9.9 Saving Individual Recipes on an External Memory Card in Runtime
- 10 Data Logger
- 11 Passwords
- 12 Printouts from the Operator Panel
- 13 Time Channels
- 14 Language Management
- 14.1 Unicode in the Operator Panel
- 14.2 Creating Additional Application Languages
- 14.3 Translating/Editing Texts in the Configuration Tool
- 14.4 Properties for the Application Language
- 14.5 Export
- 14.6 Import
- 14.7 Show Index
- 14.8 Cross Reference
- 14.9 Reuse Index
- 14.10 Font Templates
- 14.11 Unicode in E1012 and E1022
- 15 System Monitor
- 16 Index Addressing
- 17 Communication
- 18 Network Communication
- 19 Network Functions in the Operator Panel
- 20 LEDs
- 21 Function Keys
- 22 Macros
- 23 Project Transfer
- 24 Transfer of Controller Program and Parameters
- 25 Updating the Operator Panel

Configuration with the Configuration Tool
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Updating Drivers from Disk
Select File/Update Drivers From/Disk to update available drivers to the latest ver-
sion, or to install new drivers from disk. Browse to the folder where the driver files
are is located. A list of all drivers that can be installed is now shown. Then follow the
instructions above.
3.6 Changing Project Properties
Both the selected operator panel and controller can be changed for the project.
Double-click on the project name in the Project Manager to display the Project Prop-
erties dialog. Click Change for the parameter Operator Terminal and/or Controller
systems.
Changing Operator Panel Version
If the system program in the operator panel is updated to a newer version, the oper-
ator panel version in the Project Properties dialog has to be changed also. Otherwise,
the new functionality in the new operator panel version cannot be utilized.
Changing Controller
If the controller in the project is changed to a system with another name for the
signals used, these must be changed. This is easily done by using the internal name
list. See the section The Name List.
1. Select View/Name List.
2. Click on the button Undefined to insert all I/Os used in the project in the name
list.
3. Click on the button Export to export the name list to a text file. Enter a name
and click Save. Define how the text file is to be separated.
4. Open the text file in a text editor, e.g. Wordpad.
5. Change all I/Os to signals used in the new controller, and save the file as a text
file.
6. Double-click on the project name in the Project Manager to display the Project
Properties dialog. Click Change for Controller.
7. Select the new controller to be used and click OK twice.
8. Click on the button Import in the dialog Name list, and click No to the
question if invalid I/Os should be removed.
9. Click on the Rebind button to update all new I/Os in the project with the new
names.