Installation and Upgrade Guide Instruction Manual

Publication 1757-IN500A-EN-P - September 2002
New Functions and Features 9-3
Updated Station & HMIWeb Display Builder
The following updates have been made to Station & HMIWeb Display Builder:
• Improved menu/toolbar configuration
• Support for IKB/OEP Operator keyboards
• Define which monitor to start on, on multi-monitor systems.
• Faceplates - does not depend on hard-coded references to data, instead,
links to point when called up. “Pin” function allows pop-up to stay open
even after underlying display is changed. Includes pre-built faceplates
for 1757-PLX52 and Standard points.
• Chart object
• Hyperlink support
• Rotation of static text on HMIWeb displays
• Alarm object
The following updates have been made to HMIWeb Display Builder:
• Ability to edit HTML pages created in third-party tools in HMIWeb
Display Builder.
• Simplified appearance of HMIWeb object model in script editor
• The licensing for Stations has been changed so that up to four Station
windows can be opened from the same machine and these four Station
windows only count as on Station License. Works only with Stations
that have a reserved (static) connection to the server, i.e. not for rotary
Station connections or Web browsers.
TIP
The 1757-PLX52 faceplates are provided in a zipped
package per faceplate. To use these faceplates, double-click
on the related package in the displays directory to extract
the files from the package.