User Guide

Application MC
Customizing Application MC
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Siemens Industry, Inc.
Kiosk Mode User Guide
A6V10455247
Building Technologies
2017-06-30
Customizing the Icon Displayed in the Navigation Tree
Icons are supplied with Application MC for the following application types:
● Fan Coil
● Heat Pump
● Unit Vent
● VAV
● AHU
This icon is displayed in the Navigation Tree and indicates the application type (i.e.
Unit Vent, Heat Pump, and so on.)
CAUTION
If creating a custom icon, each icon must be a 69 x 69 pixel .png image for the
Navigation Tree to display correctly.
Siemens Industry, Inc. suggests the following naming convention:
XXXX_ICON.PNG
where
XXXX identifies the application, such as RTU_ICON.PNG for a Roof Top Unit
application icon.
Follow this workflow if you would like to create a custom Icon.
1. Verify that you have deployed Application MC to the field panel.
2. Remove the USB (Drive B) from the field panel.
3. Connect the USB drive to your computer.
4. On your computer, open a windows browser and navigate to the FIN\ICONS folder
of the USB drive.
5. Paste your customized Icon file in this folder.
6. Open the ApplicationMC_Mapping.xml file with your preferred text/XML editor.
7. In the XML file, navigate to the desired [Application] element.
8. Update the IconFile property to the name of your customized Icon file.
In the following example, the icon file RTU_ICON.PNG has been added to the