On a PanelView Plus CE terminal, you can set up FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station to start and run an application automatically whenever the terminal starts by setting up the startup options or using parameters.
The default folders of the path to the MERuntime.exe file is \Storage Card\Windows\Desktop.
The Windows Startup folder is \Storage Card\Windows\Startup.
For example, to start FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station and open an application file in a default folder, called Malthouse, type:
"\Storage Card\Rockwell Software\RSViewME\Runtime\Malthouse.mer" /r /d /o
In the future, whenever the PanelView Plus CE terminal starts, FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station will start automatically, delete the applications log files, overwrite the terminal's communications file, and run the application.
If you do not want to delete the log files, omit the /d parameter.
If you do not want to overwrite the communications file, omit the /o parameter.
To give the user the choice of overwriting the communications file, use the /a parameter instead of the /o parameter.
Tip: |
If your application uses a shared network folder to store data log files, you will have to log onto a network when the application starts. To run the application automatically, you must store the network logon data in the terminal's permanent storage. |
Start an application automatically by setting up the startup options
Configure terminal communications
Parameters for starting an application
Keywords: start, application