Download a runtime application to a different HMI device

The screens in a project represent the physical size of the HMI device selected for the project.
How and if the screens are scaled to fit the new HMI device is based on the scaling mode you select in the following procedure.
To download a runtime application to a different HMI device
  1. Open the project.
  2. On the
    Menu
    bar, select
    Project > Project Properties
    .
  3. On the
    Project Properties
     dialog box, click the
    Application
     tab.
  4. In the
    Screen Scaling
     section, select a scaling option:
      • Scale with fixed aspect ratio.
         (Default) When you resize the screen, content is resized to fill the screen as much as possible while maintaining the same aspect ratio. If the aspect ratio of the screens changes from regular (4:3) to wide, or vice versa, squares and circles do not elongate into rectangles and ellipses.
      • Stretch to fit.
        Resizes the screen content to fill the screen. As you resize the screen from wider or narrower and vice versa, squares and circles are elongated into rectangles and ellipses.
      • Do not scale.
         Keeps the screen content the same size and position on the new HMI device as the original screens.
      This assumes that Windows is calibrated to the DPI of the monitor on which
      View Designer
       is running.
      If the screen on the new HMI device is smaller than the original screen, the selected scale mode is overridden to
      Stretch to fit
       to ensure that no screen content is clipped off.
  5. Click
    OK
     to save changes and close the
    Project Properties
     dialog box.
  6. From the
    Menu
    bar, click
    COMMUNICATIONS
    >
    Download
    .
  7. In the
    Location
    box, click
    Browse
    ST5K_Project_Properties_Browse_button.jpg and select the IP address of the HMI device to which the runtime application is to download.
    TIP:
    Valid locations include View 5000 servers.
  8. Click
    Next
    to proceed to the
    Controller References
     page.
    IMPORTANT:
    • Projects are optimized for screen performance and text accuracy for the HMI device for which they are configured. Although projects can be downloaded to and displayed on any HMI device, there may be a speed and text size difference between HMI devices.
    • When downloading a project or flashing an HMI device that has the screen saver running, the progress may not be visible. Stop the screen saver on the HMI device before beginning the download or flash process.
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