Download a runtime application to an HMI device

Use the
Download Runtime Application
 wizard to transfer a runtime application to an HMI device.
IMPORTANT:
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.
Prerequisites
  • Open the project to download to the HMI device.
To download a project to the HMI device
  1. Select
    Communications > Download
     to open the
    Download Runtime Application
    wizard.
  2. Next to the
    Location
    box on the
    HMI Device Location
     page, select
    Browse
     ST5K_Project_Properties_Browse_button.jpg and select the IP address of the HMI device to download the runtime application. Select the IP address in the
    Location
    box. The
    Location
    box lists up to five previously used download locations.
    TIP:
    Valid locations include View 5000 servers.
  3. (optional) If the project contains multiple languages, in the
    Language
    box, select the language to display in the project.
    TIP:
    If the translated string for the download language is also blank,
    View Designer
     defaults to the language used for designing the project.
  4. Select
    Next
    .
  5. On the
    Controller References
     page:
    • Verify the information is correct. If changes are required, exit the wizard. Make the necessary changes on the
      References
      tab (
      Project
      >
      Project Properties
      >
      References
      ).
  6. Verify the controllers are synchronized. The controller icon on the
    References
    tab of the
    Project Properties
    dialog box indicates the synchronization state of the controller. The Icon: View Designer Sync Icon icon indicates that the controller is synchronizing.
    TIP:
    When starting the download process while the
    Logix Designer
     project is synchronizing with the
    View Designer
     project, the download process remains in the Building the runtime application process until synchronization is complete. This can take several minutes for a large controller application.
  7. Select
    Download
    to start the download process. The
    Download
    page
    • shows the progress of the download process as
      View Designer
       saves and verifies the project, builds the runtime application, connects to the HMI device, and transfers the runtime application to the HMI device.
If
View Designer
 encounters a problem, an error message appears and the process stops. When
View Designer
 finds invalid tags or expressions during project verification, the
Errors
window opens to list the warnings or errors associated with the tags or expressions. Resolve all errors before downloading the runtime application to the HMI device again.
TIP:
If a project contains a data log, and there is no change to the configuration of the data log, previously collected data remains in the data log when the project downloads again.
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