Eaton XP-503 User Manual - page 8
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Downloading the Visual Designer Project
Windows Standard Embedded 7 User’s Guide for Eaton XP-503 with Visual Designer
MN031001EN August 2014 www.eaton.com
Automatically Starting the Visual Designer Project
The Visual Designer project is set to automatically run when
the XP-503 boots up. If you wish to have the user manually
start the project, you will need to remove the
Startup
shortcut from the Windows startup folder. To do so, take the
following steps:
1. From the XP, click
Start > All Programs > Windows
Explorer
.
2. Browse to the folder “C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup” and delete the
StartUp shortcut icon from that folder.
3. Close the Windows Explorer window and perform a
Protect Mode Save operation.
Start > All Programs >
Protect Mode Manager
and then select the Protect
Mode Save tab and click the Commit button.
After the XP saves the changes to Windows C:\ drive, it will
reboot and automatically launch the Remote Agent but not
the Visual Designer project. The user can then click on the
Start button of the Remote agent to manually launch the
Visual Designer project.
Updating the Visual Designer Version
For proper runtime operation, it is critical that the version
of Visual Designer running on an XP unit match the version
of Visual Designer used to develop the runtime application.
On new XP units, the operating system image may have an
older version of Visual Designer runtime software than the
version currently available from Eaton’s website. Because
some users choose not to update their development
software to the latest version available, the version of Visual
Designer runtime software, which comes installed on a
new unit, may be newer than the version they are currently
using for development. For these reasons it is important to
follow the recommended procedure for installing the correct
version of Visual Designer runtime files on an XP unit when
the development and runtime versions don’t match.
Checking the Current Version of Visual Designer
To check the runtime version on an XP unit or on your
development PC, you follow the same process.
1. Open the Visual Designer editor with
Start > All
Programs > Eaton > Visual Designer vX.X > Visual
Designer vX.X
.
Starting Visual Designer on XP Unit
2. Go to the Help tab on the Ribbon and click on the
About icon.
Selecting Help About
Help About Window
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