

I hope you've found this article about checking your PanelView Plus shortcut settings helpful. If that is the case, you should be able to use the up/down arrow keys here to select the PLC Device, and press OK to assign it: If no device is highlighted, then you have not “applied” your shortcut to your PLC device in the Target tab in RSLinx Enterprise. To find out if that's the case, follow these steps:ġ) Start by accessing the PanelView Plus Configuration Mode menu (for more information about this, check our this blog article HERE.)Ģ) With your application loaded (very important) select Application Settings:ģ) Now select Device Shortcuts and press Enter:ĥ) Highlight your PLC shortcut and press Enter. Hopefully you see your shortcut here – if you do not, then you either didn't load it or didn't create it in RSLinx Enterprise.Ħ) Now if your shortcut is setup correctly you will see your PLC Device highlighted as my SLC is below. However, it's a good be your RSLinx Enterprise Target tab configuration is incorrect, or your shortcut hasn't been applied to the PLC in your Target tab. Unfortunately, that same window you disabled in testing would be really handy right now as it would likely tell you exactly what was going wrong. If you like many people, sometime during the development cycle you learn how to disable the “information” pop-up window. So you're on the plant floor with your new PanelView Plus runtime file (.MER) freshly downloaded and your screen is showing the tell tale signs that theirs no communication. You can view step by step instructions on how to download EDS Files and Add on Profiles from our Tech Support Videos. You can create a project in Studio 5000 for verification. To validate if the add on profile was installed correction. The website also shows what versions the add on profile can be used for. You can download the file directly from the website.

You can use RSLinx to verify the file was uploaded properly.Īdd on profiles are used under Studio 5000 and can be downloaded from the Product Compatibility Download Center (PCDC). You can add an individual directory or file. To install an EDS file, you need to use a separate tool called EDS hardware installation tool. This website provides data files for many different networks including EDS files, PROFIBUS GSD files and IO Link IODD files. The first is by right clicking on the device to see if you can upload the EDS file directly out of the device. There are two ways to get EDS files from devices. The software is used by RSLinx to determine an icon and information that is configurable for each individual device.

EDS Files are text description files that show information about devices.
