F. A. Q.

• Q: How do I configure a driver sheet?

• Q: I’ve configured my Communication sheet but when I run the application the units don’t seems to talk to each other. What’s wrong?

• Q: When I start my application, I can see that it is starting but my screens don’t come up. How do I select a startup screen?

• Q: I’ve created an application to run on the Web but all I see when I type in the web address is a gray field and an error mentioning issymbol.ocx. What is issymbol.ocx?

• Q: I can see the pages on the web but the data doesn’t correspond to the data in my application. Why?

• Q: How to I make the button I just drew do something when pushed?

• Q: Can I incorporate an ActiveX or .NET object into my screens?

• Q: Can I insert a BMP or a JPG file as a background?

A: If you look in the Drv folder under your InduSoft web Studio directory you’ll find the driver files. Each driver has its own documentation, a .txt, .doc, or .pdf file, which describes the driver and how to configure it to communicate with your PLC.

Also you must decide if you need to use the Main Driver Sheet or Standard Driver Sheet(s). Note: The Main Driver Sheet is not available for all drivers

Here is a list to help you decide, for more information please refer to the product documentation:

A: When using TCP/IP, OPC, DDE ,or ODBC you have to tell the application to start communication when you start your application. To do this click Project on you tool bar and select Status. Then highlight the communication protocol you want to use. Note: there are two selections for TCP/IP one for the client and one for the Server. After that, hit the startup button and select automatic and hit OK.

A: Click Project on your tool bar then select Setting. Under the Runtime desktop Tab there is a field where you input your startup screen. Just type in its name, not including the .scr extension.

A: Issymbol.ocx is InduSoft’s ActiveX object used by your browser to view the web pages. To use it you need to register it in you system32 folder under your windows folder. Once it is registered your browser will be able to see the pages.

A: First no matter how fast your computer is there will always be a slight delay. It takes a second or two to transmit and receive the data over the internet, depending on distance traveled.

If this is more than a delay then you probably forgot to tell your server which tags to transmit. To do this, go to your tag database and look all the way to the last column on the right, the one called web data. This column has two options local and server. Local means that the tag information is not broadcast on the web, Server means it is. If you want to read and write to that tag over the net change the setting to server.

A: With the button still highlighted click the icon on your right tool bar that looks like a computer mouse. This will add the commands property to your button. Then right click on your button and select properties, the commands properties window will open and you can input the commands you want the button to issue when pressed.

A: Yes, Just click "Insert" on your tool bar and select ActiveX or .NET object. A list of all the ActiveX or objects on your system will appear. Select the one you want then right click on the ActiveX or .NET objects window and select properties to configure it.

A: Yes, right click on the background of your screen and select screen attributes. Check the box to enable the background and select the format and click OK. Then select the background icon (it is a small picture of a cactus) to cut and paste in the background image.