Getting Started

FP Web-Server V2.11

 

 

1.1 BEFORE YOU START

Please read the following notes on HTML. It will make working with the FP Web-Server easier for you:

Make sure that you have worked through the First Steps (see page 31) before you try out the HTML functions of the FP Web-Server.

In order to use HTML you do not have to be able to tag or program HTML. Various software is at your disposal:

•Word, Frontpage (delivered with MS Office), Netscape Composer (delivered with Netscape Navigator) et.al. can serve as editors for creating HTML files.

•The created HTML file will be saved on the FP Web-Server with the help of the Configurator.

•A browser (Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer) is used to display the .htm file.

These software tools provide the logical markup (i.e. text parts are automatically adjusted to any screen format without using a lot of memory) and easy linking that define HTML.

Please refer to the respective software company for questions on software not provided by Panasonic mentioned in this manual (or on the software you chose to work with HTML).

There are two ways to create HTML files:

•Simple: You use editors that translate data into HTML automatically. When using these editors, you need no special knowledge about HTML.

•Advanced: You create HTML files directly. You need to have knowledge about HTML. For the FP Web-Server you need to have basic knowledge on how to use HTML.

In case you lack knowledge about HTML, Panasonic provides you with a brief introduction in the section First HTML Page Including PLC Data. In addition, we have inserted examples on HTML (see "Description of the HTML Examples" on page 161) on the CD (supplied with the FP Web-Server). You can install and modify them easily without knowledge of HTML.

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