Chapter 11 - FINlite Graphics Tool
Using the FINlite Graphics Tool
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2. Click Publish.
3. The graphics files on Drive A can be backed up to the Internal Flash Drive (IFD)
using the HMI.
Default Graphics
To set a default graphic for the panel:
1. When publishing the file, select the Default check box.
2. Select Drive A.
NOTE: Default graphics can only be saved to the A:\ drive. If you select Drive B, FINlite
will automatically change the selection to Drive A, graying out the Drive B row in the
Drive table.
Click Publish.
FINlite will automatically rename the file to “default.fnl”.
When you connect to that panel from the Field Panel Web Server user
interface, the graphic will display as the default graphic.
NOTE: Because Device Template graphics are published to the
Graphics\Application\AppID folder on the panel, rather than in the Graphics
folder, they cannot be used as default graphics. See the
Creating Device
Template
section for more information on Device Templates.
You can create a graphics template from a single file for reuse with multiple FLN
devices that have the same application ID. This is accomplished by using the
Create
Device Template
feature (also called
relativizing a file
).
To Relativize a Graphics File:
1. Create a graphics file using a background graphic and components.
2. Connect to a panel.
3. Bind points from one of the desired FLN devices to each of the components in the
graphic.
4. From the File menu, select Create Device Template.
The Relativize Mapping window displays.