Load and Upgrade the Viewers and Editors

The APOGEE Field Panel Viewers and Editors give you access to APOGEE data. You must load the interface files for the viewers and editors on at least one panel on every ALN.

You can load the user interface files on a Compact 36 or Modular platform panel. You cannot load the files on a Compact 16 or Compact 24 platform panel.

Recommended Method

The recommended method for configuring the field panel editors is to load or upgrade the User Interface file using the Human-Machine Interface (HMI).

  • Copy the UIUpgrade folder and its contents from Standard Apps/Beacon or the Desigo CC installation disk onto the root of a USB memory device (such as a thumb drive). Do not change the folder or file structure.
Information

NOTE:
The files within the UIUpgrade folder include wsroot/ApogeeEditor.swf, as well as language (.mo) files and other support files.

  1. Insert the USB memory device into the USB port of the field panel.
Information

NOTE:
Due to USB memory device manufacturer, size, and contents, the time to detect the device will vary from several seconds to one or more minutes. You may verify that the device is attached by using the HMI commands S/H/F/F/L to list the available drives on the field panel, and confirm that Drive B is listed.

  1. Use the HMI Uiupgrade function (System/Hardware/Ethernet/Webserver/Uiupgrade). When prompted, type Y for Yes, and press ENTER.
  • The User Interface and support files will be installed from the USB memory device in the field panel’s Drive B, to the field panel’s internal flash drive (IFD) and to the field panel’s Drive A.
  • Files stored in the IFD are preserved when a field panel restarts.

 

Alternate Method

The alternate method for configuring the field panel editors is to load or upgrade the User Interface using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). There are many FTP tools available that can be used for transferring files between your computer and the field panel.

Information

NOTE:
Telnet must be enabled in order to use FTP. Once the upgrade is complete, you may disable Telnet on the field panel. For information on enabling Telnet, see the APOGEE BACnet ALN Field Panel User's Manual (125-3020).

To load or upgrade the APOGEE Field Panel Viewers and Editors’ files using FTP (alternate method; HMI method is recommended):

  1. Use FTP to copy the UIUpgrade folder and its contents from Standard Apps/Beacon, the Desigo CC installation disk, or your computer to the root of Drive A on the field panel.
  1. Do one of the following:
  • Use the HMI Uiupgrade function (System/Hardware/Ethernet/Webserver/Uiupgrade).
  • Use FTP to transfer the UIupgrade.txt file from Standard Apps/Beacon, the Desigo CC installation disk, or your computer to the root of the Drive A on the field panel.
  • The User Interface and support files will be installed from the field panel’s A:UIUpgrade folder to the field panel’s internal flash drive (IFD) and to the field panel’s Drive A.
  • Files stored in the IFD are preserved when a field panel restarts.
  • After the upgrade is complete, the field panel’s A:\UIupgrade folder is automatically removed.