Downloading Data to Panel

1. To download data by using the software, you may do the followings:
   In the menu bar, click Panel to bring up the Panel sub-menu. Click Download…in the Panel sub-menu.
   Alternatively, click the Download icon on the standard toolbar.
2. In the Download Data to Panel dialog, select the options and settings before downloading.
   The following is an example of the Download Data to Panel dialog.

Note: If the application is modified, the software will automatically compile the application before downloading.

The following table describes each property in the Download Data to Panel dialog.

Property	Description
Data Source	Select the data you want to download. The current panel application is the data generated by the compiler. The panel runtime data package includes the current panel application data and system programs saved in a PRP file. You need to select a PRP file to download if the Panel Runtime Data Package (PRP) File option is selected.
Download	Check Runtime Data and System Programs, Configuration Data, Time and Date if you want to download them. Available only when the data source is the current panel application. You can select the configuration data to backup the panel application to the target panel. The data format is the same as the Panel Application Files(PLF)
Keep Previous Data	Check the previous data of User Data ($N), Alarm History, Recipe Data or Sampled Data if you want the selected data to be kept instead of being cleared after downloading. The selected data will be kept only if: 1) The previous application was compiled and downloaded by the software V1.2.26 or later. 2) The configurations of battery backed user memory, recipe blocks, data loggers, alarm blocks, and the alarm logging buffer for both the old and new applications are exactly the same.
Link Settings	Select the communication port that is used to download the data.
	Communication Port	Description
	COM	Use the serial port to perform the download and select the communication port and the baud rate used.
	Ethernet	Use the Ethernet to perform the download. Type the IP Address where the target panel is located, or choose a recently connected entry from the list.
	USB	Use the USB to perform the download. You need to install the USB driver before transferring data with the USB cable. To know how to install a USB driver, please see Section 18.3.3.
	If the target panel has sufficient memory, you can perform data transmission in safe mode.
	Mode	Description
	Direct Mode	Download data directly to flash memory.
	Safe Mode	Buffer the data in the RAM of the target panel to prevent download problems in large files. The transmission has to be done successfully before the data in the SDRAM will be saved to the flash memory.
Status	Display the transmission status and progress.
Start	Click the button to start download the data.
Cancel	Cancel the download operation.
Close	Exit the dialog.

Note: On the standard toolbar, you can click the Download Immediately icon to immediately download data using the existing settings of the Download Data to Panel dialog to the target panel.