Data Transfer Helper (DTH) is an independent executable program. It helps you
retrieve/update application data through a serial port or Ethernet port
To run the DTH, choose Start > All Programs > “The software” >
Data Transfer
Helper (DTH).
You can use DTH to download recipe data or OS & AP in a specified file from the
PC to the HMI. With DTH, you can also get logged data, logged operations, alarm
counts, logged alarms, recipe data, OS & AP from the HMI, and save the data in a
specified file on the PC. The following dialog is an example of the Data
Transfer Helper:

The following table describes each property in the Download Data to Panel
dialog.
|
Property
|
Description |
|
Operation Type |
Select an operation you want to perform with the target
panel
|
|
Link Settings |
Select the communication port that is used to connect to
the target panel. |
|
Communication Port |
Description |
|
Serial Port (COM) |
Use the serial port to perform the operation and select
a communication port and the baud rate used.

|
|
Ethernet |
Use the Ethernet to perform the operation. Type the IP
Address where the target panel is located, or choose a
recently connected entry from the list.

|
|
Password |
Enter a valid password of user level 8 or higher. (* the
default password of user level 8 is 88888888) |
|
Status |
Display the transmission status and progress. |
|
Abort |
Stop the communication |
|
Next |
Click the button to start the operation and do the
settings for the selected operation if communication is
established successfully. |
|
Finish |
Exit the dialog. |
|
Cancel |
Cancel the operation. |
Source.Section 19.2 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.
Text and figures are the manufacturer's and may describe features your panel or software version does not have. For a plain-language introduction read the PM Designer guide; for help with a specific panel contact TSL Automation.