Siemens SIMATIC HMI Series Operating Instructions Manual page 180

Configuring the Mobile Panel
6.3 Configuring plant areas in WinCC
Procedure
Creating the "Box ID" tag
1. Add a Mobile Panel to the "Project tree" under "Devices" or select an existing Mobile
Panel.
2. Open "Fail-safe Mobile Panel > Runtime settings".
3. Select an existing HMI tag or create a new HMI tag in the "Tag box ID" box of the
"Identification" area. If you are adding an HMI tag, select the Integer data type ("Int").
4. Confirm your entry.
The dialog closes and the HMI tag is displayed in the "Tab box ID" box.
The "Box ID" tag has been created. This tag always contains the number of the connection
box with which the Mobile Panel is connected as a tag value.
Note
The "Box ID" tag is read-only. Manually overwriting the value of the "Box ID" tag is not
permitted.
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Operating Instructions, 09/2018, A5E33876626-AC