Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual page 54

Expanding the Operator Interface (BE1)
3 Syntax
Storage locations
The following storage locations are possible:
- Bitmap unpacked on Flash (WIN32, HMI unpacked on hard disk)
- In each case one bitmap packed in xxx.bm_, where xxx.bm_ contains file
xxx.bmp
- Bitmap packed in CST.ARJ (for standard cycle images)
- Bitmap packed in CUS.ARJ (for customer cycle images)
- Bitmap packed in CMA.ARJ (for manufacturer cycle images)
Procedure
Procedure when integrating the bitmaps (customer displays):
Integration on HMI Embedded/WIN32 system
- Generate the BMP file using Microsoft Paint, Version 4.0 or higher
- Archive the BMP file using the arj.exe supplied (Version 2.41) into the archive
CUS.ARJ or alternatively each BMP file in a separate archive with the file name
of the BMP file and extension .BM_
Examples:
Alternative 1: Several files per archive:
arj a cus.arj my_file1.bmp my_file2.bmp my_file3.bmp my_file4.bmp
Alternative 2: One file per archive:
arj a my_file1.bm_ my_file1.bmp
Limit
Archiving is optional. However, you must ensure that the sum of customer displays
does not exceed 128 KB for the HMI Embedded hardware.
Archiving to individual files (.bm_) has runtime advantages over archiving in a large
archive (cus.arj) if you have a large number of customer displays.
If you are working in a WIN32 environment we recommend that you DO NOT
archive the BMP files but store them directly in the BIN directory. This, therefore,
reduces runtime when extracting.
Add the archive cus.arj, or the individual archive .bm_ using the HMI Embedded
application environment (ADD FILES menu item). This point no longer applies in
the WIN32 environment.
A bitmap can be assigned to any softkey if the softkey text is preceded by 2
backslashes. The text behind the backslashes is then interpreted as the name of
the file that contains the bitmap.
E.g., in ALUC.TXT 85000 0 0 "\\mybitmap.bmp"
Notice!
Bitmap widths (no. of pixels) are not subject to restrictions. There is no longer any
requirement for it to be possible to divide them by 8.
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SINUMERIK 840D sl/840D/840Di/810D HMI Installation and Start-Up Guide (IAM) – 08/2005 Edition
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