Siemens SINUMERIK Commissioning Manual page 695

Installing with HMI Explorer
The "HMI Explorer" Windows program is available on the service desktop. When this
program is called up, detailed version information relating to the HMI system software
applications installed and to Windows XP is displayed. Applications can be individually
started or uninstalled from HMI Explorer.
Figure 3-1
Description of HMI Explorer
The properties dialogue box gives detailed information on installing the software product:
● Information on the SINUMERIK product:
● Language of the product
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HMI Explorer (Example)
The "Info" dialogue box provides information on the selected SINUMERIK product:
Current version:
Internal version:
Installation Date/Time:
Installation path:
Start application:
The "Language" dialogue box lists the installed languages for the respective SINUMERIK
product and provides information on the name of the installed language. If the language
is not known, an abbreviation of its name is displayed. Known languages of HMI Explorer
are German, English, Spanish, French and Italian. The version of the installed language
is also displayed. Information is also given regarding the installation time and date.
Specifies which version of the SINUMERIK product is
currently installed. The version is shown in long form.
Shows the current internal version number of this product.
Shows the installation date and time of the current version.
Displays the path for the main directory of the SINUMERIK
product.
Gives information on the path to the *.exe file, which
launches the SINUMERIK product.
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