Slow handling of objects in very large pictures
when editing elements in large (1.000.000.000 pixel x 1.000.000.000 pixel) pictures, there is no immediate response. What is causing this and what can I do? Drawing the grid with such large picture is actually what is causing the higher CPU load and the
Help Please - Lost file menu bar and cant get it back!
I have lost the file menu in ZenOn editor, I have tried reboot, and right click but cant get the file menu back therefore cant continue to develop. Regards Matt This is a migrated post! Originally posted on 23.10.2007 by user mattsd. Please be aware that
User manual or guide
Hi i would like to know where can i get a user manual or a guide for use zenon and start programing and HMI This is a migrated post! Originally posted on 22.10.2007 by user ale_001. Please be aware that information can be outdated.
Help making some pictures
Well i have troble for make extended trend, chronologic list, i need in the extended trend see how is going preassure, level, and caudal Q from a water pump i cant make that and i also want, that these trends and everything happens in chronologic list
Rotation on Windows CE
Hello, Is there any way I can do rotation or height increase/decrease animation on windows CE? I know that this can be done on XP but I am developiing for CE. I was to move rotate and stretch an arrow symbol I have drawn and created into a symbol If not,
zenOn CE and PROFINET
Is it possible to communicate to PROFINET devices and display them in zenOn CE? In zenOn CE there is no specific profinet driver. STRATON provides a profinet driver and via STRATON you can communicate to PROFINET devices This is a migrated post! Originally
additional control elements in a keyboard picture
I have manually added additional control elements to my keyboard picture, like the increment and the decrement buttons, or the ON and OFF buttons for the SETBOOLKBD. The normal keyboard is working fine, however the manually created buttons do not respond.
Why does not my DIALOGKBD work in the runtime?
I have created a picture of the type keyboard, named DIALOGKBD and in the runtime the keyboard appears correctly when I open a dialog. However I can not enter any values for the dialog. What could be wrong? Please check if the DIALOGKBD picture contains
flash-filter in the editor
How do I use the flash filter in the editor to quickly work with the detailview? The filter in the detailview allows you to filter the whole list to only those items matching the search string. Instead of typing in the search string or using copy paste,
autostart of zenOn under Windows CE
Is it possible to activate an autostart function on windows ce devices, that the zenOn runtime is started automatically? Activating the autostart on Windows CE devices is implemented differently by each hardware vendor. e.g: BECKHOFF: In the System directory
Chinese language on CE devices
Is it possible to display chinese characters in zenOn on the CE device? Yes it is possible! In your zenOn project you create a font which has chinese characters included. Then select this font when you switch to the chinese lanuage in the language change
Problem with new projects
Hi, after the installation of zenOn 6.21 SP 1 I can not create new projects. zenOn editor seems to do something but at the end the workspace is empty. Within the installation process I let all the settings as default. On my system I have previously installed
start different projects on CE
Is it possible to start different projects on a CE device without remote transport? Loading a mulit project surounding (I-Project, Sub-Projects) isn't possible. To start different projects the VBF30 and the DEFANWENDUNG30 entry in the zenon6.ini have
memory on windows CE
What can I do if my systemdriver variable free memory in % displays less than 20% free? There are 2 possibilities: You can try to move the memory slider in the control panel (control panel -> system) as left as possible that zenOn can allocate memory
mapping a Networkdrive on a CE device
How can I map a networkdrive on a CE device?start the commandbox and enter the following string: Net use \\ After executing the command, the Registry has to be saved and then the networkdrive will be available in the "Network" folder of the CE device.
Windows CE 6.0 and zenOn
Why Windows CE 6.0 displays the message "a serious error encountered and the app must shut down" during the start of zenOn?Possibly the toolhelp.dll was transported on the CE device and exists in the zenOn runtime directory. Please delete the toolhelp.dll
.bat on Windows CE
Does Windows CE support batch files (.bat) and if yes, how to execute them from zenOn? yes, generally Windows CE supports batch files, however not on all CE Terminals, the file type *.bat is correctly registered as an executable. By adding the following
Languages availability
Which languages are available for the zenOn editor and runtime? Currently the following basic languages are supported: Czech Chinese English French German Italian Romanian Russian Spanish However for the runtime using the engish version as a base, it
Value, Time-Stamp and status with allocations
What exactly is being mapped when using an allocation? Generally an allocation can be used to transfer a variable value from PLC A to PLC B, even if this is a totally different brand. Normally, (if no trigger variable is used) the allocation is executed
Condensed (following) archives
I can not find where I can set the time of the calculation for the following archive the "scan rate" of the following condensed archives can not be configured directly, but is configured indirectly through the "save archive" option of the basic archives.
Monitor administration and screen resolution
What do I need to consider regarding the screen resolution and templates before starting my first project? With the default options for a new project, all screens are scaled on the target system to the actual screen resolution. If there are no large differences
Printing on Windows CE
Is it possible to print on Windows CE devices Printing on Windows CE is only possible with many limitations. on Windows CE, no dedicated printer spooler is available. Therefore printing is a task which is performed in the foreground, blocking all other
REAL / INT value user input
Hello! I would need to create an input window where the user could enter an integer/real value which upon accept would write the REAL/INT value to the specified variable. I have been searching the forums for a while now but haven't managed to find much
Runtime completely blocks right at the start
The runtime starts with a gray screen and nothing is happening. What could be wrong? Please check the CPU load of the process "zenrt32.exe". If this is very high (>49%) it is possible that an endless loop is configured in the project. E.g. if for a picture
Processor type
Which processor type does my CE device have? We recommend to use http://en.wikipedia.org to browse for the processor Intel microprocessors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors AMD microprocessors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_microprocessors
available zenOn versions for CE versions and platforms
Which zenOn version is available for what CE version and what platform? This is a migrated post! Originally posted on 20.09.2007 by user sebastiank. Please be aware that information can be outdated.
Network doesn't work on Windows CE devices
What can I do if the zenOn network (server, client) doesn't work with Windows CE devices? Please check if the file zenNetSrvCE.dll exists in the directory on the CE device where the zenOnRCE.exe is located Until zenOn 6.21 the network must be licensed.
Error 193
What does the message Error #193 Path '\Storage Card\ZENONRCE.exe' means?zenOnRCE.exe isn't a valid Windows CE application. It can either be for a different Windows CE version (Windows CE 3.0, Windows CE 4.1) or for another platform (x86, ARMV4) Please
values and elements aren't displayed on WindowsCE
The runtime on the PC displays all values and elements in a zenOn picture correctly. On the WindowsCE device the elements aren't displayed On WindowsCE devices just one driver of one type can be loaded once. Two or more drivers of the same type cannot
CE doesn't find runtime-server
Why doesnÂ't my CE panel find itÂ's runtime-server? CE 4.10 CE 4.10 has some trouble with finding the runtime-server-name, when this is extended by a domainsuffix. CE 3.0 doesnÂ't support domainsuffixes at all. Solution: Inside the zenOn6.ini of your
different fonts on CE
Can I display different fonts on a CE device? There are 2 possibilities: 1st: If you transport the font with the zenOn remote transport you can activate, if a ttf font ist copied, that it should be registered as well on the CE device! 2nd: You can copy
Routing on WindowsCE
Is routing possible on a ce device?Yes it is possible! Please alter the following entry in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Comm/Tcpip/Params/IpEnamleRouting set it to 1 This is a migrated post! Originally posted on 28.08.2007 by user sebastiank. Please
the runtime crashes every time during the runtime start
What can I do, if I would like to start zenOn on the CE device but every time it crashes during the start process, while in former times it run without any problems and no modifications were done?This problem might be caused by the mathematic driver.
GIF images on Windows CE devices
Is it possible to display gif pictures or animated gifs on Windows CE devices in zenOn? Animated gifs cannot get displayed on Windows CE devices in zenOn at all. Unitl zenOn Version 6.21 an additional file must be copied on the CE device for displaying
Display trend on Windows CE devices
Is it possible to display a trend on windows ce devices There are two possibilities You can use the dynamic element trend for displaying data. This element requires, that the variables which should be displayed must write the data on the hard disk. The
HELP: I can not save dbf files in excel!
I have exported my variables in a .dbf file and wanted to edit them with MS-Excel. The file can be opened and edited, however I can not save in .dbf anymore. Unfortunately, the support for DBASEIV files has been discontinued in Excel 2007. The files can
Value changes are protocolled in CEL, although there is no change
I do have a couple of variables inside my project, which are working very fine when I start my zenOn runtime. But when I watch my CEL, I can see that there are some variable permanently protocolled. Even when their value doesn´t change. It might be that
I always get "Error # -60 Opening file" with the function "Read Dbase file
I allways get "Error # -60 Opening file" with the function "Read Dbase file" The documentation contains NAME,WERT,TYP,DIRECTION , which is wrong! The *.dbf file needs the columns NAME,WERT,TYP,DIRECTION . This is a migrated post! Originally posted on
zenOn is not displayed on two monitors
I have configured in the zenOn monitor configuration two physical and two virtual monitors according to the documentation. However zenOn only starts on the first screen. What am I doing wrong? This is probably due to incorrect or missing entries in the
Symbols are not available on remote PC
I have created and saved all of my symbols on the engineering PC in the global symbol library. However after transporting the project to another PC, no symbols were displayed in the runtime anymore :confused: The symbols which are saved in the global
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