Maple Systems offers several innovative HMIs that provide an upgrade path for existing applications. For simple applications, the transition process is fairly smooth. For more complicated applications, the process may require additional efforts and considerations.
Yes, an HMI500 Series can be replaced with a newer model. If you have the HMI500 Series project file, it can be converted into an EBPro project. See Tech Note 5102, “Converting from EZware-500 to EBPro.”
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The serial ports are configured differently on the current models than they were on the HMI500 Series.
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Using the Compress utility in EZwarePlus, compress the EZwarePlus project. This utility is found in Tools -> Compress/Uncompress. This will create a new file with the same name as the project, but with the file extension .ECMP. This is required to be sure that all the dependencies, such as library files, are transferred to EBPro.
Use the Compress/Uncompress utility when upgrading a project file from EZware-5000 or EZwarePlus to EBPro, or when transferring a project from one computer to another. The compress utility bundles the project file with the library files that are linked to it so those library files will travel with the project to EBPro on the same…