Yes, you can change the brightness by adjusting the backlight on the HMI. There is a brightness control in the System Settings window on the HMI. In addition, you can use system register LW-9040 to adjust the brightness (range 0-31) or system bits LB-9040 and LB-9041 to adjust the brightness up and down, respectively.
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…
When projects are compiled in EBPro, the font files are compiled as well. When using certain fonts or displaying languages written from right to left (Arabic, for example), some fonts may not be correctly displayed your Maple Systems HMI. Refer to Tech Note 5106, “Download Complete Font,” for some possible solutions. In addition, if a…
Open the properties window in EBPro for the Word Lamp and click on the “Label” tab. At the bottom, just below the Content box, check the “Tracking” option. This will cause the labels for all the states to “track” or follow the position of the first label (state 0). Close the properties window and open…
When using a Maple Systems HMI, the project, recipe (RW, RW_A, db), data log, and event log files are stored in permanent HMI (flash) memory. There are several ways to clear data in flash memory. Open Utility Manager, select the HMI series being configured in the upper-left corner, click [Publish] and then click [Download]. Select…
EBPro a is a powerful HMI software package that gives you the flexibility to create and deploy custom control applications for your unique industrial process. Design the screens you want quickly – pick and place graphical objects and assign communication (PLC) drivers easily. With support of over 300 communication protocols including Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Omron, Emerson,…
It may become necessary to reset a Maple Systems HMI to factory default. Tech Note 5115, “Reset Graphic HMI to Default Settings” is split into two sections. Section One describes the procedure for units with DIP switches, and Section Two describes the procedure for units without DIP switches. The default password is (111111).