Automation ProjectNet

Learn more about APN!

Automation ProjectNet (APN) is an industrial-strength document management and collaboration tool.

APN provides a complete, end-to-end solution for the design and deployment of complex automation projects.

It streamlines the project management process, resulting in:

• Lower costs
• Faster deployment
• Reduced risk

APN is the cutting-edge collaboration tool that can help the OEM accomplish tasks. To find out more about the OEM Machine Builder and Automation ProjectNet click here.

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EE Times

Check out Entivity on the cover story of EE Times!

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Hello ThinkerNET Members !!

Get into the Zone!

Watch our website for changes to the ThinkerNET ZONE.
If you're not a member already, please register your software. Future changes may affect your renewal status, so be sure to make your subscriptions current.

ThinkerNET members who are due to renew will be receiving a notice soon. If you have any questions, please contact Entivity at (734) 205-5124.

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Microsoft XP Support

We are currently testing all of our products (LIVE!, VLC and Studio) for XP compatibility. When testing is completed, we will update the website with schedules and support details.

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Power User's Corner

Power up at eAnswer!

Access VLC Array and Structure Elements from VLC MMI

By default, array and structure tags defined in VLC projects are not available in VLC MMI. However, it is possible to add tags to a VLC MMI project that correspond to individual array or structure elements in the VLC.

After doing so, array or structure elements can be used on VLC MMI screens or in Cicode functions in the same manner as other tags.

A description of how to create such tags in VLC MMI is available in eAnswer.

To look up information on accessing array and structure elements from VLC MMI, navigate to eAnswer in your Internet browser, [http://entivity.custhelp.com/]. Then, click Find Answers. When the Answer tab opens, choose Steeplechase Visual Logic Controller from the Product list. In the Search Text field, enter 378. From the Search by list, choose Answer ID. Click Search.

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Microsoft Visio powers Studio's
HMI Screen Development System

Visio & Studio Integration

Entivity screen shapes and Microsoft Visio make an unbeatable combination when you use them to create Studio HMI screens.

Studio HMI Tip: Did you know that Studio allows multiple HMI shape configuration at the same time? Entering values in the Screen properties when you have multiple shapes selected will configure all the selected shapes with the same expression. The screen properties will always display the expressions for the primary selected shape in design center (the shape with green selection handles). If any additional shape has a different expression then the primary shape, the background for that property will be yellow, informing you that any change to this expression will affect the behavior of another shape.

Visio Tip:
Try these control key combinations in Design Center.

• CTRL+SHIFT+click Zoom in.
• CTRL+SHIFT+right-click Zoom out.
• CTRL+SHIFT+drag¹ a rectangle Zoom in on a selected area.
• CTRL+SHIFT, right-click, and drag the page Pan
• CTRL + drag to copy a shape to a specific location on the page, hold down the CTRL key while you drag to where you want the copy.
• CTRL+W¹ Zoom the drawing to the window
• CTRL+I¹ Zoom the drawing to actual size
• CTRL+mouse-wheel¹. Zoom the drawing in and out.

  ¹ Try this in the Studio Screen Runtime when you are
  

not in full screen mode.

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Got Questions? eAnswer is the Place

Visit eAnswer on the Entivity Web Site!

The Entivity eAnswer system is a browser-based knowledgebase system that empowers Entivity's customers to find the information that they need, when they need it. eAnswer is available from the Support page on the Entivity Website.

All customers have had access to the eAnswer system since it's inception at the end of 1998. eAnswer has had almost 128,000 hits and almost 24,000 specific searches since then, helping customers across the globe find answers to issues even when their local time zones and holidays make contact difficult.

eAnswer is also an ideal way to submit technical support questions. When someone posts a new question here, emails are dispatched immediately to all Entivity support engineers notifying them of a new incident. It is not uncommn to receive responses to incidents posted late at night, weekends, and holidays.

Here are some tips on searching...

For step-by-step how-to info on these and other topics, visit eAnswer on the Entivity website.

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