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2. March 2013 TechConnect Genius Webinar
Managing FactoryTalk View ME Applications Across Multiple Windows Environments
March 2013 TechConnect Genius Webinar
Jerodd Jones
Tech Support Engineer – PanelView Products
March 28, 2013

3. Agenda ME 7.0 Application Files Restoring ME Applications
Constraints on Earlier Versions of ME Applications on 64-bit Windows
Virtual Machine Demo
Sharing ME Applications

4. Three ME Application File Types
MED – ME Development file
MER – ME Runtime file
APA – APplication Archive file

5. MED File
Default path:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\RSView Enterprise\ME\HMI projects

6. MER File The PanelView Plus/ME Station runtime file
Serves as a backup of the application
Can be password protected
Can disable conversion

7. APA File The BACKUP file Acts like a ZIP file of the application
Can be password protected

8. Restoring ME Applications
MER and APA files use Application Manager:
MED files need to be imported into a new application:

9. Constraints on Earlier Versions of ME Applications on 64-bit Windows
From Answer ID
Restoring an earlier APA backup file to ME 7.0
Creating MER files for earlier versions of ME
Restoring an earlier MER runtime file to ME 7.0
Running MER files on ME Station for earlier versions of ME
Solution: Use a 32-bit version of Windows

10. List of Answer IDs
Answer ID Restoring 6.0 and earlier ME applications in Windows 64-bit
Answer ID Constraints with using FactoryTalk View ME 6.10 on a 64-bit OS
Answer ID Support for XP Mode in Windows 7
Answer ID VMware-ready Rockwell Automation products
Answer ID Latest patches for FactoryTalk
Answer ID ME Legacy Tag Database Conversion Tool
Answer ID Creating an older runtime MER file from FactoryTalk View Machine Edition 6.10 running on Windows 7 64-bit

11. Questions?