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HMI Persistent variables - Do they exist?
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Posted: 2024-04-0502:26 AM. Last Modified: 2024-04-0502:27 AM
HMI Persistent variables - Do they exist?
Hi all,
Is it possible to make the HMI (HMIGTO2310/2315) remember the last values for certain variables?
I have two language options on the HMI, English and German which can be toggled. This works fine. The problem is, when the HMI gets rebooted it reverts to the default of English.
Currently in the HMI the variables of interest are set to Retentive, and the 'Target System Settings' in 'Preserve Run-Time Data' is enabled, but this doesn't work. Images below.
Is the only solution to have Persistent Variables in the PLC such that when I change on the HMI they get stored in the PLC and upon boot-up they get read, then any change thereafter changes the HMI language directly as well as writing to the PLC variables?