File Transfer Client
Figure 26. File Transfer Client
This may be useful if you wish to copy graphics images to a controller, as one example. Or, use it to a copy text file from a folder on a remote controller (say, !lib/system.properties) to your local PC, to allow editing. Then use the File Transfer Client to copy the edited version back to the controller’s
!lib folder. An example of this is shown above. Also see “system.properties notes”.
However, do not use the File Transfer Client to copy modules to a JACE, as “runtime profile types” are not applied, nor are module dependencies. As a result, incorrect or missing modules may result. Always use the platform Software Manager to install (or uninstall) software modules on a JACE controller.
CAUTION: Be careful when using the File Transfer Client, especially when copying files to a target JACE platform, or whenever using the delete (X) control. Note that in either direction, when transferring a file and an identically-named file already exists, a confirmation dialog appears before the copy. A confirmation dialog also appears before any delete. However, after confirmation there is no “Undo.”
The File Transfer Client provides a two-pane view, as shown.
The left pane provides access to local (Workbench PC) files, and the right pane provides access to files on the remote platform.
Use is straightforward, you simply click navigation controls at the top of each pane to go to the appropriate location for source and target. Then you click one or more items on one side (as source) to select for copying to the other side (target). Then, you click the appropriate transfer arrow.
A dialog appears when all files are transferred, as shown above.