# Start an application automatically by setting up the startup options

You can set up FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station to start and run an application automatically whenever a terminal or personal computer starts.

## To start an application automatically whenever a terminal or personal computer starts

1. In the FactoryTalk View ME Station dialog box, load an application.
2. Click Terminal Settings and select:
   - Startup Options > FactoryTalk View ME Station Startup on a PanelView Plus 7, PanelView Plus 6, PanelView Plus, PanelView Plus Compact, or PanelView Plus CE terminal
   - FactoryTalk View ME Station Startup on a MobileView terminal or a personal computer
3. In the Startup Settings dialog box, click Edit.
4. Select the Run Current Application option and click Run Options.
5. If you want to overwrite the terminal's communications file, select Yes for Replace RSLinx Communications or Replace FactoryTalk Linx Communications.
6. If you want to delete the log files, select Yes for Delete Log Files on Every Power Cycle and click OK.
7. Click OK to close the FactoryTalk View ME Station Startup dialog box.
8. Click Close to close the Startup Settings dialog box.
9. Click Close to close the Terminal Settings dialog box.
10. On a PanelView Plus 7, PanelView Plus 6, PanelView Plus, PanelView Plus Compact, or PanelView Plus CE terminal, click Reset and confirm the changes.

In the future, whenever the terminal or personal computer starts, FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station will start automatically, delete the application's log files, overwrite the terminal's communications file, and run the application.

Tip: | PanelView Plus 7 Standard terminals and PanelView Plus 6 Compact terminals can only load and run PanelView Plus 7 Standard applications or Compact Machine Edition applications. If you try to start a non-Compact application or a PanelView Plus 7 Performance application on a PanelView Plus 7 Standard terminal or a PanelView Plus 6 Compact terminal, an error message will appear and the application will not be loaded. If your application uses a shared network folder to store data log files, you will have to log onto a network when the application starts. To run the application automatically, you must store the network logon data in the terminal's permanent storage.

## See also

Start an application automatically on a MobileView terminal or a personal computer using parameters

Start an application automatically on a PanelView Plus, PanelView Plus CE, or PanelView Plus Compact terminal using parameters

Stop FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station

Log on to Network Server

Configure terminal communications

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