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Dialog Addresses / assignment lists

In this dialog, all inputs and outputs for the PLC controllers in the project are managed. To distinguish between several PLC controllers within a project, the addresses must be assigned to a processor (i.e., a CPU). The list then shows which CPU a connection point belongs to. A CPU is identified by the specification of the CPU name. The full CPU name is composed of the contents of the properties Configuration project and Station ID and a CPU identifier in the form of [Configuration project].[Station ID].[CPU identifier].

Overview of the main dialog elements:

Filter:

This drop-down list displays all the available filters. A chosen filter is activated automatically. The "- Not activated -" entry deactivates the filter and causes an unfiltered display of the data. Click [...] to open the Filter dialog. Here you can create, edit, delete, copy, export, import, and manage filters.

The popup menu of the Filter drop-down list contains the following entries:

This allows you to toggle rapidly between the unfiltered representation and a representation filtered in accordance with your requirements.

By means of the filter you have the possibility to limit the display of the PLC addresses to one (or several) specific CPU(s).

Tip:

Using the Create filter for CPU popup menu item in the table you can automatically generate a filter for the display of the PLC addresses based on the data of the highlighted row. The values of the Configuration project (indirect), PLC station ID (indirect), and CPU (indirect) properties are used as filter criteria here.


Table area PLC data from schematic

The table displays all the addresses of the selected filter with information on the following properties in the PLC data from schematic section:


Table area New PLC data / From assignment list

In the New PLC data / From assignment list area you have the option of changing certain PLC data. If you have imported an assignment list, the imported data is shown in the table, and you can accept it or change it. If there are differences between the old and new values, then the corresponding lines are highlighted in color. The new values are identified by a yellow background and the old values by a gray background. The following properties can be changed:


Popup menu:

The popup menu provides - depending on the field type (date, integer, multilingual, etc.) - the following menu items:

In addition, the following dialog-specific popup menu items are available:

Menu item

Meaning

Add row

Inserts a new line before the selected line.

Delete row

Deletes the selected rows. Addresses built into the project cannot be deleted.

Addressing

Opens the Reassign PLC addresses dialog.

Generate with device

Generates unplaced functions for the selected addresses, with the aid of the device selection.

Use original value

Adopts the old value when the contents of a cell are changed.

Keep line breaks in the project

Transfers the old function text with existing line breaks into the field for the new function text if the function texts are identical except for the line breaks and blanks. This allows line breaks which were removed to be recaptured when an assignment list was imported. Any translations existing in the project are also kept.

Create filter for CPU

Based on the data of the highlighted row, an automatic filter is generated for the display of the PLC addresses. The values of the Configuration project (indirect), Station ID (indirect), and CPU (indirect) properties are used as filter criteria here.

[Extras]:

Menu item

Meaning

Import assignment list

Imports an assignment list. You specify via the submenu items whether the PLC addresses are to be imported into the CPU currently displayed or into a new CPU:

  • Displayed CPU: Opens the dialog Import / synchronize assignment list.
  • New CPU: Opens the New CPU dialog, and allows you to create a new CPU. Subsequently the dialog Import / synchronize assignment list is opened.

Export assignment list

Opens the Export assignment list dialog.

Settings

Opens the dialog Settings: PLC.

Note:

You can export or import only one separate list each for each processor (CPU). Therefore set the filter so that the PLC addresses of only one CPU are displayed.

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