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Dialog Settings: DT Syntax Check

In this dialog, you can define the characters allowed for DT identifier blocks, device tags, and count numbers. These settings can be carried out separately for structure identifiers (of pages, for example) and for electrical engineering and fluid power DTs.

The following dialog elements are available:

Tab Structure Identifier

Enable check:

Select this check box if you want to check the identifier blocks. Once you have entered the page or device tag properties, EPLAN automatically checks whether the syntax for the specified structure identifier is correct. If this is not the case, EPLAN opens a message dialog in which the incorrect elements are displayed.

Note:

The identifier blocks for electrical engineering or fluid power DTs are not checked if the Enable check check box is selected on the Electrical engineering or Fluid tab.

Identifier blocks:

In this group box you specify the scope of the identifier block check (e.g. Higher-level function and Mounting location for a DIN-compliant identifier structure). The following entries are possible:


Electrical engineering / Fluid tabs

The settings that you make here apply only to the device tag components of the full DT (e.g. Identifier and Counter), and not to the identifier blocks.

Enable check:

Select this check box if the device tags should be checked. After specifying the device tag properties, EPLAN then automatically checks whether the syntax for the specified device tag identifier is correct. If this is not the case, EPLAN opens a message dialog in which the incorrect elements are displayed.

If the check box is deselected, the electrical engineering / fluid power DT is not checked.

Note:

If the Enable check check box on the Electrical engineering or Fluid tab is selected, the entire device tag string is checked, i.e. the full DT including the identifier blocks. The settings on the Structure identifier tab are used for the identifier blocks, even if the check box is deselected on that tab.

Device tag:

In this group box you define the extent of checking for device tags:

Count number:

In this group box you specify the scope of the counter number check. With the exception of special text characters, which are not allowed for counters, the possible entries here are the same as those under Identifier blocks (in the Structure identifier tab).

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