You have opened a project. Project data > PLC > 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].
- You can define new addresses by inserting an empty line and then filling it with data.
- You can define new symbolic addresses by inserting an empty row and then filling it with data. To do this at least one data type must be filled additionally.
- Data can be exchanged with an Excel table using Copy & Paste.
- In addition to this, you can import assignment lists and synchronize them with the schematic, and also create new assignment lists.
Overview of the main dialog elements:
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:
- Deactivate: This popup menu item is available if a filter has been set: Resets the filter setting to the "- Not activated -" entry.
- Activate <filter name>: This popup menu item is available if the filter setting is "- Not activated -": Reactivates the last active filter.
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 (e.g. date, integer, multilingual) - the following menu items that are, depending on the situation, available for influencing the table or editing the values in the fields. You can find an overview of these popup menu items in the section Popup 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. |
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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