Creating Function Block; Data Configuration - Omron SYSMAC CS Series Operation Manual

Creating Function Block

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Creating Function Block

3-1-1 Data Configuration

Select Insert/
Insert Node from
the Settings Menu.
(Creates a new
function block file.)
Select New from
File Menu
(Creates a new
multi-node folder
and function block
navigation area.)
This section describes the function block data created using the CX-Process
Tool.
Personal computer memory
Function block navigation area
Function block file
Select Open from the File
Menu (Specifies the
multi-node file and open all
relevant files.)
CS-Process\data\
Multi-node
directory
Multi-node file Function block files
(.mul)
When creating a new function block navigation area, specify the directory (multi-
node folder) where the function block navigation area will be saved. (Select New
from the File Menu.)
Save all the function block navigation data in the multi-node folder in the memory
of the personal computer. (Select Save from the File Menu.)
To prepare a function block file (.ist) in the function block navigation area, insert a
node. (Select Insert – Insert Node from the Settings Menu.)
To open all the existing data in function block navigation area, specify only the
multi-node file (.mul) in the multi-node folder. All relative files will be read. (Select
Open from File Menu.)
To save all the data in function block navigation area in a different multi-node
directory, select Save As from the File Menu.
To import a function block file (.ist) into the function block navigation area, add a
function block file. (Select Add IST File from File Menu.)
Function block file
Select Save from File
Menu. (Saves the
present function block
navigation area.)
Hard disk
Multi-node directory
Others
Section
Select Add IST File from the
File Menu.
Function block file (.ist)
Select Save As from File
Menu.
(Saves the present function
block navigation area to a
different directory.)
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