Datalogic AMT58 Series Manual page 196

GETTING STARTED
3. Toolbar: the toolbar provides you with buttons for commands you will use fre-
4. Project Tree: using the Project Tree features gives you access to all components
5. Changeover switches: they allow the user to switch among the three working
6. Details view: it shows certain content of the selected object in the Overview Win-
7. Graphic Area of the Hardware and network editor. The Hardware and network edi-
8. Overview Navigation, it allows to quickly scroll through the objects available in the
9. Inspector window: additional information on an object selected or on actions exe-
10. It allows to enter the Portal view. The Portal view provides you with a task-ori-
11. Editor bar: it displays the open editors. If you have opened a lot of editors, they
12. Status bar with progress display. In the status bar, you will find the progress dis-
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AMT58...PN
quently. This gives you faster access to these commands.
and project data. You can perform the following tasks in the Project Tree:
• add new components
• edit existing components
• scan and modify the properties of existing components
areas of the Hardware and network editor: Topology view, Network view and
Device view. See point 7 for more information.
dow or in the Project Tree. This might include text lists or tags. The content of the
folders is not shown, however. To display the content of the folders, use the Proj-
ect Tree or the Inspector Window.
tor opens when you double-click on the Devices and Networks entry in the Project
Tree. The Hardware and network editor is the integrated development environ-
ment for configuring, networking and assigning parameters to devices and mod-
ules. It provides maximum support for the realization of the automation project.
This pane is the graphic area where the current configuration of the installed
devices with information on the topology and the network can be found. The
Hardware and network editor provides you with three views of your project. You
can switch between these three views at any time depending on whether you
want to produce and edit individual devices and modules, entire networks and
device configurations or the topological structure of your project. See the Change-
over switches, point 5: Device view for parametrization and configuration of the
individual devices, it allows to configure and assign both device and module
parameters, see "
Device view" on page 17
between devices, it allows to configure and assign device parameters and to net-
work the devices with one another, see "
view for current interconnection of Profinet devices, it allows to display and con-
figure the Ethernet topology as well as to identify and minimize differences
between the desired and actual topology, see "
Figure above the SIEMENS PLC CPU 1512SP-1 PN is the Master device and is con-
nected to the encoder, i.e. the Slave device, through the PLC_2.PROFINET IO-...
connection.
Work Area by pressing the left button of the mouse.
cuted are displayed in the Inspector window, the available properties and parame-
ters shown for the object selected can be edited in the Inspector window using
the Properties tab.
ented view of the tools.
are shown grouped together. You can use the Editor bar to change quickly
between the open elements.
play for processes that are currently running in the background. This also includes
; Network view for graphical connections
Network view" on page 17
Topology view" on page 18
; and Topology
. In the