PLC Programming

Tools
Mark the entry 'Tools' in the Object Organizer and choose the command 'Object Properties' from the
context menu (right mouse button). Expand the appearing dialog by pressing the 'Advanced' button.
Now you will see a list of the available tools and the corresponding parameters. Select one of the tools
by a mouseclick on the ID-Symbol in order to – for example - get displayed the allowed number of
shortcuts for the tool in the field 'FixedCount', or to get displayed which files will be downloaded to the
PLC if the shortcut is activated. The file names or paths might be shown in the form of templates,
which will be interpreted for each single shortcut as described in the following paragraph:
Which individual properties have the available shortcuts
Mark one of the entries below 'Tools' in the Object Organizer and select the command 'Object
Properties' in the context menu (right mouse button). Press button 'Advanced' to get the parameters of
the chosen shortcut. Partially they will correspond to the above described global tool properties. If
allowed by the definition in the target file you can edit these parameters here.
How can I create a shortcut for a tool
Mark the entry 'Tools' in the Object Organizer and choose the command 'Add Object' from the context
menu (right mouse button). You will see a list of available tools, but only of those for which the
maximum number of shortcuts (FixedCount) is not yet reached. Choose a tool and press OK. The tool
will now be inserted in the Tools folder in the Object Organizer. If you want to insert it once more, then
you must enter a different tool name first, which means to mark the new entry as another instance of
the same tool. For example you could name the instances of the tool Toolxy "Toolxy_1", "Toolxy_2"
etc.
How can I modify the parameters of a tool
In order to modify the parameters of a shortcut (instance of a tool connection), mark the shortcut in the
Object Organizer and choose command 'Object Properties' from the context menu. It depends on the
pre-definition of the tool in the target file, whether the parameters can be edited in the properties
dialog. (See in the expanded dialog whether the option 'Editable' is activated. Button 'Standard' resets
all edited values to the defaults.
How can I execute a tool shortcut
Perform a doubleclick on the shortcut entry in the Object Organizer or select the command 'Open
Object' in the context menu resp. in the 'Project' menu when the entry is marked in the Object
Organizer.
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