Properties View

Overview

The Properties view provides information about items selected in different views of EcoStruxure Machine Expert Twin, such as assemblies in the Model view, buttons in the Control Panel or Connections. Parameters of the Properties view that can be edited are displayed in black. Fixed values that cannot be edited are displayed in gray.

The buttons in the upper left part of the view allow you to select whether to display the properties as one list or grouped in categories.

Properties of the Logs View

To customize the log messages, select a message and configure your individual settings in the Properties view:

Message parameters:

Parameter	Description
Font	Enter the font type and size for displaying the selected log message type. For example: `[Font: Name=Courier New, Size=8.25, Units=3, GdiCharSet=0, GdiVerticalFont=False]`
Mode	Select from the list whether to display the messages in Color or in Black. For information on the types of messages and the corresponding color, refer to the Logs View. The option None switches off the log function. No new log messages will be displayed.
Time/Clock Log Format	Select the format of the time stamp from the Time/Clock list. The selected format is indicated in the Log Format line. None: No time stamp is displayed for the log messages. Clock: The time stamp is displayed in Log Format: `[HH:mm:ss.fff]` Elapsed: The time stamp is displayed in Log Format: `[{0:dd\.hh\:mm\:ss\.fff}]` Simulated: The time stamp is displayed in Log Format: `[{0:dd\.hh\:mm\:ss\.fff}]` DateTime: The time stamp is extended by the date and displayed in Log Format: `[yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff]` Elapsed and Simulated differ if the time scale (parameter Scale in the Model menu) is set to value other than 1x as the Simulated time would differ from elapsed time. The Simulated time is calculated from the Elapsed time multiplied by the selected scaling factor.
Search	Select the check box to highlight components that match a word in the selected log message.

File parameters:

If activated, log files are saved in the user directory of the logged in Windows user in the following default path:

%localappdata%\Schneider Electric\Machine Expert Twin\1\Work\Logs

Parameter	Description
Mode	The following options are provided for log files: None: No log file is created. File: A log file is created in the default path with the default name debug.log. FileDate: A log file is created with the file name derived from the system date and time of day when EcoStruxure Machine Expert Twin has been started. FileModelName: A log file is created when a project is opened or saved with the project file name as log file name.
LogFile Wrap Mode	This option is available if a log file is to be created. It defines how the log file is buffered: Continuous: Append new log entries to an existing log file. Wrap: Append new log entries to an existing log file until the maximum threshold is reached. Then the oldest entries are overwritten. Create new: Append new log entries to an existing log file until the maximum threshold is reached. Then a new log file is created.

Parameter

Description

Mode

The following options are provided for log files:

None: No log file is created.
File: A log file is created in the default path with the default name debug.log.
FileDate: A log file is created with the file name derived from the system date and time of day when EcoStruxure Machine Expert Twin has been started.
FileModelName: A log file is created when a project is opened or saved with the project file name as log file name.

LogFile Wrap Mode

This option is available if a log file is to be created. It defines how the log file is buffered:

Continuous: Append new log entries to an existing log file.
Wrap: Append new log entries to an existing log file until the maximum threshold is reached. Then the oldest entries are overwritten.
Create new: Append new log entries to an existing log file until the maximum threshold is reached. Then a new log file is created.

Filter parameters:

Parameter	Description
Text	Enter text you want to apply as a filter to the log messages. Only messages that contain this text are displayed in the Logs view.
Type	Select from the list the types of messages that are displayed in the Logs view: None Action Communication Error System Debug Warning Information For further information on the different message types, refer to the chapter Logs View.

Parameter

Description

Text

Enter text you want to apply as a filter to the log messages. Only messages that contain this text are displayed in the Logs view.

Type

Select from the list the types of messages that are displayed in the Logs view:

None
Action
Communication
Error
System
Debug
Warning
Information

For further information on the different message types, refer to the chapter Logs View.

Highlight parameters:

Parameter	Description
Text	Enter a text string you want to highlight in the log messages.
Color	Select the color to use for highlighting.

Properties of the Loads View

To customize a load, select it in the Model view and configure your individual settings in the Properties view:

In Identification, the Type parameter indicates the type of the load, for example, a box. With the Identification parameter, you can modify the identifier of the load which is usually a barcode.

With the other parameters, you can define physical characteristics of the load, the dimensions, the color and the position in space (in a cartesian coordinate system).

Properties of the Inputs / Outputs View

The Properties view allows you to modify the symbol and the description of the input or output.

Properties of the Alarms View

The Properties view provides further information on the alarm selected in the Alarms view for controller tests.

Properties of the Solution Explorer View

The Properties view allows you to modify the settings of the Assemblies, Motors or Controllers selected in the Solution Explorer view. For further information on the properties of catalog objects, refer to the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Twin How to Use Device Catalogs User Guide.