System Explorer - Getting Started
When you open the System Explorer dialog box for the first time, the fields are empty. To get started, proceed as follows.
To fill the System Explorer dialog box with content, you first have to define the System Location. This is a folder that acts as system repository where system projects are saved to allow access by different users or from different software programs:
oIn order to work individually on the system project and to open it from different software programs, such as EcoStruxure Machine Expert Logic Builder or Motion Sizer, you can define a folder on your local PC.
To achieve this, enter or paste the path to the system repository folder in the System Location text box.
Result: If the folder you defined already contains a system project, for example, as defined in the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Logic Builder New Project dialog box with the parameter System Project Name, it is displayed as a root node in the tree structure of the SYSTEM PROJECTS column.
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Click the Create System Project button in the SYSTEM PROJECTS column of the dialog box. Result: The column on the right-hand side is titled CREATE SYSTEM and provides two parameters. |
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Enter a name for the system project in the System Name text box. |
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Enter a description for the system project in the System Description text box. |
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Click the Create button. Result: The system project you created is added as new node to the tree structure in the SYSTEM PROJECTS column on the left-hand side of the dialog box. |
Adding the Open Application Project to the System Project
To add the application project that is open in the software program, such as EcoStruxure Machine Expert Logic Builder or Motion Sizer, to the system project selected in the SYSTEM PROJECTS column, click the Add Current Project button.
Result: The dialog box closes and the open application project will be added to the system project. When you later open the dialog box again, the application project is displayed as subnode of the system project node in the SYSTEM PROJECTS column of the System Explorer dialog box.
