Communication Settings

Manages the connection between the PC and the controller:

ohelping you find a controller in a network,

opresenting the list of available controllers, so you can connect to the selected controller and manage the application in the controller,

ohelping you physically identify the controller from the device editor,

ohelping you change the communication settings of the controller.

The controller list is detected through NetManage or through the Active Path based on the communication settings. To access the Communication settings, click Project > Project Settings... in the menu bar. For more information, refer to the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Programming Guide (Communication Settings).

Online mode only

Applications

Presents the application running on the controller and allows removing the application from the controller.

Online mode only

Files

File management between the PC and the controller.

Only one logic controller disk at a time can be seen through this tab. When an SD card is inserted, this file displays the content of the SD card. Otherwise, this tab displays the content of the /usr directory of the internal flash memory of the controller.

Online mode only

Log

View the controller log file.

Online mode only

PLC settings

Configuration of:

oapplication name

oI/O behavior in stop

obus cycle options

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Services

Lets you configure the online services of the controller (RTC, device identification).

Online mode only

I/O Mapping

Mapping of the input and output channels of an I/O device on project (application) variables.

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Task deployment

Displays a list of I/Os and their assignments to tasks.

After compilation only

Users and Groups

The Users and Groups tab is provided for devices supporting online user management. It allows setting up users and access-rights groups and assigning them access rights to control the access on EcoStruxure Machine Expert projects and devices in online mode.

For more details, refer to the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Programming Guide.

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OPC UA Server Configuration

Displays the OPC UA Server Configuration window.

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Access Rights

The Access Rights tab is provided for devices supporting online user management. It serves to grant or deny the currently defined user groups certain permissions, thus defining the access rights for users on files or objects (for example, an application) on the controller during runtime.

For more details, refer to the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Programming Guide.

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Status

No information delivered.

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Information

Displays general information about the device (name, description, provider, version, image).

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