When you open the dialog box for the first time, the fields are empty. To get started, proceed as follows.
To fill the dialog box with content, you first have to define the . 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:
In 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 text box.
Result: If the folder you defined already contains a system project, for example, as defined in the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Logic Builder dialog box with the parameter , it is displayed as a root node in the tree structure of the column.
If the folder you defined does not yet contain a system project, proceed as follows to create a system project
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Click the button in the column of the dialog box. Result: The column on the right-hand side is titled and provides two parameters. |
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Enter a name for the system project in the text box. |
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Enter a description for the system project in the text box. |
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Click the button. Result: The system project you created is added as new node to the tree structure in the column on the left-hand side of the dialog box. |
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 column, click the 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 column of the dialog box.