The Logic Builder allows you to program logic and add devices to EcoStruxure Machine Expert projects.
To assist you in performing this task, it provides the following functions:
Separate hardware catalog views for allow you to add hardware devices to your project by drag and drop. It also allows you to use device templates and function templates.
A separate software catalog view for allows you to add software elements by drag and drop.
To display only the relevant views for the task that is being performed, EcoStruxure Machine Expert provides individual perspectives for hardware configuration, software configuration, and online mode. You are allowed to adapt these default perspectives to your individual requirements, and to create your own perspectives with the views you use most frequently.
The Logic Builder provides different ways (such as , , or ) to build your EcoStruxure Machine Expert project.
The Logic Builder provides scan functions to detect available controllers in the Ethernet network. It supports different protocols for communication with the controller.
After communication has been established, applications can be downloaded to or uploaded from the controller. Applications can be started and stopped on the controller.
The Logic Builder online features allow you to perform the following tasks:
Online monitoring of values in program code and in views
Performing online changes
Online configuration of traces
Watching traces online
Interacting with your machine by using built-in visualizations in online mode for diagnostic and test purposes
Reading the status of controllers and devices
Detecting potential programming logic errors by using the debugging function