I/O Scanning Contextual Menu for Copy/Cut/Paste
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At a Glance
A right-click on a line in the I/O Scanning table opens the I/O Scanning Contextual Menu. Use this menu to perform common operations on the lines of the I/O Scanning table, such as, delete a device, copy & paste, cut & paste, insert a new line, etc.
Contextual Menu
The following illustration is the I/O Scanning contextual menu:
The following table describes the menu functions:
Menu Item
Description
Delete Device
For an ACS or PRA configuration, Delete Device permanently deletes the Device Name and all its data (and associated ACS symbols).
For a PRM Master DTM, its link to the I/O Scanning table is deleted,
NOTE: Deleting a PRM Master DTM link from the I/O Scanning table does not delete the corresponding DTM from the connectivity tree in the DTM Browser.
Cut line(s)
Cut line(s) copies and deletes the selected I/O Scanning lines. The lines are copied without the Device Name information.
For an ACS or PRA configuration, it permanently deletes the Device Name and all its data (and associated ACS symbols).
For a PRM Master DTM, the link between the DTM and the I/O Scanning line is removed.
Copy line(s)
Copy line(s) copies the selected lines, but without the Device Name.
Paste line(s)
Paste line(s) has 2 actions depending on its target line:
  • If the line is empty, it fills the line with the copied line (without a Device Name)
  • If the line is not empty, it replaces the line with the copied line (without a Device Name).
    Be careful, it also permanently deletes the Device Name link to the I/O Scanning table and, for an ACS or PRA configuration, all its data (and associated ACS symbols) of the old line before replacing it with the copied line.
Insert copied line(s)
Insert copied line(s) inserts the copied line between the selected line and the line just above it.
Be careful with ACS or DTM configurations, all the lines below the inserted line become desynchronized. To synchronize these lines, open and close the device configuration tool, then do an Update from the Property box.
Insert empty line
Insert empty line inserts an empty line above the line selected line.
Inserting an empty line does not desynchronize the devices below the line, but using this line for a new device can, depending the number of words needed, desynchronize the devices below the line.
Pack all lines
Pack all lines removes any empty lines between the top of the I/O Scanning table and the last non-empty of the table.