Overview

You can open the Rack Viewer either way:

  • By clicking Open Rack Viewer in the context menu of a rack of an M580 PAC.

  • By double-clicking the handle of a local rack or drop in a physical view.

  • By clicking Rack Viewer in the Open With submenu of a backplane or module of a PAC.

The Rack Viewer shows the physical configuration of the local rack or a drop of a PAC in a graphical way. Local racks of standby controllers are shown in a separate view as well. The view is read-only.

The view is refreshed when you or other users apply changes that were made to the rack configuration by editing the control project.

Select a backplane or a module to view and/or edit its properties.

You can view the configuration of several racks at the same time by opening a Rack Viewer for each one.

NOTE: When the Rack Viewer is the active view, the TOOLBOX is empty.

Description

The following figure shows an example of an M580 local rack that is open in the Rack Viewer. An extended rack and various modules have been added to the local rack by editing the control project.

Item Description
1

Toolbar.

2

X-bus/Ethernet backplane of the local main rack. Click either end to select it.

3

Power supply module.

4

CPU module (shown selected).

5

Various X80 communication and I/O modules that have been added.

6

4-slot X-bus backplane of the local extended rack.

7

Power supply of the local extended rack.

8

Various X80 I/O modules.

Workspace Actions

The table describes the commands of the context menu of the Rack Viewer workspace.

Command

Description

View

Opens a submenu that lets you modify the zoom level of the view.

Context Menu Commands

You can open a context menu for the backplane and modules.

NOTE: For the backplane, right-click either end.

Multiselection of Objects

When you select multiple objects in the Rack Viewer, the PROPERTIES pane shows the tabs and attributes that the objects have in common.