Search field. Enter one or more terms separated by a space and the pane displays objects whose name contains any of these terms. Objects are displayed with their parent structure.

The column shows the name of the following objects that exist in the system project:

• M580 PACs

• Automation devices

For redundant PACs, local racks A and B are shown separately.

The view reproduces the entire folder structure of the Topology node.

When you select an object by selecting its check box, the software attempts to connect to the object and a status is indicated in the Status column. The simulator is automatically started if Build Target is set to Simulator .

For redundant PACs, local racks A and B are shown separately.

The executable is deployed to the respective controller only if its rack is selected.

When the Control Mode attribute is set to Primary A Only or Primary B Only, the check box of the corresponding rack is disabled and you cannot deploy to it.

The column indicates the IP address that is used to connect to the object and deploy to it. You can choose from the following once the object is selected:

• For a PAC, depending on the value of Build Target:

  • Real: The IP address of the CPU or a communication module.

  • Simulator. Indicates the IP address of the local simulator (127.0.0.1) and the Port value, in the format Simulator (IP address:Port). If you are connected to a remote system server, the IP address is the address of the local computer.

    NOTE: Verify that the listening IP address of the simulator is configured with the same IP address.

• For a device: The IP address of the embedded interface of the device or its communication card.

The address remains visible when the check box is cleared.

Selecting an IP address attempts to connect to the object by using this address.

Indicates the build state of the control project of the PAC.

In addition, the following states can be indicated:

• Building: The build operation is in progress.

• In Queue: The PAC is selected and the build command has been initiated. Build will begin once the operation in progress is completed.

For devices, the column is always blank.

Selecting the check box sends a run command after deployment completes successfully.

The check box appears only for a PAC and when it is selected.

Status of the object.

The following statuses can be indicated:

• Not Reachable: Default status of all objects. Once you have selected the object in the Object column, indicates either condition:

  • No IP address is configured.

  • An attempt to connect to the object did not succeed.

  • The object has become unreachable while deploying to it (for example, because the physical connection to the object is not established anymore).

• Processing: The software is attempting to connect to the object or is refreshing its status.

• No Configuration : The object is connected and no executable or DTM configuration is deployed to it.

• Connected: The device is connected and you can deploy to it. Or, the DTM configuration has been deployed to it, in which case a value appears in the Last Deployed On column. The status appears only for devices.

• Deploying: Deployment is in progress.

• Deployed: Deployment is completed. The status appears only for PACs and appears while deployment to other objects is in progress. It is replaced by the status of the CPU module once the software has refreshed the status.

• In Queue: The object is selected and the deploy command has been initiated. Deployment will begin once deployment to one or more other objects is completed.

• Run/ Stop: State of the CPU module of the PAC. The other possible states of the CPU module (for example, HALT or PRIMARY for a redundant PAC) and the operating modes of tasks (for example, for a safety CPU) are not indicated.

  NOTE: To view the CPU states and task operating modes, edit the control project.

After having deployed to all selected objects, successfully or not, the software refreshes the status of all these objects.

The DEPLOYMENT VIEW lets you store a password that it uses when a password is required to deploy to a PAC. You can set and change the password by using the Edit Password context menu command. This has no impact on the application password that is set in the control project.

The following application password-related conditions can be indicated:

• Blank: The PAC is not connected.

• No: The PAC is connected and either no executable has been deployed to it or the deployed executable is not protected by an application password.

• Required - Not Set : The executable that has been deployed is protected by an application password, which is required to deploy again but no password has been stored in the DEPLOYMENT VIEW or the stored password does not match the application password of the deployed executable. You cannot deploy until you set the correct password.

• Required - Set: The executable that has been deployed is protected by an application password and the password has been stored in the DEPLOYMENT VIEW. You will not be prompted to enter the password the next time you deploy.

For devices, the status is always No.

A value is shown only when Build State is either Built or Out Of Date and the PAC is selected.

For devices, the column is always blank.

A value (date and time) is shown only if the configuration has been successfully deployed and the object is selected. Otherwise, blank.

For a PAC, the deployment may have been performed either from the Topology Manager or Control Expert Editor.

Builds the control projects of the PACs that are selected, in sequence, after you confirm the command.

For each control project, the build operation starts only if the prerequisites are fulfilled.

Starts the deployment to the objects that are selected, in sequence, after you confirm the command. If a CPU is in run state, it is stopped.

The button is enabled only if at least one object is selected and the software was able to connect to it.

Sends a stop command to the CPU of each PAC that is selected and whose status is shown as Run in the view. You need to confirm the command.