Introduction

You may manipulate the racks of a PLC station:

  • either by using the functions provided by the bus editor,

  • or from the browser provided by the bus editor.

Functions offered by the bus editor

From the bus editor the following functionalites are offered:

If you want to

then

and

select a rack
select the address of the rack

eight handles appear around the selected rack.

  

Cut/Paste a rack

select the rack and, from the contextual menu, click Cut

select the destination address of the rack and, using the contextual menu, click Paste.

Copy/Paste a rack

select the rack and, using the contextual menu, click Copy

select the destination address of the rack and, using the contextual menu, click Paste.

add a rack
select an empty address
or the extension symbol

using the contextual menu, click New Device,

replace a rack

select the rack and, using the contextual menu, click Replace Rack,

select the required rack from the list offered.

delete a rack

select the rack

using the contextual menu, click Delete Rack,

empty a rack

select the rack

using the contextual menu, click Clear Rack,

Bus editor browser

The browser only allows for the addition of one rack in the PLC station.

Example for a Premium station:

Carry out the following actions:

Step

Action

1

From the browser, select the Rack directory and open it by clicking on +

2

select the required rack and, holding down right mouse button, move it to the required address point; a dialog box is displayed.

3

Specify in the dialog box the required address and confirm with OK.