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ABB Automation
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Protocol Editing Tool
CAP 505
2. Using the Protocol Edit-
ing Tool
User’s Guide
When the POD tool is started a dialog pops up on the screen and the user is asked if
there is a connection to the device or not. See Figure 2.3.-2.
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If you have a connection to the device and you click Yes, the tool will check if the
configuration is consistent and the statusbar in the main dialog will be updated.
(Consistency will be explained in Chapter 3.6.2.)
If you do not have a connection to the device click No. If you click yes, without
having a connection to any device, the following error dialog will pop up:
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2.3.1.
Menus and toolbar
The toolbar and the menus are the same in both user modes (basic and advanced).
Some menu options and toolbar buttons are disabled in basic mode because of the
mode restrictions.
There are six user interface menus in the Protocol Editing Tool main view. The
menus will all be presented in the following sections.
