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Important Concepts
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P1 PowerStation User Guide
Configuring the PowerStation
Once you have unpacked the PowerStation and completed the steps listed
in the previous section, you are ready to power up the PowerStation for the
first time and configure the system defaults. Detailed information on
configuring the PowerStation is described in Chapter 3.
Developing an Interact Application
The P1 PowerStation is designed to run applications you create using CTC
Parker’s Interact application development software. The P1 PowerStation
is a runtime-only system which means you must develop applications on a
PC and download them to the PowerStation.
Important Throughout this manual all references to ‘development PC’ or
‘development system’ refer to the computer you use to develop
Interact applications.
Create an application
If you are new to Interact, read the Interact Getting Started Manual to learn
more about the software. This manual includes example applications you
can modify and run, providing hands-on experience with each Interact
module.
Interact also has extensive online help files that you can use to answer any
of your development questions.
Test the application
When you finish creating an application, you should test it prior to running
it in a production environment. If you create an application on a PC using
Interact, you can use Interact’s Test Mode to test the application before
downloading it to the PowerStation.
Download the application
When you finish developing an application on a PC using Interact, you can
use the Interact Project Manager (IPM) to assign the application to a
project and download it to the PowerStation. Refer to the Interact Project
Manager User Guide for more information about downloading projects to
the PowerStation.
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