Software Configuration with the GSDML Composer
5.6.1 Display Options
Via the menu item
Display Options
the arrangement of the devices in the CANopen Network Editor
window can be changed.
Calculate positions
automatically
Defines whether the devices are rearranged in the CANopen
Network Editor automatically if a device is removed or inserted.
If the function is disabled, the devices can be arranged via the mouse
in the CANopen Network Editor window in any user-defined order.
Recalculate positions now
Recalculates the position of the devices in the CANopen Network
Editor window once.
If
Calculate position automatically
is enabled, this function will be
called automatically when a device is removed or inserted.
Reassign Node IDs
(by display order)
Changes the node-IDs of the devices according to the displayed
order. ID 1 is assigned to the first device, etc.
Reset display order
(by Node IDs)
Resets the way of the connection line on the basis of the node-IDs,
i.e. the device with the lowest ID becomes the first, then the
connection line is drawn to the device with the next higher ID, etc.
5.6.2 Device Context Menu
Open device editor
Opens the Device Editor (see 5.9) for selected device.
Display order
Changes the index of the device in the display order, i.e. if
Calculate
position automatically
is enabled, it will interchange its display position
with the preceding/following device (
move up
/
move down
).
If
Calculate position automatically
is disabled, only the connection line
will be affected – the positions of the device images in the CANopen
network editor window remain unaffected.
Clone
Duplicates a device together with its settings and inserts the copy
behind the device. At first the copy is assigned with the lowest unused
node-ID, but a dialogue allowing a quick change is opened. (As with
the inserting of a new device, see 5.5.1)
Delete
Deletes the device
Change device image
Shows a dialogue for the selection of an image file and changes the
image of the device accordingly.
INFORMATION
Supported file extensions for the image files are:
.
jpg
, .
jpeg
, .
bmp
, .
gif
and .
png
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