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Main Window (Device List Window)
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Main Window (Device List Window)
This section describes the “device list window” which is the Configurator’s main
window preceding operations.
Network configuration file name
Menu bar
Tool bar
Device list
display area
Device information
Scroll bar
CompoBus/D Configurator status
Title bar
The title bar displays the names of the CompoBus Configurator and the network
configuration file. When the file name has not been specified, the title bar will
display “Network.”
Select commands from the menu bar when performing CompoBus/D Configura-
tor operations.
The tool bar allows the user to select commonly used commands just by clicking
on an icon. The tool-bar icons correspond to the following menu commands:
Open
Save Device list
Stop displaying
device list
Edit device parameters
Monitor status
Display error history Online
Offline
The size of the tool-bar can be set small or large with the “View”
→
“Tool Bar”
menu commands.
This area displays information (the node address, vendor, device type, and
product code) for each device based on data taken from a network configuration
file or read from the actual devices in the network.
The devices can be listed in order by node address, remote I/O communication
configuration, or message communication configuration. See “Changing the
Size of the Tool Bar” on page 52 for details.
A device can be selected from the device list for operations such as editing
device parameters. See “Operations in the Device List Window” on page 51 for
details.
Title Bar
Menu Bar
Tool Bar
Device List Display Area
