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Motion Perfect Projects
Section 7-3
The status of the connection to the controller is displayed on the screen. The
statements indicate at which COM port Motion Perfect is currently checking
for a Motion Controller and which settings are used. The screen will confirm if
Motion Perfect has found a controller or will indicate that no controller is
found.
Motion Perfect will be disconnected when no suitable controllers have been
found. The offline terminal will be shown. Refer to SECTION 8 Troubleshoot-
ing.
7-3
Motion Perfect Projects
Motion Perfect facilitates the works with MC Unit applications by using
projects, which are a valuable aid in efficient application design and develop-
ment. Projects are stored on the computer and each project contains the MC
Unit programs, parameters and data required for one motion application.
Managing each application as one project enables effective version control
and provides a mechanism for verifying the application programs on the MC
Unit.
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Project Manager
The project manager is a background process that automatically maintains
consistency between the programs on the MC Unit and the project on the
computer. When you edit a program in the Motion Perfect editor, it changes
both copies of the program. This avoids the slow process of uploading and
downloading programs and ensures that there is always a backup of changes
you make. As programs are created, copied or erased on the MC Unit using
the Motion Perfect tools, the project is updated so that the files and programs
are always consistent.
Project Backups
A backup copy of the project is stored on the computer after on-line operation
has been successfully started. The backup copy can be loaded if the MC Unit
version of the programs become corrupted for any reason by selecting Revert
to backup from the File Menu.
The backup file will be overwritten each time a project is opened. If you open
a new project during a development session, the new projects backup copy
will overwrite the previous backup.