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MG.10.J8.02 – VLT is a registered Danfoss trade mark
Programmable SyncPos motion controller
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PC Software Interface
Following chapter describes the individual menus
of the SyncPos user interface. If you are familiar
with the Windows interface then, naturally, you can
skip the familiar menus and immediately move to
the SyncPos-specific information.
The basic information about program layout,
command structure, interrupt, elements of the
programming language, arithmetic and User Unit
can be found in the introduction to the software
reference. All commands and parameters are
described in detail and then alphabetically
ordered in the chapters Software Reference and
Parameter Reference.
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"FILE" menu
The "FILE" menu contains all the commands ne-
cessary to create, open, save and print a program.
All commands can be used with a mouse click or
with the key combination [ALT] and the underlined
letter, for example [ALT] + [F] + [S], if you want to
"FILE"
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"SAVE".
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"NEW"
In the menu bar click on "FILE" and then on
"NEW" or click on the icon in order to write a
new program. The edit window is opened with the
name “Unnamed Program1“ and you can begin to
write your program.
PC Software interface
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"OPEN"
Click on "FILE" and "OPEN" or on the
icon in
order to open a program file. In the menu "FILE"
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"OPEN" select the file you want with a double-
click or by clicking on "OK". If the file you are
looking for is still in the list of files last used (max.
9 files) then click on it and open the file in this
manner. Since all SyncPos program files require
the extension .m, this file type must also be selec-
ted. If this is not the case, select the file type .m
.m
.m
.m
.m or
All files (*.*)
All files (*.*)
All files (*.*)
All files (*.*)
All files (*.*) from the List files of type
List files of type
List files of type
List files of type
List files of type.
If you can’t find the file in the left field, click on a
different directory in the Folders
Folders
Folders
Folders
Folders field or click on
the drive which contains the file in the field Drives
Drives
Drives
Drives
Drives.
Continue to double-click on the sub-directories
until you can mark the file you are looking for in
the left field. Then click on "OK".
Looking for lost files
If you have “lost“ a file in the system, you can
search for all *.m-files with the Explorer
Explorer
Explorer
Explorer
Explorer.
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"CLOSE"
"FILE"
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"CLOSE"
Click on "FILE"
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"CLOSE" if you want to close
the program file which has been loaded or written,
but don’t want to end the SyncPos program.
NB!
If you have not yet saved the newly written file
or the changes in the old file, answer the
question which follows with "YES",,,,, otherwise the
new file will not be saved.