Project tab

Project Name

Name of the PLC project

Id

ID of the PLC project

Project Path

Path to the location where the PLC project is stored

Project Type

Project type

Port

AMS port number of the runtime system

Project Guid

GUID of the PLC project

Encryption

Encryption of the boot project

• No boot project encryption (default)
• Encrypt boot project

Autostart Boot Project

After the TwinCAT runtime environment has been started, the PLC boot project is automatically loaded and started.

The setting is transferred directly to the currently selected target system. The setting is not saved in the TwinCAT project.

This option corresponds to the Autostart Boot Project command in the context menu of the PLC project node in the Solution Explorer.

Symbolic Mapping

Symbolic mapping is enabled.

Force Multi Instance

Option for logging in multiple instances of the PLC project enabled.

Comment

Comment box

Compiler Defines (available from TC3.1 build 4024)

Manual

Here you can define your own compiler definitions at System Manager level, which are passed on to the PLC project. The definitions are entered in the PLC project properties under the category compile as system compiler definitions.

Implicit

The names of the selected project variants as well as all groups to which the project variant belongs are automatically set as a compiler definition and passed on to the PLC project. The definitions are entered in the PLC project properties under the category compile as system compiler definitions.

Note: In order to activate this checkbox, the Defines for the variant management must be enabled.