Context Menu, Bus Terminal Controller

Right mouse click below I/O Devices on Added Box (the example shows a Beckhoff BC3100 Profibus BC) to open a context menu with the following inputs:

Context Menu, Bus Terminal Controller 1:

Append Terminal

Calls up the Selection Diagram specific for the various Bus Terminal controllers.

Export Variables Info

Can display a dialogue for exporting a terminal configuration and enable subsequent importing of the variable list into TwinCAT PLC Control. This process allows you to specify I/O variables, address offsets and comments on the configured terminals and Data Exchange Variables in the Global Variable List of the BC after an import. This applies equally to importing the existing file to the TwinCAT OPC Server.

Terminal Configuration via COMx

Displays the Selection Diagram for loading a terminal configuration into the BC (via the serial interface).

Here not mentioned context menu items are described under Adding Bus Terminals.