Dialog ”General”

After installing a device (the example shows a FC2001 card) the following dialogue appears on the right hand side in the System Manager view:

Dialog ”General” 1:

Name

Displays the user-defined name of the device, selected on the left-hand side in the tree.

Id

Identification number for internal management within the System Manager.

Type

Gives the type of the particular I/O device (fieldbus type, etc..).

Comment

User-defined comment giving additional information about the device.

Disabled

Provides the option of driving the configurations without connected hardware for test purposes. Default: Not selected.

Create symbols

Provides the option of creating symbols for the I/O task process data. Default: Not selected.