General

General 1:

Property

Description

Name

Selected name of the object.

Object Id

32-bit identification number that is automatically assigned and unique within a project.

Type

Encoder type

The selected encoder type is displayed at this point. Changes of the encoder type can be done via the NC-Encoder dialog.

Comment

Freely editable field for user notes.

Id

Identification number of the encoder, which is assigned consecutively. When an encoder is deleted, the number becomes free again and can be assigned to a new encoder.

Disabled

An encoder cannot be disabled on its own, but only by disabling the entire axis.

Create symbols

This option generates typical symbol names that are used in TwinCAT Scope, for example.