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Popup Menu - Feature

Overview

The resource pop-up menu provides quick functions related to the selected resource.

Resource Popup Menu

The functions available in the resource popup menu are listed below:

  • Set as Primary Resource
  • New Resource
  • Save As...
  • Rename...
  • Delete
  • Print
  • Properties

Set as Primary Resource​

When a configuration has multiple resources, the resource in use must be set as the primary resource. To do this, select Set as Primary Resource from the pop-up menu. After the operation, the main resource is displayed in bold in the settings tree.

ℹ️ Note: Remember to always set the resource you want to work with as the main resource to avoid editing and downloading errors.

New Resource​

See the Creating a New Resource section for details on creating resources.

Save As...​

To duplicate a resource, click the Save As menu item in the pop-up menu.

Save As - Step 1

In the Name field, enter the new name for the resource and click the OK button.

Save As - Step 2

The new resource can be viewed in Settings.

Save As - Step 3

Rename​

To rename a resource, choose Rename..., fill in the New Name field, and confirm with Ok or Cancel.

Delete​

To delete a resource, select Delete from the pop-up menu. A confirmation message will be displayed; click Ok to delete or Cancel to abort.

Print​

Select the desired options in the print window and confirm to print or cancel the operation.

Properties​

The Properties option displays several categories of resource settings:

  • Communication Configuration
  • Program Copy
  • Device
  • Information
  • Memory Areas

1) Communication Configuration​

The communication configuration category allows you to:

  • Adjust the host name and port of the communication manager;
  • Adjust the device (Equipment);
  • Adjust the physical layer;
  • Adjust the port settings;
  • Adjust communication times;
  • Test communication (current connection); and
  • View the communication status.

Communication Configuration

2) Program Copy​

Note: Option available for CFW300.

The program copy category allows you to select the type of copy of the user program from the memory card to the device, where:

  • Allow copy: allows the ladder program to be copied to a flash memory module (CFW300-MMF);
  • Allow only one copy: allows the ladder program to be copied to a flash memory module (CFW300-MMF), which allows it to be loaded into another device; but does not allow copying from this device to another flash memory module; in other words, it does not allow copying of a copy;
  • Does not allow copying: prevents the ladder program from being copied to a flash memory module (CFW300-MMF);

Program Copy

3) Device​

The device (or equipment) category allows you to:

  • Change the firmware version;
  • Select/remove accessories;
  • Read the equipment identification, viewing the model and firmware version.

Device

4) Information​

The information category allows you to view/change configuration data such as:

  • Author;
  • Client;
  • Description.

Information

5) Memory Areas​

The memory areas category allows you to change the amount of memory (in bytes) allocated to each resource section, where:

  • Allocated memory: editable text boxes display allocated memory information, allowing the user to change it;
  • Memory Occupied: The non-editable text boxes display information about the memory currently occupied by the resource loaded on the device;
  • Limits: Next to these boxes, the range of acceptable allocated memory values for each field is displayed.

Clicking the Allocated button displays a graph of the allocated memory.

Clicking the Occupied button displays a graph of the occupied memory.

Memory Areas