GE Industrial Solutions 6KCV300WPD - Manual (Page 3)

Table of Contents
1 . Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 About this Manual ................................................................................................................................ 1
1 . 2 Document Conventions ........................................................................................................................ 2
1 . 3 Installation of Win+Drive .................................................................................................................... 2
1.3.1 System requirements ................................................................................................................... 2
1.3.2 The Installation Sequence ........................................................................................................... 2
2 . Developing a Application .......................................................................................................... 3
2.1 What is Win+Drive?. ............................................................................................................................ 3
2.2 Introducing the Tools ........................................................................................................................... 3
2.2.1 The Schematic Editor .................................................................................................................. 3
2.2.2 The Code Generation .................................................................................................................. 3
2.2.3 The Simulator .............................................................................................................................. 3
2.2.4 The Library Editor.. ..................................................................................................................... 3
2.3 The Development Process .................................................................................................................... 4
3 . Fast Track t o Win+Drive .............................................................................................................................. 5
3 . 1 Menu Summaries .................................................................................................................................
3.1.1 Managing Files and Printing .......................................................................................................
3.1.2 Editing schematics ....................................................................................................................... 6
3.1.3 Changing the view of the schematics .......................................................................................... 6
3.1.4 Inserting items into the schematics ............................................................................................. 7
Working with compound blocks ..................................................................................................
7
3.1.6 Debugging projects .....................................................................................................................
3.1.7 Tools ............................................................................................................................................ 8
3.1.8 Options ........................................................................................................................................ 8
Window operations ...................................................................................................................... 9
Help menu ................................................................................................................................. 9
4 . The Win+Drive Design Environment......................................................................................................... 1 0
4.1 Starting Win+Drive ............................................................................................................................ 1 0
Starting from Windows 9 5 ........................................................................................................ 1 0
4.1.2 Starting from Windows 3.1 ....................................................................................................... 1 0
4.2 Opening Projects ................................................................................................................................ 1 0
4.2.1 Creating a new project............................................................................................................... 1 0
4.2.2 Opening a n existing project....................................................................................................... 1 0
4.3 Saving a Project ................................................................................................................................. 1 0
4.4 The Screen Layout ........................................................................................................... 1 1
4.4.1 Menus ......................................................................................................................................... 11
4.4.2 Toolbar.. ...................................................................................................................................... 11
4.4.3 Block Selection Bar.. ................................................................................................................. 1 2
4.4.4 Statusbar .................................................................................................................................... 1 2
4.4.5 Windows .................................................................................................................................... 1 3
4.4.6 Schematics Windows.. ............................................................................................................... 1 3
4.4.7 Output Window ......................................................................................................................... 1 4
4.4.8 Monitor Windows ...................................................................................................................... 1 5
4.4.9 Trace Windows .......................................................................................................................... 1 5
Getting Help ............................................................................................................................ 1 6
4.5 Exiting ............................................................................................................................. 1 6
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