Maple Systems MAPware-7000 - Manual (Page 93)

MAPware-7000 Programming Manual 93
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You can also test this project using the offline simulation tool (Project…Run) but the Logic Block
feature is not supported in offline simulation and you are unable to write to any PLC tags.
However, the offline simulation is useful to test operation of keys and the overall presentation
of the screens.
Review
Before we leave this chapter, let us review what we have learned. Although we have not
covered all of the features available in MAPware-7000 or the HMC7000 Series, we have taken
our first steps in using this software and becoming familiar with the rudimentary operation.
Consider what we have learned:

We now know how to start a project, select and configure an HMC7000 model, including
how to assign a PLC driver to one of the COM ports and setting up expansion modules.

The tag database was used to create new tags using internal HMC memory as well as
PLC registers.

We can create new screens, assign tasks to function keys, and create screen tasks.

This project showed us how to create a simple ladder logic program using the Logic
Blocks.

We know how to save, compile, and download a project into the HMC
The rest of this manual will go into greater detail on the many features available in the
HMC7000 Series, beginning with a more in-depth discussion on screen features and using the
tag database.