Maple Systems MAPware-100 - Manual (Page 12)

• Send to OIT: Sends a project from MAPware 100 to the OIT (pg. 27).
• Help: Context-sensitive help (pg. 28).
New Project
The New Project button is the shortcut for the File/New menu item. Clicking on this button with
the mouse will cause MAPware 100 to start a new project. If a project is currently loaded and it
has changed, you will be asked if you wish to save the existing project before starting a new one.
If you select NO, the edited project will be lost. The following dialog box will appear:
Select the PLC that the OIT will be connected to using the select box in the PLC Type group.
To do this, place the cursor on the down arrow and click on the left mouse button. The Select
box will drop and display a list of the currently supported PLCs from which you can choose.
Using the mouse, scroll through the selection and double click on the desired PLC protocol
driver. Some PLC families have models with varying memory configurations. If this is the
case on the selected PLC protocol driver, the Model group will be enabled. In a similar
fashion to selecting a PLC protocol driver, use the mouse to select the specific PLC model
the OIT will be connected to.
As various PLC protocol drivers are selected, a description of the protocol and PLC family
will appear on the Description group. This is information only and may be used to help
identify the proper protocol driver for a particular PLC. More information about the PLC
protocol driver specifics may be found by clicking on the Help button.
Once you are satisfied with the selected PLC protocol driver, click on the Start New Project
button to begin a new project file. If you do not wish to change protocol drivers at this time,
click on the Cancel button.
Note: The MAPware 100 software always starts up with a default protocol selected.
Therefore, it is important to select the New button and choose the appropriate PLC
protocol before screen data is entered.
Since screen data information varies with the PLC protocol used, any project created for a
particular PLC protocol cannot be transferred to another project using a different PLC
protocol.
Open Existing Project
The Open Existing Project button is the shortcut for the File/Open menu item. This button is
used to load from disk a previously saved project file.
Note: All projects use the .mwr extension.
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