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LogicPro User’s Guide Glossary
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Click, Double
Click twice in rapid succession, usually with the left
mouse button of your pointing device.
Click, Left
Depressing the left mouse button on your mouse or
pointing device.
Click, Right
Depressing the right mouse button on your mouse or
pointing device.
Clipboard
A Windows Application that captures and temporarily
stores information. Used primarily in editing, this is
the area where cut and copy information resides until
replaced with new data or shutting down the system.
Cloning
A method of quickly duplicating variables within a
Project.
Coil
Electrical element utilized to energize switch contacts,
motors, etc.
Coil, Normal
A coil that enables an output when it is energized (a
TRUE condition is present).
Coil, Unlatched
A coil that, when powered, resets to the off condition.
Sometimes referred to as a “Reset Coil.”
Coil, Latched
A coil that, when power is available from the left pow-
er rail, is set to the on condition and remains on until
reset. Sometimes referred to as a “Set coil.”
COM Channel
Serial communication path through which a PC trans-
mits and receives data.
Compiler
Computer program (such as Borland C++) that gener-
ates machine language code that is eventually loaded
onto the Resource controller.
COM Port
A computer interface used for connecting and commu-
nicating with external devices.
COM1
The name of a serial communication port. This is the
unique name of one of several serial ports on a PC.
COM2
The name of a serial communication port. This is the
unique name of one of several serial ports on a PC.
Configuration File
A file that contains operating parameters for an appli-
cation or operating system. For example, in Windows
“*.ini” files contain important Windows configuration
information. While in the MS-DOS environment this
information coexists with information for other Appli-
cations in the config.sys file.
Constants
A value used in programming that never changes dur-
ing the lifetime of an application. The other type of
value used in programming is the variable and its value
may change during Program execution.
Contacts
Nodes through which energy flows, such as normally
open and normally closed contacts.
Control Logic
The characteristic behavior of Programs created in
LogicPro (i.e., SFC, Ladder and FBD). The com-
mands issued by these Programs to govern the opera-
tions of machinery or other hardware.
Controller
The device that accepts and runs the logic Program
created with
LogicPro .