Nematron Pointe Controller User Manual
Page 5
Pointe Controller User Guide
Table of Contents
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Chapter 5: Developing Controller Programs ................................................. 105
5.1
Basic Concepts in PointeControl............................................................................................... 106
5.1.1
Multiple Programming Languages........................................................................... 106
5.1.2
Memory Allocation and Access.................................................................................. 106
5.1.3
The Scan Cycle ................................................................................................................ 107
5.2
The Visual Framework Editor (VFE) ......................................................................................... 108
5.2.1
The Framework Editor toolbar .................................................................................. 109
5.2.2
The Project Workspace pane...................................................................................... 109
5.2.3
The Object Editor pane................................................................................................ 110
5.2.4
The Messages pane ....................................................................................................... 110
5.3
Managing PointeControl Projects............................................................................................ 111
5.3.1
Creating and opening projects .................................................................................. 111
5.3.2
Importing and exporting projects............................................................................. 111
5.3.3
Documenting your project.......................................................................................... 112
5.4
Defining Variables in Logic Memory....................................................................................... 113
5.4.1
Java reserved words...................................................................................................... 113
5.4.2
Defining Input, Memory, and Output tags ............................................................ 114
5.4.3
Defining strings in Logic Memory............................................................................. 116
5.4.4
Defining timers in Logic Memory ............................................................................. 117
5.4.5
Importing and exporting databases......................................................................... 118
5.5
Associating Tags with I/O points .............................................................................................. 121
5.5.1
Specifying your installed hardware.......................................................................... 121
5.5.2
Configuring I/O modules ............................................................................................. 127
5.5.3
Configuring operator panels...................................................................................... 128
5.5.4
Configuring additional OptiLogic RTUs .................................................................. 128
5.6
Building and Editing Flow Charts ............................................................................................ 129
5.6.1
Creating a new Flow Chart ......................................................................................... 131
5.6.2
Navigating the Flow Chart editor ............................................................................. 132
5.6.3
Placing and configuring Flow Chart blocks............................................................ 135
5.6.4
Building logical expressions........................................................................................ 136
5.6.5
Moving, resizing, and deleting blocks in a Flow Chart....................................... 143
5.6.6
Adding comments to a Flow Chart........................................................................... 145
5.6.7
Logging changes in a Flow Chart.............................................................................. 146
5.6.8
Making a Flow Chart a reusable Subchart.............................................................. 147