Rockwell Automation 8520-OM Offline Development System Software - Manual (Page 62)

5–21 Using ODS for Project Management
Publication MCD-5.1 -August 1999
After opening or creating a project, you can select an application in
which to work. ODS offers various applications for each of the
products:
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AMP — (IMC 110, 120, 121, 123, 9/Series, and 9/PC) lets you
create, edit, and document files of system parameter values
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PAL
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— (9/Series) lets you create, edit, document, and compile
PAL programs (machine interface ladder logic).
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MML — (IMC 110, 120, 121, and 123) lets you create a machine
interface, using English-like statements for axis motion and I/O
control
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I/O Assignments — (9/Series) lets you create, edit, and
document the I/O assignments for this control
•
Part Programs — (9/Series and 9/PC) lets you create, edit and
download part programs (RS-274 format)
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Upload — lets you read AMP, MML, I/O Assignments, Part
Programs, and PAL files from the servo contro
ller
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Download — lets you send AMP, MML, I/O Assignments, Part
Programs, and PAL files from ODS to the servo controller
To select an application from the F3-Application menu:
1. Pull down the F3-Application menu and select one of the
applications listed.
ODS activates the application selected and displays its name on
the status line. For example:
PAL is the selected application
2. Once an application is selected, you can pull down the F4-Utility
menu to select a utility.
Selecting an Application