Rockwell Automation SCD Operating Software - Manual (Page 5)

SCD Operating Software User Manual
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• Online help on the SCD
• Online help on device-specific subjects (e.g. configuration
procedures)
• Operating instructions for the devices supplied by Allen-Bradley
Guardmaster Safety Systems in Portable Document Format
(PDF)
Figure 1: List of contents of the online help
The online help function can be opened separately using the
command Programs, Allen-Bradley Guardmaster
Applications, Help on Allen-Bradley Guardmaster SCD or
in the SCD in the menu ?. From one of the SCD dialog boxes, click
the Help button in the dialog box or press the F1 key. The related
description for the dialog box is then displayed automatically.
The descriptions in the online help explain the functions and
relationships in the dialog boxes. Use the Detailed instructions
button in the descriptions to go to the step-by-step instructions
of the online help.
Figure 2: Detailed instructions button
If several sets of step-by-step instructions are available, the Topics
found dialog box is opened. Choose there the required topic and
click the Display button.
Manuals
Safety Configuration & Diagnostic Software
On the documentation
User interface
Overview
Menu, symbol and status bar
Navigation and viewing area
Printer setup
Selecting the language
Keyboard commands
Directory structure of the program
Working with projects
User interface
Configuration
Diagnosis data
Figure 3: Topics found in dialog box
The step-by-step instructions describe the related procedure in
detail.
Figure 4: Example of step-by-step instructions
As the SCD is used for the configuration and diagnostics on a
number of protective devices from Rockwell Automation, along
with the basic description there are device-specific help subjects.
From these basic descriptions you can open the device-specific help
subjects using the Device-specific subjects link at the end of a
dialog box description.
Figure 5: Device-specific subjects link
The Contents button in the dialog box descriptions and in the
step-by-step instructions will always take you back to the list of
contents.
Figure 6: Contents button
Once back in the list of contents and in the appropriate dialog
box descriptions, you can also open the operating instructions for
the desired protective devices.
To do so, you must have the related file in PDF format and Adobe
Acrobat
®
Reader™ installed on your PC. If this is not the case, a
warning is displayed.
How to Use this Document
After you have carefully read the above sections, please note the
following notes on the document.
• If the software is as yet not installed, please read the chapter
Installation in this user manual.
• If you are working with the software for the first time, please
read the chapter Product description.
• If you are familiar with the software and want to configure
devices, please read the chapter Configuration.
• If you are familiar with the software and want to perform
diagnostics on devices, please read the chapter Diagnostics.
SCD software