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Dialog: Options: Device editor

Symbol: _cds_icon_option_device_editor.png

Function: The dialog includes settings for displaying the device editor.

Call: Tools → Options command, Device editor category

Tab: View

Show generic device configuration views

standard icon: The tab with the list of device parameters is available in the device editors of parameterizable devices.

Create cross references for IEC addresses (clean necessary)

standard icon: Creates the cross-references for unmapped I/Os.

Communication page

  • Classic mode: The Communication tab of the device editors is displayed as a split window with the left side showing the current configured gateway channels in a tree structure and the right side showing the associated data and information.

  • Simple mode: The Communication tab is displayed as described in the corresponding chapter in the help.

Additional modes may also be available by means of custom extensions.

Show implicit files for application download on the editor of a PLC

standard icon: The Synchronized Files tab for is available in the device editors. Synchronized files are downloaded to the PLC at the time of application download. These can be external files which have been added to the application, or implicit files such as a source code archive.

Show access rights page

standard icon: The Access Rights tab is available in the device editors.

Note: Depending on the device, the device description may overwrite this setting.

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