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Insert Network

Symbol: _cds_icon_network.png

Shortcut: Ctrl + I

Function: The command inserts an additional network in the ladder editor. You recognize the possible insertion positions by the plus symbol at the cursor _ld_img_cursor_insert_position.png when you drag the element over the implementation part.

Call: Ladder menu; context menu

Requirements: No block is selected.

Element: Network

A network is the base unit of an LD program. In the ladder editor, the networks are arranged in a list. Each network is provided with an incremented network number on the left side and can include the following: logical and arithmetic expressions, program/function/function block calls, jumps, or return statements.

You can provide each network with a title, comment, or jump label:

Network title: Double-click the first line at the top of a network to specify it.

Network comment: Double-click the second line at the top of a network to specify it.

Jump label: Double-click the third line at the top of a network to specify it. The jump label can then be specified as a target in the Jump element.

In the CODESYS options, in the Ladder editor (LD2) category, you can define whether a network title, a network comment, and a separator between individual networks are displayed in the editor.

If a yellow triangle _ld_icon_non_normalized_network.png can be seen in the left margin of the network, then this means that the network is not "normalized". For example, the layout and processing order could still be from a version < 1.2.0.0. You can find more detailed information about this in the tooltip of the yellow triangle. In the message window, there are corresponding entries in the Ladder Inspection category. For more information about the processing order, see: Processing order and "normalization"

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