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Ribbon: Schematic tab ➤ Other Tools panel ➤ ➤ Database
Editors drop-down ➤ PLC Database File Editor.
Toolbar: Insert PLC
Menu: Components ➤ Insert PLC Modules ➤ PLC Database File Editor
Command entry: AEPLCDB
Click the New Module or Module Specifications button, then click the Module
Prompts button.
You can define up to nine different prompts at insertion time.
■ To assign a prompt, select the prompt number from the list, enter the
prompt text in the edit box, and click Change.
■ To modify a prompt, select the prompt number from the list, modify the
text in the edit box, and click Change.
■ To remove a prompt, select the prompt number from the list and click the
Remove Selected Prompt button.
Example
If you assigned RACK NUMBER to the prompt %%1 and SLOT NUMBER to
the prompt %%2. At insertion time, the I/O Point dialog box opens. Enter
values for the RACK NUMBER and SLOT NUMBER fields right before the
module is built. The value you enter in the RACK NUMBER edit box is
temporarily saved in memory under the variable name %%1. The SLOT
NUMBER value is saved under the %%2 variable name.
Use these prompts in the attribute grid to fill in attribute values or partial
attribute values at module insertion time.
PLC Database Migration Utility
The Spreadsheet to PLC/IO utility uses the module category to calculate the
insertion point of a module.
■ Input module - inserted near the right or bottom bus line of the ladder.
■ Output module - inserted near the left or top bus line of the ladder.
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