Instruction manual

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TS Programming System9-4
9.3 TS Programming System Operation
The TS programming software is used to design and generate the masks
to be displayed, and to transfer them to the BT operator terminals. The
masks for the PLC controllers are already defined, and are merely
adapted to specific requirements.
9.3.1 Keyboard and Mouse Operation
The TS software can be alternatively operated via keyboard or mouse in-
put device.
The menu bar at the top edge of the screen can be enabled by pressing
the [Alt] or [F10] key. Within the opened drop-down menus, the high-
lighting, or selection, can be moved between menu commands with the
use of the [CURSOR UP] or [CURSOR DOWN] cursor keys. Pressing
the [RETURN] key executes the selected menu command. To the right of
some menu commands in the menus, a special shortcut key is indicated
that can be used for starting the respective menu command directly from
within the display masks of the operator terminal. Several display masks
contain switches, or action buttons, that are labelled with the name of the
key that needs to be pressed to carry out the respective action. A signifi-
cant function is that of the [TAB] key, which causes the cursor to jump
from one screen area to another within a given window.
The required mouse action to operate the various menus, menu com-
mands and switches consists of pointing at the desired menu command,
and then pressing the LEFT mouse button. (In more recent software par-
lance, this action is also referred to as Clicking the menu command.)
Pressing [F1] displays a Help text for the current display mask or window.
In the case of some windows, this Help text is context-sensitive. This
means, for example, that if the cursor is positioned in one display area,
e.g. Area A, the displayed Help text will be different from the Help text that
which would be displayed if [F1] had been pressed with the cursor posi-
tioned in Area B.
9.3.2 Project
Subsequent to creating a project with the aid of the PLC software, the
PLC modules and the menu tree must be copied from the BT-MADAP
diskette into the subdirectories assigned to the respective project. The re-
quired instructions are provided in Chapter 9, "TS Software Installation."