User`s guide

Control Strategy Configuration
Connecting/Disconnecting Function Blocks (Softwiring)
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Connecting/Disconnecting Function Blocks (Softwiring)
Introduction
A control strategy is created by connecting function blocks to each other (Softwiring).
Connecting
To connect two blocks, you must softwire a block’s output pin to the other block’s input pin (or vice versa).
CAUTION
If a function block is (inadvertently) placed on top of another block with pins touching, wires
connected to the touching pins may follow the wrong block, when the block again moves.
Solution: Place drawing items so their boundaries do not touch or overlap. When moving
drawing items groups, release the group over empty diagram space.
The outputs are always on the right or bottom of blocks; inputs are always on the top or left of the blocks.
• Double click at the end of a block’s output (or
input) pin. A single segment wire will adopt a
straight or “L” shaped route.
• You can click anywhere on the drawing to make
a wire vertex and continue to either another
vertex or a block pin.
A wire can have up to eight vertices including endpoints.
You can connect two or more wires to the same output pin.