User`s guide

Control Strategy Configuration

Modifying an Existing Configuration

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Modifying an Existing Configuration

Introduction

To modify an existing configuration , the configuration file (.FBD) must be open in the active window. The

file can be opened from the PC hard drive or can be uploaded from the controller and edited.

Modifying a file stored on the PC

Step Action Result/Graphic

1 OPEN AN EXISTING FILE.

Select “OPEN” from the “FILE” menu.

The “OPEN” dialog box will appear.

Click on a file name, then click “OPEN”. The Function Block Diagram will appear in the

window.

Edit the Function Block Diagram, then SAVE it to

the file [see How to Save a Function Block

Diagram (page 140)] or you can Download the file

to the controller [see How to Download a Control

Strategy (page 141)].

Uploading from the controller

Refer to Uploading a Database from the Controller section for instructions to upload a database from the

controller.

Edit the file, then store the database in the PC [refer to How to Save a Function Block Diagram (page 140)],

or download the file database to the controller. [Refer to How to Download a Control Strategy (page 141)

to download.]