User`s guide

Control Builder Overview
Configuration Functions
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Function block diagrams
Function Block diagrams let you build your control strategy graphically right on the Control Builder
Window. It provides a full complement of SAMA-style symbols that we call Function Blocks that can be
“softwired” to each other. It also includes signal tag generation capability for resident control data that can
be linked to displays and other software programs.
Function block diagram rules
• Do not place Function Block icons over another or overlap pins.
• A pin output may be soft-wired to any number of inputs of other blocks.
• You may change direction for soft-wiring with a left mouse click (up to 6 direction changes).
• You may use “Signal tags” and “Connectors” to substitute for soft-wired connections and for reference
across diagram pages.
• You may move a block or group of blocks by selecting blocks or “boxing a group of blocks”.
• You may cross soft-wires.
• You can cut, copy, or paste (from File menu or Right-click on the diagram) one or more blocks by
selecting or “boxing” within an application or between active applications (allows function block
libraries to be stored).
Figure 8 Typical loop control configuration