User`s guide

Release E UMC800 Control Builder User’s Guide vii
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Contents
Overview................................................................................................. 1
UMC800 Overview .......................................................................................................1
Control Builder Software Overview ..............................................................................7
Specifications - Hardware and Software Requirements ..............................................8
Control Builder On-line Help System ...........................................................................9
Installation............................................................................................. 11
Overview ....................................................................................................................11
Installation Procedure ................................................................................................12
Starting the Control Builder Application .....................................................................13
Connecting the PC to the Controller ..........................................................................14
Control Builder Main Window Menu System ......................................... 15
Overview ....................................................................................................................15
Main Window..............................................................................................................18
Main Window Menus..................................................................................................20
Establishing Communications ............................................................... 27
Introduction.................................................................................................................27
Set Up Communications Link.....................................................................................28
Modbus Communications...........................................................................................31
Loopback....................................................................................................................32
Remote Access ..........................................................................................................33
Control Builder Overview ...................................................................... 37
Introduction.................................................................................................................37
Overview ....................................................................................................................38
Control Builder Item Library Tree...............................................................................40
Configuration Functions .............................................................................................41
Graphic Symbols........................................................................................................50
Function Blocks..................................................................................... 51
Overview ....................................................................................................................51
Function Block Definition............................................................................................52
Function Block Attributes ...........................................................................................53