Opening and Updating an Existing Project\ \ \

Attention

:strong:Risk of damaging Automation_Builder projects!

Projects created with Automation_Builder are incompatible with IEC 61131-3 editor V2.3.9.x. Do not open projects with IEC 61131-3 editor V2.3.9.x as this can cause corrupted Automation_Builder projects.

Note

Automation_Builder performs an integrity check for the PLC configuration before generating the configuration.

Opening an existing project

  1. Select File ‣ Open Project.

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    The Open Project dialog appears.

  2. Select the existing project from the file system.

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    Automation_Builder switches to the version of the project and opens the project.

Updating an existing project

With opening an existing project Automation_Builder automatically detects the project version. In case of an outdated project version you are asked, whether the project shall be updated.

  • If you confirm the update, the project is automatically updated to the latest Automation_Builder version.

  • If you decline the update, the outdated version is kept. To update the project at a later date, select Project ‣ Update Project.

    Automation_Builder updates the complete project (complete device tree) to the latest version. Success messages, warnings and errors are described in the section All messages.

Note

To keep an older project, it must be opened with the same Control Builder Plus/ Automation_Builder version the project has been created. For this, the appropriate Control Builder Plus/ Automation_Builder profil must be selected.

In this mode, new Automation_Builder features cannot be used.

Note

It is not possible to downgrade a project to an earlier Automation_Builderversion.

Note

Automation_Builder performs an integrity check for the PLC configuration before generating the configuration.

To update all devices of an existing PLC project, right-click the PLC node and select Update objects. In the dialog enable update subtree option to update all sub-objects. Otherwise only the Processor Module object is updated.

To update a specific device only, the command Update objects can be executed individually at the specific node.