“General” Settings¶
The tab “General” contains general information about the target system and the relevant windows in the Control Builder.
The parameters have the following meaning:
| Parameter | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Configurable | If activated: Support configurable I/O configurations and download configuration descriptions to the controller |
| Download as file | If activated: When downloading, the I/O configuration file is downloaded to the controller together with the project. If the checkbox is deactivated, the I/O configuration will be downloaded to the controller in the download format without displaying the download progress. |
| Support preemptive multitasking | If activated: Support task configuration and download task description to controller |
| No address checking | If deactivated: When compiling the project, the IEC addresses are checked |
| Online Change | If activated: Online Change functionality |
| Singletask in multitasking | not yet implemented |
| Byte addressing mode | If deactivated: Byte addressing mode |
| Initialize zero | If activated: General initialization with zero |
| Download symbol file | If deactivated: The symbol file possibly created during the download will not be loaded into the controller. |
| Symbol config from INI file | If deactivated: The parameters for the symbol configuration are read from the project options window. |
| PLC Browser | If activated: PLC browser functionality supported. |
| Trace | If activated: Trace recording possible. |
| VAR_IN_OUT as reference | If activated: At a function call, VAR_IN_OUT variables are called by reference (pointer); therefore no constants can be assigned and no read/write access is possible from outside the function block. |
| Initialize inputs | If activated: Init code is generated for the inputs declared with “AT %IX”. |
| Load bootproject automatically | If activated: After the download, a bootproject is created automatically from the new program and sent to the PLC. |
| SoftMotion | If deactivated: No SoftMotion functionality supported |
| Retain forcing | If activated: Forced values are kept even at logout (provided the user has decided to retain the force list). |
| Save | If the options “Retain forcing” and “Save” are activated, the force list is stored at every force action to the SD Memory Card (only if SD Memory Card is plugged into CPU) |
| Update unused I/Os |