Working with Projects
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Working with a ProWORX 32 ProjectProjects in
Offline Mode To work with a controller offline, you must create a project for it. This projec t s tore s
the controller’s traffic cop and configuration information, its ladder logic, and
descriptors of the controller and ladder logic. As you work in offline mode, editors
modify this data. Because the offline editors are not connected directly to the
controller, changes made in it do not take effect immediately. Instead, when you
have finished programming, you can write all your changes to the controller a t once.
Taking a Project
Offline From the project right-click menu in the Navigation panel:
Projects in
Online Mode To work with a controller online, select a project, and changes its mode to online.
ProWORX 32 then attaches to that controller with the communications settings
provided. The online editors read ladder logic, traffic cop information, register
contents, and the controller’s configuration directly from the controller and
ProWORX 32 writes back to it. Changes made in the online mode take effect in the
controller immediately, but don’t appear in its project until you read from the
controller.
Taking a Project
Online From the project right-click menu in the Navigation panel:
Projects in
Emulation Mode To work with a controller in emulation mode, you first make sure that the project is
in offline mode. Bringing a project into emulation mode allows you to emulate the
solving of logic without needing a co ntroller. From emulation mode, you can view the
solving of logic, and the changing of register data. Use the online controls to start
and stop the emulator. For more information, see Using Emulation Mode, p.39.
Taking a Project
to Emulation From the project right-click menu in the Navigation panel:
Step Action
1 Select Project State → Offline.
Step Action
1 Select Project State → Online.
Step Action
1 Select Project State → Emulation.