First steps
3.2 Description of the user interface
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Window
The work area may contain any number of windows. The functions in the Window menu are
available for arranging the windows.
As in the past, a device is inserted from the icon library using drag&drop. All windows are ini-
tially equal. A window becomes an OSSD window by inserting an output device. If all OSSDs
are defined by a separate configuration window, no further output devices can be inserted in
other windows.
In addition to the OSSD windows, which contain the actual configuration for an AS-Interface
safety monitor, you can use other windows to form substructures (sub-devices) and create
user devices.
In the 1st OSSD and 2nd OSSD windows, the monitoring devices (safe AS-Interface slaves),
start devices, external device monitoring devices, system devices, logic devices and output de-
vices are grouped into the desired configuration and linked to one another using the logical
AND function. Very complex functions can be created in this way.
Operation
To paste devices from the icon library into the other windows, as well as to edit, delete, move
and copy devices between the windows, various options are available depending on your per-
sonal preference:
• With the mouse:
-by drag&drop from the icon library:
click device with the left mouse button, keep mouse button pressed, and move the de-
vice. Simultaneously press the <Ctrl> key for further options:
- If devices are pulled from the selection list to a window with the mouse, the device is
automatically inserted. If the <Ctrl> key is pressed before the mouse button is relea-
sed, the selected device replaces the device previously present at this position.
•using the right mouse button:
click device with right mouse button and select action from the pop-up menu. If necessary,
change to another window area, click the right mouse button again and select action.
• using menu commands:
click device with the left mouse button, on the Edit menu select one of the commands
Deactivate, Invert, Delete, Select, Paste, Move, Assign or Replace. If necessary, chan-
ge to another window area, click OSSD, Preprocessing, device or position and again click
a command on the Edit menu.
Note
The Preprocessing window area familiar from previous software versions no longer exists.
For AS-Interface safety monitors of types 1and 2 with "Basic" function range, the only possible
logic device available for the linking of two monitoring or system devices is the logic OR func-
tion.
Note
The view in the window is updated by pressing the <F5> key; i.e. the window contents are re-
drawn on the screen.