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The Resources
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Resources tab in »PLC Designer«
8.2 PLC Configuration...
The PLC Configuration is found as an object in the register card Resources in the
Object Organizer. With the PLC Configuration editor, you must describe the hardware
the opened project is established for. For the program implementation, the number
and position of the inputs and outputs is especially important. With this description,
»PLC Designer« verifies whether the IEC addresses used in the program also actually
exist in the hardware.
The base of working in the configuration editor is/are the configuration files (*.cfg; see
below Note concerning version compatibility') and the device files (.e.g. *.gsd, *.eds).
These are stored in the directory which is defined in the target file (see Target
Settings) and are read when the project is opened in »PLC Designer«. You can add files
to this directories at any time.
The configuration file *.cfg describes a basic configuration, which is mapped in the
configuration editor, and it defines to which extent the user can customize this
configuration in the editor.