MTS Series 793 - Manual (Page 57)

1. Select a Project as desired and click Open, or click New Project and perform the New Project wizard.
Note:
If the Select Project window does not appear, a default Project is assigned and opens automatically.
You assign default Projects with the Project Manager application.
2. If more than one controller is detected, the Controller Selection window appears. Select the desired
controller.
3. The Open Configuration window appears. Select the desired station configuration, or click Cancel to open
a new, untitled station configuration.
How to Create a Station Configuration File
You create station configuration files by defining station resources from the pool of system resources listed
in the hardware interface file associated with the controller in the current Project. Once you have allocated
the resources you need, you save your configuration to a station configuration file.
The complexity of the station configuration files you create depends on the type of resources that are necessary
to configure your system. For example, if you want to provide simple programming to an external controller,
you may only need to allocate a single analog output resource.
However, if you want to maintain closed-loop control on one or more channels, you probably need to allocate
resources for multiple outgoing program signals, multiple incoming feedback signals, a hydraulic power source,
auxiliary inputs, and readouts.
Note:
The Transformations station resource is specialized and pertains only to systems equipped with optional
Model 793.15 Degree of Freedom (DOF) software.
Station Builder Controls and Displays
About the Station Builder Main Window
With the Station Builder window controls you can allocate hardware resources such as valve drivers,
conditioners, analog I/O, digital I/O, and hydraulic control resources to create station resources.
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Station Builder