Rockwell Automation 1788-FFCT NI-FBUS Configurator User Manual - Manual (Page 49)

Publication 1788-UM052B-EN-P - April 2002
Using the NI-FBUS Configurator 4-21
Descriptions of the icons on this toolbar follow:
Tabs of the Block Window
The Block window groups the parameters by functional category. For
example, parameters related to alarms appear on the Alarms tab, and
parameters related to tuning appear on the Tuning tab.
Uncategorized parameters appear on the Others tab.
You can also customize the tabs of the Block window. You can add or
delete tabs, change the order in which they appear in the window,
and add or remove any block parameters.
Toolbar Item Name Description
Device Tag This field shows the function block tag. To change the block tag, click the field.
Write Changes Click this button to write only changed parameters to the block on the device, including
changed block tags.
Write All Click this button to write all parameters, including changed block tags, to the block on the
device.
Read Selected Click this button to read a selected parameter.
Read All Click this button to read all parameters.
Refresh Click this button to update the screen.
Customize Click this button to add, delete, or rename tabs for this type of block.
Spaced View Click this button to add space between parameter listings.
Simple View Click this button to display only the Parameter and Value columns.
Detailed View Click this button to display the Parameter, Value, Type & Range, and Help columns.
TIP When you customize a tab of the Block window, that
customization applies to all blocks of the same type.
In other projects, blocks of the same type will have
the same tab configuration.