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Configuring the Ultra5000 Drive Chapter 4
Creating a new Global Variable
To create a new Global Variable, perform these steps.
1. Click the Global Variables branch for an Ultra5000 drive in the Workspace
window.
2. Click Variable in the Insert menu (or place the cursor on the Global
Variables branch and right-click Insert Variable from the pop-up menu).
The New Variable dialog box opens.
3. Enter this information in the New Variable dialog box.
4. Click OK.
Once a Global variable has been created, its name appears in the Workspace
window beneath the Global Variables branch.
Property Description
Name Type the variable or array name.
Type The variable type:
• Long Int
• Float
Number of Elements Type an integer, from 1 to 200. The total number of
elements from all global variables cannot exceed
8191.
IMPORTANT Ultraware software automatically assigns each global variable an
instance number. When viewed online, the read-only field Array Instance
N appears at the top of a global variable’s properties window. This
instance number must be used to access and use a global variable from a
user-created program. The instance number can change when a global
variable is copied or moved to another drive.