Rockwell Automation 8520-OM Offline Development System User Manual - Manual (Page 32)

3--8 Getting Started with ODS
Publication 8520--UM051A--EN--P --July 2000
Offline Development Manual (ODS) Software User Manual
The status line of the ODS screen shows the active Project,
Application, and Utility. Figure 3.1 illustrates the way that ODS is
organized by project, application, and utility.
Figure 3.1
ODS Organization By Project, Application, and Utility
Applications
PROJ1 PROJ2 PROJ3 PROJ4 PROJ5 Projects
Utilities
AMP
Part
File
Document
Edit Edit
Upload Download
Document
Edit
Compile
IMC File
Edit
Text
Edit
MML
Syntax
Data
Management
Management
PAL
Assignments
I/O MML
MML
AMP
MML
AMP
Compile
Build
Monitor
Document
Ladder
Program
Editor
PAL & I/O
Part
Program
PAL & I/O
Management
Message
Editor
Edit
Build
Config
Display
Page
Editor
Part
Program
Module
Module
Program
Program
Xref
Build
Config
Project
ODS creates configuration and interface files for the controller and
machine, and organizes these files into projects as shown in
Figure 3.2. You can compare a project to a file storage area for a
particular motion controller and machine application.
Reading the Status Line