Rockwell Automation 8520-OM Offline Development System User Manual - Manual (Page 34)

3--10 Getting Started with ODS
Publication 8520--UM051A--EN--P --July 2000
Offline Development Manual (ODS) Software User Manual
Figure 3.3
Application Organization
Applications
machine interface
Applications
machine configuration
Applications
machine motion control
Each project contains several applications that include these files:
•
machine configuration
•
machine interface
•
machine motion control
You can access the F3-Application pulldown menu when you create
or select a project. The type of applications available for a project
depends on the controller that is being integrated to the machine.
Utility
The F4-Utility pulldown menu lets you select the utility needed for
your application. The utilities that are available depend on the active
application. For example, the AMP application includes:
•
an editor utility that lets you create and edit AMP parameter files
•
a document utility that creates lists of the parameter values in an
AMP parameter file