Backing up a project to floppy disk – Rockwell Automation 8520-OM Offline Development System User Manual User Manual

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Using ODS for Project Management

Publication 8520--UM051A--EN--P -- October 2000

Offline Development Manual (ODS) Software User Manual

3. Select the project to be deleted and press [

ENTER

], or press [

ESC

]

to cancel.

ODS displays the information for the selected project and asks for
permission to delete it.

Notice that the

WARNING

box in the lower left corner appears only

if you try to delete the active project.

4. Respond to the question:

OK to DELETE the project?

If you want to:

press:

then ODS:

keep the project

[N]

returns to step 3

It does not delete the project, again displays the project
directory and asks for another selection.

delete the project

[Y]

displays this message:

Deleting project sub-directories

displays the main menu when the project is complete

ODS stores the files you created, including the configuration and
interface files, on the computer’s hard disk. The

Backup

option of

the F2-Project menu lets you copy an entire project and all of its files
from the hard disk to a floppy disk(s).

After backing up a project to floppy, you can delete it from the hard
disk. This helps save space on the hard disk and helps avoid having
inactive projects in the directory.

Important: Be sure to initialize your floppy disks.

Backing Up a Project to

Floppy Disk

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