Rockwell Automation 47C626 AutoMax Programming Executive V4.2 - Manual (Page 57)

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The sections that follow describe the commands in the Rack menu in
the order that the commands appear on the menus. For each of the
commands, required data fields are denoted by (R) and optional
data fields are denoted as (O).
5.3.1 Adding a Rack
Use the following procedure to add a rack. Figure 5.15 illustrates the
Add Rack dialog box.
Step 1.
Select Add to display the Add Rack dialog box.
Step 2. Enter the following information. Some fields may contain
default entries. If you do not change these fields, the
default will be used.
Rack name Ć An alphanumeric string (unique within the
system) of up to 8 characters (no spaces, hyphens, or
underscores). (R)
Slots Ć Select the appropriate type of rack Ć 6, 10, or 16
slots on PC3000.
Location Ć An alphanumeric string of up to 7 characters
that identifies where the rack is physically located. (O)
Engineer Ć Enter the name of the engineer in charge of the
rack. (O)
Description Ć A description of the rack; an alphanumeric
string of up to 40 characters. (O)
Step 3. Select OK to add the rack to the database or Cancel to
return to the System Configurator without adding the rack.
Figure 5.15 Ć Add Rack
5.3.2 Copying a Rack
You can use the Copy command from the Rack menu to copy an
existing rack into a section in an AutoMax system. The source rack
may be in a different library. All database information and files that
exist for the source rack will be copied to the new rack. You can
choose to modify the rack name, description, location, and engineer.
NOTE: Because of a network module's ties to the systemĆwide
network database, copying the rack's local database entries for linked