Rockwell Automation 2711E-ND1 PanelBuilder 1400E Configurator Software Getting Started - Manual (Page 42)

3–6 A Brief Tour of PanelBuilder 1400e
Publication 2711E-818 – January 1998
Folders
The Application Window contains four folders, which contain
groupings of editors or dialog boxes.
This folder Contains
PLC Communications Dialog boxes and editors for configuring communications with
the PLC. This includes setting up nodes and scan classes for
Data Highway Plus, ControlNet, and Modbus applications, and
configuring racks and block transfer files for Remote I/O
applications.
System Dialog boxes and editors for configuring the terminal, tag
database, alarms, PLC I/O Control options, and the Information
Message Window.
Messages Editors for creating information, local, and alarm messages.
Screens Application screens developed with PanelBuilder 1400e
software. There are no screens in a new application.
Dialog Boxes
Dialog boxes are used to configure specific properties of the
application. For example, in the Configure Terminal Setup dialog
box, you assign the Application Startup screen and target firmware
version for the application and specify timing parameters such as
hold times for push buttons. Frequently, dialog boxes are arranged
into tabs, according to the type of information. For example, the
Configure Terminal Setup dialog box has a General tab, a Timing
Parameters tab and, for function-key applications, an Object Setup
tab.
Editors
Editors are the tools for creating and configuring the more complex
components of an application in PanelBuilder 1400e. For example,
in the Tag Database editor you create and edit tags. In the Messages
editors you create messages that appear when the application is
running. With the Expressions Editor you create expressions to
manipulate the display of tag values at the PanelView terminal and
reduce the complexity of PLC ladder logic.