Rockwell Automation GMLC Reference Manual - Manual (Page 869)

Publication GMLC-5.2 - November 1999
832 Going Online
Accessing Your Controller
You can access your controller either by pressing the Online Connection
button on the Online Toolbar or by selecting Online Connection from the
Diagram menu. First you must turn on the Controller. When
communication with your motion controller is enabled, the command/
response links with the controller appear in the Terminal Window.
Translating a Diagram to a Program and Downloading
A diagram must be downloaded to the controller before it can be used.
The download process translates the diagram to program script and
downloads the script to the controller. If you make functional changes to
your diagram, you must download it again before you run it. You do not
need to download if the changes are nonfunctional changes, such as
dragging blocks or connections.
To download the diagram appearing in the workspace:
1. Select Diagram Download from the Diagram menu.
2. The download process begins. A dialog box appears requesting con-
firmation to download.
3. Select Yes to continue with the download.
4. Once the download has completed successfully, you can do one of the
following: