Operation Tools

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Operation Tools

Operation Tools

mbul_mail Toolbar, key combinations and window menu

mbul_mail Other tools and operations of the simulator

Toolbar, key combinations and window menu

The simulator is provided with the following toolbar:

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Into the standard menu of the simulator window, several commands are added (to open the menu, right-click the window title bar):

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In addition, key combinations and buttons in the bottom window part are provided to make operations.

The toolbar, key combinations and window menu serve to make, in many respects, the same operations, so that correspondence of different tools is given in the description below (menu commands are typed in parenthesis):

mbul   modrssim_img7 CTRL-A – save values of all registers

mbul   modrssim_img8 CTRL-L – load values of all registers

mbul   modrssim_img9 CTRL-E – zeroize all registers

mbul   modrssim_img10 CTRL-S – open a dialog to configure the current protocol (see Modbus Ethernet Configuration and RS-232 Configuration )

mbul   modrssim_img11 – open the dialog to configure animation (see Animation Configuration )

mbul   modrssim_img12 CTRL-N – open the dialog to configure noise (only for the protocols over RS232; see Noise Configuration )

mbul   modrssim_img13 CTRL-B (About MOD_sim…) – open the dialog About Mod_RSsim

mbul   CTRL-C – change display registers/communications. The most-right bottom button modrssim_img14 / modrssim_img15 executes the same function (a key-top marking depends on current display):

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Analysis of communications is useful for protocol interpretation.

mbul   CTRL-J – simulate the error inJect (a character is forcedly inserted into a protocol used over RS232)

mbul   modrssim_img18 CTRL-M (Adv.Emulation) – open the dialog to configure emulation for the given protocol (see Extra Parameters of MODBUS Emulation )

mbul   modrssim_img19 CTRL-T (Solid Window, Alpha Blend 60% and Alpha Blend 70%) – jump to next level of simulator window transparency (there are 3 levels switched cyclically)

mbul   modrssim_img20 (Port Open/Close) – open/close the port. In Serial protocols this makes the simulator release the serial port so other programs can access it. The simulator is effectively disabled in this mode.

mbul   F1 – show help

mbul   (Always on top) – ensures that the simulator window remains on top of other windows, select it again to turn the mode off

mbul   (CSV Import) – import CSV files containing register values

mbul   (Read only) – turns the simulator into read-only mode, registers cannot be set

Other tools and operations of the simulator

In addition, the following operations are available in the simulator window:

mbul   Double click over a register – open the dialog to set a register value (if a register has a BOOL data type, invert a register)

mbul   Single click over a station indicator modrssim_img21 in the bottom window part – disconnect/connect the station

mbul   Dragging a window boundary – change window size

Indicators of the upper window part:

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mbul   modrssim_img24 – exchange state

mbul   modrssim_img25 – 2 red LEDs. The left LED glows if data are received, the right one, if data are transferred.

mbul   modrssim_img26 – a format of address appearance

mbul   modrssim_img27 (Modbus) or modrssim_img28 (Allen-Bradley) – an address area/register type or a file

mbul   modrssim_img29 – the green LED. It glows in the training simulation mode

mbul   modrssim_img30 – a format of data appearance

mbul   modrssim_img31 – a protocol. If a protocol is changed, simulator of the currents protocol stops, and simulator of the chosen protocol starts.

mbul   modrssim_img32 – the MODBUS clone button: Only use this one on MODBUS, it does the word-swap correction for proper presentation of values in a clone PLC. This mainly affects the display of 32-bit float values.

In the bottom part:

mbul   modrssim_img33 – launch the training simulation that simulates a water tank, input and output valves, and  a heater, which heats up water, depending on volume (if the code is not loaded, the training simulation does not work; see Animation Configuration ).