Edit Program properties

Description

Displays the name of the program whose properties are being viewed.

Displays a description of the program whose properties are being viewed.

Displays the parent program of this program in the logical model.

Indicates whether the program is a Safety program or a standard program. This value applies to Safety applications only.

Indicates whether the item whose properties being viewed is a program folder. This parameter is not applicable for Equipment Phases.

Displays the task in which the program is scheduled.

Select to apply edits and close the

Program Properties

dialog box.

If online, the changes are sent to the controller.

Select to cancel edits and close the

Program Properties

dialog box.

Select to apply edits and continue editing in the

Program Properties

dialog box.

If online, the changes are sent to the controller.

Description

Select the Main routine assigned to this program from the list.

Select the Fault routine assigned to this program from the list.

Select

Inhibit Program

to prevent the controller from executing this program. The check box is cleared by default.

This check box is not shown if the

Use as Folder

check box is selected on the General tab.

Select

Synchronize Redundancy Data after Execution

to synchronize data at the end of the program execution.

This check box is not shown for non-Redundancy catalog numbers or if the

Use as Folder

check box is selected on the

General

tab. The check box is always enabled for controllers with Redundancy enabled as long as the controller is not in Hard Run mode. The check box appears dimmed when Redundancy is not enabled.

Select to apply edits and close the

Program Properties

dialog box.

Select to cancel edits and close the

Program Properties

dialog box.

Select to apply edits and continue editing in the

Program Properties

dialog box.

Description

Select the row of the program parameter to edit.

Select to view the members of the program parameter. Some program parameters require cascading more than one level to see all the members.

Select to collapse the list.

To create a program parameter, look for the create icon at the bottom of the grid and enter the name of the program parameter for the

Name

parameter.

Select the usage type from the list. Select an

Input

,

Output

,

InOut

, or

Public

parameter.

Specific conditions exist for the usage value when online with the controller.

Use this column to switch to another valid usage type.

For the

FactoryTalk Batch

Server to see the program parameter, select the

Sequencing

check box. A sequence can only use

Input

and

Output

parameters.

Enter the type of tag to create or select

Browse

to navigate to the

Select Data Type

dialog box. Choose the appropriate data type.

Enter the tag to use as an alias tag or select

Browse

to access tags using the tag browser. For more information, see

Using the Tag Browser

.

Optionally, use this field to alias a parameter of another program. Select the down arrow to select tags using the tag browser.

The

Base Tag

parameter automatically populates. The

Base Tag

is the last link in an alias chain. This is the tag that contains the datatype definition.

Enter a description for the program parameter.

If a description for a particular item is not provided, the description of the next highest item in the tag hierarchy appears in this column. This is called a pass-through description. These descriptions appear according to these rules.

If a description for the item is not provided, then the description appears dimmed in this column, indicating that the description originates from another item.

Can only edit explicit descriptions (that is, those items that do not appear dimmed.)

Select whether the tag has Read/Write, Read Only, or no access (None) from external applications such as HMIs.

Cannot edit the external access if an alias tag is selected.

Select the

Constant

check box to prevent executing logic from writing values to the associated program parameter. If a logic routine tries to write to a constant tag, the routine does not verify.

Use the

Connections

column to view one connection associated with the program parameter.

If multiple connections exits, the connections are shown in the

{X:Y} Connections

format.

For example, for

{2:3} Connections

, the 2 represents the number of connections to the tag member; 3 represents the total number of connection to all of the sub-members of the tag member.

When selecting a row that has connections, the connections show in the Connections grid in the bottom part of the Parameters tab. If a connection has multiple connections, the

{X:Y} Connections

format is shown.

To add a new connection to the program parameter, look for the create icon at the bottom of the

Connections

grid. Enter the name of the program parameter or controller scope tag in the

Name

parameter. Select

Browse

to navigate to the

Select Tag

dialog box to choose a tag.

The leftmost part of the grid indicates the condition of the program parameter or connection:

Select to apply edits and close the

Program Properties

dialog box.

Select to cancel edits and close the

Program Properties

dialog box.

Select to apply edits and continue editing in the

Program Properties

dialog box.

Description

Displays the largest scan time since the last Reset.

The time used for this task from the previous scan.

Select to reset the scan time values.

Select to apply edits and close the

Program Properties

dialog box.

Select to cancel edits and close the

Program Properties

dialog box.

Select to apply edits and continue editing in the

Program Properties

dialog box.