4-2 User Interface Overview
4-2-1 Starting the Data Link Component
4-2 User Interface Overview
4-2-1 Starting the Data Link Component
The Data Link Component can be set with either of the following methods.
Method 1: While online, right-click the Controller Link Unit or SYSMAC LINK Unit in
the Online Connection Information Window and select Start Data Link
from the popup menu. Alternately, select Tools - Start Data Link from the
menu bar and then select Controller Link or SYSMAC LINK.
Start Data Link cannot be selected if there is not a Controller Link Unit or
SYSMAC LINK Unit mounted in the PLC that is connected online.
Method 2:
While offline, select Tools - Start Data Link from the menu bar and then
select Controller Link or SYSMAC LINK.
4-2-2 Datalink Component
The following illustration shows the window used when constructing Controller Link or
SYSMAC LINK data links manually.
Data Link Configuration
window
Node Editing
window
Toolbar
Function Bar
Data Link Component Menu
Menu Sub-menus
/Commands
Function
New Creates new data link tables.
Open Opens data link tables, Files with any of the file name extensions
shown below can be opened.
When a file is opened, the proper editor starts up.
Controller
Link
cl2 – Controller Link/CLKSS data link tables
cl3 – Controller Link data link tables
clk – CLKSS data link tables
csv – Controller Link data link tables (tab-delineated text file)
SYSMAC
LINK
.sl3 – SYSMAC LINK data link tables
.slk – SYSMAC LINK data link tables for SYSMAC Support
Software
.csv – SYSMAC LINK data link tables (tab-delineated text file)
Save Saves the data link tables that are being edited.
Save As Saves data link tables, Files with any of the file name extensions
shown below can be saved.
Controller
Link
.cl2 – Controller Link/CLKSS data link tables
.cl3 – Controller Link data link tables
.clk – CLKSS data link tables
.csv – Controller Link data link tables (tab-delineated text file)
File
SYSMAC
LINK
.sl3 – SYSMAC LINK data link tables
.csv – SYSMAC LINK data link tables (tab-delineated text file)
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