Chapter 3 Program Tools 20
Menus, Icons and Status Displays
The Ladder programming environment includes the following Menus, Icons and Status Displays
1.
Menu
bar
–
Five
menu
selections
for
program
development
and
retrieval,
editing,
communication
to
connected
controllers,
configuration
of
special
functions
and
viewing
preference
selections.
2.
Main
T
oolbar
–
(From
Left
to
Right)
Icons
for
a
new
program,
opening
a
program, saving a program
and
printing.
Icons
for
Keypad,
Ladder
view
,
HMI/T
ext
editing
and
Symbol
(comments)
editing.
Icons
for
Monitor
,
Simulator,
Controller
Mode
changes
(Run,
Stop,
and
Quit),
and
Read/Write
programs
to/from
the SG2 smart relay
.
3.
Usage
List
–
List
for
all
memor
y
types
and
addresses
used
with
the
current
open
program.
Used
addresses
are
designated
by
a
“*”
symbol
below
each
address.
4.
Amount
of
free
programming
memor
y
available.
5.
Current
Mode
–
operation
mode
of
the
controller
,
or
simulator
,
from
the
connected
PC.
6.
Ladder
T
oolbar
–
Icons
for
selecting
and
entering
all
available
Ladder
Logic
instructions.
7.
Status
Bar
–
Status
of
current
open
project
and
connected SG2 smart relay.
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