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Function Designer

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Designer

Overview

Objectives
After this chapter you should be able to:

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Describe advantages and disadvantages of the Function Designer

Create simple function diagrams
Deal with variables and diagram references
Allocate function diagrams to applications and generate code
Display and set values in online mode

Reference Documentation

3BSE038018

3BDS011224

3BDS100368

IndustrialIT 800xA System

System Guide Functional Description
IndustrialIT 800xA Engineering
Function Designer
IndustrialIT 800xA Engineering
Function Designer, Introduction and Basic Operation

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Function Designer

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Introduction
Function Diagrams
Function Components
Creating Connections
Generate Code and Cross Communication
Diagram States
Monitoring Tools

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Introduction

General

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Function Designer and Control Builder

Control Builder

Function Designer
Diagram 1
Diagram 2
Diagram 3

Functional Structure
A Function aspect is added to objects in the Functional Structure and each
diagram is allocated to a particular application in the project. The generated code
is created inside single control modules in the Control Structure.

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Object Type Structure

Function aspects are added to types in the libraries in the Object Type Structure.
The generated code is created inside control module types in a library.

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Introduction

Advantages

Any kind of MMS cross communication is automatically generated.

Combinations between control modules and function blocks on a

Function Diagram are possible.

Navigation between references to different pages within one

Function Diagram, or between different Function Diagram.

The objects names within a Function Diagram can start with a

number and the use of a dash is allowed, e.g. 123FIC345-FD.

Generation of function oriented documentation in one step to

document your control configuration according international
standards.

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Intuitive Navigation
Reference to other function

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Reference to other sheet

Reference to nested function

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Introduction

Instant Access and Monitoring

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Restrictions

This version of the Function Designer does not support:

Foundation Fieldbus

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There are still some general procedures that have to be done in the
Control Builder or the Engineering Workplace:
Create a control project
Create the controller hardware objects and assign IP address
Create the control applications and assign to the controllers
Create the control tasks and assign to the applications
Assign some sub-libraries to the application or library

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Function Designer

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Introduction
Function Diagrams
Function Components
Creating Connections
Generate Code and Cross Communication
Diagram States
Monitoring Tools

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Diagrams

Flat and Nested Diagrams

Diagram 1
Reference
Diagram 2

Diagram 3

Reference

Reference

Diagram 1
Diagram 2

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Diagram 5

Diagram 3
Diagram 6

Diagram 4

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Diagrams

Function Diagram Views

Component view
To create symbols or templates for function components in the
Object Type Structure.

Diagram view
To create function diagrams and to insert function components in
the Functional Structure.

Parent Diagram view

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Alternative to the Diagram view to quickly find and navigate to a

component. It is opened in the Functional Structure on the selected
component object, and it displays and automatically navigates to
the component in its parent diagram.

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Function
Diagrams

Layers in a Diagram

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Function
Diagrams

Create a New Function Diagram

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Function
Diagrams

Duplicate a Function Diagram

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Function
Diagrams

Description in Footer

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Function Designer

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Introduction
Function Diagrams
Function Components
Creating Connections
Generate Code and Cross Communication
Diagram States
Monitoring Tools

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Components

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Function Components

Functions, Function Block instances or Control Module instances

Variables, diagram references and parameters.
Signal objects which represent connections to I/O channels

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Function
Components

Enable Structure Browsers

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Function
Components

Function Block / Control Module Instances

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Function
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Creating Functions

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Function
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Navigation

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Function
Components

Creating Variables

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Function
Components

Sequential Programming Language

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Components

Function Diagrams associated with SFCs

Control Builder SFC

Function Diagram
Sequence

Sequence Overview

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Sequence Details

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Function Designer

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Introduction
Function Diagrams
Function Components
Creating Connections
Generate Code and Cross Communication
Diagram States
Monitoring Tools

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Creating
Connections

Hide/Unhide Ports

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Creating
Connections

Connecting Constant Values / Variables

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Connections

1.
2.

3.

1.

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2.

Connections between Components

Left mouse click onto the output

(source) of the module.
Move the mouse to the input of
another module or already existing
connection.
Release the mouse button.

Left mouse click onto the output

(source) of a module.
Press and hold <Alt> key while left
clinging on the destination pin.

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Creating
Connections

Negate an Input Port

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Creating
Connections

Connections between Pages

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Connections

Off-Diagram References

Application

Diagram A

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ExternalVar

GlobalVar
Diagram B
ExternalVar

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Connections

Sequence

Parent Function Diagram

Diagram A

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Parameter

Diagram B
Variable

Parameter

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Function Designer

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Introduction
Function Diagrams
Function Components
Creating Connections
Generate Code and Cross Communication
Diagram States
Monitoring Tools

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Code / MMS
Generation

Data Flow Order

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Code / MMS
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Allocation of Function Diagrams

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Code / MMS
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Code Generation

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Code / MMS
Generation

Generate the Cross Communication (1)

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Code / MMS
Generation

Generate the Cross Communication (2)

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Function Designer

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Introduction
Function Diagrams
Function Components
Creating Connections
Generate Code and Cross Communication
Diagram States
Monitoring Tools

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Diagram
States

Overview

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Diagram
States

System Status Viewer

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Introduction
Function Diagrams
Function Components
Creating Connections
Generate Code and Cross Communication
Diagram States
Monitoring Tools

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Monitoring
Tools

Display List / Subscribe for Live Data

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Monitoring
Tools

Watch Window

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