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Contents Project Explorer.....................................................................................................................................................................62 Global tab.......................................................................................................................................................................62 Graphics tab...................................................................................................................................................................63 Tasks tab........................................................................................................................................................................

63 Comm tab.......................................................................................................................................................................64 Screen/Worksheet Editor.......................................................................................................................................................65 Database Spy........................................................................................................................................................................66 Output (LogWin)....................................................................................................................................................................

67 Title Bar................................................................................................................................................................................. 69 Status Bar..............................................................................................................................................................................70 CREATING A NEW PROJECT....................................................................................................................................................

71 Creating a New Project..........................................................................................................................................................72 Configuring additional project settings...................................................................................................................................74 Information tab...............................................................................................................................................................

74 Options tab.....................................................................................................................................................................75 Viewer tab.......................................................................................................................................................................82 Communication tab........................................................................................................................................................

84 Web tab..........................................................................................................................................................................

85 Preferences tab..............................................................................................................................................................88 Enabling mobile access to your project.................................................................................................................................90 Configuring your project's default email settings...................................................................................................................94 Configuring your project's default FTP settings.....................................................................................................................95 Starting Modules on the Target System.................................................................................................................................96 Running a Project Under Windows Services.........................................................................................................................98 TAGS AND THE PROJECT DATABASE...................................................................................................................................104 About Tags and the Project Database.................................................................................................................................105 Project Tags Folder......................................................................................................................................................

105 Classes Folder............................................................................................................................................................. 107 Shared Database Folder..............................................................................................................................................

109 System Tags Folder......................................................................................................................................................109 Designing a Tag...................................................................................................................................................................110 Naming the Tag............................................................................................................................................................

110 Choosing the Tag Type.................................................................................................................................................110 Choosing the Tag Data Type........................................................................................................................................112 Choosing the Tag Scope..............................................................................................................................................

113 Creating Database Tags......................................................................................................................................................114 Adding Tags to the Datasheet......................................................................................................................................

114 Creating Tags "On-the-Fly"...........................................................................................................................................114 Editing Tags..................................................................................................................................................................115 Creating Classes.................................................................................................................................................................

117 Setting Tag Properties......................................................................................................................................................... 118 Understanding Tag Properties and Parameters........................................................................................................... 118 Using Tag Properties: Alarms.......................................................................................................................................119 Using Tag Properties:

History.......................................................................................................................................121 List of Tag Properties....................................................................................................................................................121 Using Tags in Your Project...................................................................................................................................................126 Deleting a tag from the project database.............................................................................................................................127 Using the Tags Toolbar........................................................................................................................................................128 Global Replace.............................................................................................................................................................128 Replace........................................................................................................................................................................

128 Remove unused tags................................................................................................................................................... 129 Reset tags database.................................................................................................................................................... 130 Tag Name text box.......................................................................................................................................................

130 Object Finder................................................................................................................................................................131 Cross Reference..........................................................................................................................................................

131 Properties.....................................................................................................................................................................132 Importing an External Database..........................................................................................................................................133 Using the Import Wizard...............................................................................................................................................133 Importing from..............................................................................................................................................................

135 Integrating the project database with a TwinCAT PLC........................................................................................................ 147 SCREENS AND GRAPHICS......................................................................................................................................................148 Page 2 InduSoft Web Studio