Fieldbus Editor

The KAS IDE"Integrated development environment" An integrated development environment is a type of computer software that assists computer programmers in developing software. IDEs normally consist of a source code editor, a compiler and/or interpreter, build-automation tools, and a debugger includes an integrated FieldbusA Fieldbus is an industrial network system for real-time distributed control (e.g. CAN or Profibus). It is a way of connecting instruments in a plant design Editor for various kinds of networked I/Os and protocols. This editor enables you to describe networks as configuration trees and to wire variables to the I/O channels of devices.

Icon	Description
	To open the Fieldbus Editor, double click on the icon or name in the Project Tree.

The Fieldbus Editor proposes the following workspace:

Call out#	Description
	Fieldbus Configuration tree Each kind of fieldbus is shown as a top-level node in the Fieldbus Configuration tree. Click on the Insert Network icon () to select a configuration to be added to the tree. Each configuration will be structured as a tree where the first level is the Fieldbus component type.
	When an item is selected in the tree, all its children can be edited in the grid below
	Selected node settings

Use the following icons in the toolbar for building the configuration tree:

Icon	Description
	Insert a new fieldbus component type (top level)
	Insert a new master/port node in the selected fieldbus
	Insert a new slave/data block node under the selected master
	Insert a new variable node under the selected slave
	Move up the selected slave device or data block
	Move down the selected slave device or data block

Table 9-1: Fieldbus Editor Toolbar - List of Icons

You can double-click an item in the tree to enter its properties in a dialog box.

You can also drag a variable from the list of declared variables (in the Dictionary) directly to a slave item in the configuration tree.