Specifying Workbench Options

The options dialog allows a number of features of SYPT to be modified.

To specify Workbench options

From the Tools menu, choose Options.

The Settings dialog is then displayed.

Check the required options, then click OK. The following options can be chosen.

Dpl Editor

The DPL (Drive Programming Language) Editor allows programs to be written for the drives making up your system or application.

The DPL editor is used to write programs for all targets supported by SYPT with the exception of the onboard PLC within the Unidrive SP. Programs are developed for this target using SYPTLite.

When offline and not communicating with targets/ drives, the DPL editor is divided into three sections: the Workspace, the main DPL view and the Output Window. When online the Task Manager can also be displayed to show the status of tasks in user programs executing on targets.

The Workspace displays the components of DPL programs - the tasks/ sections, user-defined function blocks, QLD diagrams and LD/ FBD diagrams in a hierarchical tree structure. You can open many programs at the same time and switch from one to another by selecting them in the tree.

The DPL view holds the program identification information and the source code for the DPL program - the DPL text plus any diagrams.

In the DPL Editor, you can perform the following tasks:

Opening and Closing Programs
Editing Programs
Editing/ Viewing the Properties of Programs
Printing Programs

Accessing the DPL editor

In the Hardware Architecture view, select a node for which to create or edit a program and do one of the following:

From the Edit menu, choose Edit Contents.
or, double-click on the node with the left mouse button.

To show or hide the Workspace

From the Options menu, choose Show Tree.

To sort items alphabetically in the program browser

From the Options menu, choose Sort Tree Alphabetically.

To exit from the DPL editor

From the File menu, choose Exit.

SyptLite

SYPTLite is a ladder diagram editor allowing programs to be written for the onboard PLC capability of the Unidrive SP.

SYPTLite allows a ladder diagram to be written for execution in a background task on the Unidrive SP. The version of SYPTLite contained within SYPT is a special version of the standalone SYPTLite editor available for developing ladder diagrams for Unidrive SP and its SM-Applications Lite option module.

Further information on SYPTLite is available in the SYPTLite help file which can be accessed from the Help menu in the SYPTLite application.

Accessing SYPTLite

In the Hardware Architecture view, select a Unidrive SP node for which to create or edit a program and do one of the following:

From the Edit menu, choose Edit Contents.
or, double-click on the node with the left mouse button.

To exit from SYPTLite

From the File menu, choose Exit.