1TelePACE Studio Quick Start Guide

TelePACE Studio is the next generation of the TelePACE Ladder Logic programmingenvironment. Using the latest Windows technology TelePACE Studio provides an integratedworkspace for efficiently creating, editing, monitoring and debugging a TelePACE project.

A Ladder Logic program may be developed in any sequence. Best results, particularly for newusers, will be obtained using the following sequence:

Configure TelePACE workspace.

Create the Ladder Logic program.

Initialize controller.

Create the Register Assignment.

Create Ladder Logic Program.

Define the Communication Interface settings.

Write program to the controller.

Run and test program.

2Configure TelePACE Workspace

The configuration of the TelePACE workspace involves setting views required to configurethe needed parameters for an application. The Default Layout contains all the views needed tocreate a TelePACE project. The TelePACE workspace may be modified for personal use. Seethe section Managing Views for information on customizing the TelePACE workspace.

Default Layout

The Default Layout button returns the TelePACE workspace to the default layout as shownbelow.

The TelePACE workspace is fully configurable to meet the individual needs of users. Viewsmay be moved and docked into any position in the workspace. The Default layout buttonprovides a simple method to return the workspace to the default layout.

To restore the TelePACE default layout:

Click the Default Layout button. TelePACE workspace will rearrange itself to the defaultlayout. No project configurations are lost when the Default Layout button is used.

3Managing Views

When TelePACE Studio is started for the first time it is opened with six default views in theworkspace, the Function_Block_Toolbox, Network_Canvas, Serial Port Settings, RegisterAssignment, Tag Management, and Diagnostics. This is the Default Layout for TelePACEStudio.

As described below, views can be arranged in any manner that suits the user. TelePACEStudio is designed to be a flexible work environment and users are encouraged to modify theworkspace to meet their needs. When TelePACE is closed, the workspace layout is saved andreused each time you open TelePACE. The layout settings are saved to a file namedTelePACEAppSettings.xml in the folder when TelePACE Studio is installed. This file is alsoused by the other global settings like recently used files and the controller type of the lastproject before closing the application.

Note: The Default Layout button located at the top right of the workspace returns theworkspace to the default layout.

By default, the Tags Management, Register Assignment, and Serial Port Settings views aredocked in the right pane of the TelePACE workspace as shown below. You can undock andmove these views to another location in the workspace and then re-dock them.

As other views are opened from the Ribbon Bar, they are added to the docked views. In thefigure below the Register Editor and Clock views have been added to the docked views.Selecting the tab for the view opens the selected view.

4Within the TelePACE environment, there are three view controls at the top of each view pane.These controls are used to manage the position of the view or to hide the view when it is notbeing used.

Menu Control

The menu control has selections for Hide, Floating and Auto Hide. In addition to selectingthe menu icon to open the menu, right clicking the view title bar opens the menu.

Hide

Selecting the Hide control closes the current view. Re-select the command to re-open theview.

Floating

Selecting the Floating control undocks the view. When the view is undocked it can be movedto any position in your workspace.

5Auto Hide

The Auto Hide control sets the tab selection to the right hand side of the views. Moving thecursor over the tabs at the right hand side activates the selected view. The auto hide functionis available using the Auto Hide control. This is the thumbtack icon to the right of the menucontrol.

Close

Selecting the Close control closes the current view. This is the X icon at the right of the AutoHide control. Re-select the command to re-open the view