General¶

In this chapter, the basic functionality of the PMP Tooling is explained.

Views¶

Start the PMP Tooling software from windows start menu or the desktop. By default, a welcome page is displayed (see PMP Tooling welcome page).

Empty workspace of the :term:`PMP` Tooling.

PMP Tooling welcome page¶

From the View menu, other views can be opened as well. Views can be rearranged by double-clicking on the name of the view and dragging it to the desired position. The following views are available in the PMP Tooling:

	Network Explorer	Hierarchical view of the discovered controller and their contents
	Log	Lists time-stamped log messages
	Events	Logs triggered event and event responses
	Signals	Monitor signals and alter signal values
	Signal Groups	Create signal groups to drop in another view
	Scope	Plot signal values
	Command Sequence	Create and run a command sequence
	State Machine	Graphical representation of a state machine
	HMI	Create a custom view with predefined GUI components

The functionality of these views is explained in the following sections.

Discover system¶

By default, the PMP Tooling is connected to localhost. To change the discovery address click on the icon on the top right of the menu bar (Ctrl-D). A popup menu (see Discover system using IP or name) will show where the desired Discovery Address can be filled in. Click on Connect to discover this address. Use the address “255.255.255.255” to discover all controllers on the current network. To rediscover the same address, go to File ‣ Rediscover or press Ctrl-R.

Discover system using IP or name¶

Alternately, one could discover via the icon in the Network explorer, described in Sorting and filtering.

Workspace¶

A workspace essentially comprises all views opened in the PMP Tooling combined with the signals etc. opened in the views. The controller itself is not part of the workspace. Any name changes, signal writes, etc. are not part of the workspace. A workspace can be saved by clicking File ‣ Save workspace (Ctrl-S). To open a previously saved workspace click File ‣ Open workspace (Ctrl-O).

Remap controller¶

It is possible to save the discovered controller workspace with a reference to a different controller (controllers could differ on name, IP address, SN, and PN). Views that contain objects from these undiscovered controllers will not fully function. The controllers from these objects can be remapped using the Remap dialog. This dialog is opened when opening a workspace or by clicking File ‣ Remap Controllers. An example of a remap dialog is shown in Remap controller dialog. The controller configuration is shown at the left tree view. The left column shows the source controller, which could be remapped by selecting a target controller at the right column. The right tree view shows the result of the remap. Items that successfully remapped are shown in green and items that are not found are shown in red.

Remap controller dialog¶

A detailed overview of the target and source controller could be obtained by right-clicking a controller and clicking on Controller properties. In this dialog (see Remap controller properties dialog). the properties of the Source controller and Target controller can be reviewed. Controller properties that differ are shown in bold.

Remap controller properties dialog¶

Updatables¶

The updatable transactions, are shown in the updatable transaction dialog (see Updatable transactions dialog). This dialog is automatically opened when loading or saving a file of an updatable item. Alternatively, the dialog can also be opened via View ‣ Updatable transaction. The dialog keeps a history of the updatable transaction performed in the PMP Tooling session, which can be cleared by clicking on the trash bin icon.

Updatable transactions dialog¶

Preferences¶

The PMP Tooling preferences contain both general PMP Tooling settings as default settings for new views. To open the preferences, go to Settings ‣ Preferences (Ctrl-,).

The first tab contains the General preferences (see Preferences - General). The General settings consist of settings, which are not directly related to a specific view. The other tabs contain default settings for a specific view type. A brief explanation of a specific setting is provided when hovering the mouse over the setting, which opens a tooltip.

Preferences - General¶

Create simulated system wizard¶

The Create simulated system wizard can be opened in one of three ways: (1) from the welcome page, (2) by clicking the icon next to the discovery address or (3) by selecting View ‣ Wizards ‣ Create a simulated controller in the application toolbar.

The wizard allows for the creation of a system description with top-controllers, buses and sub-controllers based on available Controller description XML files. In addition, the wizard can be used to modify the simulator settings for the system description.

At the end of the wizard setup, the created system can be exported to a System description XML file. Alternatively, users can choose to start a simulator using the newly configured system description directly from the wizard.

Create simulated system wizard¶