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Compact Control Builder AC 800M and OPC Server for AC 800M.
Engineering Environment
• Diagram Editor with Function Diagram - Diagram is a new graphical language
that graphically interconnects functions, function blocks, control modules and
embedded ST and SFC code blocks on the same page.
• Search and Navigation - Communication variable references from other
projects within the same system do now appear as references, if the projects are
downloaded.
• Task Analysis Tool - The task analysis tool in Control Builder has been made
more easy to use. The meaning of the different messages is now more precise.
Time stamps have been added to the warning and error messages in the
summery view of the Task Analysis tool, this makes it easier to relate between
the messages and the graph.
• Display of Unit Specific System Alarm and Event Generation - There is a new
menu entry in Control Builder on hardware types called Unit Specific System
Alarm and Events. It brings up a new user interface that shows what system
alarms and events a unit can generate. The information is shown in Control
Builder rather than being printed in a user manual.
• Heap Utilization Dialog Available in Online Mode - The controller heap
utilization dialog in Control Builder is now available also in online mode.
• Additional Caution Dialog at Download with Init Restart - An additional
caution dialog is shown before download of changes in case the user or the
