TestIT:Configuration

6. Configuration

The configuration service allows you to create, update, and delete symbols. It is also possible to configure devices, make application configuration, and setting up the license.

An overview of configuration:

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Options

• Home - go back to home screen
• Application configuration - go to application configuration
• Symbol handling - go to symbol handling

6.1 Symbol handling

Select the symbol handling button and the symbols will be shown. In symbol handling it is possible to edit, delete, and create symbols. Some of the symbols are special symbols.

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Options:

• Home - go back to home screen
• Application configuration - go to application configuration
• Devices - go back to devices

6.1.1 Add symbol

Add symbol:

1. Press the Add symbol text in the functions window
2. Fill in the required and the wanted optional information
3. Press OK – or Cancel and the user will not be created

The required information:

• Symbol type
• Symbol name

The optional information is:

• Comment – A symbol description
• Unit – This type of the data etc.; Bar, pa, mm.
• Default value – It will be the value of the symbol at each program start
• Program symbol – Select if it can be used as a program symbol (Program symbols)
• Format – Depending on the symbol type. Look at Symbol formatting to see which format to select

6.1.1.1 Description of symbol types and symbol names

To see some Standard TestIT symbols, press here.

Symbol type:

Symbol type
INT (whole number)	Min. value: -2.147.483.648 Max. value: 2.147.483.648 Example: 2598
STRING (text)	Min. value: 0 Chars Max. value: 1200 Chars Example: "Hello Nolek"
BOOL (true/false)	Min. value: 0 Max. value: 1 Example: 1
DOUBLE (decimal number)	Min. value: -1,7976931E+308 Max. value: 1,7976931E+308 Example: 0,00235

Symbol name:

The allowed characters are 0-9, A-Z, $, _, no spaces, max 50 characters. See the table of defining symbol names

	Used for	Description
_intSym01	Internal program symbols	Symbol of type INT, symbol for use internal in the program
$SetpointVacuum	Program symbol	Used for program symbols

6.1.1.2 Symbol formatting

INT symbol	No formatting
STRING symbol	No formatting
BOOL symbol	1/0 ~ True/false ~ OK/NOK ~ Yes/No
DOUBLE symbol	None ~ 0 ~ 0.0 – 0.000000000 ~ 1.0E+00 ~ 1.00E+00

6.1.2 Edit and delete symbol

Edit symbol:

1. Select the Edit symbol on the line with the wanted symbol
2. Make the wanted changes
3. Press OK – or Cancel and the changes will not be saved

Delete symbol:

1. Press the Trash symbol on the line with the wanted symbol
2. A box will be shown; select Yes to accept or No if not

6.1.3 Special symbols

The special symbols are normally used together with I/O’s. The special symbols are:

• Start symbol – Works together with the START button in production
• Stop symbol – Works together with the STOP button in production
• Emergency stop symbol – Works together with the emergency stop button on the machine
• Retest symbol – Works together with the RETEST button in production
• Pause symbol – Will immediately stop the running code. When it is free again it will continue running the code
• Reset NOK symbol – Works together with the RETEST button in production

Add a special symbol (is the same for all the special symbols):

1. Select the wanted special symbol and it will show a window
2. Press the green Add symbol
3. Select the symbol name
4. Select the trigger value
5. Press Save – or Cancel and the symbol will not be added

Remove a special symbol (is the same for all the special symbols):

1. Select the wanted special symbol and it will show a window
2. Press the red remove symbol on the line with the wanted symbol
3. Press Save, and the symbol is removed