Product specifications

Section 2 Configuration Control Logic
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In effect, diagram references consist of an input/output reference and
communication variable.
Diagram references can be connected using Function Designer or Bulk Data
Manager. For more information, refer to System 800xA Engineering, Engineering
Studio Function Designer (3BDS011224*).
Copy Function Diagrams
An existing Function Diagram can be used as a typical and copied several times
with Bulk Data Management as required. You either can configure a worksheet for
your own specific needs or use the pre-configured workbook
BDM_for_Function_Diagrams, worksheet Copy FuD. This workbook is available
in the Engineering Templates folder on the desktop of your workplace.
1. Ensure that in the Function Settings aspect in the Object Type Structure under
Object Types\Functional Planning\Settings the value of the property Naming is
set to Pattern and the value of the property NamePattern is set to *.
In the sense of a structural programming language, diagram references and
diagram variables refer to global or communication variables.
The global variable and the communication variable takes the name, description,
data type, initial value and attributes of the diagram variable.
Two engineering templates named BDM_DiagramRef_Var_Basic and
BDM_DiagramRef_Var_Advanced are used to modify diagram references and
diagram variables represented as symbol objects.
For details on configuring and generating MMS Cross Communication for
diagrams created prior to Engineering Studio System Version 5.1, refer to System
800xA Engineering, Engineering Studio Function Designer (3BDS011224*).
For details on configuring the communication between a restored Function
Diagram and a newly created System Version 5.1 Function Diagram, refer to
Connection between Restored Diagrams (created upto SV5.0 SP2) and New
Diagrams created from SV5.1 onwards) in System 800xA Engineering,
Engineering Studio Function Designer (3BDS011224*).
Copy/paste or move Function Diagrams between different projects is not
supported through Bulk Data Manager.