User guide
WintDrive
1.
lntruduction
Win+Drive is a graphic programming tool for the Windows
TM
operating system. Programs can be built by the
graphic assembly of blocks which represent pieces of program code. Win+Drive is especially useful for
designing the software of control systems. The tool generates C code that can be compiled and run
on differ-
ent target platforms including the PC itself.
I.1
About this Manual
This manual decribes how to install and to use Win+Drive. It contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1 describes the document conventions and the installation process.
Chapter 2 gives an overview of the concepts and features of Win+Drive.
Chapter 3 contains a quick reference to the features of Win+Drive. Summaries of the menus and keyboard
actions are given.
Chapter 4 describes the basic components of the Win+Drive design environment. This includes how to
open, save and close projects, the different elements of the screen layout including menus, toolbars and
windows for schematics, compiler and simulator output. Also how to get online help is explained here.
Chapter 5 shows how to create schematics using Win+Drive. This includes the placing and connecting of
software blocks, the editing of block ports and parameters and methods to view, modify and print sche-
matics.
Chapter 6 explains how software parts developed and created by Win+Drive are connected to the target
system using variables.
Chapter 7 describes how
hierachy
can be used within Win+Drive projects by using compound blocks. It
shows how these compound blocks are created and used within other blocks. Also the transfer of com-
pound blocks from one project to another is explained.
Chapter 8 explains how program code is generated from Win+Drive schematics. This also includes the
automatic run of the compiler.
Chapter 9 provides information about the simulation of Win+Drive generated programs on the PC includ-
ing the display of simulation results in tabular form and graphically.
Chapter 10 contains the necessary information how to change general settings of Win+Drive.
Appendix A (a printout of the Win+Drive on-line help) details all the supplied blocks.
Note that this
appendix was current at time of printing: for latest information, always refer to the on-line help.
Appendix B (a printout of the Win+Drive on-line help) details all the supplied compound blocks.
Note
that this appendix was current at time of printing: for latest information, always refer to the on-
line help.
The user of Win+Drive and thus the reader of this manual should be familiar with the Windows operating
system and user interface. Throughout this manual all information that is common
to
Windows applications is
omitted to prevent redundancy and overhead.