About the Controller Organizer
The Controller Organizer is a graphical representation of the contents of your project. This window consists of a hierarchical tree of the folders and files that contain all of the information about the programs and data in the current project. The Controller Organizer is a Tool Window that offers special functionality for arranging and sizing it.
The default main folders in this tree are:
Controller Project Name - contains controller-scoped tags, controller fault handler and the power up handler.
Tasks - tasks are shown in this folder. Each task shows its own programs with ladder routines, function block routines, and program-scoped tags.
Motion Groups - Underneath the Motion Groups folder, you find groups of axes associated with each other gathered into groups. In addition, you find Ungrouped Axes, which are axes that have yet to be assigned to any particular group. You can assign these axes to specific motion groups via the Axis Assignment tab of the Motion Group Properties dialog.
Add-On Instructions - contains Add-On Instructions, their routines, and tag collections.
Trends - trends are shown in this folder.
Data Types - shows predefined and user-defined data types, which includes those data types associated with Add-On Instructions. User-defined data types are created in this folder.
I/O Configuration - contains the information about the hardware configuration of this controller project. It holds a hierarchy of modules with which the controller is configured to communicate.
In front of each folder, there is an icon containing a + sign or a - sign. The + sign indicates that the folder is collapsed. Click it to expand the tree display and display the files in the folder. The - sign indicates that the folder is already expanded and its contents are visible.
Clicking on the right mouse button brings up many different, context-sensitive popup menus. Often, you find that this is a shortcut to access the property window or to menu options from the menu bar.
Double-clicking on files in the Controller Organizer display often brings up functional dialogs, from which you can enter parameters to accomplish relevant tasks.
Note: The I/O Configuration folder displays an Attention icon if a module below it is faulted.
The Attention Icon is a yellow exclamation mark (!) with a triangle around it.
The I/O Configuration Folder (top level) displays the Attention Icon if a module below it is faulted; it does not display the Attention Icon if the module is inhibited, waiting, etc.
Each individual module icon displays the Attention Icon if the module is not running; in other words, it appears for all states except for running. For example, it appears if the module is:
faulted
waiting
etc.
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The Quick View Pane
The Quick View pane consists of the area directly beneath the Controller Organizer tree. This area is designed to give you a quick summary of information related to the selected item in the Controller Organizer. Often, this information includes descriptive and status information, as well as any routines, faults, and other related information.
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The Controller Organizer is a graphical representation of the contents of your project. This window consists of a hierarchical tree of the folders and files that contain all of the information about the programs and data in the current project. The Controller Organizer is a Tool Window that offers special functionality for arranging and sizing it.
The default main folders in this tree are:
Controller Project Name - contains controller-scoped tags, controller fault handler and the power up handler.
Tasks - tasks are shown in this folder. Each task shows its own programs with ladder routines, function block routines, and program-scoped tags.
Motion Groups - Underneath the Motion Groups folder, you find groups of axes associated with each other gathered into groups. In addition, you find Ungrouped Axes, which are axes that have yet to be assigned to any particular group. You can assign these axes to specific motion groups via the Axis Assignment tab of the Motion Group Properties dialog.
Add-On Instructions - contains Add-On Instructions, their routines, and tag collections.
Trends - trends are shown in this folder.
Data Types - shows predefined and user-defined data types, which includes those data types associated with Add-On Instructions. User-defined data types are created in this folder.
I/O Configuration - contains the information about the hardware configuration of this controller project. It holds a hierarchy of modules with which the controller is configured to communicate.
In front of each folder, there is an icon containing a + sign or a - sign. The + sign indicates that the folder is collapsed. Click it to expand the tree display and display the files in the folder. The - sign indicates that the folder is already expanded and its contents are visible.
Clicking on the right mouse button brings up many different, context-sensitive popup menus. Often, you find that this is a shortcut to access the property window or to menu options from the menu bar.
Double-clicking on files in the Controller Organizer display often brings up functional dialogs, from which you can enter parameters to accomplish relevant tasks.
Note: The I/O Configuration folder displays an Attention icon if a module below it is faulted.
The I/O Configuration Folder (top level) displays the Attention Icon if a module below it is faulted; it does not display the Attention Icon if the module is inhibited, waiting, etc.
Each individual module icon displays the Attention Icon if the module is not running; in other words, it appears for all states except for running. For example, it appears if the module is:
faulted
waiting
etc.
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 | open folder |  | trend |
 | closed folder |  | data type |
 | tags folder |  | data type folder open |
 | continuous task open |  | data type folder closed |
 | continuous task closed |  | I/O Configuration folder open |
 | periodic task open |  | I/O Configuration folder closed |
 | periodic task closed |  | I/O Configuration fault open (shown online when any module is faulted) |
 | function block routine |  | I/O Configuration fault closed (shown online when any module is faulted) |
 | program folder open |  | safety program folder open |
 | program folder closed |  | safety program folder closed |
 | Add-On Instruction folder open |  | sealed Add-On Instruction folder open |
 | Add-On Instruction folder closed |  | sealed Add-On Instruction folder closed |
 | safety Add-On Instruction folder open |  | sealed safety Add-On Instruction folder open |
 | safety Add-On Instruction folder closed |  | sealed safety Add-On Instruction folder closed |
 | ladder routine |  | module |
 | main ladder routine |  | faulted module |
 | main safety ladder routine |  | safety module |
The Quick View Pane
The Quick View pane consists of the area directly beneath the Controller Organizer tree. This area is designed to give you a quick summary of information related to the selected item in the Controller Organizer. Often, this information includes descriptive and status information, as well as any routines, faults, and other related information.
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