Assigning a Task to a Virtual Station
The Task menu in the Virtual station window controls the task selection.
The Task menu is used to assign a task to the virtual station.
Function | Description |
|---|---|
Name | Currently assigned task to the virtual station. |
Unassign | Command button. Deselects any task from the virtual station. |
Choose | Command button. Change the task manually or configure external sources to select a task. The Choose task pop-up window opens to configure the task selection. |
Change | Command button. If a task is already selected, then the Choose command button is replaced by Change. Select Change to select a new task. |
Navigating to Virtual station configuration
In the Plant structure workspace select a controller
. Select the Virtual Station tab
.
The virtual station overview shows a list of virtual stations for the selected controller. The list is empty if no virtual stations have been created.Double-click on a virtual station to open an existing configuration, or click Add to create a new virtual station configuration.
Click Choose in the Task menu.
The Choose task pop-up window appears.
Select the desired task in the Sync Mode, Sources or Batch sequence tab.
Click Choose. The Choose task pop-up window is closed.
The Close button closes the pop-up window without making any changes.
Update the controller through the push function.
The name field is updated in the Task menu.
The task selection using sources and identifier numbers and identifier strings to select a task is described in detail in the documentation for the sources configuration.
