2021.1.1208.2 Logic Component

1 Overview
2 General Settings

Overview

A Logic Component enables the user to connect a Standard Component to an external PLC using a Logic Simulator.

A Logic Component consists of both component specific settings and general settings. For details of component specific settings (Properties & PLC outputs), look at the documentation of that specific Logic Component.

General Settings

PLC Settings

In the PLC Settings panel you can manage the settings on how you wish your component to connect to a PLC.

Signal Naming Settings

Signal Naming Settings
Signal Naming Rule Overrides	Allows you to customize the names of your Input/Output signals based on component instance settings
Size	The number of different communication channels you wish to use for this component
$ALL
Rule Target	Describes the subset of signals this rule applies to. $ALL Applies to all signals within this instance, overruled by all below options $INPUT Applies to all PLC Input signals within this instance, overruled only by a custom rule $OUTPUT Applies to all PLC Output signals withing this instance, overruled only by a custom rule $VARIABLE Applies to all PLC Variable signals within this instance, overruled only by a custom rule [CUSTOM] Applies only to the signal with the name [CUSTOM], overrides all other rules
Sim Address Path Format	The formatting for the simulation address path. Variables wrapped in double curly brackets are replaced on component instantiation
Plc Address Path Format	The formatting for the PLC address path. Variables wrapped in double curly brackets are replaced on component instantiation
Sim Path Separator	The separator character used in the hierarchical path the simulation naming
Plc Path Separator	The separator character used in the hierarchical path for PLC addressing
Instance Name Rule	The pattern used to replace `{{INST_NAME}}` in the Signal Naming Rule Override; Allows for implicit naming overrides

Debugging

In the Debugging tab you can customize the debug tools for this component.

Show Debug Logs	Enable to show Regular debug logs. Warnings and errors are always shown

Show Debug Logs	Enable to show Regular debug logs. Warnings and errors are always shown
UX Show Signals For Debugging	Enables a generated UI to test all I/O signals in Game View.
UX Text Offset	Defines the text offset of the debug UI
UX Text Color	Defines the text color of the debug UI
UX Text Size	Ddefines the text size of the debug UI
UX Text Line	Spacing defines the line spacing for the text of the debug UI