Backend

The eDESIGN editor module serves as the command center for creating and customizing your application's frontend. Accessible only to authorized users (Supervisors and Admins), this backend environment provides the tools to bring your design vision to life.

Accessing the Editor:

Login Initiation: From the frontend homepage, authorized users can click the Login button to initiate the login process. (1)
Editor Selection: Upon successful login, you can access the editor by clicking on the user menu and selecting the "Editor" option. This will navigate you to the editor workspace. (2)

Overview

Welcome to the Dashboard:

The editor's starting point is the Dashboard page, offering an overview of key functionalities:

Frontend Menu Overview: Provides a quick view of your application's frontend menu structure.
Connection Overview: Displays the status of connections to external systems like PLCs.
Alarm Overview: Shows a summary of any configured alarms within your application.

Menu Button
Homebutton and Version
Search Field
User Menu Button
Help
Frontend Menu Overview
Overview Connections
Overview Alarms

Current Page Dashboard
Menu Editor
Page Editor
Connection Editor
Alarm Editor
Settings Editor
Trend Module
Table Module
Backup and Restore Module
Upload Custom Controls
CSS Attribute Insertion

Dashboard

The Dashboard page is the start page of the Editor module. It provides an overview of important views of the system settings. Currently the frontend menu overview, the connection overview and the alarm overview are displayed.

Connections

Unique ID and name of the connection
Indicates whether the variable tree was loaded properly
Shows the status of the current connection
Useful after changing the CODESYS symbol configuration to update the variables
Go to the Connection Editor

Alarms