Add I/O boards and complex equipment to a rack list

Add I/O devices to a project when developing an application. Add individual simple and complex I/O devices to the rack list. The rack list holds a maximum of 255 simple devices.
Insert I/O devices from the
Device Selector
. Each device is assigned a device order number ranging from 0 to 254 and has a defined number of channels. Modify the order number to use any empty slot. Include a comment. Expand individual devices to access their properties.
I/O devices from a rack list contain these types:
I/O Device Type
Description
iow_dr
Real complex equipment
iow_dv
Virtual complex equipment (indicated by the flag)
iow_br
Real I/O board
iow_bv
Virtual I/O board (indicated by the flag)
To add I/O devices to a rack list
  1. From the
    Application View
    , right-click the device, and then click
    I/O Wiring
    .
  2. On the
    I/O Wiring
    toolbar, click iow_ad to add complex equipment and I/O boards to the rack list.
  3. In the
    Device Selector
    , select an I/O device from the list of available devices.
    The device order number and number of channels is defined for the I/O device in the library.
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