Control Architect Help Documentation
×
Menu
Index

Control Property Overview

Control Property Overview
1

Import Wizard

1. Import Wizard
Use the Import Wizard to quickly define sets of Control properties based on existing entities that may reside in an EB file, EPKS ERDB, PKS Xml Configuration file.
2

Last Used Entity Name

2. Last Used Entity Name
The last used entity name is displayed here for reference after an import using the Import Wizard has completed.
3

Name

3. Name
The name of the Control Property template.  This name must be unique for the set of templates within this template file.
4

Description

4. Description
Specify a description for this Control Property template.
5

Vendor

5. Vendor
Specify a vendor name for this template.
6

Type

6. Type
Specify a type name for this template.
7

SubType

7. SubType
Specify a sub type for this template.
8

Locked

8. Locked
Check this to lock down the template to prevent any further changes.
9

BasedOn

9. BasedOn
This reference is automatically set when the Import Wizard is used to generate a set of Control properties for the template.
10

Guid

10. Guid
This is a unique identifier for this template that is auto-generated.
11

IsSourceType

11. IsSourceType
Choose this option if the Control properties defined for this Template represent your Excel Data Source.  This option is used to validate Property name constraints such as the use of characters when specifying array types as in CISRC(1).  Excel column data cannot have the bracket chars "[]" in the name.  An Excel name such as CISRC[1] will fail on it data retrieval as the bracket characters have special usage when defining queries against the Excel Data Source.  Control Architect expects that target Control properties that require array access be named using the square brackets as in CISRC[1].  But this bracket style only applies to target type Control properties.
 
Leave this option unchecked if the properties represent a target Control System platform.
12

Enabled

12. Enabled
Check to allow this property to become visible in drop-down lists when this template is referenced in a Control Binding template.
13

Name

13. Name
The name of the Control Property.  This name must be unique within the current Control Property template.
14

Property Type

14. Property Type
Choose the Property Type from the drop-down list of available types.
15

Default Value

15. Default Value
Specify a default value to use when participating in a Control Binding relationship.
16

Size

16. Size
Specify a size value for String type properties that defines the maximum length of a string value.  This size constraint only applies to System.String type properties.
17

Description

17. Description
Specify a description for this Control Property.  When importing from an EPKS ERDB database, this description property is automatically imported.
18

IsCMType

18. IsCMType
Check this if this target Control Property resides on the Control Module block itself and not on an embedded function block. When developing properties for Honeywell PKS configuration this attribute only applies to the target PKS Control Module Property.  There is no need to set it on the Excel DataSource Control Property definition.