Скачать или смотреть B&R Automation Studio 4.12: Essential UI Walkthrough & Project Setup (Part 1)

Are you new to B&R Automation Studio? In this first part of our UI series, we take a comprehensive look at the user interface of Automation Studio 4.12. Understanding the layout and workflow of your development environment is the first step toward becoming an efficient automation engineer.

In this video, we walk through the creation of a new project and explore the essential windows and views you'll use every day.

In this video, you will learn:

Getting Started: How to launch Automation Studio and manage licenses with a USB dongle.

Project Creation: Step-by-step instructions for creating a new project and selecting hardware manually.

The Three Main Views:
Logical View: Where your programs (ST, C, C++) and logic reside.

Configuration View: Managing libraries and system components.

Physical View: Organizing your actual hardware, I/O modules, and drives.

Workspace Navigation: How to use the central editor area for scripts and hardware configurations.

The Object Catalog: Finding and adding programs (like Structured Text) and hardware components to your project.

Output & Properties: Monitoring compilation messages, errors, and fine-tuning component settings.

Customizing the UI: How to move and dock windows to suit your personal workflow.

Key Timestamps:

[00:01] – Introduction and starting Automation Studio 4.12.

[01:11] – Creating a new project and choosing a storage location.

[02:17] – Defining hardware manually and searching for a CPU model.

[04:31] – Explaining the Logical, Configuration, and Physical Views.

[05:48] – Navigating the central workspace and opening variable windows.

[07:31] – Using the Object Catalog to add a Structured Text (ST) program.

[09:37] – How to remove items from the project tree.

[10:44] – Adding hardware components to ports (Ethernet, Powerlink).

[11:41] – Overview of the Output Results window (Compiling/Building).

[14:10] – Understanding the Properties window for fine-tuning settings.

[16:08] – How to customize and dock windows in the UI.

This introductory guide is designed to give you the confidence to navigate B&R's powerful IDE. Stay tuned for Part 2, where we will dive deeper into the toolbar icons and online services!

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