Macro Viewer

This section provides reference and background information about the Macro Viewer application. For related procedures, see the step-by-step section.

Overview

The Macro Viewer is an application for displaying and commanding selected control objects such as system macros and pseudo-points, represented by a set of symbols. To start the command action, you select a symbol and click the Execute command icon in the toolbar. The symbols are grouped by the location of their corresponding objects: Desigo CC or control panels.

The Macro Viewer is fully integrated with the other system applications. You can double click a symbol to select the corresponding object in System Manager. In addition, a filtering selection on the Node Map also applies to the Macro Viewer, for instance when you want to focus on events and commands of a specific fire control panel.

 

User Interface

Macro Viewer Operations, Horizontal Setting

User Interface with the Macro Viewer

 

Name

Description

1

Macro Viewer

Macro Viewer pane.

2

Macros

Group of macro symbols. The groups correspond with the folders of the macros in System Browser.

3

Pseudo-points

Pseudo-point symbols, grouped according to the control panels.

4

Macro Viewer Toolbar

Toolbar with display and control commands.

5

Node Map

Node map symbols.

 

Macro Viewer Symbol

 

Name

Description

1

Label

Object Description.

2

Object status

Stopped () or Running (). This is opposite to the Execute/Stop command icon in the toolbar.
The symbol of running object displays in green color.

3

Command not available

The exclamation mark indicates that you cannot command the object at the moment.

4

Object icon

The panel icon indicates that the object is located in the control panel and not in the central system.

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Macro Viewer Toolbar

 

Name

Description

Execute/Stop

Start the command on the selected object. If a macro is started and still in progress, the icon appears and allows you to stop execution.

Expand/Reduce

Expand and reduce the toolbar.

Refresh (Engineering mode)

Refresh the Macro Viewer based on the Macro Viewer scope.

Zoom In

Enlarge the size of Macro Viewer.

Zoom Out

Reduce the size of Macro Viewer.

Show/Hide Search

Add/remove the search field. The view is dynamically filtered to match the text you type in the search field.