Components can be dragged onto the Program directly from the pallet, or from the Running Object Table.
Sequences form a block of instructions. Their flow is usually controlled by Erik (io ladder logic), they are used to create product specific programs
Sequences are built from the pallets. These are usually Steps (a creatable object) but can also be multimedia components ie song, bible, notice and images from databases provided. Once placed in the sequence the data can be formatted as you like and can have different effects applied that can make each sequence unique in it own right.
The Program UIManager Collection holds all sequences created in Automation Manager, you can add as many sequences to the 'Program Manager' as you wish.
A sequence is built up by dragging data into it, when data is dragged onto a sequence a border appears on the slide that is being hovered over, when dropped the data is added at the place it was dropped. When a text type object song, notice or saved sequence is dropped onto a sequence the verses/slides contained in the song/saved sequence will be added to the selected sequence. When a creatable object is added this object is instantiated. Depending on the type of object it can access other components in the system . For example an image processing type of component will typically display an ROI on th eimage.
When mulitmedia type data is added to the sequence it becomes a slide that can be manipulated in various ways. Slides can be rearranged by dragging to a new position, the slide will be moved to the position you drop it at. Right-clicking on the any program step will display a context menu of options that are used to manipulate that step
To delete a single slide select the slide and right-click on it, a list of options is shown. Select the ‘Delete’ option to remove the slide from the sequence. To delete a selection of slides left-click on the first slide and then hold down the CTRL key and left-click on each slide, this will highlight a selection of slides. Now right-click and select ‘Delete’ from the displayed options list.
Right clicking allows the component properties to be edited. A menu will display different option according to the component selected.
A sequence can be set to run automatically, continuously or you can manually control it. To manually run a sequence click the ‘Play’ button on the Program Control toolbar. This will play the current sequence according to the timings set on the slides.
To save the current sequence, click the ‘Save’ button on the Program Control toolbar and a save box will be shown.Type in the name of the sequence and press the ‘Save’ button. Not a sequence has the extension .tSQ. A collection of sequence has the extens .tPG.
To load a sequence into the current sequence click the ‘Load’ button on the Program Control toolbar, a load box will be shown. When the load box appears navigate to th Sequences and double-click on the sequence that you want to load.