Ladder Logic

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Ladder Logic

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It would be nice if the ladder logic editor used the configured names for inputs, outputs, processes, etc. or showed them in legend where those are dragged to the ladder.
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Totally agree with this. Brent looked at it before, but space was too limited to get the user defined labels in there.

Maybe a little redesign on the interface could accomplish it. Put the drag & drop objects in a ribbon bar at the top and expand the width of the ladder rungs.

It would be nice, but with all the new development going on, this might need to wait a bit.
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Seeing some of the power of the online tools I was wondering if some of the programming might be better done via an external web interface and installed via the API. Just thinking out laud, it seems the BCS would have more room to operate if it didn't have to support all the programming internally. Of course, that makes it less stand alone, but if the tools are web pages it's not like you don't need a browser to use the BCS.
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I can't see ever removing the built in functionality as it is used by many in stand-alone operations. Sure, it could be done with no internet connection and local web pages on a machine that could interface to the BCS, but that would complicate the setup for many users.
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