Integrated development enviroment

The picture below, represents the appearance of the program LadderDIP PLC Studio on your computer.  LadderDIP PLC Studio has an integrated environment feature, allowing you to draw schematics, compile programs and upload code to PLC always working on the same window. The integrated environment are composed by several parts described below.

Integrated environment overview

Menu

The menu is a Windows standard menu.

Toolbars

The toolbars are the window you can use to have a quick access to the main functions like Connect, compile and download

Message Window

The message window is mostly used during compiling phase to give you informations about errors

Workspace Window

The workspace window contains, in hierarchical form, the structure of your project

Components bar

This floating window contains  the components that you can place in the schematic. The components are grouped for functionality

Status bar

This window contains information about the software status and configuration.

Watch window

The watch window allow you to monitor variables during PLC running. The watching feature is related to the PLC where you are working on.