Using multiple insert component

Use the Multiple Insert Component tool to insert a string of normally open limit switches into wires that are tied to the PLC module.

Insert a limit switch

1. Click Schematic tabInsert Components panelMultiple Insert drop-downMultiple Insert (Icon Menu). Find
2. In the Insert Component: JIC Schematic Symbols dialog box, click Limit Switches.
3. In the JIC: Limit Switches dialog box, select Limit Switch, NO.
4. Respond to the prompts as follows:

   Component Fence, From Point:

    Select above the wire at line reference 520 (1)

   Component Fence, From Point: to:

    Drag below the wire at line reference 522, click the point (2), right-click

   
5. In the Keep dialog box, select:

   Keep this one

   Show edit dialog box after each

   Click OK

6. In the Insert/Edit Component dialog box, specify:

   Component Tag:  LS520

   Description: Line 1:  PALLET ENTERING

   Description: Line 2:  STATION

   Location code:  MACHINE

   Click OK.

   Note: In the Insert/Edit Component dialog box, Component Tag section, you can use the Use PLC Address button to add the I/O Address as the component tag.
7. In the Keep dialog box, select:

   Keep this one

   Show edit dialog box after each

   Click OK

8. In the Insert/Edit Component dialog box, specify:

   Component Tag:  LS521

   Description: Line 1:  PALLET INSIDE

   Description: Line 2:  STATION

   Location code:  MACHINE

   Click OK.

9. In the Keep dialog box, select:

   Keep this one

   Show edit dialog box after each

   Click OK

10. In the Insert/Edit Component dialog box, specify:

    Component Tag:  LS522

    Description: Line 1:  PALLET LEAVING

    Description: Line 2:  STATION

    Location code:  MACHINE

    Click OK.

    The normally open limit switches are inserted into the drawing.