This tab allows the designer to manage linkable control points in the component tree of a device template.
You can select and expose control inputs that are required by the template and control outputs provided by the template. Also,
you can add and remove tags on the control points. The primary purpose for tagging the inputs and outputs is to assist the
installation tool during deployment in the resolving links.
NOTE: This tab is intentionally omitted from the station templates since you cannot configure I/Os for a station template.
The Template I/O tab contains three panes:
- Left side pane—shows the root component.
- The upper right pane—shows the Slot sheet listing the template’s current control inputs and outputs.
- The lower pane—shows on the left side allows you to select additional tags from available dictionaries, and on the right side
allows application of tags to selected I/O points.
In the nav pane you can click to expand control inputs, select one and click Add to add it to the upper right pane, exposing that input for linking or you can simply double-click on it in the left pane
to have the same effect.
Selecting a control input in the upper right pane displays (in the lower right pane) any existing tags on that input. If desired,
use delete options in the right-side lower pane to remove tags. Use the left-side lower pane to select additional tags from
available dictionaries to add to the input that is currently selected in the upper right pane.
Exposing control outputs is performed in the same manner as inputs.