Control Builder F offers the following features for configuration, parameterization and commissioning:
- A single software tool for configuration of the automation functions, the operator interface with displays and logs, and fieldbus parameters
- Graphical configuration with powerful editors according to IEC 61131-3 in any of the following programming languages:
- Function block diagram (FBD)
- Instruction List (IL)
- Ladder diagram (LD)
- Sequential function chart (SFC)
- Structured text (ST)
- A function block library with more than 220 tried and tested functions, greatly exceeding the basic ones outlined in IEC 61131-3
- An extensive macro library containing more than 200 graphic symbols, which can be added to by the user
- A project tree for flexible program generation and transparent program structuring
- Verification of automation functions, with the chance to find and remove errors quickly and easily
- Convenient cross-reference function allowing variables and process points to be found easily in any editor right up to the graphic display
- Importing and exporting of programs, displays, variables, process points and parts of the project tree
- Password protection to prevent unauthorized modification
- Password protection for user-defined function blocks
- Uniform system-wide graphical documentation of the entire user program, system communication and all field device parameters
- Integrated online help
- Project file (application) backup on any data medium (hard disk, CD, memory stick, etc.), or controlled by the system on one of the operator station PCs
- Testing and simulation of user programs (e.g. interlocks) even without connected hardware using the controller emulator