Using The Programming IDE / Resources / Slots

Slots are all the InoDrive units on the network including the Target unit. The Target unit’s drive and I/O resources are identified as Local in the User’s Program. The other InoDrive units can be identified to the Target unit by IP address or relative location or hops from the Target units A and/or B network ports.
The Target InoDrive’s resources go to the Local Slot, which is the default location for resources (like motors, instructions, inputs, etc) to be stored for InoDrive’s use. More slots are helpful if you have multiple groupings of resources to work with, as in you have more than one InoDrive to send resources to, which would then require multiple slots be created.

The InoDrive unit for which you are writing a program for is called the Target and in the Slots Resource listing this slot is pre-defined by default and is named Local. Click the Slots item under the Resources list to view all of the defined Slots. In this example the only one we have is Local.

Creating a Slot

Click the Create New button to open the dialog. Enter a valid name and then select the type of connection. If your connection type is by I.P. address, fill in the appropriate address in the entry box. Click Create to create the Slot.