The SCOUT Workbench is the common frame for all tools of the engineering system. The Workbench is the central navigation point for the individual engineering steps. It is used for the creation and management of SIMOTION projects and provides a uniform and integrated view of all devices, data and programs.

The SCOUT Workbench:
Project navigator – Work area – Information area

• Project navigator (left): The project navigator displays the technological tree structure of the project. All devices (controller, drives, etc.), all technological objects (axes, cam tracks, cams, etc.) and user programs are displayed in filterable hierarchical views. From here, new objects/programs can be created or existing ones called for modification.
• Work area (right): All editing tools of the engineering system (parameterization dialogs, program editors, etc.) can be integrated (SNAP IN) in this work area. This provides you with an individual view adapted to the situation in a fixed outer frame for each engineering task. If more than one window is open at the same time, they can be arranged as required or you can toggle between them by selecting the tabs.
• Information area (bottom): The situation-dependent views for data and messages provided by the detailed display can be activated and deactivated. The data involves system variables provided by the devices and the technology objects, the peripheral data (inputs/outputs) and the user variables that you have defined. Their current states for an online connection with the SIMOTION device can be visualized. The message view refers both to the messages and alarms reported online from the SIMOTION devices and to warnings and errors generated during programming.