Checking your project's chart integrity, Building your project's runtime module, 3 checking your project’s chart integrity – Nematron Pointe Controller User Manual

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Pointe Controller User Guide

Chapter 5: Developing Controller Programs

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For more information on using PointeControl Monitor, see Chapters 6 and 7.

If you are doing a full compile of your project, then proceed to

Checking your

project's chart integrity

.

5.11.3 Checking your project’s chart integrity

PointeControl includes a built-in syntax checker that scans your Flow Charts
and Ladder Diagrams for missing, incorrect, or undefined tags and block

parameters. Some checking occurs as you build your charts, but using the Check
Integrity tool ensures that a thorough scan is performed.

The Check Integrity button allows you to locate and correct bugs that prevent the
program from compiling correctly. For each identified error in a Flow Chart or
Ladder Diagram, the

Messages pane

lists the name of the affected chart and the

coordinates of the block that contains the error.

NOTE: You can also check the integrity of an individual Flow Chart or Ladder
Diagram by clicking the Check Integrity tool in the toolbar of that particular
chart.

To check your project’s chart integrity:

1. Click the Check Integrity tool in the framework editor

toolbar

, or choose

Check Integrity from the Project menu. If PointeControl detects any
errors, they will be displayed in the

Messages pane

at the bottom of the

Framework Editor window.

2. Double-click a listed error to correct it. PointeControl will open the

affected Flow Chart or Ladder Diagram and highlight the block that
contains the error.

3. Correct the error.

4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 until all errors are corrected.

5.11.4 Building your project's runtime module

After you have configured your project’s

Chart List

, click the Build

Runtime toolbar button to build the final runtime module that will be

loaded onto the Pointe Controller unit. (You can also choose Build Runtime
from the Project menu.)

As the runtime is built, progress messages are displayed in the

Messages pane

at

the bottom of the Framework Editor window. If any errors are encountered, then
the build process will be aborted. Possible errors include:

Syntax and chart integrity errors

I/O configuration errors

Modbus mapping errors

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