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Editors in PLC Designer

DMS 3.2 EN 02/2011 TD29 285
7.4.6 The text editors in Online mode
The online functions in the editors are set breakpoint and single step processing
(steps). Together with the monitoring, the user thus has the debugging capability of a
modern Windows standard language debugger.
In Online mode, the text editor window is vertically divided in halves. On the left side
of the window you will then find the normal program text; on the right side you will
see a display of the variables whose values were changed in the respective lines. The
width of the window halves can be modified by drawing the divider with the mouse.
The display is the same as in the declaration part. That means that when the PLC is
running, the present values of the respective variables will be displayed.
The following should be noted when monitoring expressions or Bit-addressed
variables: in the case of expressions, the value of the entire expression is always
displayed. Example: a AND b is displayed in blue or with „:=TRUE" if both a and b are
TRUE. For Bit-addressed variables, the bit value that is addressed is always monitored
(e.g. a.3 is displayed in blue or with „:=TRUE, if a has the value 4).
If you place the mouse pointer briefly above a variable, then the type, the address and
the comment about the variable will be displayed in a Tooltip.
7.4.7 'Extras' 'Monitoring Options'
With this command you can configure your monitoring window. In the text editors,
the window is divided into two halves during monitoring. The program is located in
the left half. In the right half, all variables that are located in the corresponding
program line are monitored.
You can specify the Monitor Window Width and which Distance two variables should
have in a line. An distance declaration of 1 corresponds, in this case, to a line height in
the selected font.
Regard that the width of the window halves also can be modified by drawing the
divider with the mouse.
Monitoring Options Dialog Box