Nematron Pointe Controller User Manual

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Chapter 5: Developing Controller Programs

Pointe Controller User Guide

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To make a Flow Chart a reusable Subchart:

1. Double-click on the chart’s

Start block

to open its Block Properties

window.

2. Click the Chart Type property and select Subchart from the drop-down

menu. The Arguments and Local Vars properties are added to the
window.

3. Define the arguments and local variables to be used by the Subchart:

a. Select Arguments or Local Vars. Arguments are values and

variables passed from the calling Flow Chart to the Subchart. Local
Vars are variables defined and used only within the Subchart,
completely independent of Logic Memory.

In this example, Arguments is selected:

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