Instruction Manual

Table of Contents Pointe Controller User Guide
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5.7 Types of Flow Chart Blocks.........................................................................................................151
5.7.1 Process Block....................................................................................................................151
5.7.2 Terminator Block............................................................................................................154
5.7.3 Condition (If/Then/Else) Block.....................................................................................156
Repeat/Until Loop Block..............................................................................................................158
5.7.5 While/Do Loop Block.....................................................................................................159
5.7.6 Subchart Block ................................................................................................................161
5.8 Building and Editing Ladder Diagrams...................................................................................163
5.8.1 Creating a new Ladder Diagram................................................................................163
5.8.2 Navigating the Ladder Diagram editor ...................................................................164
5.8.3 Adding new rungs and branches to a Ladder Diagram ......................................166
5.8.4 Placing and configuring a Ladder Diagram block ................................................167
5.8.5 Moving, copying, and deleting elements in a Ladder Diagram........................168
5.8.6 Adding comments to a Ladder Diagram .................................................................169
5.8.7 Making a Ladder Diagram a reusable Sub-Ladder ...............................................170
5.9 Types of Ladder Diagram Blocks...............................................................................................171
5.9.1 Relays and Coils ..............................................................................................................171
5.9.2 Timer and Counter Blocks............................................................................................172
5.9.3 Math Blocks .....................................................................................................................172
5.9.4 Comparison Blocks.........................................................................................................173
5.9.5 Logical and Bit Shift Blocks .........................................................................................174
5.9.6 Selection Blocks ..............................................................................................................174
5.9.7 String Blocks ....................................................................................................................175
5.9.8 Flow Control Blocks.......................................................................................................176
5.9.9 Miscellaneous Blocks.....................................................................................................176
5.10 Other Framework Editor Tools..................................................................................................177
5.10.1 Finding and replacing text ..........................................................................................177
5.10.2 Zooming in and out on a chart..................................................................................177
5.10.3 Viewing tag cross references ......................................................................................178
5.11 Compliing your PointeControl project....................................................................................179
5.11.1 Configuring your project's Chart List .......................................................................179
5.11.2 Setting your project's scan interval...........................................................................180
5.11.3 Checking your project’s chart integrity ...................................................................181
5.11.4 Building your project's runtime module .................................................................181
5.11.5 Activating the PointeControl Monitor.....................................................................182