USER MANUAL APS 6.0

Monitoring Controller Operation
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Changing the Radix
Radix refers to the way numeric based information is displayed on the status line.
You can only change the radix for output, input, bit, and integer data files. Choices
are:
• Binary
• Decimal – default radix for Global Status file
• Hex/BCD
• ASCII
1. From the Program Directory display
, press
CONFIG
OFFLINE
CONFIG
DATA
MONITOR
F9
or [ALT-D]. Enter the
address you want to monitor and press [ENTER]. If you are currently on an
address and you press either
CONFIG
OFFLINE
CONFIG
DATA
MONITOR
F9
or [ALT-D] , the system goes directly
to monitoring the specified file. In the following example the display of an
integer file is changed from decimal to binary, then from binary to hexadecimal,
and then from hexadecimal to ASCII. The following display is in decimal.
Press a key or enter value
N7:23 =
REM PROG no forces decimal data decimal addr PROC Addr 1
F7F5
NEXT
FILE
SPECIFY
ADDRESS
F8
PREV
FILE
address 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
N7:0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N7:10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N7:20 0 0 0 1098 0 0 0 0 0 0
N7:30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 0
N7:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N7:50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N7:60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N7:70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N7:80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N7:90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N7:100 2043
F1
CHANGE
RADIX
Notice that the status line identifies the type of display . In this case the display
is for decimal data.