Installation manual

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Functions (continued)
Modicon TSX Micro
automation platform 0
PL7 Micro/Junior/Pro programming software
PL7 Micro/Junior/Pro software offers a complete set of tools for debugging
applications. A tool palette provides direct access to the main functions:
b Setting stop points.
b Step by step program execution.
b Independent execution of the master (MAST), fast (FAST) and event-triggered
(EVTi) tasks.
Parts of the program are animated directly when the TSX Micro/Premium PLC is in
RUN (rung, Structured Text statement or sequence of instructions in Instruction List
language) by activating the PL7 animation function.
Animation is used to display the status of program variables, whatever the language
used.
The animation can be frozen. Several windows can be displayed and animated
simultaneously.
Tables containing the application variables to be monitored or modified can be
created by entering them or automatically initialized from the selected program part.
Variables can then be modified, forced to 0 or to 1 for bit objects.
These tables can be stored in the application and therefore retrieved at a later date.
b Animation table: all public parameters and variables are displayed and animated
in real time. It is possible to modify and force the desired objects.
b As for the rest of the program, it is possible to use the following functions:
breakpoint, step-by-step and program diagnostics.
In online mode, the browser gives a hierarchical view of the chart with CHART
module and macro-step nesting. Animation is characterized by the presence or
absence of indicator colors.
The Grafcet debug bar:
b Displays the state of the chart.
b Modifies the state of the chart.
b Gives information on the state of the Master task.
The debug screens for the application-specific functions are accessed from the I/O
configuration screen by clicking on the position in which the module has been
defined, when the terminal is in online mode.
These screens are used for:
b Displaying and modifying the state of the I/O.
b Forcing the I/O.
b Displaying and modifying the current values.
b ...
The debug screens provide access to the general module or channel diagnostics.
These screens identify:
Internal module faults.
b External faults from the application.
b E.g.: range overrun fault for an analog module.
With version u V4.0 of PL7 software, the Premium platform system diagnostics are
extended. It is possible to monitor system bits and words as well as to display
associated time-stamped messages automatically, without the need for additional
programming. This monitoring applies to the system elements (processor,
memory,tasks, …), in-rack I/O and remote I/O on the Fipio bus.
Debugging tools
Animation of program elements
Animation tables
Debugging the DFBs
Grafcet debugging
Debugging the application-specific functions
Diagnostics
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resentation:
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Setup, language:
pages 5/6 to 5/11
Characteristics:
pages 5/16 to 5/18
Reference:
pages 5/18 to 5/19
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