Mitsubishi Electric M800VW Series Manual page 485

M800V/M80V Series PLC Development Manual
6 Explanation of Built-in Editing Function (PLC On-board)
6.15 Ladder Menus
Normal find (DEVICE, INST. find)
(1) When input item is "FB Instance", press the [DEVICE, INST./FB] menu to switch to "DEVICE, INST.".
(2) Press the [LADDER SYMBOL] menu and select the ladder symbol for the ladder to be searched.
Ladder symbols can be searched even if not selected.
(3) Press the [DEVICE, INST.] menu and then enter either the device or instruction to be searched into the "DEVICE, INST."
input field.
(4) To execute the corresponding find operation, press either the [INPUT] key or one of the following menu keys: [FIND TOP
TO BOTTOM], [FIND CURSOR TO BOT.], [FIND CURSOR TO TOP], [FIND CONTACT], and [FIND COIL]. If the search
finds a match, the cursor moves to the position where the match was found.
The following table describes the direction and types of searches.
Menu item
Find top to bottom
Find cursor to bottom
Find cursor to top
Find contact
Find coil
 Continuous search
Perform the following operations to search continuously.
 Once the search is started after pressing the [INPUT] keys or one of the search menu keys, the executed search menu key
changes to [FIND NEXT].
 Press the [FIND NEXT] menu key or the [INPUT] key to continue the search.
 Consecutive searching of multiple programs
When multiple programs are opened, the program is searched until the end of the program. Then the following message is
displayed and the search can continue on to the next program.
[When a search match is found in the first program:]
"Search completed. Search another program?
A program or FB created in the programming languages which cannot be displayed will not be searched."
The message is not displayed after the second program.
[When a search match is not found in the first program:]
"The find target could not be found. Find another program."
A program or FB created in the programming languages which cannot be displayed will not be searched."
The message is not displayed after the second program.
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Search direction and type
This searches the designated device or instruction from the top of the currently displayed
program.
The find top to bottom search is performed when displaying the find popup screen and
pressing the [INPUT] key.
This searches the designated device or instruction downward from the cursor position.
This searches the designated device or instruction upward from the cursor position.
This searches the designated device contact instruction from the top of the currently dis-
played program.
The status of [LADDER SYMBOL] is ignored at this time.
(Example: When a contact is searched in the "-()- M0" state, the M0 contact is searched
instead of resulting in an error.)
This searches the designated device coil instruction from the top of the program.
The status of [LADDER SYMBOL] is ignored at this time.
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