Returning To The Start Position; Register Monitor Operation - Mitsubishi Electric M800VW Series Manual

M800V/M80V Series PLC Development Manual
6 Explanation of Built-in Editing Function (PLC On-board)
6.15 Ladder Menus
Find FB Instance
For GX Works2 mode, FB instance find is enabled. FB instance find uses the FB instance name as the key to search as
shown in the following figure.
FB name (FB instance name)
Searches for the FB instance
name in the brackets as the
The following are the FB instance find procedures.
(1) When input item is "DEVICE/INST.", press the [DEVICE, INST./FB] menu to switch the find target to FB instance.
(2) Enter the FB instance name to search for in the FB instance input field. Only FB instance names set with single-byte
alphanumeric characters can be searched by PLC on-board.
(3) 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 (top left of the FB) 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
Continuous search and consecutive searching of multiple programs are the same as " Normal find (DEVICE, INST. find)".
Ladder searches cannot be performed across multiple projects. Change to a different project and execute the search again.

6.15.3.8 Returning to the Start Position

Pressing the [RETURN TO START POSITION] menu key enables you to return to the step position when the search was
started in the program that was displayed when the search was started. The [FIND START] position is updated if a new
search is started.

6.15.3.9 Register Monitor Operation

Pressing the [REGISTER MONITOR] menu key enables you to register ladders including the cursor position device and
cursor position into the split screen entry ladder monitor screen or the entry device monitor screen.
Use the following procedures to register to these registration monitors.
Registering to the entry ladder monitor
Ladders including the cursor position can be registered to the entry ladder monitor for the following cases.
 Pressing the [REGISTER MONITOR] menu key when not using the split screen mode.
 Pressing the [REGISTER MONITOR] menu key when displaying the entry ladder monitor.
Registering to the entry device monitor
Devices at the cursor position can be registered to the entry ladder monitor for the following cases.
 Pressing the [REGISTER MONITOR] menu key when displaying the entry device monitor.
Search direction and type
This searches the designated FB instance name from the top of the currently dis-
played program.
Search from top to bottom is also performed after displaying the find popup
screen and pressing the [INPUT] key to switch to find FB instance.
This searches the designated FB instance name downward from the cursor po-
sition.
This searches the designated FB instance name upward from the cursor posi-
tion.
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