Manually Updating The Error Log; Customising The Layout Of The Error Log; Enabling And Disabling The Error Log; Overwriting Error Log Entries - Omron CX-PROGRAMMER V9 - REV 12-2009 Operation Manual

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Manually Updating the Error Log

Manual refresh of the Error Log is useful if it is desired to prevent other users from clearing the displayed error
history. Use the following procedure to enable manual refresh of the error log.
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Use the following procedure to refresh the Error Log automatically.
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Customising the Layout of the Error Log

Some PLCs do not support time stamps, date stamps or clocks. The layout of the Error Log can be changed to
remove the time and date columns as necessary and make the display more relevant to the PLC. Use the following
procedure to customise the layout of the PLC Error component.
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Enabling and Disabling the Error Log

For C-series PLCs only, the error log can be enabled and disabled as required. Use the following procedure to
enable or disable the error log.
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Overwriting Error Log Entries

For C-series PLCs only, the overwrite mode depends upon the CPU type. It may either overwrite the last entry in
the Error Log each time or cycle through the Error Log and start to overwrite it from the beginning. Overwriting is
1. Select the Settings option from the Options menu.
2. Select the Clock tab.
3. Check the Monitor the PLC Clock setting. The current clock time from the PLC is then
displayed in the status bar so the user can verify the current time against the error log
entries.
4. Select the Apply pushbutton to activate the settings. Select the OK pushbutton to apply the
settings and close the dialog. Select the Cancel pushbutton to abort the operation.
Note:
Where PLCs do not support a clock, 'No Clock' is displayed in the Status Bar and the
information on the Clock tab is greyed-out.
1. Select the Settings option from the Options menu.
2. Select the Error Log tab.
3. Check the Update Error Log Entries Automatically setting. If not checked, a Refresh
pushbutton is displayed next to the Clear pushbutton to manually refresh the Error Log
content (in the PLC Error component).
4. Select the Apply pushbutton to activate the settings. Select the OK pushbutton to apply the
settings and close the dialog. Select the Cancel pushbutton to abort the operation.
1. Select the Settings option from the Options menu.
2. Select the Error Log tab.
3. Deselect the Update Error Log Entries Automatically setting.
4. Select the Apply pushbutton to activate the settings. Select the OK pushbutton to apply the
settings and close the dialog. Select the Cancel pushbutton to abort the operation.
1. Select the Settings option from the Options menu.
2. Select the Error Log tab.
3. Error Log time and date information can be hidden from view by checking the Hide Error
Log Time Column and the Hide Error Log Date Column settings.
4. Select the Apply pushbutton to activate the settings. Select the OK pushbutton to apply the
settings and close the dialog. Select the Cancel pushbutton to abort the operation.
1. Select the Settings option from the Options menu.
2. Select the Error Log tab.
3. Check the Error Log Enabled setting to manually monitor errors.
4. Deselect the Error Log Enabled setting to stop monitoring errors.
5. Select the Apply pushbutton to activate the settings. Select the OK pushbutton to apply the
settings and close the dialog. Select the Cancel pushbutton to abort the operation.
PART 2: CX-Server PLC Tools
CHAPTER 6 – PLC Error Component
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