Displaying The Status In A Status Chart; Properties Of A Status Chart - Siemens SINUMERIK 828D Function Manual

P4: PLC for SINUMERIK 828D
14.4 Test and diagnostic functions
• Zoom factor
To edit the scaling.
Shortcut key: You can use the shortcut key to quickly set the zoom factor in the program status:
- Press the Ctrl key and the plus key in the numerical block of the keyboard to increase the display size.
- Press the Ctrl key and the minus key in the numerical block of the keyboard to reduce the display size.
• Field width and height
To edit the grid settings.
You can increase the field width so that information can be displayed which otherwise would be cut-off. You
can reduce the field height so that there is sufficient space so that your networks can be shown on the screen.
• Signal flow
You can change the color, which shows that boolean addresses are activated (bit value is 1).
• Address display
You can display the addresses either within or outside the operations. You can also display the status value
without changing the name or the address.
Adapting the arrangement of the window in the Programming Tool PLC828
In order to create more space for the window of the program editor, or to be able to display it with another
window, e.g. the status chart, the symbol table or the cross references, you can adapt the arrangement and size
of all of the windows shown in the Programming Tool PLC828 as follows:
1. Select the window whose display you wish to adapt.
2. Reduce/increase the size and position the window using the mouse or using the appropriate key
combinations of your keyboard.
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Use the commands from the menus "View" and "Window" that are available for the window display.
14.4.3

Displaying the status in a status chart

14.4.3.1

Properties of a status chart

Application
After you have loaded your program into the target system, you can generate one or several status charts to
monitor and test program execution.
The program is continuously executed if the target system is in the RUN operating state. You can enable the
chart status so that the status values in the chart are continuously updated (not interrupted). As an alternative,
using the "Single read" function, you can generate a "Snapshot" of the status values in the table without having to
enable the status chart.
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