
8.2Edit Mode
8.2 Edit Mode
In case there is no PLC program or PLC program or parameter area is damaged in control, edit mode is activated after turning the power on. .
Edit mode is indicated by caption EDIT in the leftmost field of the status bar. The following actions can only be executed in edit mode:
–editing, as well as loading or saving through serial input the parameter area,
–loading PLC program to control,
–editing programs selected for execution in automatic mode and interrupted during execu- tion, as well as editing
condition that those are under processing.
If the machine is mounted with NCT machine control board the edit mode can be switched on
by pressing the button.
Editing Programs under Automatic Execution
Programs (main programs and
If automatic mode is interrupted during execution,
ing the background editing). Editing can be done, beginning with the block after the inter- rupted program block. The control disqualifies editing of the interrupted block and of previous blocks. If editing of such a block is selected by means of cursor, two arrows 67, pointing at each other indicate in the 7th status field, that this block cannot be edited.
The same situation occurs, if execution of a subprogram or macro is interrupted. In this case the subprogram or macro can be modified by opening edit mode with the above restrictions.
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