Working with Controllers
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PLC Status Viewer
Overview The status viewer monitors PLC status words. The PLC to be monitored is specifi ed
by the project selected. Multiple projects can be monitored at once and results in the
word data grid are saved to the project. See Status Words for S901 and S908,
p. 280 for more information about status words.
Checking the
Value of a Word In the PLC status window:
Logging
Word Data In the PLC status window:
Working with
Logged
Word Data
After logging word data, right click on the logged data grid:
Note: The words available are dependant on the PLC being monitored.
Step Action
1 Select the Update current node radio button
2 Select the word from the status word navigation panel that you want to see the
value of.
Note: Single bits are colored when set.
Step Action
1 Select the Record selected nodes radio button.
2 Select the word(s) from the status word navigation panel that you want to log by
clicking the check boxes beside the status word icons.
3 Click the Start Logging button.
4 To end the logging session, click the Stop Logging button.
Step Action
1 To clear the selected word data from the logged word data grid, click Delete.
2 To clear all word data from the logged word data grid, click Delete All.
3 To view the detailed word view and diagram of bits, click View Bits.
4 To print the logged word data, click Print.