Drive plc developer studio – Lenze DDS v2.3 User Manual
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Drive PLC Developer Studio
Visualization
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Zoom to Vis
If check box Zoom to Vis is activated, a mouse click on the visualization element will take you to
the window of the visualization selected in the input field.
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Activating check box Toggle variable as well will toggle the variable specified in text field
Toggle variable.
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If a STRING-type program variable (e. g. PLC_PRG.xxx) is specified in the text field
instead of the visualization, this variable may be used to preset the name of the visualization
(e. g. xxx:=’visu1’).
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If the text field Zoom to Vis is used to enter command ZOOMTOCALLER, the online mode
provides for a return to the calling visualization by clicking the element, if such a constellation
has been configured.
If a jump is to be executed to a visualization reference with placeholders, these may be substituted
directly on call with variable names or texts.
Observe the following syntax.
Call for visualization visu1, where the placeholders used in visu1
$var_ref1$and$var_ref2$ are substituted with variables PLC_PRG.var1 or PROG.var1.
visu1(var_ref1:=PLC_PRG.var1, var_ref2:=PROG.var1)
Execute program
If check box Execute program is activated, the executable program specified in the input field will
be launched on clicking the visualization element.
Example
notepad C:/help.txt (the program Notepad will be started and the file help.txt opened).
Text input of variable ’Text display’
If check box Text input of variable ’Text display’ is activated, a value can be assigned to a variable
by clicking the visualization element.
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The value is assigned to the variable selected in category
Variables in the text field Text
display.
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Clicking the visualization element will display an input field for the new variable value. Press
ConfigureWText for tool tip
available for: all
Use Extras
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➞Configure, category Text for tool tip to enter a text for the selected element. This text
is displayed when the mouse pointer is positioned briefly over the element.
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Line breaks in the text can be entered by pressing
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