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Rockwell Automation 1772-L8_LW_LWP_LX_LXP,D17726.5.8 User Manual User Manual

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RECORD

DISPLAY

MR,n

RETURN

ESC

Report Generation

Chapter 23

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Manually Initiated Report Generation

You can display messages manually on the T3 terminal or the peripheral
device by executing a key sequence each time a message is desired. You
can display a message manually by executing the following steps:

These lines appear in the lower left hand corner of the screen.

CHANNEL C: 9600 BAUD; INPUT = ON; HANDSHAKE = ON
RECORD

The following messages appear in the upper left hand corner of the screen.

SWITCH TO ALPHANUMERIC OVERLAY

CONFIGURING MESSAGE AREA CONFIGURATION COMPLETE,
PLEASE CONTINUE

At this point, change to the Alphanumeric Overlay (cat. no. 1770-KAA).

MR,n appears on the screen.

The message n appears on the screen.

You have exited message generation. Change to the PLC-2 Family overlay
(cat. no. 1770-KCB).

Automatic Report Generation

Once you have entered automatic report generation, your 1770-T3 terminal
serves as a device that automatically displays messages as the program
executes. These messages are displayed automatically through program
control by energizing specific message request bits.

You can access automatic report generation if the processor is in the Run,
Run/Program, Test, or Remote Test mode by performing the
following keystrokes: