Rockwell Automation 47C626 AutoMax Programming Executive V4.2 - Manual (Page 187)

18Ć1
18.0 ONLINE MENU:
MONITORING AND EDITING
TASKS
AutoMax allows you to monitor and change the status of variables
and I/O points, display and modify Ladder Logic sequences in real
time, and force and unforce variables. In order to use any options
except monitoring and adjusting tunable variables, the keyswitch
must be in PROGRAM and the password must have been entered.
To begin monitoring, enter M" for Monitor from the Online menu.
The resulting Monitor menu shown in figure 18.1 in turn allows you
to access six other menus which are described below.
NOTE: If you want to monitor a PC/Ladder task, you must exit the
Online Task Manager and choose the Monitor PC Program command
from the Online menu in the System Configurator or the Task Manager.
ON LINE Direct via Serial C: \LIB\SYS\RACK
EscăExit
Monitor
F1 Help
Variable Analog Force
I/O PC Set Up UDC/PMI
Figure 18.1 Ć Monitor Menu
Monitor Variable: used to display continuously current variable
values and to change, force, and unforce variables. See 18.1 for
more information.
Monitor I/O: used to output continuously the state of I/O registers
and make changes to those registers. See 18.2 for more information.
Monitor Analog: used to output continuously up to two integer
variables through the D/A converters located on a Drive Analog I/O
module (B/M 57405). See 18.3 for more information.