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5 Programming

The Program Triggers has one column for each Task. To increase the number of tasks,

use the General page of the Programming Properties dialog.
Example

This is an example of two triggers in the Program Triggers:

The first trigger will cause the user Program "Cycle" to be started on Task 0 when the

variable StartProgram becomes 1, and the second trigger will cause the user Program

"MoveHome" to be started on Task 0 when the variable StartProgram becomes 2. As

illustrated here, writing to a variable that triggers a user program is an easy way for a

PLC to start a user program in the RMC.

Notice that the user program will be started when the condition becomes true. It will not

restart while the condition remains true.

Order of Execution
If there are multiple triggers (rows), they will be executed in order from top to bottom.

Therefore, if two triggers become true in the same loop time, and they start different user

programs on the same task, the user program specified by second of these two triggers

will end up running on the task. This is because the RMC will always do the last thing it is

instructed to do.
Typically, in well-structured programs, this type of conflict does not occur.

How to Create and Manage Triggers

Create a Trigger

1. In the last row of the Program Triggers, click the Condition cell, then click the ellipsis

button . The New Condition Wizard will open.

2. Select the type of condition you want to create, and continue through the wizard to

complete the condition.

Note:

If you want to create a complex condition, double-click the Condition cell. It will let

you create a custom condition. See the Expressions topic for details on creating

expressions.

3. In each Task cell for the condition you just entered, click the cell and select one of the

following options from the drop-down box:

1.

o

User Program

Choose a user program from the drop-down box.

o

No Entry

If you do not want the trigger to affect the Task, do not enter anything in the

cell. To remove an entry, click the cell and press Delete.

o

The Task will be stopped immediately when the condition becomes true.

Note:

The Program Triggers Editor has one column for each Task. To increase the number of

tasks, use the General page of the Programming Properties dialog.

Move Triggers

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