Adept DeskTop 4.3 - Manual (Page 44)

Adept DeskTop 4.3 - Online Help 44
Task Manager Control
The Task Manager control allows you to assign programs to tasks, visualize, and manage tasks that are
running on the controller.
• From the Task Manager you can start or stop tasks as well as launch debugging of programs
in the task.
• You assign programs to a tasks by dragging the programs from the Program Manager into the
Task Manager.
To open the Task Manager control:
1. From the menu, select View > Task Manager.
2. Alternatively, click the Open Task Manager icon in the Adept DeskTop toolbar.
3. The control window opens, similar to Figure 21 .
Figure 21 Task Manager Control
What is a Task?
A task is a sequence of instructions that are defined by one or more programs. This sequence is also
referred to as the execution stack of the task.
Tasks can be executed and stopped either manually or programatically. Errors and system failures can
also halt or stop the execution of a task.
Task Status
Task status is indicated by a colored flag:
• Red indicates that the task was stopped due to an error or was manually stopped.
• Yellow indicates that task execution is paused or at breakpoint.
• Green indicates that the task is running.
• Black and white checker pattern indicates that the task execution has completed.
• White indicates that the task is idle or primed.
Right-click here
to display the
context menu
Color of flag icons
indicate the status of a
task
Task Manager toolbar
Information on
selected task