AH500 Hardware and Operation Manual 
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Forcing the input contact or output contact selected ON 
Forcing the input contact or output contact selected OFF 
Releasing the contact from the locked state 
Releasing all the contacts from the locked states 
 
If an output contact in the program is forced ON or OFF, the output state of this contact will not be affected by 
the program execution result. 
 
 
*. If the online monitoring function is disabled, the contacts will not be automatically released from the locked 
states. As a result, users have to check whether the contacts need to be released from the locked states after the 
test is complete. 
There are two ways to create a monitoring table. Users can create a monitoring table online or offline. 
 
  Method 1 
Click New Devices Table on the PLC menu, or    on the toolbar. 
 
 
 
  Method 2 
Right-click Device Monitoring Table in the project management area, and click Add. 
 
 
 
Type a table name in the Add Monitor Table window, and then click OK. An item will be under Device 
Monitor Table in the project management area. If users want to open the monitoring table, they can double-
click the item. Besides, the users can create several monitoring tables in the project, and the monitoring tables 
created will be saved with the project.