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PLC functions of the
main menu
From the PLC main menu you can use soft keys to access the following PLC functions:
Soft key Function Description in this manual
Edit the file located in RAM memory.
Call the diagnostic functions. See “Integrated Diagnostic Functions
and DriveDiag” on page 9 – 89.
Compile files registered in OEM.SYS.
Select and compile files to be compiled.
Stop and restart the PLC program (M4173
is supported).
Show a list of machine parameters. See “The Machine Parameter Editor”
on page 30 – 572.
Set inputs and outputs. The PLC program is
ignored.
See “The I / O - FORCE LIST” on page
11 – 131.
Display states of selected operands in
tabular format.
See “The WATCH LIST function” on
page 11 – 129.
Display the logical states of the PLC
operands.
See “The TABLE function” on page 11
– 119.
Show the logic diagram. See “The LOGIC diagram” on page 11
– 125.
Display the TRACE function. See “The TRACE function” on page
11 – 128.
Display the process monitor.
Activate the integrated oscilloscope. See “Integrated Oscilloscope” on
page 10 – 99.
End PLC programming.