Maple Systems Silver Series - Trou Ble Shooting Tools Dur Ing Sim U la Tion; Cap Turing Sim U la Tion Screens to Use as Doc U Men Ta Tion

4To use on-line simulation mode from EasyManager
1. Start the EasyManager software.
2. If using Direct Online Simulation, check the Direct Online-Simulator box. If using Normal
Online Simulation, leave unchecked.
3. Click the Online-Simulator. The Open Project dialog box appears.
4. Click on the compiled project file that you wish to simulate.
5. Click Open. The simulation screen should appear.
5. To end on-line simulation, press the Space bar or right click in the simulation screen and click
Exit.
 Online simulation with RS232 is not available for the HMI504T.
Trou ble shooting Tools Dur ing Sim u la tion
Simulation mode allows additional functionality. By placing the mouse anywhere on the simulation screen and
doing a right click, a new menu comes up with additional features.
Search: Allows searching the entire project for a particular PLC address. To search, check the PLC and then type
the address. Searching can also be done by parts. Check Part and select the type of object.
PLC Monitor: Allows monitoring of the polling communication between the OIT and the PLC. This monitor can
help troubleshoot register fault problems. To view each time the OIT polls the PLC and grabs a single or a block of
registers, click on the Block Capture. Each poll communicates the following information:
· The window from which the register or block of registers is called (Win000 are background tasks such as
alarm scan objects)
· Time it took to get the data
· Register address
· Number of 16-bit words it grabbed
· Register type
If Block Capture fails to retrieve the data, the message “FAIL” will appear to the right.
System Resource: Displays information about the availability of the following OIT resources:
· RAM memory
· Timers
· Queues
Data Monitor: Shows live PLC data polling based on individual object types.
Emulator Setting: Sets up how the Simulator appears and operates.
Print Screen (preview & save to file): Prints a picture of the current screen displayed. To preview before printing,
select Screen Preview. “Print screen to a file” will create a bitmap image of the screen.
Print Window (preview & save to file): To print object/address information within, select Window printing and
then select the Table radio button. To preview, select Window Preview. Selecting Print window to a file creates
a bitmap image of the screen data.
Cap turing Sim u la tion Screens to Use as Doc u men ta tion
4To capture screen pictures for creating documentation
1. Run the simulator (either on-line or off-line)
2. When the window to be captured is displayed, hold the ALT key down and push the PRINT
SCREEN key on your keyboard. This will send a bitmap image of the simulation window to
the clipboard.
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