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NX-series Safety Control Unit User’s Manual (Z930)
To close a Watch Tab Page, click the Close Button for the tab page. To display a Watch Tab Page that
you closed, select Watch Tab Page from the View Menu again.
The information on variables that is displayed in a Watch Tab Page is given in the following table. You
can show or hide the following items by right-clicking in the column and using the displayed menu:
Comment, Data type, AT, and Display format.
Yes: Editable, No: Not editable
There are two ways to register variables.
Method 1: Enter the variable name in the name cell in the Watch Tab Page.
Method 2: Drag the variable to the Watch Tab Page from a variable table.
Procedure for Method 1
1 Click the cell that says Input Name at the bottom of the Watch Tab Page.
2 Enter the variable name to display the present value.
3 As you enter characters, a list of candidate variable names is displayed. Select the variable
name from the list.
The variable name is registered.
Procedure for Method 2
Drag a variable from a variable table to the Watch Tab Page.
The variable is registered.
Contents of the Watch Tab Page
Item Description Editing
Name The variable name is displayed. Yes
Online value The present value of the variable is displayed. No
Modify The new value is displayed. Yes
Comment The comment for the variable is displayed. No
Data type The data type is displayed. No
AT The node, Unit, and I/O port name are displayed. No
Display format The display format (decimal, hexadecimal, etc.) of the present value
and modify value is displayed.
Yes
Registering Variables in the Watch Tab Page