Starting the execution on PLC - cold restart or warm restart

Conditions for Start Application:

How to start the execution of the loaded application on a →PLC:

  1. In the Instance view: Select the requested PLC (= appertaining IEC-resource with icon images/download/attachments/406126785/Resource-version-1-modificationdate-1530007752717-api-v2.png ) or one of the children.
    Result: Above the toolbar for the view, the selected PLC incl. the project name is displayed.

  2. Click images/download/attachments/405733767/StartProgram-version-1-modificationdate-1529910932352-api-v2.png in order to perform a →cold restart for the execution. If you want to perform a →warm restart, rather click images/download/thumbnails/414778804/StartProgramWarm-version-1-modificationdate-1534403927589-api-v2.png .
    Result: The Instances view displays the updated execution state. If variables are visible in the Values of Variables view, the values are displayed/updated again as after loading the application.