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 ) or one of the children.
    Result: Above the toolbar for the view, the selected PLC incl. the project name is displayed. 

  2. Click  in order to perform a →cold restart for the execution. If you want to perform a →warm restart, rather click .
    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.