Writing a force value for force marker onto the PLC
How to enter a force value within the Force Markers view in order to write it onto the →PLC:
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If the force marker is included within a collapsed level, expand this collapsed level.
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Double-click the column Force value for the force marker in the view. Alternative: Open the context menu for this force marker and select the command Edit Force value.
Result: A dialog is opened to change the force value. Here the dialog to change the force valueFVAL
for a force marker namedFORCEMRK2
of data typeINT
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In the dialog, enter or select the new force value and click . If you want to enter special characters, such as umlauts, for a force marker of
STRING
orCHAR
data type, you have to enter a three-character combination of the dollar sign ($
) followed by two hexadecimal digits (details: see examples under →character string literal). -
Double-click the column Force switch for the force marker in the view. Alternative: Open the context menu for the force marker and select the command Edit Force switch.
Result: A dialog is opened to change the force switch. -
Confirm the already selected value
TRUE
for the force switch by clicking .Result: If Neuron Power Engineer is able to successfully execute the data request, the force marker is now returning the force value instead of the value for the input
IN
. The Force Markers view is also displaying this force value within the column Value and the valueTRUE
is displayed within the column Force switch.
Neuron Power Engineer
How to use the input value of the force marker again:
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If the force marker is included within a collapsed level, expand this collapsed level.
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Double-click the column Force switch for the force marker in the view. Alternative: Open the context menu for the force marker and select the command Edit Force switch.
Result: A dialog is opened to change the force switch. -
Confirm the already selected value
FALSE
for the force switch by clicking .
Result: If Neuron Power Engineer is able to successfully execute the data request, the force marker is returning the value for the inputIN
again. The Force Markers view is displaying this value within the column Value and the valueFALSE
is displayed within the column Force switch.
Good to know |
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It is possible to change the force value for several force markers of the same data type in one go. Before you change the force value, press and hold the Ctrl-key while selecting the respective force markers within the view. Likewise it is also possible to activate or deactivate the force switch for several selected force markers in one go. In this case, the data types must not be the same. You are able to save the state of the force switches and the force values into a file and load them from this file at a later time. |