ISPSoft User Manual

ISPSoft User Manual ISPSoft User Manual

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Chapter 4 Quick Start Right-click Device Monitoring Table in the project management area, point to Device Monitor on the context menu, and click Add. Type a table name in the Add Monitor Table window, and then click OK. An item will be under Device Monitor Table in the project management area. If users want to open the monitoring table, they can double-click the item. Besides, the users can create several monitoring tables in the project, and the monitoring tables created will be saved with the project. After the item is double-clicked, a window will appear. The users can add items which will be monitored to the window. If the users want to add an item to the window, they have to double-click the blank in the monitoring table, or type a device name directly, and type a start address and the number of devices which will be monitored in the Device Monitor Input window. Please notice that 100 items at most can be added to a monitoring table. The users can press Insert on the keyboard to switch between inserting an item in the monitoring table and replacing an item in the monitoring table. The mode which is selected is displayed in the status bar in ISPSoft. If the insertion mode is selected, the item added will be above the item selected in the monitoring 4-33

ISPSoft User Manual table. If the replacement mode is selected, the item added will overwrite the item selected in the monitoring table. If the users want to hide certain columns in the monitoring table, they can right-click the monitoring table, point to Set the Fields, and unselect certain items. After an item is unselected, the corresponding column will disappear. The description of the columns in the monitoring table is as follows. Column Description Source The source of a symbol Identifier The identifier of a symbol Device name The name of a device monitored Status If a bit device or a contact is monitored, the state will be ON or OFF. Data type If a symbol is monitored, the data type of the symbol will be displayed. Value (16 bits) In the online mode, a 16-bit value is displayed. Value (32 bits) In the online mode, a 32-bit value is displayed. Float In the online mode, a 32-bit floating-point number is displayed. Radix Users can select a format in which a value is represented. Comment The comments on a device or the comment on a symbol is displayed. After the monitoring table is created, the users can monitor the items in the monitoring table in the online mode. Besides, after the users right-click an item in the monitoring table in the online mode, a context menu which is the same as the context menu which will after a device in the program editing window is clicked will appear. The users can change the state of the item or the value in the item by clicking an item on this context menu. 4-34

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table. If the replacement mode is selected, the item added will overwrite the item selected in the<br />

monitoring table.<br />

If the users want to hide certain columns in the monitoring table, they can right-click the monitoring<br />

table, point to Set the Fields, and unselect certain items. After an item is unselected, the<br />

corresponding column will disappear.<br />

The description of the columns in the monitoring table is as follows.<br />

Column<br />

Description<br />

Source<br />

The source of a symbol<br />

Identifier The identifier of a symbol<br />

Device name The name of a device monitored<br />

Status<br />

If a bit device or a contact is monitored, the state will be ON or OFF.<br />

Data type If a symbol is monitored, the data type of the symbol will be displayed.<br />

Value (16 bits) In the online mode, a 16-bit value is displayed.<br />

Value (32 bits) In the online mode, a 32-bit value is displayed.<br />

Float<br />

In the online mode, a 32-bit floating-point number is displayed.<br />

Radix<br />

<strong>User</strong>s can select a format in which a value is represented.<br />

Comment The comments on a device or the comment on a symbol is displayed.<br />

After the monitoring table is created, the users can monitor the items in the monitoring table in the<br />

online mode. Besides, after the users right-click an item in the monitoring table in the online mode, a<br />

context menu which is the same as the context menu which will after a device in the program editing<br />

window is clicked will appear. The users can change the state of the item or the value in the item by<br />

clicking an item on this context menu.<br />

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