PLC Programming

Tools
%V If NAME is a variable name, the expression is expanded to
#:, otherwise there is no alteration (this notation
#: is interpreted by the controller as a memory address)
%T
%S
If NAME is a variable name, the expression is expanded to ,
otherwise there is no alteration.
If NAME is a variable name, the expression is expanded to ,
otherwise there is no alteration.
The % character is ignored if the escape symbol \ (Backslash) is placed in front. The escape symbol
as such is only transmitted if written \\.
Example:
Entry in command line: (memory dump of the variable .testit )
mem %V.testit
Output in result window:
mem #4:52
03BAAA24 00 00 00 00 CD CD CD CD ....ÍÍÍÍ
6.12.4 Further PLC Browser options
In the 'Extras' menu or in the PLC-Browser's toolbar there are the following commands for handling
the command entry or history list:
With History forward and History backward you can scroll backwards and forwards through
the query results already carried out. The history recording is continued until you leave the project.
With Cancel command
you can break off a query which has been initiated.
With Save history list you can save the query results carried out up until that point in an external
text file. The dialogue 'Save file as' will appear, in which you can enter a file name with the extension
„.bhl" (Browser History List). The command Print last command opens the standard dialogue to print.
The current query plus the output data in the message window can be printed.
6.13 Tools
The object 'Tools' will be available in the 'Resources' tab if the functionality is enabled for the currently
set target system. It shows all available shortcuts (connections) to executable files of external tools,
which can be activated by a double-click in order to call these external programs from within
CoDeSys. It is defined by the target file which and how many shortcuts are allowed. Depending on
this definition the user can add or delete new shortcuts in the 'Tools' folder.
For example the Tools folder in the Object Organizer might look like this:
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