Monitoring I/O and Variables

XG5000 allows you to start and stop monitoring.

  • Variable values can be seen and changed during monitoring.

  • Pause conditions can be setup to pause program execution in certain conditions.

Video Tutorials

Description Video
Adding Variables to the Monitor Window
Monitoring Functions and Conditional Pausing

 

Step Action
1 Open XG5000 project and connect to XEM CPU.
2

To start monitoring, open Monitor menu and select Start Monitoring:

Alternately, press the Monitor button on the online menu bar.
3

To stop monitoring, open Monitor menu and select Stop Monitoring.

Or press the Monitor button on the online menu bar.

XG5000 has four monitor windows that can be used to see the current value of variables while Start monitoring is active. They can be opened with shortcut key Alt+3.

Multiple Monitor windows can be displayed at the same time. Window Layout can be reset when the multiple monitor windows are not needed any more.

Step Action
1

Left-click on a Monitor tab (example Monitor 1) and drag it to a different location.
2

Arrange Monitor windows how you like.
3

When done, you can use Window è Reset Window Layout to return XG5000 windows to the default position.

XG5000 has the capability to add pause conditions to help troubleshoot program execution.

  • The program execution will be paused if the selected condition becomes true.

  • Open Monitor menu è Pausing Conditions.. to enable a pause condition.

Item Name Description
1 Select All Enables all items if no error is present in the list.
2 Use Enable/disable the use of the pause condition.
3 Program Program name of the variable for the pause condition.
4 Reset All Disables all items.
5 Variable Variable name for the pause condition.
6 Condition Comparison condition to compare variable to Set Value.
7 Set Value Pauses program execution when variable equals this condition.
8 Type Displays variable type.
9 Comment Comment of the used variable.
10 Find Used to find the program position of the variable used in the pause condition.
11 OK Save changes to pause conditions and closes dialog box.
12 Cancel Closes dialog box without saving any changes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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