EtherCAT XG-PM Trend Monitoring for Motion Control Status

Trend monitoring with the XBF-PN08B and XBF-PN04B is done with the XG-PM software.

  • XG-PM must be connected to the XEM CPU to perform Trend Monitoring.

  • This topic only covers how to use the Trend Monitoring feature to monitor motion control.

Select the XBF-PN04B or XBF-PN08B in the Workspace window before opening the Trend Monitoring window.

In XG-PM, connect to the CPU then select Trend Monitoring in the pull-down menu Monitoring.

This blank Trend Monitoring window is displayed.

The Trend Monitoring window has 3 sections to monitor different types of data.

Start Trending of Data

To Start trending data in the Trend Window, the XG-PM project must have started monitoring and be online with the CPU.

With the Trend Monitoring window open, select Monitoring menu è Start Monitoring.

Stop Trending of Data

To stop trending data in the Trend window, the XG-PM project must stop monitoring.

With the Trend Monitoring window open, select Monitoring menu è Stop Monitoring.

Trend Graph initialization is used to delete all data in a trend.

Step Action
1

Right-click in the Trend Monitoring window and select Graph Initialization.

2

Press Yes to delete graph data.

All data will be deleted.

XG-PM Trend Monitoring has a zoom feature that allows a user to zoom in on a portion of the trend. The zoom can also be canceled to see all the data.

Step Action
1

Click the left mouse button in the Trend Monitoring window and drag the selection box over the section to zoom in on.

2

The Trend will zoom in on the area selected.

To cancel the zoom, follow the steps below:

Step Action
1

Click the right mouse button in the Trend Monitoring window and select Cancel Zoom.

2

The Trend will display all the data.

Trend Data values from the graph can be seen using the cursor and enabling the View Graph data setting for the trend being used.

Step Action
1

Stop Monitoring to stop the gathering of new trend data.
2

Right-click on the graph. Select the appropriate option for the graph type:

  • Bit Graph: select View Bit Value

  • Trend Value graph: select View Trend Value

  • XY Graph: select Display XY Graph Value

A value table will appear on the right side of the Graph.

3

To start viewing data, right-click on the graph and select Show Cursor.
4

Left-click on a section of the graph to see the data by the white cursor line.

You can view two examples of EtherCAT trend monitoring in the How to Monitor Motion Control with the Trend Monitoring Window topic.

 

 

 

 

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