Monitoring I/O and Variables

XG5000 allows the user 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.

To Start Monitoring:

Step Action
1 Open XG5000 project and connect to the XMC Motion Controller.
2

Open Monitor menu and select Start Monitoring.

You can also just press the Monitor button on the online menu bar.

To Stop Monitoring:

Step Action
1 Open XG5000 project and connect to the XMC Motion Controller.
2

Open Monitor menu and select Stop Monitoring.

You can also just press the Monitor button on the online menu bar.

Double-click on variable in ladder rung to bring up Change Current Value window.

Double-click on variable in code view or monitor view to bring up Change Current Value window.

Double-click on Value column in monitor window to bring up Change Current Value window.

Boolean Example:

Integer Example:

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.

Step Action
1

Right-click on variable. Select Add to Variable Monitor.

Or, highlight variable first then right-click on it. Select Add to Variable Monitor.
2

Choose which Variable Monitor window to add the variable to.
3

Verify the selected variable appears in the desired monitor window.
Step Action
1

Left-click on variable and hold it. Drag variable to open Monitor window.

Or, highlight variable first then left-click on variable and hold it. Drag variable to open Monitor window.
2

Successful dragging will show this icon in the Monitor window.
3

Verify the selected variable appears in the desired monitor window.
Step Action
1 Select multiple rows in Direct Variables

or Global/Local Variables
2

Right-click on selected rows. Select Add to Variable Monitor, then choose which Variable Monitor window to add the selected variables to.
3

Verify the selected variables appear in the desired monitor window.

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 and drag it to a different location.
2

Arrange monitor windows how you like.

This example shows all 4 windows separated to allow viewing of many different variables.
3

Using Window menu è Reset Window Layout will reset the XG5000 windows to the default position. This can be done after user is finished with the monitoring windows.

 

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.

GUI Element Name Description
A Select All Enables all items if no error is present in the list.
B Use Enable/Disable the use of the pause condition.
C Program Program name of the variable for the pause condition.
D Reset All Disables all items.
E Variable Variable name for the pause condition.
F Condition Comparison condition to compare variable to Set Value.
G Set Value Pauses program execution when variable equals this condition.
H Type Displays variable type.
I Comment Comment of the used variable.
J Find Used to find the program position of the variable used in the pause condition.
K OK Save changes to pause conditions and closes dialog box.
L Cancel Closes dialog box without saving any changes.

Used Device shows all the selected memory address uses in the user project. See Navigating to Used Device and Cross Reference for navigating to Used Device.

GUI Element Name Description
A Refresh Press Refresh first to select memory areas to display.
B Device Display Displays each device used in the project.
C Word This column displays the number of applicable device types used in a program
D Bit Displays the number of bit devices used in a program.
E I/O Classification Displays the number of the applicable bit devices as classified into input(I) and output(O).
F - Shows number of locations using the 4th bit of %MW0 as the output.

Cross Reference is used to display the application details of all devices and variables used in programs.

Column Name Action
Device Name Displays the names of all devices used in the present XMC.
Variable Displays the name of the variables.
PLC Displays names of XMC that the variable belongs to.
Program Displays the Scan Program name the variable is used in.
Position Displays the position of the Scan program the variable is used in.
Comment Displays the comment of the variable.
Information Displays the type of instruction the variable is used in.

In the default window layout, Cross Reference and Used Device can be found in tabs at the bottom of the XG5000 screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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