Displaying Status In The Program Editor; Capturing The Online Values Of A Db To Reset The Start Values - Siemens S7-1200 System Manual

14.11.2

Displaying status in the program editor

You can monitor the status of the tags in the LAD and FBD program editors. Use the editor
bar to display the LAD editor. The editor bar allows you to change the view between the
open editors without having to open or close the editors.
In the toolbar of the program editor, click the "Monitoring on/off" button to display the status
of your user program.
The network in the program editor displays power flow in green.
You can also right-click on the instruction or parameter to modify the value for the instruction.
14.11.3

Capturing the online values of a DB to reset the start values

You can capture the current values being monitored in an online CPU to become the start
values for a global DB.
● You must have an online connection to the CPU.
● The CPU must be in RUN mode.
● You must have opened the DB in STEP 7.
1. In the DB editor, click the "Monitor all tags" button. The "Monitor value" column displays
2. Click the "Show a snapshot of the monitored values" button to display the current values
3. Click the "Monitor all" button to stop monitoring the data in the CPU.
4. Copy a value in the "Snapshot" column for a tag.
5. Paste the copied value into the corresponding "Start value" column for the tag. (Right-
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Use the "Show a snapshot of the monitored values" button to capture the current
values of the selected tags in the DB. You can then copy these values into the "Start
value" column of the DB.
the current data values.
in the "Snapshot" column.
– Select a value to be copied.
– Right-click the selected value to display the context menu.
– Select the "Copy" command.
click the cell and select "Paste" from the context menu.)
14.11 Monitoring and modifying values in the CPU
Online and diagnostic tools
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