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Equipment
Manual OP7, OP17
Release 04/99
STATUS/FORCE
V
AR with the OP
The
operator panel of
fers you the two functions
STA
TUS V
AR
and
FORCE
VAR
which enable you to display and modify operand values from the con
-
nected SIMA
TIC S5/S7/M7 PLC via standard screens.
In online mode, this means that PLC operands can be edited directly on the
OP without having to connect a programming unit/PC to the PLC.
Y
ou can use
STA
TUS V
AR
to display the status of operands of a
SIMA
TIC S5/S7/M7.
Y
ou can use
FORCE V
AR
to control operands of a SIMA
TIC S5/S7/M7 by
modifying their tag values and transferring them back to the PLC.
After calling the ST
A
TUS V
AR and FORCE V
AR functions, the OP prompts
you to enter the MPI or PPI address, respectively
.
Purpose
STATUS
V
AR
FORCE V
AR
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