Commissioning Manual
01/2017
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Compiling and monitoring programs
Compiling PLC programs
You can check for syntax errors after editing or modifying a PLC project using the compile function of PLC Programming
Tool. Proceed through the following steps to compile the PLC programs:
Open an existing or a new PLC project in PLC Programming Tool, and save it after editing.
Start compiling by clicking the toolbar button
or choosing from the main screen menu as
Wait for several seconds until the compiling finishes. Then you can check the r
esults in the
message window at the bottom of the main screen.
Monitoring the program status
Prerequisite:
Before you can collect status to monitor or debug your program, make sure you have performed the following operations:
● Successfully compiling your program
● Establishing communication between PLC Programming Tool and the control system
● Successfully downloading your program to the control system
You can use the toolbar button or the following menu command to monitor the online status of your PLC program when
the PLC is in the run mode (toolbar button
).