Configuring the display of a text file To display a text file located on the controller, you need controls for selecting, opening, and closing the file in addition to the Text Editor element. As an op

Configuring the editing of a text file To use the Text Editor in the user interface to create or edit a text file on the controller, you need controls for selecting, opening, closing, saving, and crea

Maintaining Data Consistency for Multicore Operation By default, the IEC program of the visualization ( Visu_Prg ) runs in its own task ( VISU_TASK ). The visualization generally displays data from th

Unit Conversion You can define a conversion rule when you want to adjust data for another system of units. This data is executed for a specific order of magnitude and unit of measure. You define conve

Configuring a variable assignment with unit conversion You can link a variable which has been assigned in a visualization to a unit conversion. This has the effect that the variable value is converted

Alarm Management Configuration and visualization of alarms You can set up an alarm management system in an application to monitor critical conditions and trigger alarms. As soon as the user has acknow

Alarm Definition In the alarm management in CODESYS , the definition of an alarm consists of the following components: General description (ID, observation type, message text, etc.) Description of the

Visualizing Alarm Management You can use the Alarm Table and Alarm Banner visualization elements to create a display and user interface for the alarm management of an application. The alarm table list

Creating an Alarm Table You can use the alarm table created in the following example to visualize the alarms of a specific alarm group. Requirement: In your project, alarms are defined in alarm groups

Creating an Alarm Banner Requirement: In your project, alarms are defined in alarm groups and they are assigned to an alarm class. The following instructions are based on the example which is describe