
Product Data Document
420DS-3d
July 16, 2007 - Page 6
Bristol
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ControlWave
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Designer
Remote Automation Solutions
Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote
Numerous system variable are maintained in
ControlWave and the Designer System Variable
Wizard gives the user access to them by simply
selecting those desired in the Wizard menu.
System variables are used for:
Control start up and power up execution and
control
Monitoring the efciency of task execution and
start up
Accessing the system date and time
Viewing diagnostic information about the
communication ports
A system variable is also available to provide a
port data line monitor. By viewing the variable, an
engineer can view the communication message
stream through the port. This is an extremely power-
ful feature available to those familiar with data line
monitor capability.
On-line Program Debug Tools
No matter how experienced the engineer, there is
always a need for powerful software debug tools.
ControlWave Designer offers a comprehensive set
of on-line tools to help you test, analyze and trou-
bleshoot your application program. Real-time data
values and program execution are displayed for all
ve languages.
The Variables Cross Reference list contains all
variables, function blocks, actions, transitions,
steps, jumps, labels and connectors which are used
within the current project. It is a helpful tool for de-
bugging and fault isolation.
The Logic Analyzer is a powerful tool for recording
values of variables over a certain time interval. They
are displayed graphically in the Logic Analyzer win-
dow. All recorded values and settings of the Logic
Analyzer are stored automatically with the project.
The Watch Window can be used to collect vari-
ables from different worksheets to gain an under-
standing about how these variables work together.
In addition you can use the watch window to force
and overwrite variables.
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Breakpoint, Single Step and Single Cycle pro-
gram execution provides a step and trace function
that is extremely useful for program debugging.
These functions allow you to continue the program
execution line by line after a breakpoint has been
reached.
Power Flow
For graphical worksheets, IL and ST worksheets,
you can switch from the Variable Status to the Ad-
dress Status with Powerow and vice versa. Pow-
erow displays which program parts are actually
executed and which ones not. This is useful for
debugging worksheets with conditional jumps.
I/O Simulator
The ControlWave Designer I/O Simulator allows
the Application load program to be tested on a PC,
with simulated analog and digital inputs and out-
puts.
The I/O Simulator utilizes the identical real time
operating system used in the ControlWave unit; this
allows initial I/O testing and debugging to be per-
formed in a safe, isolated environment, without the
need for a running ControlWave unit and process
I/O boards.
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