In the past few lessons we have been introducing you to the many tools used within the programming environment. In this lesson, we are going to discuss a tool called Cross Reference. Cross reference is a very useful function that works to find areas within a program that use a certain object or DB address. For instance, if you need to find where a particular timer was used within your logic, you can use the cross reference tool to locate where it was used and what it was used for. Get started with this lesson and we’ll demonstrate how to use this beneficial tool.
In the previous lesson we discussed the Cross Reference tool. We told you how to initiate the tool and what data would be found within the used by tab of the tool. We guided you through the data and made you aware of what each bit of information means and how you can use it in your programming en...
In several of the the previous lessons we have been discussing the many diagnostic tools available within the software environment. In a continuation of instruction about the Cross Reference tool, we are going to use a practical example to show you how to employ this useful troubleshooting tool. ...
In the last several lessons we have been discussing the many useful tools available in TIA Portal and now continue with the tool called call structure. The call structure diagnostic is another tool that will aid you in getting a high level picture of the PLC program structure as well as assist yo...
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