Omron SYSMAC CX-Programmer 8.1, Operation Manual

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Force Setting/Force-Resetting Section 5-2
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5-2-2 Force-Setting/Force-Resetting Steps
Steps can be activated or deactivated forcibly by force-setting/force-resetting, as long
as the PLC is not in the RUN mode.
Force-setting activates a step, and force-resetting deactivates a step.
The activity status will be maintained until the forced status is cleared, or until another
force-set/force-reset operation is performed. It will not be changed by external inputs or
by program execution results.
When a step has been force-set, the Actions associated with that step will become
active. When a step has been force-reset, the Actions associated with that step will
become inactive.
Note: The behavior of Action Qualifiers is the same as if the step had become active under
normal conditions.
Force-Setting/Force-Resetting a Step
1 On the SFC editor, select and right-click the step to force-set/force-reset.
2 Select Force Transition - On or Force Transition - Off from the pop-up menu.
The selected step will be force-set/force-reset.
The step will be marked to indicate that it has been force-set/force-reset, as shown
below.
Clearing the Forced Status of a Step
1 In the SFC editor, select and right-click the Step for which the force-set/force-reset
is to be cleared.
2 Select Force Step – Cancel from the pop-up menu. The force-set/force-reset
status is cleared for the selected step.
Clearing All Forced Statuses
1 Select Force - Cancel All Forces from the PLC menu. The force-set/force-reset
status is cleared for all I/O memory areas, including steps.