Symbolic Addressing
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Getting Started with C7-621-AS-i
Setting symbolic representation
To also display the symbolic names in your program, you must set the appropriate type of representation.
In the offline data management, open the function FC1. In the LAD/STL/FBD Editor which appears,
select the menu item
View
→
Display
→
Symbolic Representation
. The absolute addresses are
replaced by the symbolic names.
Via
View
→
Display
→
Symbolic Information
you can also display the absolute addresses and the
comments from the symbol table. The network comments are then no longer visible.
Note
If you want to incorporate new operands during the programming, you can assign symbolic names to
individual absolute addresses in the LAD/STL/FBD Editor via
Options
→
Symbol Table.
The entries are
automatically inserted in the symbol table.
Using the symbolic names in ProTool
Before you can also use the symbolic names in ProTool, you must make some settings.
In the
SIMATIC_Manager
open the
Hardware
folder by double-clicking on it. The Hardware
Configuration window is displayed.