Working with S7-Graph
S7-GRAPH for S7 300/400 Programming Sequential Control Systems
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C79000-G7076-C526-01
Status Bar
The status bar is at the bottom edge of the main window of S7-Graph. By selecting
the menu command View > Status Bar, you can display or hide the status bar.
The status bar contains the following information:
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Brief information about the selected menu command
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Symbolic/Absolute: Display of the addresses
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Online/Offline/Status/Status?
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Online/Offline: Indicates the location of the open block (online: on the
programmable controller; offline: on the programming device)
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Status/Status?: Indicates that you are working in the “Monitor" mode. In the
"Create" mode this field is empty.
The ? appears if you have requested more information than can be
displayed.
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FB/Source File: Type of object open
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Modified/Interface Modified
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Modified: The block has been modified.
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Interface Modified: The corresponding instance DB must be created again.
Variable Declaration Window
The variable declaration window is displayed to the left of the work area and is
used to declare variables. In the left half of the variable declaration window, you will
see the declaration sections and on the right-hand side the detailed information of
the component selected on the left.
In the variable declaration window, you can modify existing parameter sets, system
parameters can be deleted but cannot be edited. It is also possible to extend your
own parameters.
If you want to use a parameter in the sequencer, you can drag it from the variable
declaration window to the sequencer using the mouse and position it at the
required location.
Changes you have made to the parameters in the variable declaration window are
automatically updated in the sequencer so that no inconsistencies can result.
With the F1 key, detailed help is available on declaring variables in the variable
declaration window.