5.3 Monitoring Machine Operation
5.3.3 Realtime Tracing
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Debugging Programs
5.3.3
Realtime Tracing
Realtime tracing gets the register data from the Machine Controller and displays it in a graph.
The results can be used to analyze the data movements and the timing scan by scan. There are
various register data that you can get from the Machine Controller, including speed and torque
data, and bit information.
Starting the Realtime Tracing
Double-click
Scope 1, Scope 2, Scope 3,
or
Scope 4
in the System Pane of MPE720 version
7, and then click the
Real-Time Trace
Button in the Trace Type Dialog Box.
Alternatively, click
Monitor
−
Scope
in the Launcher, and then click the
Real-Time Trace
But-
ton in the Trace Type Dialog Box.
MPE720 version 7 supports data tracing as a monitoring function. Data tracing get the I/O
data of the Machine Controller when it is online, and calculates and draws a graph. You can
use data tracing to monitor the operating status of the program and for debugging.
Another method for starting is to click the
Scope 1, Scope 2, Scope 3, or Scope 4
Button
that was registered in the My Tool Tab Page, and then click the
Real-Time Trace
Button in
the Trace Type Dialog Box.
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