Unity SFC View

Version 2.0
User's manual
June 2004
33003015.00
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 Table of Contents

About the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Part I Unity SFC View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chapter 1 General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Chapter 2 Requirements and restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
System Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
User requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Prerequisites for online controlling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Prerequisites for the diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 3 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installation sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installation and registration of Unity Pro and OFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing SCF View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installation of the SFC View Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Registration with Schneider Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Implementation of the SFC View ActiveX Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Chapter 4 Preliminary Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Unity Pro presettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
OPC Factory Server Presettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chapter 5 Starting and Using the SFC View Demo Application . . . . . . . 37

Starting and using the SFC View Demo Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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 Chapter 6 SFCView appearance and behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.1 General controlling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
General description of the control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Objects for general controlling of SFCView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Properties for general controlling of SFCView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Methods for general controlling of SFCView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Events for general controlling of SFCView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Constants for general controlling of SFCView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.2 View: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Properties for controlling the view: Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Events for controlling the view: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Constants for controlling the view: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.3 View: Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Properties for controlling the view: Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Methods for controlling the view: Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Events for controlling the view: Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Constants for controlling the view: Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.4 View: Details Simple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Properties for controlling the view: Details Simple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Methods for controlling the view: Details Simple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Events for controlling the view: Details Simple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Chapter 7 Tips and Tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Reading data and instantiating groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
System performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Part II Functional Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Chapter 8 Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
OFSDevice Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
OFSDevices Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
OFSInfo Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
SFC View Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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Chapter 9 Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
9.1 ChainXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
ChainName Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
ChainControlVariableName Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
ChainFlagsOffBackColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
ChainFlagsOffForeColor Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
ChainFlagsOnBackColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
ChainFlagsOnForeColor Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
9.2 ColumnHdrActionXxx Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
ColumnHdrActionComment Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
ColumnHdrActionName Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
ColumnHdrActionQualifier Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
ColumnHdrActionTime Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
ColumnHdrActionType Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
9.3 ColumnHdrChainXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
ColumnHdrChainComment Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
ColumnHdrChainName Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
ColumnHdrChainStatus Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
9.4 ChainHdrErrorXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
ColumnHdrErrorComment Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
ColumnHdrErrorStep Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
ColumnHdrErrorVariable Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
ColumnHdrErrorPinType Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
ColumnHdrErrorState Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
9.5 ColumnHdrStepXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
ColumnHdrParallelSteps Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
ColumnHdrStepComment Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
ColumnHdrStepName Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
9.6 DetailsXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
DetailsActiveStepBackColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
DetailsInactiveStepBackColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
DetailsInitialStepBackColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
DetailsWaitingStepBackColor Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
DetailsViewLinesColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

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 9.7 DetailsSimpleXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
DetailsSimpleShowChainName Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
DetailsSimpleShowChainStatus Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
DetailsSimpleShowChainComment Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
DetailsSimpleShowStepErrorLabel Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
DetailsSimpleShowStepComment Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
DetailsSimpleShowInitStepIndicator Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
DetailsSimpleShowNavigation Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
DetailsSimpleStepNameFont Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
9.8 DetailsStepXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
DetailsStepNameFont Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
DetailsStepsLeft Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
DetailsStepsWidth Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
9.9 DetailsTextXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
DetailsTextDisableActions Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
DetailsTextDisableTimeCheck Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
DetailsTextDisableTransitions Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
DetailsTextSectionDisabled Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
DetailsTextSetResetFlag Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
9.10 DiagXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
DiagAutoRetrigger Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
DiagAutoRetriggerInterval Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
9.11 OPCXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
OPCNetworkServer Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
OPCAccessPath Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
OPCConnect Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
OPCUpdateRate Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
9.12 OverviewTextXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
OverviewTextDisableActions Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
OverviewTextDisableTimeCheck Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
OverviewTextDisableTransitions Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
OverviewTextRunning Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
OverviewTextSectionDisabled Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
OverviewTextSetResetFlag Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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9.13 ShowXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
ShowActiveStep Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
ShowAllDiagErrors Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
ShowAllTransitionsInput Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
ShowChainGroups Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
ShowStatistics Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
ShowStepComments Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
ShowTimeInms Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
ShowBlockNames Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
9.14 StepMaxTimeErrXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
StepMaxTimeErrBackColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
StepMaxTimeErrForeColor Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
StepMaxTimeErrText Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9.15 StepMinTimeErrXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
StepMinTimeErrBackColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
StepMinTimeErrForeColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
StepMinTimeErrText Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
9.16 UseXxx Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
UseOPCProject Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
UsePLCDiagSystem Property (Unity Pro). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
UsePLCDiagSystem Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
UseEasyModeSwitch Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
9.17 ValueXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
ValueOffBackColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
ValueOffForeColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
ValueOnBackColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
ValueOnForeColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
9.18 WidthActionXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
WidthActionQualifierColumn Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
WidthActionTimeColumn Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
WidthActionVariableColumn Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
WidthActionCommentColumn Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
9.19 WidthErrorXxx Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
WidthErrorStepNameColumn Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
WidthErrorVariableColumn Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
WidthErrorPinTypeColumn Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
WidthErrorStateColumn Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
WidthErrorCommentColumn Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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 9.20 Other Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Alias Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
AutomaticProjectReload Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
BackColor Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Count Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
ContentErrorStateColumn Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
EnableOPCUpdates Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Font Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Item Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
MaxChannel Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
NumberErrorGridLines Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
OFSDevices Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
OnChainOpen Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Path Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
ProjectFile Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Refresh Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
StateErrorStateColumn Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Symb Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
UnityNetworkServer Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
ViewMode Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Chapter 10 Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
10.1 DiagXxx Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
DiagResetErrorBuffer Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
DiagRetrigger Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
10.2 DisplayXxx Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
DisplayInitialStep Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
DisplayNextActiveStep Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
DisplayNextAltTran Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
DisplayNextParStep Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
DisplayNextStep Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
DisplayPreviousStep Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
DisplayPrevActiveStep Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
DisplayPrevAltTran Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
DisplayPrevParStep Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

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 10.3 PLCXxx Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
PLCClearChain Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
PLCDisableActions Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
PLCDisableSection Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
PLCDisableTimeCheck Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
PLCDisableTransitions Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
PLCGotoNextStep Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
PLCResetTimeErrors Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
PLCSetInitializeFlag Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
10.4 Other Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
About Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
GetOFSInfo Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
ReloadProject Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Chapter 11 Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
11.1 ChainXxx Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
ChainOpen Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
ChainSelect Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
ChainStatusChanged Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
11.2 Other Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
ActionVarSelect Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DetailsSimpleDblClick Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
DiagVarSelect Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
ProjectChanged Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
ViewModeChanged Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Chapter 12 Constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
ChainStatusFlags Constants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
OnChainOpenActions Constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
SFCViewModes Constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
ContentsErrorStateColumn Constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
StatesErrorStateColumn Constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

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 Part III SFCView block library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Chapter 13 Block types and their applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Block types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
FFB Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
EN and ENO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Chapter 14 AND_16: boolean AND

with 16 predefined inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Chapter 15 AND_OR_8: Combined boolean AND-OR

with 8 predefined inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Chapter 16 OR_16: boolean OR

with 16 predefined inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Chapter 17 SFCVIEW_CTRL:
Step chain control via SFCView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

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 About the Book

At a Glance

Document Scope This documentation contains a description of the Unity SFCView.

Validity Note This document applies to Unity SFC View 2.0 with Unity Pro 2.0,
OPC Factory Server 3.1, Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP
Professional.

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Warnings right to modify our products in line with our policy of continuous product
development. The information in this document is subject to change without notice
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 Unity SFC View

I
At a Glance

Overview This section contains information on the Unity SFCView software package,
henceforth referred to as SFCView .

What's in this This part contains the following chapters:

Part?
Chapter Chapter Name Page
1 General description 15
2 Requirements and restrictions 17
3 Installation 27
4 Preliminary Settings 33
5 Starting and Using the SFC View Demo Application 37
6 SFCView appearance and behavior 43
7 Tips and Tricks 83

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 General description

1
General description

Target group for The documentation is targeted towards configuration specialists who want to
documentation integrate SFC View in an HMI application and towards users of such HMI
applications.

Brief description Unity SFCView is made up of an ActiveX control and its SFCView function block
library for Unity Pro.
The ActiveX control is configured on an operating station (HMI) and can then make
real-time information available regarding the state of the sections in the controller.
It can:
l Display sections
l show the state of sections
l show the section diagnosis information
l navigate through sections
l control sections online
l automatically recognize changes in project data

Note: Several instances for a control can also be configured on one operating
station. This makes it possible to access several chains at one time.

Three views SFCView has three views:

l Overview
l Details
l Details Simple
The view: shows all the sections and is used to select the desired section.
The views: Details and Details Simple show information on the state of a selected
section as well as diagnosis information. In these views it is also possible to navigate
through the individual sections.

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General description

Programming The programming environment is a HMI application that supports ActiveX container.
environment

SFC View Demo- A sample program written in Visual Basic is installed along with SFC View.
Application This SFC View demo application is a standalone program that can also be
executed without Visual Basic.
Nearly all the properties, methods and events for SFC View were configured in this
program and can be tested in conjunction with Unity Pro, the OPC Factory Server
(OFS), and the Unity Pro PLC Simulator.
The user can experiment with this demo application and learn how SFC View is used
and programmed.
(See Starting and Using the SFC View Demo Application, p. 37).

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 Requirements and restrictions

2
Introduction

Overview This chapter contains information on requirements and restrictions which should be
noted when using Unity SFC View.

What's in this This chapter contains the following topics:

Chapter?
Topic Page
System requirements 18
System Architecture 18
User requirements 21
Prerequisites for online controlling 22
Prerequisites for the diagnosis 22
Restrictions 25

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Requirements and restrictions

System requirements

Operating One of the following operating systems is required:

System l Microsoft Windows 2000
l Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Unity Pro Unity Pro V2.0 must be installed at least once on the system.
Version

SFC View Library The SFC View library must be installed (update type library).

OPC Factory An OPC Factory Server (OFS) Version 3.1 must be installed on the system.
Server

ActiveX The programming environment is a HMI application that supports ActiveX container.
Container

HMI Application HMI applications tested for Unity SFC View are:
l Monitor Pro 7.2, Schneider Electric
l Vijeo Look 2.5, Schneider Electric
l iFix 3.0, GE Fanuc
l InTouch 7.2, Woderware
Other applications tested are:
l Internet Explorer 6.0, Microsoft
l Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft

PLCs supported The following PLCs programmed with Unity Pro are supported:
l Quantum
l Premium
l Atrium

System Architecture

General Mode SFC View reads the structure of the sections and other data from the Unity Pro
of Operation project (*.stu). For this Unity Pro must be installed.
Via the OPC Factory Server (OFS), SFC View reads the online data from the SFC
(sections status, variable status, diagnosis buffer etc.).
SFC View recognizes project changes in the PLC and automatically updates the
display.

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 Requirements and restrictions

This guarantees that the sections display in the HMI application and the PLC
program always remain consistent.
Function blocks from the SFC View library must be used for a particular diagnosis
mode and for online controlling when configuring Unity Pro.
Apart from this no other programming needs to be carried out in the PLC.

System SFC View can be used in simple and in distributed system configurations.
configuration

Simple A simple configuration is shown below:

Configuration

1
3

1 Operating station
2 PLCs
3 Communication
Operating station (1)
The following components must be on the operating station:
l HMI Application
l Unity Pro program
l Unity Pro projects
l OPC Factory Server (OFS) as a server installation
l SFC View
PLCs (2)
The Unity Pro projects run on the PLCs with the sections to be visualized.
Communication (3)
The communication between the operating station and the PLCs can be carried out
via the following buses, as long as these are supported by the relevant PLCs:
l Modbus
l Modbus Plus
l Modbus TCP-IP
l Uni-Telway

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Requirements and restrictions

Distributed A distributed configuration is shown below:

Configuration

1 2

OFS-Server Unity-Server

3 4

7
5

1 Operating stations
2 additional PCs
3 OPC Factory Server
4 Unity Server
5 PLCs
6 Communication via Modbus TCP-IP
7 Communication via various busses e.g. Modbus Plus

Operating stations (1)

The following components must be on the operating stations:
l HMI Application
l OPC Factory Server (OFS) as a client installation
l SFC View
Additional PCs (2)
The Unity Pro projects are stored on additional PCs in the system and must be
accessible by the operating stations and the OPC Factory Server.
OPC Factory Server (3)
The OPC Factory Server (OFS) is on this PC as a server installation.
Unity Server (4)
The Unity Pro program is installed on the Unity Server.

Note: The Unity Pro program must be installed once and only once on the entire
system.

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 Requirements and restrictions

PLCs (5)
The Unity Pro projects run on the PLCs with the sections to be visualized.
Communication via Modbus TCP-IP (6)
The communication between the operating station and the PCs is carried out via the
Modbus TCP-IP (DCOM).
Communication via various buses (7)
The communication between the OFS server and the PLCs can be carried out via
the following buses, as long as they are supported by the relevant PLCs:
l Modbus
l Modbus Plus
l Modbus TCP-IP
l Uni-Telway

User requirements

Programming The programming environment is a HMI application that supports ActiveX container.
environment

Configuring In order to be able to configure SFC View in a HMI application the user should have
SFC View a basic understanding of the following areas:
l SFC programming in Unity Pro
l OFS parameterization
l Embedding ActiveX controls in HMI applications

Programming The SFC View software package has a programming interface that makes it
interface possible to set up SFC View in such a way that that the workflow and display is
appropriate for a HMI application.

SFC View Demo- A sample program written in Visual Basic is installed along with SFC View.
Application This SFC View demo application is a standalone program that can also be
executed without Visual Basic.
Nearly all the properties, methods and events for SFC View were configured in this
program and can be tested in conjunction with Unity Pro, the OPC Factory Server
(OFS), and the Unity Pro PLC Simulator.
The user can experiment with this demo application and learn how SFC View is used
and programmed.
(See Starting and Using the SFC View Demo Application, p. 37).

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Requirements and restrictions

Prerequisites for online controlling

General In order to be able to control sections from SFCView online, certain prerequisites
must be fulfilled in the appropriate Unity Pro project.

Function Block Online control is carried out using a special SFCVIEW_CTRLfunction block in the
SFCVIEW_CTRL appropriate Unity Pro project.
For this reason for every Unity Pro project a function block of this type
SFCVIEW_CTRL must be configured.

Note: Function blocks from the SFCView library may only be used in FBD sections
in the Unity Pro projects.

SFC View Library The SFCVIEW_CTRLfunction block is available for use after the SFCView library
has been installed. See Installation of the SFC View Library, p. 30).
A description of the SFCView function blocks can be found in the SFCView block
library, p. 221 chapter.

Unity Pro In Unity Pro a variable of type SVCCMD must be defined.

variables If the variable name chosen is SVC_Command, SFCView will find the variable
automatically.
If another name is chosen, it must be assigned in SFCView using the ChainCon-
trolVariableName property.

Prerequisites for the diagnosis

General There are two basic diagnosis modi:

l Diagnostics via the PLC diagnostics buffer
l Diagnostics via the SFC View function blocks in the Unity Pro Project

Note: Further information on diagnostics can be found in the View: Details, p. 60

chapter.

SFC View Library For the SFCView function block diagnostics, the SFCView library must be installed.
(See Installation of the SFC View Library, p. 30).
A description of the SFCView function blocks can be found in the SFCView block
library, p. 221 chapter.

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Settings in To use the diagnostics in Unity Pro, certain settings must be made. (See Unity Pro
Unity Pro presettings, p. 34).

Control The diagnostic mode is controlled via the control property UsePLCDiagSystem:
diagnostic mode
Property Diagnostics via the SPS Diagnostics via the SFCView
UsePLCDiagSystem diagnostics buffer function blocks
True X -
False - X

Diagnostics If the UsePLCDiagSystem property is set to True the control reads the diagnosis
via the PLC information from the PLC diagnostic buffer.
diagnostics
buffer

Diagnostics If the property UsePLCDiagSystem is set to False , the diagnosis is done via
via the SFCView special SFC View function blocks in the respective Unity Pro project.
function blocks For this reason, for every transition in the Unity Pro project, a SFC View function
block of this type must be configured and its output variable used as a transition
variable.
The following SFC View function blocks are available for use after the SFCView
library has been installed:
l AND_16
l OR_16
l AND_OR_8
Variables or a logic can be used as inputs for these function blocks. All inputs and
the nested logic for these function blocks are analyzed by SFCView.
Every connection for an SFCView function block which is not an AND_BOOL or
OR_BOOLfunction block is displayed in SFCView as an unknown connection (see
EQ_INT function block graphic).
Inputs for SFCView function blocks which are not occupied will be ignored.

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Example from a Unity Pro project

12.16 (8) FBI_12_18 (7)
AND_BOOL OR_16
T5 OR1 OUT TV5
SFC_Continue17 OR2
OR3
OR4
.12.12 (5) OR5
EO_INT OR6
OR7
count
OR8
8
OR9
OR10
OR11
OR12
OR13
OR14
OR15
OR16

Representation in SFCView
SFC_para
Section Disabled Reset Flag Set Time Check Disabled Transitions Disabled Actions Disabled

0 (1)

S_14_5 Qf Time Variable Comment

N T#0s ACT5 ACT5 is set to
Step sets ACT5, ACT5 is mapped to
I/O but not read by any logic. Has a
Cause Error Pin Com-
AND_BO 2 OR1
T5 2 OR1 T5 is 30s 000ms 00s 000ms
SFC_Co2 OR1 SFC_Co
EQ_INT.1 2 OR2

TV5
Swich ShowBlockNames option to
hide\show EFBís names.

S_14_1 Qf Time Variable Comment

N T#0s ACT1 ACT1 is set to
Step sets ACT1, ACT1 is mapped to
I/O but not read by any logic. Has a

04m 52s 690ms

Note: SFCView function blocks may only be used in FBD sections in the Unity Pro
projects, since SFCView only looks for them there.

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Differences The user should decide which diagnosis mode he wants to use for each section.
between the Only one diagnosis mode should be used for each section.
diagnostic The following table can be used to make decisions.
modes
Diagnostics via the SPS diagnostics buffer Diagnostics via the SFCView function
blocks
A transition logic must be configured in a The transition logic must be configured using
transition section. SFCView function blocks.
Only erroneous signals will be shown: All its signals will be shown:
Errors will only be shown after the maximum Transition logic and diagnosis results are
supervision time has been exceeded, i.e. a always shown
maximum supervision time must be
configured.
The diagnostics information can also be read The diagnostics information can only be read
by other tools. by SFCView.
No more programming is required The SFCView function blocks must be
configured in an FBD section of their own.

Restrictions

General SFCView supports the IEC-compliant functionalities for section programming in

Unity Pro.
Other functionalities from Unity Pro are not supported or supported to a limited
extent by this version of SFCView.
This must be noted when creating Unity Pro projects.

Multi-Token The execution sequence Multi-Token is not supported by SFCView.

Macro steps Macro sections are symbolically views in SFCView (double line above and below).
The lower steps in macro steps are not shown in SFCView.

Action section For action sections in SFCView (in the details view) only the following is shown:
l Section name
l Type (S = Action Section)
The logic contained in the action section is notshown in the SFCView.

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 Installation

3
Introduction

Overview This chapter contains information on installations that are required to use
Unity SFC View.

What's in this This chapter contains the following topics:

Chapter?
Topic Page
Installation sequence 28
Installation and registration of Unity Pro and OFS 28
Installing SCF View 29
Installation of the SFC View Library 30
Registration with Schneider Electric 30
Implementation of the SFC View ActiveX Controls 32

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Installation sequence

Prescribed Adhere to the following installation sequence to make sure that SFC View is
sequence operating without any errors:
1. Unity Pro 2.0
2. OPC Factory Server (OFS) 3.1
3. SFC View 2.0
4. SFC View Library
5. HMI software

Software Make sure that only software versions are installed which are guaranteed to work
versions together perfectly . For information on this see the readme.txt file.

Installation and registration of Unity Pro and OFS

Installation Install Unity Pro and the OPC (OFS) as described in their respective manuals.

Registration Register Unity Pro and the OPC (OFS) as described in their respective manuals.

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Installing SCF View

Changing and For the installation described here you can change options already selected by
canceling clicking on Back or cancel the installation by clicking on Cancel.

Installation The installation directories for the software are preset as defaults. However they can
directories be changed.
If this is necessary, click Find...to select a different installation directory.

Installing SFC The step-by-step instructions for installing the SFCView software are described
View here.
Step Action
1 Insert the CD-ROM.
2 Execute the Setup.exe file.
3 Select the language for the installation wizard and confirm the SFCView
installation by clicking on OK.
4 Confirm the start screen by clicking onNext.
5 Read the licensing conditions and accept them by clicking on Yes.
6 Check the configuration and then confirm it with Next.
7 Enter your name, the name of your company and the serial number and then
confirm by clicking on Next.
8 Select the directory into which the program should be installed using Find and
confirm usingNext.
9 Select a program folder and confirm it using Next..
10 Check the current settings confirm them finally by clicking on Next.
11 Exit the installation by clicking on Finishto return to Windows.
Note: If you have selected the option Install the SFC View library in Unity the
installation program necessary for this starts automatically.

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Installation of the SFC View Library

General To use the SFC View function block diagnosis, the SFC View library must be
installed.

Automatic start The program Types Library Update starts either automatically at the end of the
installation of SFC View or it can be started as described below.

Execute update These instructions describe the steps that must be carried out to install the
SFC View library using the tool Type library update .
Step Action
1 Start the program via: Start → Programs → Schneider Electric → Unity Pro
→ Types Library Update
2 Select the family.dsc file. The file is on the CD in ...\Unity SFCView
Lib\family.dsc
3 Start the installation via Install family.
4 Click on the Exitbutton.

Registration with Schneider Electric

Permanent To be able to use the software on a permanent basis, it must be registered with
usage Schneider Electric.
The software must be registered within 21 days after installation.

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Registering SFC These instructions give the individual steps for registering SFC View.
View
Start the SFC View or the registration tool

Confirm with Yes

Click past the start screen by clicking onNext

Yes Select
Do you have the Enter the code you
release code? received and confirm with
Next
No

Select Authorize this PC and confirm with Next

Select the registration method: By telephone, fax, e-mail or by

Internet and confirm with Next

telephone, fax, e-mail Internet

Fill in the required fields, enter the serial Fill in the required fields, enter the serial
number and purchase reference (*) and number and purchase reference on the CD-
confirm by clicking on Next. ROM case and confirm with Register.

Telephone Fax E-mail

Call Schneider Electric Enter the fax number to Enter the e-mail address
to be told the release which the answer should to which the answer
code and then click on be sent and confirm by should be sent and
OK clicking on Next. confirm by clicking on
A fax that contains your Next.
data is created in text An e-mail with your data
format: Send this fax will automatically be sent
to the address entered.

Wait for an answer from Schneider Electric and

restart SFCView or the registration tool

Enter the release code and confirm with Exit using Finish
Next

(*) These numbers are on the label stuck to the inside of the software CD-ROMs
case.

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Implementation of the SFC View ActiveX Controls

Registration The SFC View ActiveX control is automatically registered on the PC when SFC
on the PC View is installed.
This makes it available for the individual programming environments.

Implementation ActiveX controls are implemented differently in every programming environment.

The implementation procedure is described in the technical documentation for your
programming environment.

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4
Introduction

Overview This chapter contains information on the preliminary setting that are required to use
Unity SFC View.

What's in this This chapter contains the following topics:

Chapter?
Topic Page
Unity Pro presettings 34
OPC Factory Server Presettings 34

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Unity Pro presettings

General Before the SFC View can be used, Unity Pro must be configured in a certain way.

Note: These settings must be configured separately for every Unity Pro project.

Diagnostics Make sure that under Tools → Project settings... → Build → Diagnostics the
option Application Diagnostics is selected and the application level is set to Local
Diagnostics.

Note: This setting is required if the SFC View diagnostics is carried out via the PLC
diagnostics buffer.

Sequential Make sure that under Tools → Project settings... → Language extension the
Function Chart Allow multiple token option is not selected.
(SFC)

Save project Make sure that under Tools → Options → General → Save project automatically
automatically the option On Download is selected.

OPC Factory Server Presettings

General Before the SFC View can be used, certain settings must be made in the OFS
configuration tool.

Starting OFS Execute the command Start → Program → Schneider Electric → OFS → OFS
configuration configuration tool.
tool

Options In the tab Options under Features the following option must be selected:
l Enable OPC Extensions

Note: In case the tab Options is not displayed, via the command button
Advanced... all tabs can be shown.

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Comm. settings In the Comm. tab in Options for devices without alias the following option must
be selected:
l Check Consistency

Note: If the Comm. tab is not shown, all of the tabs can be shown via the
Advanced... tab.

Create alias An alias is required to ensure that SFC View and OFS can work together. The
following table describes the procedure to create a new alias.
Step Action
1 Click the Alias tab.
2
Click the (Create new alias) button.

3 Enter a new name.

4 Click on the <Driver> field:<PLC addr> and using the Arrow down open the page
to enter the driver name.
5 From the ADDRESS tree structure on the left hand side select a network type.
6 Enter the network address and for the PLC select UNITY.
7 Confirm your entries using OK.
8 Click in the Symbol table file and using the arrow pointing down select the page
to select the symbol file.
9 For the file type select UnityPro project file(*.stu) and the desired file.
10 Confirm your selection using Open.
11 Click on the button Alias properties... and check the option Check Consistency .
Confirm the option is activated using Apply.
12 Now confirm all your entries for the new alias using Apply.

Loading the The following table describes the procedure to load a project.
project
Step Action
1 Launch Unity Pro.
2 Open the desired *.STU file via File → Open.
3 Via PLC → Connect... create a connection to the PLC or PLC simulator controller.
4 Via PLC → Transfer Project to PLC load the program into the PLC or PLC
simulator controller.
Note: If you select the option PLC RUN after transfer , the PLC starts automatically
after the program is transferred.

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Test the The following table describes the procedure for testing the connection between the
connection OFS and the PLC.
between the
Step Action
OFS and the PLC
1 Start the OFS client via Start → Programs → Schneider Electric → OFS → OFS
Test Client.
Note: The OFS Client program is only available if the appropriate option was
selected for the OFS installation.
2 Click on Schneider Aut.OFS as server and confirm using OK. The diagnosis
window for the OPC factory server is opened in the foreground.
3 Put the OFS Client window in the foreground again and create a new group via
Group → New Group... and give it the name: e.g. GRP1.
4 Under Notification activate all the options and select the following settings:
l Update rate: 1000 ms
l Dead banding: 0.000000 [0.0,1.0]
l OPC version: Auto
Confirm with OK.
5 Via Item → New... open the AddItemwindow.
6 In the tree structure in the left window select the desired project. The project
variables are shown in the right hand window.
7 Click on one of the variables and confirm with OK.
8 If a green symbol appears to the left of the variable in the properties window which
now appears, the connection between the OFS and the PLC is intact.

Diagnosis Errors which might appear are shown in red in the OPC Factory Server diagnosis
window for window.
the OFS

Diagnosis The installation of a HMI application (e.g. Vijeo Look) can make it so that the
window not diagnosis window of the OPC Factory Server is not visible in the foreground and is
visible displayed only as an icon in the footer line of the screen.
If this is the case, run the program ChangeOFSSettings.exe . This program is
saved by default during the installation of SFC View under ...Installation
directory of the SFCView...\ .
So that the change is effective, you must restart, via Start → Programs →
Schneider Electric → OFS , the OPC Factory Server .

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SFC View Demo Application
5
Starting and using the SFC View Demo Application

General When installing SFC View, a SFC View Demo Application and the corresponding
source code (in Visual Basic) are installed.
The SFC View Demo Application is an independent program that can also be
executed without HMI, SPS and Visual Basic.
Nearly all the properties, methods and events for SFC View were configured in this
program, are available using menus, and can be tested in conjunction with Unity
Pro, the OPC Factory Server (OFS), and the Unity Pro PLC Simulator.
The user can experiment with this demo application and learn how SFC View is used
and programmed.

Source code If the user's development environment is Visual Basic 6.0, the source code for the
demo application can be viewed in it.
If a different development environment is used, the Visual Basic source code can be
viewed in any editor.
The Visual Basic files can be found in the default directory: ...installation
directory for SFCView...\SFCView\Example.

Preliminary The demo application only works properly when all the Preliminary Settings,
Settings p. 33are correct.

Saving the Unity The Unity Pro test project that belongs to the demo application is saved during the
Pro test project installation of SFC View as an *.XEF-file by default under ...Installation
directory of the SFCView...\TESTSFC.

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Settings for the

conversion
Note: Before the Unity Pro test project can be converted, the SFC View library
must be installed. Further information on this can be found in Installation of the SFC
View Library, p. 30.

Converting The following table describes the procedure for converting the Unity Pro test project.
the Unity Pro
Step Action
test project
1 Launch Unity Pro.
2 Open the TESTSFCV.XEF file via File → Open.
3 Generate the project via Build → Rebuild All Project.
4 Save the project via File → Save using the name TESTSFCV.STU.

Loading the The following table describes the procedure for loading the Unity Pro test project into
Unity Pro test the PLC simulator.
project in the
Step Action
PLC simulator
1 Launch Unity Pro.
2 Open the TESTSFCV.STU file via File → Open.
3 Via PLC → Connect... create a connection to the PLC simulator controller.
4 Via PLC → Transfer Project to PLC load the program into the PLC simulator
controller.
Note: If you select the PLC RUN after sending option, the PLC starts
automatically after the program is sent.

OFS Before the SFC View can be used, certain settings must be made in the OFS
configuration configuration tool.
tool Execute the command Start → Programs → Schneider Electric → OFS → OFS
Configuration Tool .

Comm. settings In the Comm. tab in Options for device without alias the following option must be
selected:
l Check Consistency

Note: If the Comm. tab is not shown, all of the tabs can be shown via the
Advanced... tab.

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Create Alias for An alias is required to ensure that SFC View and OFS can work together. The
demo application following table describes the procedure to create an alias for the demo application.
Step Action
1 Click the Alias tab.
2
Click the (Create new alias) button.

3 Enter the name e.g. TESTSFCV.

4 Click on the <Driver> field:<PLC addr> and using the Arrow down open the
page to enter the driver name.
5 In the ADDRESS tree structure on the left click on DIRECT → TCP IP.
6 For the TCP IP address enter 127.0.0.1 and for the PLC, select UNITY.
7 Confirm your entries using OK.
8 Click in the Symbol table file and using the arrow pointing down select the
page to select the symbol file.
9 For the file type select File type UnityPro project file (*.stu) and for
the file select File TESTSFCV.STU.
10 Confirm your selection using Open.
11 Click on the button Alias properties... and check the Check Consistency
option. Confirm the option is activated using Apply.
12 Now confirm all your entries for the TestSFCV alias using Apply.

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Test the The following table describes the procedure for testing the connection between the
connection OFS and the PLC.
between the
Step Action
OFS and the PLC
1 Start the OFS client via Start → Programs → Schneider Electric → OFS →
OFS Test Client.
Note: The program OFS Client is only available if the appropriate option was
selected for the OFS installation.
2 Click on Schneider Aut.OFS as server and confirm using OK.
3 Create a new group via Group → New Group... and give it the name: e.g.
GRP1.
4 Under Notification activate all the options and select the following settings:
l Update rate: 1000 ms
l Dead banding: 0.000000 [0.0,1.0]
l OPC version: Auto
Confirm with OK.
5 Via Item → New... open the AddItemwindow.
6 In the tree structure in the left window of the project select TestSFCV. The
project variables are shown in the right hand window.
7 Click on a variable e.g. ACT1 and confirm with OK.
8 If a green symbol appears to the left of the variable in the properties window
which now appears, the connection between the OFS and the PLC is intact.

Diagnosis Errors which might appear are shown in red in the OPC Factory Server diagnosis
window for window.
the OFS

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Starting the The following table describes the procedure for starting the demo application.
demo application
Step Action
1 Execute the command Start → Programs → Schneider Electric →
Unity SFC View → SFC View Demo Application .
2
Using the button select the project TestSFCV so that it can be opened,
and confirm it using OK.
3 The project data are loaded from the Unity Pro project.
4
Start the demo application via the demo application button .

5 Select the appropriate view via one of the following command buttons:

l Overview

l Details

l DetailsSimple

Using the Use the items View and Run in the main menu to activate and deactivate the
demo application individual properties, methods and events in SFC View and to observe the changes
to the individual views.

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and behavior
6
Introduction

Overview This chapter contains information on how to control the appearance and behavior of
SFCView.
Further information on the control elements object, method, event, and constant can
be found in theFunctional Reference, p. 87 chapter.

What's in this This chapter contains the following sections:

Chapter?
Section Topic Page
6.1 General controlling 45
6.2 View: Overview 54
6.3 View: Details 60
6.4 View: Details Simple 76

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6.1 General controlling

Introduction

Overview This chapter contains information on the general control of the appearance and
behavior of SFCView.
Controlling is carried out using objects, properties, methods, events and constants.
All general controlling options are described in the following chapter.
All controlling options assigned to a particular view will be described in the
appropriate chapter.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
General description of the control elements 46
Objects for general controlling of SFCView 46
Properties for general controlling of SFCView 48
Methods for general controlling of SFCView 50
Events for general controlling of SFCView 52
Constants for general controlling of SFCView 53

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General description of the control elements

General The appearance and behavior of the SFCView can be controlled using objects,
properties, methods, events, and constants.

Object An object, as used in object-oriented programming, is any data structure which has
its own code.
An object could be a button that "knows" how it is pressed and what then happens.

Property Properties are data that are assigned to an object. Properties are used to make
information and settings available to an object.
Height and width, for example, can be properties of an info window.

Methods A method is a subprogram that returns or does not return a value. In traditional
programming a method is called a "procedure" or "function". In object oriented
programming a method is assigned to a specific object and ensures access to the
object data.
For example, a window for displaying error messages may have a method which is
triggered by an error string. This opens the window and the error is shown.

Event Events are triggered using input devices or when states or value change. E.g.
events can be triggered by a mouse click or a signal from a timer.
In object oriented programming, events are used for communicating between
objects, e.g. between a control and its container.

Constants A constant is a parameter that cannot be changed. The value of a constant does not
change while a program is running.
Constants can be used to define the value for a property. E.g. In a program for
recording operating data, the number of manhours per shift might be defined. If this
value is changed later it only needs to be changed in one place.

Objects for general controlling of SFCView

SFC View View for information and controlling of step chains

Object Description
SFCView This ActiveX control enables the display of information about step chains,
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OFS info Information on the OFS configuration

Object Description
OFSInfo Makes it possible to access the information on the OFS configuration using
the SFCView.GetOFSInfo method.

OFS device Information on the OFS device collection

collection
Object Description
OFSDevices Makes it possible to access the information on the OFS device collection
using the ( Count, Item).

OFS devices Information on the OFS devices

Object Description
OFSDevice Makes it possible to access the information on the OFS devices (Alias,
MaxChannel, Path, Symb ).

Object hierarchy The object hierarchy is shown below:

SFCView

GetOFSInfo
OFSInfo

OFSDevices
OFSDevices

Item OFSDevice

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Properties for general controlling of SFCView

View The following property is available for the SFCView views.

Property Description
ViewMode Sets the SFCView view.
The view that is shown is decided by the
constants.( SFCViewModes constants , p. 53).
l 0 = Overview
l 1 = Details
l 2 = Details Simple

Project data The following properties are available for loading project data.
Property Description
ProjectFile Sets the project file inlc. the project path.
AutomaticProjectReload When this is set, the project data is automatically reloaded
when changes are made in the PLC.
UnityNetworkServer For a distributed configuration, this sets the PC where the
Unity Pro-Program is located (PC name and IP address).

OFS The following properties are available for communicating with the OPC Factory
communication Server (OFS):
Property Description
UseOPCProject Specifies that the project file is automatically determined
from the OFS path ( OPCAccessPath).
Alternatively the ProjectFile property can also be used.
EnableOPCUpdates Specifies that changes in the PLC are reported from the
OPC Factory Server to SFCView.
OPCNetworkServer For a distributed configuration, this sets the PC where the
OPC Factory Server is located (PC name and IP address).
OPCAccessPath Sets the path for the OFS alias. The alias is defined in the
OFS configuration tool ( OPC Factory Server Presettings,
p. 34).
OPCConnect Creates the connection between the OPC factory server and
the SFC View.
OPCUpdateRate Sets the time delay for the OPC Factory Server to read data
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OFS information You can access the OFS information via the following properties
Property Description
OPCNode For a distributed configuration this sets the PC where the
OPC Factory Server is located (PC name and IP address).
OFSDevices Makes information regarding the OFS device collection
available.

Device collection Properties on the device collection defined in the OFS configuration tool
properties
Property Description
count Is the number of devices in the OFS device collection.
Item Is the index of a device in the OFS device collection.

Device Properties for the devices defined in the OFS configuration tool
properties
Property Description
Symb Is the name and path of a file with file ending information
(e.g. *STU).
Alias Is the alias name for a device in the OFS device collection.
MaxChannel Is the maximum number of channels in a device.
Path Is the device address.

Online control The following property is available for online controlling.

Property Description
ChainControlVariableName Specifies the name of the variable configured as the input
variable of the SFCVIEW_CTRL function block in the Unity
Project .

Width The following property specifies the width of the SFCView control.
Property Description
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Font The following property specifies the general fonts.

Property Description
Font Specifies the fonts for the text in the individual SFC View
views.
The following text fonts can be set seperately:
l Step name in the view: Details
(DetailsSimpleStepNameFont)
l Step name in the view: Details Simple
(DetailsStepNameFont)

Background The following property specifies the background color of the SFCView control.
color
Property Description
BackColor Background color in the views
l Details and
l Details Simple

Methods for general controlling of SFCView

Information on Version information for SFCView.

SFCView
Methods Description
About Shows the SFCView info window.

OFS Information on the OFS configuration

configuration
Methods Description
GetOFSInfo Makes it possible to access the information on the OFS
configuration.

Loading project Loading the Unity Pro project

Methods Description
ReloadProject Loads the Unity Pro project data into the SFCView.

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Controlling The following methods are available for controlling the PLC:
the PLC
Methods Description
PLCDisableActions Activates/deactivates the actions for the selected string
step.
PLCDisableSection Activates/deactivates the selected string step.
PLCDisableTimeCheck Activates/deactivates the time monitoring for the selected
section.
PLCDisableTransitions Activates/deactivates the transitions for the selected
section.
PLCGotoNextStep Activates the next step. It can be predefined as to whether
the next transition must be carried out or not
(unconditional false/true).
PLCResetTimeErrors Resets the supervision time for the section.
PLCSetInitializeFlag Sets the initialize flag or releases it.
PLCClearChain Resets all active steps in the chain.

DANGER
Danger of unsafe, dangerous and destructive processes.
The "Initialize chain", "Reset chain", "Cancel analysis of transitions",
"Cancel editing of actions and reset all actions of the chain", "Activate
the next step independently of the transition condition" and "Activate the
next step depending on the transition condition " functions should not
be used to search for controller errors in machine tools, processes or
material management systems, if they are running.
Failure to follow this precaution will result in death, serious injury,
or equipment damage.

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Events for general controlling of SFCView

Changing Display change in SFCView.

the display
Event Description
ViewModeChanged Is triggered when the SFCView view changes (Overview/
Details/ Details Simple).

Change in state Change in state of the section.

of the chain
Event Description
ChainStatusChanged Is triggered, if the step chain state changes.
The ChainStatusChanged event can be made up of one
or more ChainStatusFlagsconstants
(ChainStatusFlagsconstants , p. 53constants).

Change in Project change in the PLC.

the PLC
Event Description
ProjectChanged Is triggered, if the project data changes in the PLC, e.g. after
Transfer Project to PLC

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Constants for general controlling of SFCView

ChainStatus- The ChainStatusChanged (Change in state of the chain, p. 52) event can be
Flagsconstants made up of one or more ChainStatusFlagsconstants.
Constants Value Description
CsfRunning 0 The chain is activated.
CsfSectionDisabled 1 The chain is deactivated.
CsfInitializeFlagSet 2 The chain initialize flag is set.
CsfTimeCheckDisabled 4 Time monitoring is deactivated.
CsfTransitionDisabled 8 The transitions are deactivated.
CsfActionsDisabled 16 The actions are deactivated.
CsfUnknown 4096 The chain state is unknown.

SFCViewModes- The ViewMode (View, p. 48 ) property is set by the following constants:

constants
Constants Bit Description
SfcOverview 0 The section is shown in the Overview view.
SfcDetails 1 The section is shown in the Details view.
SfcDetailsSimple 2 The section is shown in the Details Simple view.

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6.2 View: Overview

Introduction

Overview This chapter contains general information about the view: Overview, that displays
the SFCView.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
General description 55
Properties for controlling the view: Overview 56
Events for controlling the view: Overview 59
Constants for controlling the view: Overview 59

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General description

Brief description The view: Overview, the SFCView offers the following options:
l Selecting a Unity Pro project
l Navigate through the project via the function view
l Listing all chains of a Unity Pro project
l Display of real-time information on the status of the step chains
l Selecting one or more step chains of the project
l Switching to a different view (Details or Details Simple) for a step chain

Display View display: Overview.

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SFCDiag SFC_seq S_4_1 1 Running Step sets ACT13.ACT13 is mapped to I/O but not read by any lo
PLCDiag

View components Overview

Number Components Description
1 Functional view After a project has been loaded directly or via the OFS,
the functional view for the Unity Pro project is shown.
It is possible to navigate through the project via this
functional view.
2 Functional project units If a functional unit was selected, all the step chains for
it are shown in the table on the right.
Note: All chains that are not assigned to a functional
unit are shown in the main directory.
3 Information on the step l Step chain name
chains l Name of the active step for each chain
l Number of parallel/alternative steps
l Chain state
l Step / chain comment
4A Selecting a step chain Click on the cell in the table on the right.
In the first column, an arrow is shown.

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Number Components Description

4B Selecting more than Click in a line in the right hand table and confirm by
one step chain pressing the spacebar.
Instead of an arrow in the first column, a cross is
shown.
Using this method you can select more than one step
chain and for all chains at once, e.g.
PLCSetInitializeFlag apply the method.
Note:
If more than one step chain is marked by a cross, the
method to be implemented acts on them. A step chain
that is marked with only one arrow is considered in this
case to be not selected.
5 Switching to another You can switch to a different view (Details or Details
view Simple) by double-clicking on a step chain.

Controlling the To control the behavior and the appearance of the SFCView, the person carrying out
controls the configuration has various methods, events, constants and properties available
for use.
All the controlling options which are assigned to the Overview display are described
in the following chapter.
All general controlling options are described in their own chapter General controlling,
p. 45 .

Properties for controlling the view: Overview

Statistics Display of the statistics window:

window
Property Description
ShowStatistic This property can be used to open the statistics window.

View structure ShowChainGroups property

tree
Property Description
ShowChainGroups Specifies whether the function view is shown which can be
used to navigate through the project. If the property is set
to false the function view is not displayed and all the
step chains are shown in a table.

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Step or chain ShowStepCommentsproperty

comment
Property Description
ShowStepComments This sets whether step or chain comments are shown.

Step chain view The OnChainOpen property specifies the view that is shown when opening a step
chain.
Property Description
OnChainOpen Specifies the behavior when opening a step chain.
The behavior is set using constants.
(OnChainOpen constants , p. 59).
l 0 = NoAction
l 1 = ShowDetails
l 2 = ShowDetailsSimple

Representation Column headers

of the chain
Property Description
information
ColumnHdrChainName ChainName column header
ColumnHdrStepName StepName column header
ColumnHdrParallelSteps ParallelSteps column header
ColumnHdrChainStatus ChainStatus column header
ColumnHdrChainComment ChainComment column header
ColumnHdrStepComment StepComment column header
The ShowStepComments property is used to decide
if the step or the chain comments are shown.

Note: The SFCView texts are stored in English by default but can be changed by
the person carrying out the configuration.

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ChainStatus Tests in the ChainStatuscolumn. These texts are also shown in the: Details
column contents Simple view.
Property Description
OverviewTextRunning Specifies the text in the ChainStatus column if
the chain status flag is set to CsfRunning.
OverviewTextSectionDisabled Specifies the text in the ChainStatus column if
the chain status flag is set to
CsfSectionDisabled.
OverviewTextSetInitializeFlag Specifies the text in the ChainStatus column if
the chain status flag is set to
CsfInitializeFlagSet.
OverviewTextDisableTimeCheck Specifies the text in the ChainStatus column if
the chain status flag is set to
CsfTimeCheckDisabled.
OverviewTextDisableTransitions Specifies the text in the ChainStatus column if
the chain status flag is set to
CsfTransitionDisabled.
OverviewTextDisableActions Specifies the text in the ChainStatus column if
the chain status flag is set to
CsfActionsDisabled.

Note: The SFCView texts are stored in English by default but can be changed by
the person carrying out the configuration.

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Events for controlling the view: Overview

Open step string Opening a step string.

Event Description
ChainOpenEvent Triggered by:
l double-clicking on a line in the step string
table
l by pressing the enter key when a step string
has focus in the table

Select step string Selecting a step string.

Event Description
ChainSelectEvent Is triggered when a new row in the table step
string has been selected.

Constants for controlling the view: Overview

OnChainOpen- The OnChainOpen (Step chain view, p. 57) property is set using the following
constants constants:
Constants Value Description
NoAction 0 The input is ignored.
ShowDetails 1 The step string is shown in the details overview.
ShowDetailSimple 2 The step string is shown in the details simple
overview.

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6.3 View: Details

Introduction

Overview This chapter contains general information about the view: Details, which displays the
SFCView.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
General description 61
Properties for controlling the view: Details 65
Methods for controlling the view: Details 73
Events for controlling the view: Details 74
Constants for controlling the view: Details 75

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General description

Brief description The view: Details, the SFCView offers the following options:
l Display of real-time information on the status of a section
l Display of two steps at a time and the associated transition
l Shows the actions for the steps
l Shows the diagnostic information
l Shows state of variables, errors etc. using various colors
l Navigation between active steps for parallel branches
l Navigation between the sections via methods, e.g. DisplayNextStep

Display View display: Details.

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Section Disabled Initialize Flag Set Time Check Disabled Transitions Disabled Actions Disabled

1(2)

Stepname with 32 charts maximum Qf Time Name Type Comment

Three lines of comment text

This is for a short error message

00s 000ms 00s 000ms

Cause Error State Pin State

Transition variable
Three lines of comment text

Stepname with 32 charts maximum Qf Time Name Type Comment

Three lines of comment text

View components Details

Number Components Description
1 Section name Name of the selected section

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Number Components Description

2 Status flags Shows the state of section. The state is represented using a
color outline.
3 Number of active Display of the number of active steps.
steps and The arrow keys can be used to navigate between the active
navigation parallel steps.
4 Parallel/ Display of parallel (double line) or. alternative branches (single
alternative line)
branches
5 Information on l Active step name
the active steps l Comment (three lines)
l Short Error message
l Delay Time
l Current dwell time
The outline around this info field can have a different color
depending on the state of the step.
On the right hand side the actions for the step are displayed.
6 Information on l Identifier
the actions for l Time
the active step l Name of variables or the section
l (variable or section type)
l Comment
The background color for the variables can have a different
color depending on the state of the variables.
7 Information on l Name of transition variables
transitions l Comment (three lines)
The rectangle representing the transition can have a different
color depending on the state of the transition.
8 Information on l Next step name
the following l Comment (three lines)
step l Short Error message:
l Delay Time
l Current dwell time
On the right hand side the actions for the step are displayed.
9 Information on l Identifier
the actions for l Time
the next step l Name of variables or the section
l (variable or section type)
l Comment
10 Diagnostic Display of error messages for the transition. The user can set
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Diagnostic Then, for example, a field with diagnostic information and its associated FBD section
information from a Unity Pro project are used to give an initial overview.
The appearance of the field with the diagnostic information can be controlled using,
for example, the properties ValueOffColor, ShowAllTransitionInputs,
ShowBlockNames, ContentErrorStateColumn, StateErrorStateColumn
etc.
More detailed information on the properties, methods, events and constants which
are available for controlling the diagnostic information display can be found in the
following chapters.
Example: Diagnostic information and its FBD section

Cause Error State Pin Type Comment

ACT11 1 AND1 ACT11 is us
SFC_Start15 0 AND2 inv SFC_Start15
ACT2 0 AND3 ACT2 is set
OR_BOOL.11. 2 AND4 Link
ACT10 2 AND4 Link ACT10 is us
NOT_BOOL 2 AND4 Link

FBI_11_1 (3)
AND_16
1 2 4 3 5 6 ACT11 AND1 OUT TV11
SFC_Start15 AND2
ACT2 AND3
AND4
.11.4(1) .11.5 (2) AND5
NOT_BOOL OR_BOOL AND6
AND7
ACT10
ACT1 AND8
AND9
AND10
AND11
AND12
AND13
AND14
AND15
AND16

Description of the example

Number Components Description
1 Text in the column Cause Listing of all the input variables and the nested
logic of the AND_16 function block.
Input variables for nested function blocks are
indented, e.g. ACT10 for function block OR_BOOL .

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Number Components Description

2 Color in the column Cause Green: Input has the value 1, e.g. ACT2
Red: Input has the value 0, e.g. ACT11
Gray: Input with an unknown value
3 Color in the column The output TV11 has the value 0. The color in the
Error State Error State column shows if the input in
question is the cause.
Green: Not the reason for the value 0 at the output
TV11 e.g. ACT2
Note: TheSFC_Start15 input may indeed have
the value 0, but it is inverted and is therefore not
the reason for the value 0 at the TV11 output. For
this reason it is shown in green.
red: The reason for the value 0 on the output
TV11 e.g. ACT11
gray: Input, whose logic cannot be analyzed e.g.
the OR_BOOL function block as an input for
OR_BOOL is connected to a NOT_BOOL.
Note: SFCView cannot analyse function blocks
which are not AND_BOOL or OR_BOOL function
blocks.
4 Text in the column In this case the text matches the colors in the
Error State Error Statecolumn.
0: Not the cause
1: Cause
2: Not analyzable
5 Text in the Pin Type Examples:
column AND1: Variable at input
AND2 inv: Variable at input, inverted
AND4 Link: Nested logic at the input
6 Text in the Comment Comment on the variables from the Unity Pro
column project.

Controlling the To control the behavior and the appearance of the SFCView, the person carrying out
controls the configuration has various methods, events, constants and properties available
for use.
All the controlling options which are assigned to the details display are described in
the following chapter.
All general controlling options are described in their own chapter General controlling,
p. 45 .

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Properties for controlling the view: Details

Info field sizes Schematic display of the individual info fields

1

2 5
3
4

6 7

Control of the size of the fields:

No. Property Description
1 Width Total width of the SFCView control
2 DetailsStepsWidth The width of the step info fields for the active and next step
3 DetailsStepsLeft The distance for the step info field from the left edge of the
SFCView control
4 - The left edge of the diagnostic info field is a fixed distance
from the left edge of the control.
5 - The right edge of the action info field is a fixed distance from
the right edge of the control.
6 - The distance between the diagnostic info field and the step
info field is fixed.
7 - The distance between the step info field and the action info
field is fixed.
8 - The width of the diagnostic info field is calculated from no.
3 and no. 6.
9 - The width of the action info field is calculated from no. 1 ,no.
2, no. 3 and no. 7.

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Direct view Direct view of a chain in the views: Details and Details Simple.
of a chain
Property Description
ChainName Via this property a chain can be displayed
directly in the Details or Details Simple views
(without going through the Overview view).

Always show Active step display

active steps
Property Description
ShowActiveStep If this property is set to True the active step is
always shown in the Details and Details Simple
views.
In this case navigation is only possible between
parallel active steps.
If this property is set to False various methods,
e.g. DisplayNextStep can be used to
navigate through the section.

Representation Text display for the status flags

of the status
Property Description
flags
DetailsTextSectionDisabled Text that is displayed for the status flag if the
section is deactivated.
DetailsTextSetInitializeFlag Text that is displayed for the status flag if the
initialize flag is set.
DetailsTextDisableTimeCheck Text that is displayed for the status flag if the
time check is deactivated.
DetailsTextDisabledTransitions Text that is displayed for the status flag if the
transitions are deactivated.
DetailsTextDisabledActions Text that is displayed for the status flag if the
actions are deactivated.

Note: The SFCView texts are stored in English by default but can be changed by
the person carrying out the configuration.

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Color display for the status flags

Property Description
ChainFlagsOffBackColor Color of background display for status flag, if the
status flags is deactivated.
ChainFlagsOffForeColor Color of text for status flag if the status flag is
deactivated.
ChainFlagsOnBackColor Color of background for status flag if the status
flag is activated.
ChainFlagsOnForeColor Color of text for status flag if the status flag is
activated.

Variables display Color display for variables (actions, transitions and diagnostic variables)
Property Description
ValueOffBackColor The background color for a variable in its off
state.
ValueOffForeColor The text color for a variable in its off state.
ValueOnBackColor The background color for a variable in its on
state.
ValueOnForeColor The text color for a variable in its on state.

Lines display Connection lines color

Property Description
DetailsViewLinesColor Color of the lines between step information and action
information or between transitions and diagnostic
information.

General settings Diagnostic mode

for diagnostics
Property Description
UsePLCDiagSystem If this property istrue the diagnosis is carried out via the
PLC diagnosis buffer.
If this property isfalse the diagnosis is done via special
SFCView diagnosis function blocks in the Unity Pro
project.

Note: Further information on diagnostics can be found in the Prerequisites for the
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Reloading the project when the diagnostic mode is changed.

Property Description
UseEasyModeSwitch If this property is set to false (default), if the
UsePLCDiagSystem property is changed, the project
data is reloaded into SFCView.
If this property is set to true, if the
UsePLCDiagSystem property is changed, the project
data is not reloaded into SFCView.
Note: Setting this property to true makes switching
between diagnostic modes quicker but slows down the
loading of the project and uses more memory.
Note: Therefore, for applications in which only one
diagnostic mode is used, it is advisable to set this
property to false.

Settings for Automatic update of error display

diagnostics
Property Description
via the PLC
diagnostics DiagAutoRetrigger If this property is set to true the PLC diagnostic buffer
buffer reanalyzes the cause of a transition error again in a
cyclical manner. The cycle time is set via the
DiagAutoRetriggerInterval property.
If this property is set to false the causes of the errors
are only shown for the time at which the monitoring time
was exceeded and are not updated afterwards.
This property is only available if UsePLCDiagSystem is
set to true.
Note: If the diagnostic is configured via SFCView
function blocks, the error display is updated
automatically for any change.
DiagAutoRetriggerInterval Sets the cycle time (1 to 65535 msec), for cyclically
reanalyzing the causes of errors (presetting 1000
msec).

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Diagnosis Display errors for all active parallel steps.

information
Property Description
(via the PLC
diagnostics ShowAllDiagErrors Specifies that the errors for all active parallel steps are
buffer) displayed.
If this property is set to falseonly the errors for the step
currently being displayed are shown.
This property is only available if UsePLCDiagSystem is
set to true.

Diagnosis Display all inputs for the transition.

information
Property Description
(via the SFCView
function blocks) ShowAllTransitionsInputs Specifies that all inputs for all active transitions are
displayed.
If this property is set to false , only the inputs for the
transition currently being displayed are shown.
This property is only available if UsePLCDiagSystem is
set to false.

Show the names of the function blocks.

Property Description
ShowBlockNames Specifies that the names of all the function blocks which
are nested in the SFCView blocks are also shown.
If this property is set to false , only the variable names
are shown.
This property is only available if UsePLCDiagSystem is
set to false.

Define the ErrorState column contents.

Property Description
ContentErrorStateColumn Defines the contents of the ErrorState column where
diagnostic information for the transition is being
displayed.
The content to be displayed is decided by the
constants.(ContentErrorStateColumnconstants ,
p. 75).
l 0 = CecEmpty
l 1 = CecErrorState
l 2 = CecVariableName
l 3 = CecPinType

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Define the colors in the ErrorState column.

Property Description
StateErrorStateColumn Defines the colors in the ErrorState column in the
field where diagnostic information for the transition is
displayed.
The color is decided by the constants
( StateErrorStateColumnconstants , p. 75).
l 0 = secsNoState
l 1 = secsErrorState
l 2 = secsPinState
l 3 = secsVariableState

Representation Number of lines

of the
Property Description
diagnostics
information NumberErrorGridLines Number of lines in the diagnostics table

Column widths
Property Description
WidthErrorStepNameColumn Width of the ErrorStep column
WidthErrorVariableColumn Width of the ErrorVariable column
WidthErrorPinTypeColumn Width of the ErrorPinType column (only via SFCView
blocks for diagnostics)
WidthErrorStateColumn Width of the ErrorState column (only via SFCView
blocks for diagnostics)
WidthErrorCommentColumn Width of the ErrorComment column

If UsePLCDiagSystem is set to true the ErrorState and ErrorPinType widths are

0 (Zero).
If ShowAllTransitionInputs is set to false the ErrorStep column width is 0
(Zero).

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Texts
Property Description
ColumnHdrErrorStep ErrorStep column header
ColumnHdrErrorVariable ErrorVariable column header
ColumnHdrErrorPinType Header for the ErrorPinType column (only via
SFCView blocks for diagnostics)
ColumnHdrErrorState Header for the ErrorState column (only via SFCView
blocks for diagnostics)
ColumnHdrErrorComment ErrorComment column header

Note: The SFCView texts are stored in English by default but can be changed by
the person carrying out the configuration.

Representation Column widths

of the action
Property Description
information
WidthActionQualifierColumn Width of the ActionQualifier column
WidthActionTimeColumn Width of the ActionTime column
WidthActionNameColumn Width of the ActionName column
WidthActionTypeColumn Width of the ActionType column
WidthActionCommentColumn Width of the ActionComment column

Note: To make a column invisible the width must be set to 0 (zero).

Texts
Property Description
ColumnHdrActionQualifier ActionQualifier column header
ColumnHdrActionTime ActionTime column header
ColumnHdrActionName ActionName column header
ColumnHdrActionType ActionType column header
ColumnHdrActionComment ActionComment column header

Note: The SFCView texts are stored in English by default but can be changed by
the person carrying out the configuration.

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Representation Font for the step name:

of the step
Property Description
information
DetailsStepNameFont Font for the step name:

Note: The font that is set using the DetailsStepNameFont property is also used
for chain names and the transition names. The font for all the other texts is set
using the Font property.

Texts
Property Description
StepMaxTimeErr Text that is shown in the step information field, if the
maximum monitoring time is exceeded.
StepMinTimeErr Text that is shown in the step information field, if the
minimum monitoring time has not been reached.

Note: The SFCView texts are stored in English by default but can be changed by
the person carrying out the configuration.

Unit and color for the monitoring time field

Property Description
ShowTimeInms If this property is set to true, the monitoring time
resolution is milliseconds. If it is false , the
resolution is in seconds.
StepMaxTimeErrBackColor Background color of the step information field that
indicates that the maximum monitoring time has
been exceeded.
StepMaxTimeErrForeColor Text color of the step information field that indicates
that the maximum monitoring time has been
exceeded.
StepMinTimeErrBackColor Background color of the step information field that
indicates that the minimum monitoring time has not
been reached.
StepMinTimeErrForeColor Text color of the step information field that indicates
that the minimum monitoring time has not been
reached.

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Color for special steps

Property Description
DetailsActiveStepBackColor Color for the edge of the info field for the active step
DetailsInactiveStepBackColor Color for the edge of the info field for the inactive
step
DetailsInitialStepBackColor Color indicator for the initial step
DetailsMacroStepBackColor Color indicator for a macro step.

Methods for controlling the view: Details

Functions for The following methods are available for controlling the PLC diagnostics functions:
diagnostics
Methods Description
via the PLC
diagnostics DiagResetErrorBuffer Resets all diagnosis errors in the PLC.
buffer DiagRetrigger Triggers another analysis of the diagnosis error in the
section which is currently being shown in the details view.

Note: Further information on diagnostics Prerequisites for the diagnosis, p. 22.

Control of the The following methods are available for controlling the steps and transitions display:
steps display
Methods Description
and transitions
DisplayInitialStep Shows the first step of the step chain.
DisplayNextActiveStep Shows the next active step.
DisplayNextAltTran Shows the next alternative transition.
DisplayNextParStep Shows the next parallel step
DisplayNextStep Displays the next step.
DisplayPreviousStep Displays the previous step.
DisplayPrevActiveStep Shows the previous active step
DisplayPrevAltTran Shows the previous alternative transition.
DisplayPrevParStep Shows the previous parallel step

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Events for controlling the view: Details

Action variable Information on action variables

Event Description
ActionVarSelect Is triggered by double-clicking on a line in the window where
an action for the steps is being displayed.
The name of the action variable and the name of the step
chain are given as parameters.

Error variable Information on error variables

Event Description
DiagVarSelect Is triggered by double-clicking on a line in the window where
diagnostic information for the transition is being displayed.
The name of the error variable and the name of the step
chain are given as parameters.

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Constants for controlling the view: Details

Content- The property ContentErrorStateColumn (Diagnosis information (via the

ErrorState- SFCView function blocks), p. 69) is defined by the following constants:
Column
Constants Value Description
constants
CecEmpty 0 The Error Statecolumn is empty.
CecErrorState 1 The error status for the input variables is shown.
CecVariableName 2 The name for the input variables is shown.
CecPinType 3 The Pin type is shown (AND or OR)

StateError The property StateErrorStateColumn (Diagnosis information (via the SFCView

StateColumn- function blocks), p. 69) is defined by the following constants:
constants
Constants Value Description
sescNoState 0 The background is gray.
sescErrorState 1 The background color shows if the input variable
is erroneous (red/green).
sescPinState 2 The background color shows the state of the pin
which is directly connected to the variable.
If the pin is not inverted, the pin state is the same
as the variable state.
If the pin is inverted, the pin state is the different
from the variable state.
secsVariableState 3 The background color shows the state of the
variables.

Note: The StateErrorStateColumn property is only available if the diagnosis

is made via a special SFCView function block.

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6.4 View: Details Simple

Introduction

Overview This chapter contains general information about the view: Details Simple, which
shows the SFC View.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
General description 77
Properties for controlling the view: Details Simple 78
Methods for controlling the view: Details Simple 81
Events for controlling the view: Details Simple 81

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General description

Brief description The view: Details Simple of the SFCView offers the following options:
l Display of real-time information on the status of the active or selected step in a
step chain
l Navigation between active steps for parallel branches
l Navigation between the step chains via methods, e.g. DisplayNextStep

Display View display: Details Simple.

SFC_para 1
Running 2
This section is used to demonstrate SFC.
It contains a big alternative and within that a parallel 3
structure.

S_3_1 4
Step sets ACT1, ACT1 is mapped to I/O but not read
by any logic. Has a delay time of 2 sec. 5

Max Time Overflow 6

02s 000ms 21s 830ms 7
8
1 (2) 9

View components Details Simple

Number Components Description
1 Chain name Name of the selected chain
2 Chain state Shows the state of the step chain. The state is
represented by a color outline.
3 Chain comment Three line comment text for step chain
4 Step name Name of step shown
5 Step comment Three line comment text for shown step
6 Short Error message Single line error message for the step shown
7 Time monitoring View of monitoring and delay time
8 Frames The outline around this info field can have a different
color depending on the state of the step.
9 Number of active Display of the number of active steps.
steps and navigation The arrow keys can be used to navigate between the
active parallel steps.

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Controlling To control the behavior and the appearance of the SFCView, the person carrying out
the controls the configuration has various methods, events, constants and properties available
for use.
All the controlling options which are assigned to the Details Simple display are
described in the following chapter.
All general controlling options are described in their own chapter General controlling,
p. 45 .

Properties for controlling the view: Details Simple

Direct view Direct view of a chain in the views: Details and Details Simple.
of a chain
Property Description
ChainName Via this property a chain can be displayed directly in the
Details or Details Simple views (without going through the
Overview view).

Always show Active step display

active steps
Property Description
ShowActiveStep If this property is set to True the active step is always shown
in the Details and Details Simple views.
In this case navigation is only possible between parallel
active steps.
If this property is set to False various methods, e.g.
DisplayNextStep can be used to navigate through the
step chain.

View display: Summary of the view: Details Simple

Details Simple
Property Description
DetailsSimpleShow Specifies that the line is shown with the chain name.
ChainName
DetailsSimpleShow Specifies that the line is shown with the chain state.
ChainStatus
DetailsSimpleShow Specifies that the line is shown with the chain comment.
ChainComment
DetailsSimpleShow Specifies that the line is shown with the step comment.
StepComment
DetailsSimpleShow Specifies that the line is shown with the error message.
StepErrorLabel

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Property Description
DetailsSimpleShow Specifies that a bar on the left and right of the field indicates
InitialStepIndicator that the field is an initial step.
DetailsSimpleShow When this is set the buttons for navigating between the
Navigation active steps for parallel branches are displayed.

Note: If the line with the state of the chain or the line with the error message is not
shown, then the state of the chain or an error in the chain is shown by a color
outline around the line with the chain name. The color outline is set in the
ChainFlagsOffBackColor/ChainFlagsOnBackColor or in the
StepMaxTimeErrBackColor/StepMinTimeErrBackColorproperties.

Step name font in the view: Details Simple

Property Description
DetailsSimpleStepNameFont Font for the step name:

Note: The font set using the DetailsSimpleStepNameFont property is also

used for chain names. The font for all the other texts is set using the Font property.

Text for displaying the step chain state. These texts are also shown in the Overview
view in the column ChainStatus.
Property Description
OverviewTextRunning Sets the text shown if the chain status flag is set
to CsfRunning.
OverviewTextSectionDisabled Sets the text shown if the chain status flag is set
to CsfSectionDisabled.
OverviewTextSetInitializeFlag Sets the text shown if the chain status flag is set
to CsfInitializeFlagSet.
OverviewTextDisableTimeCheck Sets the text shown if the chain status flag is set
to CsfTimeCheckDisabled.
OverviewTextDisableTransitions Sets the text shown if the chain status flag is set
to CsfTransitionDisabled.
OverviewTextDisableActions Sets the text shown if the chain status flag is set
to CsfActionsDisabled.

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Texts for the monitoring time

Property Description
StepMaxTimeErr Text shown in the step information field, if the
maximum monitoring time is exceeded.
StepMinTimeErr Text that is shown in the step information field, if the
minimum monitoring time has not been reached.

Note: The SFCView texts are stored in English by default but can be changed by
the person carrying out the configuration.

Unit and color for the monitoring time field

Property Description
ShowTimeInms If this property is set to true, the monitoring time
resolution is milliseconds. If it is false , the
resolution is in seconds.
StepMaxTimeErrBackColor Background color of the step information field that
indicates that the maximum monitoring time has
been exceeded.
StepMaxTimeErrForeColor Text color of the step information field that indicates
that the maximum monitoring time has been
exceeded.
StepMinTimeErrBackColor Background color of the step information field that
indicates that the minimum monitoring time has not
been reached.
StepMinTimeErrForeColor Text color of the step information field that indicates
that the minimum monitoring time has not been
reached.

Color for special steps

Property Description
DetailsActiveStepBackColor Color for the edge of the info field for the active step
DetailsInactiveStepBackColor Color for the edge of the info field for the inactive
step
DetailsInitialStepBackColor Color indicator for the initial step
DetailsWaitingStepBackColor Color indicator for a step in the waiting state
Note: Any step in the waiting state is either an initial
step or the last step displayed, if the SetInitialize flag
is set.

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Methods for controlling the view: Details Simple

Controlling The following methods are available for controlling the display of steps:
the display
Methods Description
for the steps
DisplayInitialStep Shows the first step of the step chain.
DisplayNextActiveStep Shows the next active step (for parallel branches).
DisplayNextStep Displays the next step.
DisplayPreviousStep Displays the previous step.
DisplayPrevActiveStep Shows the previous active step (for parallel branches).

Events for controlling the view: Details Simple

Double-click Double-click in the view: Details Simple.

Event Description
DetailsSimpleDblClick The event is deleted by double-clicking in the view: Details
Simple.

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Introduction

Overview This chapter contains tips for improving the performance of your system and tricks
that have arisen from previous versions of SFCView.

What's in this This chapter contains the following topics:

Chapter?
Topic Page
Reading data and instantiating groups 84
System performance 85

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Reading data and instantiating groups

Reading the When SFCView is first started, all of the SFC sections in the Unity Pro project are
Unity Pro project read.
If the SFC View internal diagnostic was selected via the diagnosis block, all of the
FBD sections will be read also.

Instantiating OPC groups are instantiated during the first call.

groups In the display: Overview, all the groups in the active function view are instantiated.
In the display: Details, only the groups that belong to the respective step chain are
instantiated.

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System performance

Loading Unity Preference should be given to the following procedures in order to speed up the
Pro projects loading time for Unity Pro projects:
l Set the ViewMode property (using the OPCAccessPath property) before you
load the project.
l If you are using the view: Details or Details Simple, set the ChainName property
(using the OPCAccessPath property) before you load the project.
l Only load the project once the SFCView window has opened.
l Use the UseEasySwitchMode property only if you really need it, otherwise
SFCView always has to load the data for both diagnostics modes.

Communication Preference should be given to the following procedures in order to speed up the
in the system communications in the system:
l In the OFS configuration tool, increase the MaxChannels option. Use the
maximum value allowed by the application.
l Set the ViewMode property before creating a link to the PLC. SFC View only
instantiates the OPC groups that are required in the desired view.
l If you are using the view: Details or Details Simple, set the ChainName property
before you create a link to the PLC. SFC View only instantiates the OPC groups
that are required for the desired section.
l Set the EnableOPCUpdates property, for the time in which the SFCView
window remains in the background, to false. This will reduce the data traffic for
this duration.

Resetting To revert to the SFC View Controls presettings, you must delete it from the ActiveX
SFCView container and then insert it again.

mfc42.dll SFC View was developed with Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 (SP5). Therefore, the
control requires mfc42.dll, version 6.0 or higher.
If the ActiveX container used by you has a lower DLL version, it can create conflicts
between SFC View and the ActiveX container.
Therefore you must ensure that your ActiveX container works correctly with
mfc42.dll, version 6.0 or higher.

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II
At a glance

Introduction In this part you will find information about objects, properties, methods, events and
constants.

What's in this This part contains the following chapters:

Part?
Chapter Chapter Name Page
8 Objects 89
9 Properties 93
10 Methods 185
11 Events 207
12 Constants 217

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At a glance

Introduction In this chapter you will find information about the objects.

What's in this This chapter contains the following topics:

Chapter?
Topic Page
OFSDevice Object 90
OFSDevices Collection 90
OFSInfo Object 91
SFC View Control 91

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OFSDevice Object

Brief description An OFSDevice object contains OFS' configuration data for a device.

Syntax The OFSDevice object syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to an OFSInfo object.
index Either an integer or string that uniquely identifies a member of an
OFSDevices collection.

Remarks The unique string to access an element of the OFSDevices collection is the value of
the OFSDevice object's Alias property.
See the Visual Basic documentation for more information about collections.

OFSDevices Collection

Brief description An OFSDevices collection is a collection of OFSDevice objects.

Syntax object.OFSDevices
object.OFSDevices (index)

The syntax lines above refer to the collection and to individual elements in the
collection, respectively, according to the standard collection syntax.
The OFSDevices collection syntax has these parts:
Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to an OFSInfo object.
index Either an integer or string that uniquely identifies a member of an
OFSDevices collection.

Remarks The unique string to access an element of the OFSDevices collection is the value of
the OFSDevice object's Alias property.
See the Visual Basic documentation for more information about collections.

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OFSInfo Object

Brief description Makes data of the currently configured OFS devices available.

Syntax OFSInfo

Remarks When the object is created by a call to the GetOFSInfo method of the SFC View
control, the OFS configuration data currently available in the system registry is read.

SFC View Control

Brief description A SFC View control is a graphical control to display the contents and the current
state of all SFC sections of a Concept project in a PLC.

Syntax SFCView

Remarks See the chapter Overview for an overview of the main concepts of the control or look
for the details in the other chapters of this reference.

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9
At a glance

Introduction In this chapter you will find information about the properties.

What's in this This chapter contains the following sections:

Chapter?
Section Topic Page
9.1 ChainXxx Properties 95
9.2 ColumnHdrActionXxx Properties 99
9.3 ColumnHdrChainXxx Properties 102
9.4 ChainHdrErrorXxx Properties 105
9.5 ColumnHdrStepXxx Properties 109
9.6 DetailsXxx Properties 112
9.7 DetailsSimpleXxx Properties 116
9.8 DetailsStepXxx Properties 125
9.9 DetailsTextXxx Properties 128
9.10 DiagXxx Properties 132
9.11 OPCXxx Properties 135
9.12 OverviewTextXxx Properties 139
9.13 ShowXxx Properties 143
9.14 StepMaxTimeErrXxx Properties 150
9.15 StepMinTimeErrXxx Properties 153
9.16 UseXxx Properties 156
9.17 ValueXxx Properties 161
9.18 WidthActionXxx Properties 164
9.19 WidthErrorXxx Properties 167
9.20 Other Properties 171

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9.1 ChainXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the ChainXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
ChainName Property 96
ChainControlVariableName Property 96
ChainFlagsOffBackColor Property 97
ChainFlagsOffForeColor Property 97
ChainFlagsOnBackColor Property 98
ChainFlagsOnForeColor Property 98

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ChainName Property

Brief description Returns/Sets string value, which represents chain name displayed in detail view.

Syntax object.ChainName [= string]

The ChainName property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression representing chain name, which is displayed in
detail view.

Remarks If ViewMode property is set to sfcDetails, ChainName property allows to display

directly detail view of particular chain without going back to Overview.

ChainControlVariableName Property

Brief description Returns/Sets string value, which represents variable name used as input variable of
the SFCVIEW_CTRL in the Unity Pro project.

Syntax object.ChainControlVariableName [= string]

The ChainControlVariableName property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression representing variable name used as input
variable of the SFCVIEW_CTRL in the Unity Pro project.
Default is SVC_Command.

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ChainFlagsOffBackColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the background color to display the 'Off' state of the chain status flags.

Syntax object.ChainFlagsOffBackColor [= color]

The ChainFlagsOffBackColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background or foreground
colors to display the `On' and `Off' states of the chain flags.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

ChainFlagsOffForeColor Property

Brief description Returns/sets the foreground color to display the 'Off' state of the chain status flags.

Syntax object.ChainFlagsOffForeColor [= color]

The ChainFlagsOffForeColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background or foreground
colors to display the `On' and `Off' states of the chain flags.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

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ChainFlagsOnBackColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the background color to display the 'On' state of the chain status flags.

Syntax object.ChainFlagsOnBackColor [= color]

The ChainFlagsOnBackColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background or foreground
colors to display the `On' and `Off' states of the chain flags.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

ChainFlagsOnForeColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the foreground color to display the 'On' state of the chain status flags.

Syntax object.ChainFlagsOnForeColor [= color]

The ChainFlagsOnForeColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background or foreground
colors to display the `On' and `Off' states of the chain flags.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

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9.2 ColumnHdrActionXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the ColumnHdrActionXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
ColumnHdrActionComment Property 100
ColumnHdrActionName Property 100
ColumnHdrActionQualifier Property 100
ColumnHdrActionTime Property 101
ColumnHdrActionType Property 101

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ColumnHdrActionComment Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the header text of the Comment column for step actions.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrActionComment [string]

The ColumnHdrActionComment property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the step action grids in the detail view.

ColumnHdrActionName Property

Brief description Returns/sets the header text of the Name column for step actions.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrActionName [string]

The ColumnHdrActionName property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the step action grids in the detail view.

ColumnHdrActionQualifier Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the header text of the Qualifier column for step actions.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrActionQualifier [string]

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The ColumnHdrActionQualifier property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the step action grids in the detail view.

ColumnHdrActionTime Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the header text of the Time column for step actions.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrActionTime [string]

The ColumnHdrActionTime property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the step action grids in the detail view.

ColumnHdrActionType Property

Brief description Returns/sets the header text of the Type column for step actions.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrActionType [string]

The ColumnHdrActionType property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the step action grids in the detail view.

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9.3 ColumnHdrChainXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the ColumnHdrChainXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
ColumnHdrChainComment Property 103
ColumnHdrChainName Property 103
ColumnHdrChainStatus Property 104

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ColumnHdrChainComment Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the header text of the Chain Comment column.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrChainComment [string]

The ColumnHdrChainComment property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the chain grid in the overview.

ColumnHdrChainName Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the header text of the Chain Name column.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrChainName [string]

The ColumnHdrChainName property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the chain grid in the overview.

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ColumnHdrChainStatus Property

Brief description Returns/sets the header text of the Chain Status column.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrChainStatus [string]

The ColumnHdrChainStatus property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the chain grid in the overview.

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9.4 ChainHdrErrorXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the ChainHdrErrorXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
ColumnHdrErrorComment Property 106
ColumnHdrErrorStep Property 106
ColumnHdrErrorVariable Property 107
ColumnHdrErrorPinType Property 107
ColumnHdrErrorState Property 108

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ColumnHdrErrorComment Property

Brief description Returns/sets the header text of the Comment column for transition errors.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrErrorComment [= string]

The ColumnHdrErrorComment property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the diagnostic error grid in the detail view.

ColumnHdrErrorStep Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the header text of the Step column for transition errors.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrErrorStep [= string]

The ColumnHdrErrorStep property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the diagnostic error grid in the detail view.

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ColumnHdrErrorVariable Property

Brief description Returns/sets the header text of the Variable column for transition errors.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrErrorVariable [= string]

The ColumnHdrErrorVariable property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the diagnostic error grid in the detail view.

ColumnHdrErrorPinType Property

Brief description Returns/sets the header text of the Pin Type column for transition errors.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrErrorPinType [= string]

The ColumnHdrErrorPinType property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the diagnostic error grid in the detail view.

Remarks Column ErrorPin and ErrorState occur only when UsePLCDiagSystem property is
set to false.

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ColumnHdrErrorState Property

Brief description Returns/sets the header text of the Comment column for transition errors.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrErrorState [= string]

The ColumnHdrErrorState property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the diagnostic error grid in the detail view.

Remarks Column ErrorPin and ErrorState occur only when UsePLCDiagSystem property is
set to false.

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9.5 ColumnHdrStepXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the ColumnHdrStepXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
ColumnHdrParallelSteps Property 110
ColumnHdrStepComment Property 110
ColumnHdrStepName Property 111

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ColumnHdrParallelSteps Property

Brief description Returns/sets the header text of the Parallel Steps column.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrParallelSteps [= string]

The ColumnHdrParallelSteps property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the chain grid in the overview.

ColumnHdrStepComment Property

Brief description Returns/sets the header text of the Step Comment column.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrStepComment [= string]

The ColumnHdrStepComment property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the diagnostic error grid in the detail view.

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ColumnHdrStepName Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the header text of the Step Name column.

Syntax object.ColumnHdrStepName [= string]

The ColumnHdrStepName property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed as the header
of the columns for the diagnostic error grid in the detail view.

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9.6 DetailsXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the DetailsXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
DetailsActiveStepBackColor Property 113
DetailsInactiveStepBackColor Property 113
DetailsInitialStepBackColor Property 114
DetailsWaitingStepBackColor Property 114
DetailsViewLinesColor Property 115

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DetailsActiveStepBackColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the background color to display a step in active-state in the detail view.

Syntax object.DetailsActiveStepBackColor [= color]

The DetailsActiveStepBackColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background colors to display
the `Active', Inactive' and `Initial' states of the steps in the detail view.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

DetailsInactiveStepBackColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the background color to display a step in inactive-state in the detail
view.

Syntax object.DetailsInactiveStepBackColor [= color]

The DetailsInactiveStepBackColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background colors to display
the `Active', Inactive' and `Initial' states of the steps in the detail view.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

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DetailsInitialStepBackColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the background color to display initial step indicator in the details and
details simple view. In details simple view dependently on property.
DetailsSimpleShowInitStepIndicator the Initial step indicator or step name label will
be displayed in this color when currently displayed step is initial.

Syntax object.DetailsInitialStepBackColor [= color]

The DetailsInitialStepBackColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background colors to display
the `Active', Inactive' and `Initial' states of the steps in the detail view.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

DetailsWaitingStepBackColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the background color to display a step in waiting-state in the details
simple view. Waiting-state means that displayed step is initial step or reset flag is set
for the chain.

Syntax object.DetailsWaitingStepBackColor [= color]

The DetailsWaitingStepBackColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background colors to display
the `Active', Inactive' and `Initial' states of the steps in the detail view.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

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DetailsViewLinesColor Property

Brief description Returns/sets lines color in details view.

Syntax object.DetailsViewLinesColor [= color]

The DetailsViewLinesColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the lines colors in details view.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

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9.7 DetailsSimpleXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the DetailsSimpleXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
DetailsSimpleShowChainName Property 117
DetailsSimpleShowChainStatus Property 118
DetailsSimpleShowChainComment Property 119
DetailsSimpleShowStepErrorLabel Property 120
DetailsSimpleShowStepComment Property 121
DetailsSimpleShowInitStepIndicator Property 122
DetailsSimpleShowNavigation Property 123
DetailsSimpleStepNameFont Property 124

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DetailsSimpleShowChainName Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether the chain name is displayed in details simple view.

Syntax object.DetailsSimpleShowChainName [= boolean]

The DetailsSimpleShowChainName property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether the chain name (chain
status, chain comment or step comment) is displayed in details
simple view.

Settings The settins for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Chain name (chain status, chain comment or
step comment) is displayed.
False Chain name (chain status, chain comment or step
comment) is not displayed.

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DetailsSimpleShowChainStatus Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether the chain status is displayed in details simple view. When set
to false the chain status will be indicated by back groundcolor of step name label.

Syntax object.DetailsSimpleShowChainStatus [= boolean]

The DetailsSimpleShowChainStatus property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether the chain name (chain
status, chain comment or step comment) is displayed in details
simple view.

Settings The settins for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Chain name (chain status, chain comment or
step comment) is displayed.
False Chain name (chain status, chain comment or step
comment) is not displayed.

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DetailsSimpleShowChainComment Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether the chain comment is displayed in details simple view.

Syntax object.DetailsSimpleShowChainComment [= boolean]

The DetailsSimpleShowChainComment property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether the chain name (chain
status, chain comment or step comment) is displayed in details
simple view.

Settings The settins for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Chain name (chain status, chain comment or
step comment) is displayed.
False Chain name (chain status, chain comment or step
comment) is not displayed.

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DetailsSimpleShowStepErrorLabel Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether step error state is displayed in the details simple view. When
set to false the error state will be indicated by background color of step name label.

Syntax object.DetailsSimpleShowStepErrorLabel [= boolean]

The DetailsSimpleShowStepErrorLabel property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether the chain name (chain status,
chain comment or step comment) is displayed in details simple view.

Settings The settins for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Chain name (chain status, chain comment or step comment) is
displayed.
False Chain name (chain status, chain comment or step comment) is not displayed.

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DetailsSimpleShowStepComment Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether the step comment is displayed in details simple view.

Syntax object.DetailsSimpleShowStepComment [= boolean]

The DetailsSimpleShowStepComment property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether the chain name (chain status,
chain comment or step comment) is displayed in details simple view.

Settings The settins for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Chain name (chain status, chain comment or step comment) is
displayed.
False Chain name (chain status, chain comment or step comment) is not displayed.

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DetailsSimpleShowInitStepIndicator Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether indicator for initial step is displayed in the details simple view.
When set to false the initial step will be indicated by background color of step name
label.

Syntax object.DetailsSimpleShowInitStepIndicator [= boolean]

The DetailsSimpleShowInitStepIndicator property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether the chain name (chain
status, chain comment or step comment) is displayed in details
simple view.

Settings The settins for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Chain name (chain status, chain comment or step
comment) is displayed.
False Chain name (chain status, chain comment or step comment) is not
displayed.

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DetailsSimpleShowNavigation Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether navigation buttons are displayed in details simple view.

Syntax object.DetailsSimpleShowNavigation [= boolean]

The DetailsSimpleShowNavigation property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether navigation buttons are
displayed in details simple view.

Settings The settins for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Navigation buttons are displayed in details simple view.
False Navigation buttons are not displayed in details simple view.

Remarks Navigation buttons can be visible only when DetailsSimpleShowNavigation property

is true.

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DetailsSimpleStepNameFont Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the font to display the step name in the details simple view.

Syntax [Step] object.DetailsSimpleStepNameFont [= font_object]

The DetailsSimpleStepNameFont property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
font_object An object expression that evaluates to a font object that determines
the font name, size and other attributes to display the step names in
the details simple view.

Remarks The same font is used for the chain name in the detail simple view, too. All other
texts in the detail view and in overview are displayed with the font specified with the
standard Font property.

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9.8 DetailsStepXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the DetailsStepXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
DetailsStepNameFont Property 126
DetailsStepsLeft Property 126
DetailsStepsWidth Property 127

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DetailsStepNameFont Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the font to display the step name in the details view.

Syntax [Set] object.DetailsStepNameFont [= font_object]

The DetailsStepNameFont property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
font_object An object expression that evaluates to a font object that determines
the font name, size and other attributes to display the step names in
the details view.

Remarks The same font is used for the chain name and the transition name in the detail view,
too. All other texts in the detail view and in overview are displayed with the font
specified with the standard Font property.

DetailsStepsLeft Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the left positions to display the steps in the detail view.

Syntax object.DetailsStepsLeft [= value]

The DetailsStepsLeft property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
value A numeric expression specifying a distance or dimension.

Remarks The DetailsStepsLeft property determines the distance between the inner left edge
of the SFC View control and the left edge of the rectangles in which the steps are
displayed in the detail view.
This property is measured in Twips. See the Visual Basic documentation for more
information about this measurement unit.

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DetailsStepsWidth Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the width to display the steps in the detail view.

Syntax object.DetailsStepsWidth [= value]

The DetailsStepsWidth property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
value A numeric expression specifying a distance or dimension.

Remarks The DetailsStepsWidth property determines the width of the rectangles in which the
steps are displayed in the detail view.
This property is measured in Twips. See the Visual Basic documentation for more
information about this measurement unit.

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9.9 DetailsTextXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the DetailsTextXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
DetailsTextDisableActions Property 129
DetailsTextDisableTimeCheck Property 129
DetailsTextDisableTransitions Property 130
DetailsTextSectionDisabled Property 130
DetailsTextSetResetFlag Property 131

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DetailsTextDisableActions Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display the chain state 'Actions Disabled' in the detail view.

Syntax object.DetailsTextDisableActions [= string]

The DetailsTextDisableActions property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed for the chain
states in the detail view.

DetailsTextDisableTimeCheck Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display the chain state 'Time Check Disabled' in the detail
view.

Syntax object.DetailsTextDisableTimeCheck [= string]

The DetailsTextDisableTimeCheck property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed for the chain
states in the detail view.

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DetailsTextDisableTransitions Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display the chain state 'Transitions Disabled' in the detail
view.

Syntax object.DetailsTextDisableTransitions [= string]

The DetailsTextDisableTransitions property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed for the chain
states in the detail view.

DetailsTextSectionDisabled Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display the chain state 'Section Disabled' in the detail view.

Syntax object.DetailsTextSectionDisabled [= string]

The DetailsTextSectionDisabled property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed for the chain
states in the detail view.

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DetailsTextSetResetFlag Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display the chain state 'Reset Flag Set' in the detail view.

Syntax object.DetailsTextSetResetFlag [= string]

The DetailsTextSetResetFlag property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed for the chain
states in the detail view.

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9.10 DiagXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the DiagXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
DiagAutoRetrigger Property 133
DiagAutoRetriggerInterval Property 134

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DiagAutoRetrigger Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether diag errors are automatically re-triggered for analysis or not.

Syntax object.DiagAutoRetrigger [= boolean]

The DiagAutoRetrigger property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether diag error analysis is
automatically re-triggered or not.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Enables automatic re-triggering of the error analysis.
False Disables automatic re-triggering of the error analysis.

Remarks If the property is set to false, the client application can re-trigger the analysis by
calling the method DiagRetrigger.

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DiagAutoRetriggerInterval Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the interval (1 to 65535ms) at which diag entries will be retriggered.
Default is 1000ms.

Syntax object.DiagAutoRetriggerInterval [= milliseconds]

The DiagAutoRetriggerInterval property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
milliseconds A numeric expression specifying the number of milliseconds (1 to
65535) between two retrigger actions on all active SFC errors in
actually displayed section in the details view. Default is 1000.

Remarks Setting the value too low might have a negative influence on the system
performance.

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9.11 OPCXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the OPCXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
OPCNetworkServer Property 136
OPCAccessPath Property 136
OPCConnect Property 137
OPCUpdateRate Property 138

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OPCNetworkServer Property

Brief description Returns/Sets information about the location of the OPC server.

Syntax object.OPCNetworkServer [= string]

The OPCNetworkServer property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that determines where the OPC server is
located.

Remarks Default value of the property is " ".

That means the OPC server is located on the local machine.
In case of distributed configuration please use this property to define the location
(PC name or IP address) of the OPC server.

OPCAccessPath Property

Brief description Returns/Sets information how the OPC server should get the data.

Syntax object.OPCAccessPath [= string]

The OPCAccessPath property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that determines how the OPC server should get
the data.

Remarks The string has to be one of the alias names defined with the OFS configuration tool,
which determines the Concept project and the PLC to be used by OFS.
When the property is set with the control's property pages, one can select an alias
name from the current OFS configuration data. This configuration data can also be
retrieved with the GetOFSInfo method.

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OPCConnect Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether to connect to or disconnect from the OPC server.

Syntax object.OPCConnect [= boolean]

The OPCConnect property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether to connect to or
disconnect from the OPC server.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Starts the connection with the OPC server at runtime.
False Closes all connections with the OPC server.

Remarks The OPCConnect property is ignored at designtime. At runtime, the connection with
the OPC server will be started only after the project data was read by the control and
when the OPCConnect property is set to true.

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OPCUpdateRate Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the fastest rate at which the OPC server should deliver changed data.

Syntax object.OPCUpdateRate [= milliseconds]

The OPCUpdateRate property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
milliseconds A numeric expression specifying the minimum number of
milliseconds between two transmissions of changed data by the
OPC server. Default is 1000.

Remarks The OPCUpdateRate property determines how often the OPC server should send
changed data to the control. Setting the value too low might have a negative
influence on the system performance.

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9.12 OverviewTextXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the OverviewTextXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
OverviewTextDisableActions Property 140
OverviewTextDisableTimeCheck Property 140
OverviewTextDisableTransitions Property 141
OverviewTextRunning Property 141
OverviewTextSectionDisabled Property 142
OverviewTextSetResetFlag Property 142

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OverviewTextDisableActions Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display the chain state 'Actions Disabled' in the overview
and details simple view.

Syntax object.OverviewTextDisableActions [= string]

The OverviewTextDisableActions property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed for the chain
states the overview and details simple view.

OverviewTextDisableTimeCheck Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display the chain state 'Time Check Disabled' in the
overview and details simple view.

Syntax object.OverviewTextDisableTimeCheck [= string]

The OverviewTextDisableTimeCheck property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed for the chain
states the overview and details simple view.

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OverviewTextDisableTransitions Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display the chain state 'Transitions Disabled' in the overview
and details simple view.

Syntax object.OverviewTextDisableTransitions [= string]

The OverviewTextDisableTransitions property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed for the chain
states the overview and details simple view.

OverviewTextRunning Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display the chain state 'Running' in the overview.

Syntax object.OverviewTextRunning [= string]

The OverviewTextRunning property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed for the chain
states the overview and details simple view.

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OverviewTextSectionDisabled Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display the chain state 'Section Disabled' in the overview
and details simple view.

Syntax object.OverviewTextSectionDisabled [= string]

The OverviewTextSectionDisabled property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed for the chain
states the overview and details simple view.

OverviewTextSetResetFlag Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display the chain state 'Reset Flag Set' in the overview and
details simple view.

Syntax object.OverviewTextSetResetFlag [= string]

The OverviewTextSetResetFlag property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that evaluates to the text displayed for the chain
states the overview and details simple view.

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9.13 ShowXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the ShowXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
ShowActiveStep Property 144
ShowAllDiagErrors Property 144
ShowAllTransitionsInput Property 145
ShowChainGroups Property 146
ShowStatistics Property 147
ShowStepComments Property 147
ShowTimeInms Property 148
ShowBlockNames Property 149

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ShowActiveStep Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether the details and details simple views displays always the active
step.

Syntax object.ShowActiveStep [= boolean]

The ShowActiveStep property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether the details and details simple
view displays always the active step.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) The detail and details simple view displays always the active step.
False The detail view does not follow the active step.

ShowAllDiagErrors Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether all diag errors are shown or not.

Syntax object.ShowAllDiagErrors [= boolean]

The ShowAllDiagErrors property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether all diag errors of the chain are
shown in the detail view or not.

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Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) The detail view displays all diag errors for the current chain.
False The detail view shows only the errors for the displayed step.

Remarks The property is valid only when UsePLCDiagSystem property is set to true.

ShowAllTransitionsInput Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether diagnostic information is shown for all active steps or only for
actually selected step.

Syntax object.ShowAllTransitionsInput [= boolean]

The ShowAllTransitionsInput property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that determines whether diagnostic information in
detail view is shown for all active steps or only for actually selected step.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Diagnostic information in detail view is displayed for all active steps.
False Diagnostic information in detail view is displayed only for actually selected
step.

Remarks The property is valid only when UsePLCDiagSystem property is set to false.

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ShowChainGroups Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether the overview displays the hierarchy of the chain groups.

Syntax object.ShowChainGroups [= boolean]

The ShowChainGroups property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether the overview displays the
hierarchy of the chain groups or not.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) The overview displays the hierarchy of the chain groups as
configured in the project and only the chains in the selected group are shown.
False The overview displays all chains of the project in one table.

Remarks It's recommended to configure chain groups (functional moduls) in the Unity/
Concept project and to set this property to True, if there are many SFC sections in
the project. Since the control needs real-time data for all steps in all chains displayed
in the overview at the same time, it might have a negative influence on the system
performance when there are too much chains displayed in the overview.

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ShowStatistics Property

Brief description Displays the statistics panel.

Syntax object.ShowStatistics [= boolean]

The ShowStatistics property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether to display the statistics panel.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True The statistics panel is shown.
False (Default) The statistics panel is hidden.

ShowStepComments Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether step comments or chain comments are displayed in the
overview grid.

Syntax object.ShowStepComments [= boolean]

The ShowStepComments property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether to display step comments or
chain comments in the overview grid.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) The comments of the active steps are shown in the overview grid.
False The chain comments are shown in the overview grid.

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ShowTimeInms Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether in the details and details simple views, step delay time and
current time are displayed in milliseconds.

Syntax object.ShowTimeInms [= boolean]

The ShowTimeInms property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether in the details and details
simple views, step delay time and current time are displayed in
milliseconds.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Step delay time and current time are displayed in
milliseconds.
False Step delay time and current time are displayed in seconds.

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ShowBlockNames Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether to display structure of logic assigned to transition in the grid
for transition errors.

Syntax object.ShowBlockNames [= boolean]

The ShowBlockNames property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether to display logic
structure or not.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Input variables assigned to the transition are shown
together with logic structure (AND, OR blocs etc.).
False Input variables assigned to the transition are shown without logic
structure.

Remarks The property is valid only when UsePLCDiagSystem property is set to false.

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9.14 StepMaxTimeErrXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the StepMaxTimeErrXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
StepMaxTimeErrBackColor Property 151
StepMaxTimeErrForeColor Property 151
StepMaxTimeErrText Property 152

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StepMaxTimeErrBackColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the background color to display that the maximum step time is
exceeded.

Syntax object.StepMaxTimeErrBackColor [= color]

The StepMaxTimeErrBackColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background and foreground
colors to display that the maximum step time is exceeded.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

StepMaxTimeErrForeColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the foreground color to display that the maximum step time is
exceeded.

Syntax object.StepMaxTimeErrForeColor [= color]

The StepMaxTimeErrForeColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background and foreground
colors to display that the maximum step time is exceeded.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

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StepMaxTimeErrText Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display that the maximum step time is exceeded (detail
view).

Syntax object.StepMaxTimeErrText [= string]

The StepMaxTimeErrText property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that determines the text to display in the detail
view when the maximum step time is exceeded.

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9.15 StepMinTimeErrXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the StepMinTimeErrXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
StepMinTimeErrBackColor Property 154
StepMinTimeErrForeColor Property 154
StepMinTimeErrText Property 155

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StepMinTimeErrBackColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the background color to display that the minimum step time was not
reached.

Syntax object.StepMinTimeErrBackColor [= color]

The StepMinTimeErrBackColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background and foreground
colors to display that the minimum step time was not reached.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

StepMinTimeErrForeColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the foreground color to display that the minimum step time was not
reached.

Syntax object.StepMinTimeErrForeColor [= color]

The StepMinTimeErrForeColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background and foreground
colors to display that the minimum step time was not reached.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

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StepMinTimeErrText Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the text to display that the minimum step time was not reached (detail
view).

Syntax object.StepMinTimeErrText [= string]

The StepMinTimeErrText property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that determines the text to display in the detail
view when the minimum step time was not reached.

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9.16 UseXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the UseXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
UseOPCProject Property 157
UsePLCDiagSystem Property (Unity Pro) 158
UsePLCDiagSystem Property 159
UseEasyModeSwitch Property 160

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UseOPCProject Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether the project file will be determined automatically from the OPC
access path.

Syntax object.UseOPCProject [= boolean]

The UseOPCProject property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether the project file will be
determined automatically from the OPC access path.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) The project file will be determined automatically from the
control's OPCAccessPath property.
False The project file has to be set with the ProjectFile property.

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UsePLCDiagSystem Property (Unity Pro)

Brief description Returns/Sets whether the PLC's diagnostic system is used to get the causes of
transition errors. If set to false, the causes are determined internally. If changed at
runtime, it reloads the current project or not depending on the UseEasySwitchMode
property.

Syntax object.UsePLCDiagSystem [= boolean]

The UsePLCDiagSystem property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean value that determines used diagnostic mode.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Control reads error buffer in PLC, to get diagnostic
information.
False Control does not use PLC diagnoses. SFC error causes are
determined internally based on the logic connected to transitions. To
be able to get diagnostic data, each transition has to be assigned to
the variable, which is an output of special EFB (SFC View library:
AND_16, OR_16, AND_OR_8).

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UsePLCDiagSystem Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether the PLC's diagnostic system is used to get the causes of
transition errors. If set to false, the causes are determined internally. If changed at
runtime, it reloads the current project.

Syntax object.UsePLCDiagSystem [= boolean]

The UsePLCDiagSystem property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean value that determines used diagnostic mode.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True Control reads error buffer in PLC, to get diagnostic information.
Concept project has to contain ERR2HMI block. Properties
VarDiagIn and VarDiagOut, which define input and output variables
of the block have to be also defined.
False (Default) Control does not use PLC diagnoses. SFC error causes
are determined internally based on the logic connected to
transitions. To be able to get diagnostic data, each transition has to
be assigned to the variable, which is an output of special EFB
(Concept SFC_VIEW library: AND_16, OR_16, AND_OR_8).

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UseEasyModeSwitch Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether reload or not current project when UsePLCDiagSystem
property has changed.

Syntax object.UseEasyModeSwitch [= boolean]

The UseEasyModeSwitch property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean value that determines used diagnostic mode.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True Control will not reload project data when UsePLCDiagSystem
property has changed. Setting this property to true, make switching
between modes faster but it slows down loading the project and
causes bigger memory consumption. Set the property to true only
when you really need it.
False (Default) Reload project data when UsePLCDiagSystem property
has changed.

Remarks Changing this property in UserMode causes project reload.

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9.17 ValueXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the ValueXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
ValueOffBackColor Property 162
ValueOffForeColor Property 162
ValueOnBackColor Property 163
ValueOnForeColor Property 163

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ValueOffBackColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the background color to display a variable value in `Off' state.

Syntax object.ValueOffBackColor [= color]

The ValueOffBackColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background or foreground
colors to display the `On' and `Off' states of the variable values.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

ValueOffForeColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the foreground color to display a variable value in `Off' state.

Syntax object.ValueOffForeColor [= color]

The ValueOffForeColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background or foreground
colors to display the `On' and `Off' states of the variable values.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

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ValueOnBackColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the background color to display a variable value in `On' state.

Syntax object.ValueOnBackColor [= color]

The ValueOnBackColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background or foreground
colors to display the `On' and `Off' states of the variable values.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

ValueOnForeColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the foreground color to display a variable value in `On' state.

Syntax object.ValueOnForeColor [= color]

The ValueOnForeColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the background or foreground
colors to display the `On' and `Off' states of the variable values.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

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9.18 WidthActionXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the WidthActionXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
WidthActionQualifierColumn Property 165
WidthActionTimeColumn Property 165
WidthActionVariableColumn Property 166
WidthActionCommentColumn Property 166

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WidthActionQualifierColumn Property

Brief description Returns/Sets width of Action Qualifier column in the grid for step (actual and next)
actions.

Syntax object.WidthActionQualifierColumn [= long]

The WidthActionQualifierColumn property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
long A long type expression that specifies width of column in the grid for
step (actual and next) actions.

Remarks To hide a column you have to set Width property of the column to 0.

WidthActionTimeColumn Property

Brief description Returns/Sets width of Error Variable column in the grid for step (actual and next)
actions.

Syntax object.WidthActionTimeColumn [= long]

The WidthActionTimeColumn property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
long A long type expression that specifies width of column in the grid for
step (actual and next) actions.

Remarks To hide a column you have to set Width property of the column to 0.

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WidthActionVariableColumn Property

Brief description Returns/Sets width of Pin Type column in the grid for step (actual and next) actions.

Syntax object.WidthActionVariableColumn [= long]

The WidthActionVariableColumn property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
long A long type expression that specifies width of column in the grid for
step (actual and next) actions.

Remarks To hide a column you have to set Width property of the column to 0.

WidthActionCommentColumn Property

Brief description Returns/Sets width of Error State column in the grid for step (actual and next)
actions.

Syntax object.WidthActionCommentColumn [= long]

The WidthActionCommentColumn property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
long A long type expression that specifies width of column in the grid for
step (actual and next) actions.

Remarks To hide a column you have to set Width property of the column to 0.

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9.19 WidthErrorXxx Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the WidthErrorXxx properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
WidthErrorStepNameColumn Property 168
WidthErrorVariableColumn Property 168
WidthErrorPinTypeColumn Property 169
WidthErrorStateColumn Property 169
WidthErrorCommentColumn Property 170

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WidthErrorStepNameColumn Property

Brief description Returns/Sets width of Step Name column in the grid for transition errors.

Remarks When UsePLCDiagSystem property is true, width of Error State and Pin Type
columns is always 0. When ShowAllTransitionsInput property is set to false, Step
Name column width is also 0.

Note: To hide a column you have to set Width property of the column to 0.

WidthErrorVariableColumn Property

Brief description Returns/Sets width of Error Variable column in the grid for transition errors.

Syntax object.WidthErrorVariableColumn [= long]

The WidthErrorVariableColumn property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
long A long type expression that specifies width of column in the grid for
transition errors.

Remarks When UsePLCDiagSystem property is true, width of Error State and Pin Type
columns is always 0. When ShowAllTransitionsInput property is set to false, Step
Name column width is also 0.

Note: To hide a column you have to set Width property of the column to 0.

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WidthErrorPinTypeColumn Property

Brief description Returns/Sets width of Pin Type column in the grid for transition errors.

Syntax object.WidthErrorPinTypeColumn [= long]

The WidthErrorPinTypeColumn property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
long A long type expression that specifies width of column in the grid for transition
errors.

Remarks When UsePLCDiagSystem property is true, width of Error State and Pin Type
columns is always 0. When ShowAllTransitionsInput property is set to false, Step
Name column width is also 0.

Note: To hide a column you have to set Width property of the column to 0.

WidthErrorStateColumn Property

Brief description Returns/Sets width of Error State column in the grid for transition errors.

Syntax object.WidthErrorStateColumn [= long]

The WidthErrorStateColumn property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
long A long type expression that specifies width of column in the grid for transition
errors.

Remarks When UsePLCDiagSystem property is true, width of Error State and Pin Type
columns is always 0. When ShowAllTransitionsInput property is set to false, Step
Name column width is also 0.

Note: To hide a column you have to set Width property of the column to 0.

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WidthErrorCommentColumn Property

Brief description Returns/Sets width of Error Comment column in the grid for transition errors.

Syntax object.WidthErrorCommentColumn [= long]

The WidthErrorCommentColumn property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
long A long type expression that specifies width of column in the grid for transition
errors.

Remarks When UsePLCDiagSystem property is true, width of Error State and Pin Type
columns is always 0. When ShowAllTransitionsInput property is set to false, Step
Name column width is also 0.

Note: To hide a column you have to set Width property of the column to 0.

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9.20 Other Properties

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the other properties.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
Alias Property 172
AutomaticProjectReload Property 173
BackColor Property 174
Count Property 174
ContentErrorStateColumn Property 175
EnableOPCUpdates Property 176
Font Property 176
Item Property 177
MaxChannel Property 177
NumberErrorGridLines Property 178
OFSDevices Property 178
OnChainOpen Property 179
Path Property 179
ProjectFile Property 180
Refresh Property 180
StateErrorStateColumn Property 181
Symb Property 182
UnityNetworkServer Property 182
ViewMode Property 183

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Alias Property

Brief description Returns a string specifying the alias name of a device configured for use with OFS.

Syntax object.Alias

The Alias property syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to an OFSDevice object.

Remarks This is a read-only property.

The value of this property for a given device should be entered in the SFC View
control's OPCAccessPath property to specify which Unity/Concept project to use
and from which PLC OFS should read the real-time data.

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AutomaticProjectReload Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether to reload the project automatically after a change of the
project within the PLC was recognized.

Syntax object.AutomaticProjectReload [= boolean]

The AutomaticProjectReload property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether to reload the project
automatically after a change of the project within the PLC was
recognized.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Allows reloading the project automatically.
False Prevents automatic reloading of the project.

Remarks If the property is set to false, the client application can implement its own strategy
for reloading the project by responding to the ProjectChanged event with calling the
method ReloadProject only under special circumstances.

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BackColor Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the control background color in details and details simple view.

Syntax object.BackColor [= color]

The BackColor property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
color A value or constant that determines the control background color in
details and details simple view.

Remarks See the Visual Basic documentation about possible color values or color constants.

Count Property

Brief description Returns the number of OFSDevice objects in the OFSDevices collection.

Syntax object.Count

The Count property syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to an OFSDevices object.

Remarks This is a read-only property.

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ContentErrorStateColumn Property

Brief description Returns/Sets what to display in the Error State column in the grid for transition
errors.

Syntax object.ContentErrorStateColumn [= value]

The ContentErrorStateColumn property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
value Numeric expression, which determines what, is displayed in Error
State column.

Settings The settings for value are:

Setting Description
0 - cecEmpty Error State column is empty.
1 - cecErrorState (Default) Error State column contains error state of input variable.
2 - cecVariableName Error State column contains variable name.
3 - cecPinType Error State column contains pin type.

Remarks The property is valid only when UsePLCDiagSystem property is false.

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EnableOPCUpdates Property

Brief description Returns/Sets whether to start or stop notifications about changed data by the OPC
server.

Syntax object.EnableOPCUpdates [= boolean]

The EnableOPCUpdates property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
boolean A boolean expression that specifies whether to start or stop notifications by
the OPC server.

Settings The settings for boolean are:

Setting Description
True (Default) Enables notifications by the OPC server.
False Disables notifications by the OPC server.

Remarks By setting the property to false, the client application can temporarily stop
notifications about changed data (from the OPC server to the SFC View control),
e.g. when the window with the control is currently in the background.

Font Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the font to display chain status, chain comment, step comment etc in
the overview details and details simple view.

Syntax [Set] object.Font [= font_object]

The Font property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
font_object An object expression that evaluates to a font object that determines the font
name, size and other attributes to display chain status, chain comment,
step comment etc in the overview details and details simple view.

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Item Property

Brief description Returns a specific member of the OFSDevices collection either by position or by key.

Syntax object.Item (index)

object(index)

It is not necessary to specify the name of this property as shown in the second
syntax line above, since the Item property is the default property of the OFSDevices
object.
The Item property syntax has these parts:
Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to an OFSDevices object.
index An expression that specifies the position of a member of the
collection. If a numeric expression, index must be a number from 1
to the value of the collection's Count property. If a string expression,
index must correspond to the Alias property of the OFSDevice
member object referred to.

Remarks This is a read-only property.

MaxChannel Property

Brief description Returns a number specifying the maximum number of channels of a device
configured for use with OFS.

Syntax object.MaxChannel

The MaxChannel property syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to an OFSDevices object.

Remarks This is a read-only property.

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NumberErrorGridLines Property

Brief description Returns/Sets value, which indicates number of lines displayed in error grid.

Syntax object.NumberErrorGridLines [= Integer]

The NumberErrorGridLines property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
value Integer value representing number of lines displayed in error grid.
Default value 16.

OFSDevices Property

Brief description Returns the current OFSDevices collection of an OFSInfo object.

Syntax object.OFSDevices

The OFSDevices property syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to an OFSInfo object.

Remarks This is a read-only property.

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OnChainOpen Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the action to be performed when the user double clicks a row in the
grid while in overview mode.

Syntax object.OnChainOpen [= value]

The OnChainOpen property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
value A numeric expression that specifies what to do when the user double
clicks a chain in the grid while in overview mode.

Settings For the settings for value see OnChainOpenActions Constants, p. 218.

Path Property

Brief description Returns a string specifying the address of a device configured for use with OFS.

Syntax object.Path

The Path property syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to an OFSDevices object.

Remarks This is a read-only property.

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ProjectFile Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the name of the file with the project data.

Syntax object.ProjectFile [= string]

The ProjectFile property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that determines from which file to read the
project data.

Remarks The string should contain the complete path to the Concept/Unity project (.STU for
Unity; .PRJ for Concept) file.
This property will be set automatically by setting the OPCAccessPath property when
the property UseOPCProject is set to true at the same time.
The ProjectFile property is ignored at designtime. At runtime, the control starts
reading the project data when the property is set. If there was a connection with the
OPC server with any previous project, the connection will be closed and started
again for the new project data.

Refresh Property

Brief description Returns a number specifying whether automatic refresh of a device configured for
use with OFS is enabled.

Syntax object.Refresh

The Refresh property syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to an OFSDevices object.

Remarks This is a read-only property.

If the value of this property is zero, automatic refresh is not configured for this device.

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StateErrorStateColumn Property

Brief description Returns/Sets what indicate the background color in the Error State column in the
grid for transition errors.

Syntax object.StateErrorStateColumn [= value]

The StateErrorStateColumn property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
value Numeric expression, which determines what indicate the
background color in the Error State column.

Settings The settings for value are:

Setting Description
0 - sescNoState The background color is gray.
1 - sescErrorState The background color indicate, if the variable is an error or not.
2 - sescPinState (Default) The background color indicate pin state, to which the
variable is directly connected. (If the pin is inverted the state
differs from variable state. If the pin is not inverted the pin state is
equal to the variable state.)
3 - sescVariableState The background color indicate variable state.

Remarks The property is valid only when UsePLCDiagSystem property is false.

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Symb Property

Brief description Returns a string specifying the full path to the file with information about the symbols
of a device configured for use with OFS.

Syntax object.Symb

The Symb property syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to an OFSDevices object.

Remarks This is a read-only property.

If the value of the object's Alias property is entered in the SFC View control's
OPCAccessPath property and the control's property UseOPCProject is set to true,
the value of this property has to be the file name of the Unity program (.STU file).

UnityNetworkServer Property

Brief description Returns/Sets information about the location of the Unity Pro program.

Syntax object.UnityNetworkServer [= string]

The UnityNetworkServer property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
string A string expression that determines where the Unity Pro program is
located.

Remarks Default value of the property is " ".

That means the Unity Pro program is located on the local machine.
In case of distributed configuration please use this property to define the location
(PC name or IP address) of the Unity Pro program.

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ViewMode Property

Brief description Returns/Sets the kind of information to be displayed.

Syntax object.ViewMode [= value]

The ViewMode property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
value A numeric expression that specifies whether to show the overview,
details or details simple view.

Settings For the settings for value see SFCViewModes Constants, p. 219.

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10
At a glance

Introduction In this chapter you will find information about the methods.

What's in this This chapter contains the following sections:

Chapter?
Section Topic Page
10.1 DiagXxx Methods 187
10.2 DisplayXxx Methods 189
10.3 PLCXxx Methods 195
10.4 Other Methods 204

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10.1 DiagXxx Methods

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the DiagXxx methods.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
DiagResetErrorBuffer Method 188
DiagRetrigger Method 188

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DiagResetErrorBuffer Method

Brief description Resets all diagnostic errors within the PLC.

Syntax object.DiagResetErrorBuffer

The DiagResetErrorBuffer method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value None

DiagRetrigger Method

Brief description Retriggers the analysis of the diagnostic errors of the chain, which is currently
displayed in the detail view.

Syntax object.DiagRetrigger

The DiagRetrigger method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value None

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10.2 DisplayXxx Methods

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the DisplayXxx methods.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
DisplayInitialStep Method 190
DisplayNextActiveStep Method 190
DisplayNextAltTran Method 191
DisplayNextParStep Method 191
DisplayNextStep Method 192
DisplayPreviousStep Method 192
DisplayPrevActiveStep Method 193
DisplayPrevAltTran Method 193
DisplayPrevParStep Method 194

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DisplayInitialStep Method

Brief description Navigate to and display the initial step. This method works in details and details
simple view mode.

Syntax object.DisplayInitialStep

The DisplayInitialStep method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

DisplayNextActiveStep Method

Brief description Navigate to and display the next active step. This method works in details and
details simple view mode.

Syntax object.DisplayNextActiveStep

The DisplayNextActiveStep method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

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DisplayNextAltTran Method

Brief description Navigate to and display the next alternate transition. This method works only in
details mode.

Syntax object.DisplayNextAltTran

The DisplayNextAltTran method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

DisplayNextParStep Method

Brief description Navigate to and display the next parallel step. This method works only in details
mode.

Syntax object.DisplayNextParStep

The DisplayNextParStep method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

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DisplayNextStep Method

Brief description Navigate to and display the next step. This method work in details and details simple
mode.

Syntax object.DisplayNextStep

The DisplayNextStep method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

DisplayPreviousStep Method

Brief description Navigate to and display the previous step. This method work in details and details
simple mode.

Syntax object.DisplayPreviousStep

The DisplayPreviousStep method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

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DisplayPrevActiveStep Method

Brief description Navigate to and display the previous active step. This method works in details and
details simple mode.

Syntax object.DisplayPrevActiveStep

The DisplayPrevActiveStep method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

DisplayPrevAltTran Method

Brief description Navigate to and display the previous alternate transition. This method works only in
details mode.

Syntax object.DisplayPrevAltTran

The DisplayPrevAltTran method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

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DisplayPrevParStep Method

Brief description Navigate to and display the previous parallel step. This method works only in details
mode.

Syntax object.DisplayPrevParStep

The DisplayPrevParStep method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

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10.3 PLCXxx Methods

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the PLCXxx methods.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
PLCClearChain Method 196
PLCDisableActions Method 197
PLCDisableSection Method 198
PLCDisableTimeCheck Method 199
PLCDisableTransitions Method 200
PLCGotoNextStep Method 201
PLCResetTimeErrors Method 202
PLCSetInitializeFlag Method 203

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PLCClearChain Method

Brief description Resets all active steps in the sequence.

WARNING
Danger of unsafe, dangerous and destructive operations for tools
or processes.
PLCClearChain should not be used for trouble shooting while
operating machine tools, processes or material administration systems
while they are running. This can lead to unsafe, dangerous and
destructive operations by the tools or processes linked to the controller.
Failure to follow this precaution can result in death, serious injury,
or equipment damage.

Syntax object.PLCClearChain(value)

The PLCClearChain method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
value A boolean expression that indicates to reset all active steps in the
sequence.

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

Remarks The sequence can only be started again by the 1 -> 0 edge of the
PLCSetInitializeFlag.

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PLCDisableActions Method

Brief description Enables or disables the processing of actions for the selected SFC section.

WARNING
Danger from unsafe, dangerous and destructive operations in
tools or processes.
PLCDisableActions should not be used for finding errors with
controllers of machine tools, processes or material maintenance
systems, when they are running. Since no logic processing is taking
place any longer, the control panel ignores all input information. This
can cause unsafe, dangerous, and destructive operations of tools or
processes connected to the control.
Failure to follow this precaution can result in death, serious injury,
or equipment damage.

Syntax object.PLCDisableActions(disable)

The PLCDisableActions method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
disable A boolean expression that indicates whether to disable the actions
(true) or not (false).

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

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PLCDisableSection Method

Brief description Enables or disables the processing of the selected SFC section.

WARNING
Danger from unsafe, dangerous and destructive operations in
tools or processes.
PLCDisableSection should not be used for controllers of machine
tools, processes or material maintenance systems, when they are
running. Since no logic processing is taking place any longer, the
control panel ignores all input information. This can cause unsafe,
dangerous, and destructive operations of tools or processes connected
to the control.
Failure to follow this precaution can result in death, serious injury,
or equipment damage.

Syntax object.PLCDisableSection(disable)

The PLCDisableSection method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
disable A boolean expression that indicates whether to disable the
processing (true) or not (false).

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

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PLCDisableTimeCheck Method

Brief description Enables or disables the time check.

Syntax object.PLCDisableTimeCheck(disable)

The PLCDisableTimeCheck method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
disable A boolean expression that indicates whether to disable the time
check (true) or not (false).

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

Remarks If DisableTimeCheck is activated, time supervision of the steps is no longer

performed. However, delay time is still active.

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PLCDisableTransitions Method

Brief description Enables or disables transitions.

WARNING
Danger from unsafe, dangerous and destructive operations in
tools or processes.
PLCDisableTransitions should not be used for controllers of
machine tools, processes or material maintenance systems, when they
are running. Since no logic processing is taking place any longer, the
control panel ignores all input information. This can cause unsafe,
dangerous, and destructive operations of tools or processes connected
to the control.
Failure to follow this precaution can result in death, serious injury,
or equipment damage.

Syntax object.PLCDisableTransitions(disable)

The PLCDisableTransitions method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
disable A boolean expression that indicates whether to disable the
transitions (true) or not (false).

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

Remarks If DisableTransitions is activated, the states of the transitions will no longer be

analyzed. The sequence remains in its current state, regardless of the signals on the
transitions. Operation of the sequence is only possible with the control commands
SetResetFlag, StepUnconditional, and StepTransDependent.

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PLCGotoNextStep Method

Brief description Activates the next step.

WARNING
Danger from unsafe, dangerous and destructive operations in
tools or processes.
Using the method PLCGotoNextStep it is possible to activate the next
step, even when the transition is not satisfied. PLCGotoNextStep
should therefore not be used for finding errors with controllers of
machine tools, processes or material maintenance systems, when they
are running. This can cause unsafe, dangerous, and destructive
operations of tools or processes connected to the control.
Failure to follow this precaution can result in death, serious injury,
or equipment damage.

Syntax object.PLCGotoNextStep(unconditional)

The PLCGotoNextStep method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
unconditional A boolean expression that indicates whether to activate the next step
regardless of the state of the transition (true) or dependent from the
state of the transition (false).

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

Remarks If unconditional is true, the next step will be activated independent of the state of the
transition, but not until the delay time of the active step has expired.
In parallel branches, a step in each branch will be activated, while in alternative
branches it always activates the left branch.

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PLCResetTimeErrors Method

Brief description Resets supervision time errors for the selected SFC section.

Syntax object.PLCResetTimeErrors

The PLCResetTimeErrors method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

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PLCSetInitializeFlag Method

Brief description Sets or clears the initialize flag.

WARNING
Danger of unsafe, dangerous and destructive operations for tools
or processes.
PLCSetInitializeFlag should not be used for trouble shooting
while operating machine tools, processes or material administration
systems while they are running. This can lead to unsafe, dangerous and
destructive operations by the tools or processes linked to the controller.
Failure to follow this precaution can result in death, serious injury,
or equipment damage.

Syntax object.PLCSetInitializeFlag(value)

The PLCSetInitializeFlag method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
value A boolean expression that indicates whether to set the initialize flag
(true) or to clear it (false).

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

Remarks Use the initialize flag to initialize the sequence for a standardized start.
To initialize the sequence, activate the initialize flag. This will stop the sequence and
all actions will be initialized. Operator interventions are not possible.
Standardized sequence start:
To start the sequence, the initialize flag must first be activated and then deactivated.
The 1 -> 0 edge will initialize the sequence, i.e. the initial step is activated.

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10.4 Other Methods

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the other methods.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
About Method 205
GetOFSInfo Method 205
ReloadProject Method 206

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About Method

Brief description Displays the About box for the control.

Syntax object.About

The About method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value None

Remarks This is the same as clicking About in the Properties window.

GetOFSInfo Method

Brief description Get an object with OFS configuration data.

Syntax object.GetOFSInfo

The GetOFSInfo method syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value An object of type OFSInfo, which allows to read OFS configuration data.

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ReloadProject Method

Brief description Reloads the current project.

Syntax object.ReloadProject

The ReloadProject method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

Return Value A boolean value indicating the success (true) or failure (false) of the operation.

Remarks If there was a connection with the OPC server previously, the connection will be
closed and started again.

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11
At a glance

Introduction In this chapter you will find information about the events.

What's in this This chapter contains the following sections:

Chapter?
Section Topic Page
11.1 ChainXxx Events 209
11.2 Other Events 212

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11.1 ChainXxx Events

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the ChainXxx events.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
ChainOpen Event 210
ChainSelect Event 210
ChainStatusChanged Event 211

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ChainOpen Event

Brief description Raised in overview mode when the user double clicks on a chain in the grid or
presses the Enter key while the grid has the focus.

Syntax Sub object_ChainOpen(ByVal ChainName As String)

The ChainOpen event syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
ChainName The name of the chain to open.

ChainSelect Event

Brief description Raised in overview mode when the user selects a new row in the grid.

Syntax Sub object_ChainSelect(ByVal ChainName As String)

The ChainSelect event syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
ChainName The name of the selected chain.

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ChainStatusChanged Event

Brief description Raised when a chain's status has changed.

Syntax Sub object_ChainStatusChanged(ByVal ChainName As String, ByVal

NewStatus As SFCViewCtrl.ChainStatusFlags)

The ChainStatusChanged event syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
ChainName The name of the chain.
NewStatus The new status of the chain represented by a combination of one or
more of the ChainStatusFlags constants.

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11.2 Other Events

At a glance

Introduction In this section you will find an overview of the other events.

What's in this This section contains the following topics:

Section?
Topic Page
ActionVarSelect Event 213
DetailsSimpleDblClick Event 213
DiagVarSelect Event 214
ProjectChanged Event 214
ViewModeChanged Event 215

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ActionVarSelect Event

Brief description Raised in detail mode when the user double clicks on the grid with the current or next
step's actions in it. The variable clicked on is passed with the chain name.

Syntax Sub object_ActionVarSelect(ByVal ActionVar As String, ByVal

ChainName As String)

The ActionVarSelect event syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
ActionVar The name of the selected action variable.
ChainName The name of the current chain.

DetailsSimpleDblClick Event

Brief description Raised in details simple mode when the user double clicks on the step name label.

Syntax Sub object.DetailsSimpleDblClick ()

The DetailsSimpleDblClick event syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

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DiagVarSelect Event

Brief description Raised in detail mode when the user double clicks on the grid with the diagnostics
in it. The variable clicked on is passed with the chain name.

Syntax Sub object_DiagVarSelect(ByVal DiagVar As String, ByVal ChainName As

String)

The DiagVarSelect event syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
DiagVar The name of the selected variable in the diagnostics grid.
ChainName The name of the chain.

ProjectChanged Event

Brief description Raised when a change of the project within the PLC was recognized.

Syntax Sub object_ProjectChanged()

The ProjectChanged event syntax has this part:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.

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ViewModeChanged Event

Brief description Raised when the view mode has changed.

Syntax Sub object_ViewModeChanged(ByVal NewViewMode As

SFCViewCtrl.SFCViewModes)

The ViewModeChanged event syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to a SFC View control.
NewViewMode The new view mode of the control represented by one of the
SFCViewModes constants.

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12
At a glance

Introduction In this chapter you will find information about the constants.

What's in this This chapter contains the following topics:

Chapter?
Topic Page
ChainStatusFlags Constants 218
OnChainOpenActions Constants 218
SFCViewModes Constants 219
ContentsErrorStateColumn Constants 219
StatesErrorStateColumn Constants 220

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ChainStatusFlags Constants

Constants The chain's status will be delivered by the ChainStatusChanged event as a

combination of one or more of the following values.

Constants:
Constant Value Description
CsfRunning 0 The chain is in running mode.
CsfSectionDisabled 1 The chain is disabled.
CsfResetFlagSet 2 The chain's reset flag is set (Concept).
CsfInitializeFlagSet The chain's initialize flag is set (Unity Pro).
CsfTimeCheckDisabled 4 The chain's time check is disabled.
CsfTransitionsDisabled 8 The chain's transitions are disabled.
CsfActionsDisabled 16 The chain's actions are disabled.
CsfUnknown 4096 The chain's status is unknown.

OnChainOpenActions Constants

Constants The following values can be written to or returned from the control's property
OnChainOpen, which allows to get or set the action to be performed when the user
double clicks a row in the grid while in overview mode.

Constants:
Constant Value Description
NoAction 0 The user's input will be ignored.
ShowDetails 1 The chain will be shown in detail view.
ShowDetailsSimple 2 The chain will be shown in details simple view.

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SFCViewModes Constants

Constants The following values can be written to or returned from the control's property
ViewMode, which allows getting or setting the control's current display mode.
Additionally, the control's ViewModeChanged event delivers one of these values
when the view mode has changed.

Constants:
Constant Value Description
SfcOverview 0 The chain is/will be shown in the overview.
SfcDetails 1 The chain is/will be shown in the detail view.
SfcDetailsSimple 2 The chain is/will be shown in the details simple view.

ContentsErrorStateColumn Constants

Constants The following values can be written to or returned from the control's property
ContentErrorStateColumn, which allows getting or setting the content of Error State
column in error grid.

Constants:
Constant Value Description
CecEmpty 0 Error State column is empty.
CecErrorState 1 Error state column contains error state of input
variable.
CecVariableName 2 Error state column contains variable name.
CecPinType 3 Error state column contains Pin Type.

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StatesErrorStateColumn Constants

Constants The following values can be written to or returned from the control's property
StateErrorStateColumn, which allows to get or set what indicate the background
color in the Error State column.

Constants:
Constant Value Description
sescNoState 0 The background color is gray.
sescErrorState 1 The background color indicate, if the variable is an
error or not.
sescPinState 2 The background color indicate pin state, to which the
variable is directly connected.
sescVariableState 3 The background color indicate variable state.

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III
Introduction

Overview The SFC View block library contains three diagnostic EFBs and an EFB for
controlling step chains by SFC View, which are not included in the standard
Unity Pro shipping.

What's in this This part contains the following chapters:

Part?
Chapter Chapter Name Page
13 Block types and their applications 223
14 AND_16: boolean AND with 16 predefined inputs 231
15 AND_OR_8: Combined boolean AND-OR with 8 predefined 233
inputs
16 OR_16: boolean OR with 16 predefined inputs 235
17 SFCVIEW_CTRL: Step chain control via SFCView 237

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13
Introduction

Overview This chapter describes the different block types and their applications.

What's in this This chapter contains the following topics:

Chapter?
Topic Page
Block types 224
FFB Structure 225
EN and ENO 228

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Block types

Block types Different block types are used in Unity Pro. The general term for all block types is
FFB.
There are the following types of block:
l Elementary Function (EF)
l Elementary Function Block (EFB)
l Derived Function Block (DFB)
l Procedure

Elementary Elementary functions (EF) have no internal status.. If the input values are the same,
Function the value at the output is the same for all executions of the function, e.g. the addition
of two values gives the same result at every execution.
An elementary function is represented in the graphical languages (FDB and LD) as
a block frame with inputs and an output. The inputs are always represented on the
left and the outputs always on the right of the frame The name of the function, i.e.
the function type, is shown in the center of the frame.
The number of inputs can be increased with some elementary functions.

Elementary Elementary function blocks (EFB) have an internal status. If the inputs have the
function block same values, the value on the output can have another value during the individual
executions. For example, with a counter, the value on the output is incremented.
An elementary function block is represented in the graphical languages (FDB and
LD) as a block frame with inputs and outputs. The inputs are always represented on
the left and the outputs always on the right of the frame The name of the function
block, i.e. the function block type, is shown in the center of the frame. The instance
name is displayed above the frame.

Derived function Derived function blocks (DFBs) have the same properties as elementary function
block blocks. They are created by the user in the programming languages FBD, LD, IL
and/or ST.

Procedure Procedures are technical functions.

The only difference from elementary functions is that procedures can have more
than one output and they support variables of the VAR_IN_OUT data type.
Procedures do not return a value.
Procedures are a supplement to IEC 61131-3 and must be enabled explicitly.
There is no visual difference between procedures and elementary functions.

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FFB Structure

Structure Each FFB is made up of an operation (name of the FFB), the operands required for
the operation (formal and actual parameters) and an instance name for elementary/
derived function blocks.
Call of a function block in the FBD programming language:
Instance name Operation Operand
(FFB name)

Formal Actual
parameter parameter

MY_TON
TON
ENABLE EN ENO ERROR
EXAMP IN Q OUT
TIME1 PT ET TIME2

Formal call of a function block in the ST programming language:

Operands
Instance name
Formal parameters (inputs) Formal parameters (outputs)

MY_TON (EN:=ENABLE, IN:=EXAMP, PT:=TIME1, ENO=>ERROR, Q=>OUT, ET=>TIME2);

Actual parameters (inputs) Actual parameters (outputs)

Operands

Operation The operation determines which function is to be executed with the FFB, e.g. shift
register, conversion operations.

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Operand The operand specifies what the operation is to be executed with. With FFBs, this
consists of formal and actual parameters.

Formal/actual Inputs and outputs are required to give values to the FFB or to take values from the
parameters FFB. These are called formal parameters.
Objects are connected to the formal parameters which contain the current process
states. These are called actual parameters.
During program runtime, the actual parameters are used to pass the process values
to the FFB and output them after processing.
The data type of the actual parameters must match the data type of the input/output
(formal parameters). The only exceptions are generic inputs/outputs, for which the
data types are determined by the actual parameters. If all actual parameters are
literals, the correct data type for the function block will be selected.

FFB Call in IL/ST In text languages IL and ST, FFBs can be called in formal and in informal form.
Details can be found in the Reference manual.
Example of a formal function call:
out:=LIMIT (MN:=0, IN:=var1, MX:=5) ;
Example of an informal function call:
out:=LIMIT (0, var1, 5) ;

Note: Take note that the use of EN and ENO is only possible for formal calls.

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VAR_IN_OUT FFBs are often used to read a variable on an input (input variables), to process them
variable and output the changed value of the same variable again (output variables).
This is special case for an input/output variable and is also called VAR_IN_OUT
variable.
The input and output variable are linked in the graphic languages (FBD and LD)
using a line showing that they belong together.
Function block with VAR_IN_OUT variable in FBD:
MY_EXAMP1
EXAMP1
Input1 IN1 OUT1 Output1
Input2 IN2 OUT2 Output2
Comb_IN_OUT IO1 IO1 Comb_IN_OUT

Function block with VAR_IN_OUT variable in ST:

MY_EXAMP1 (IN1:=Input1, IN2:=Input2, IO1:=Comb_IN_OUT,
OUT1=>Output1, OUT2=>Output2) ;
The following points must be considered when using FFBs with VAR_IN_OUT
variables:
l VAR_IN_OUT variables absolutely must be assigned to as variable.
l The same variable/variable components must be assigned to the VAR_IN_OUT
input and the VAR_IN_OUT output.
l In the graphic languages (FBD and LD), graphic connections cannot be made on
VAR_IN_OUT inputs/outputs.
l Literals or constants cannot be assigned to VAR_IN_OUT inputs/outputs.
l In the graphic languages (FBD and LD), negations cannot be used on
VAR_IN_OUT inputs/outputs.

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EN and ENO

Description An EN input and an ENO output can be configured for all FFBs.
If the value of EN is "0" when the FFB is called up, the algorithms defined by the FFB
are not executed and ENO is set to "0".
If the value of EN is "1" when the FFB is called up, the algorithms defined by the FFB
are executed. After the algorithms have been executed successfully, the value of
ENO is set to "1". If an error occurs when executing these algorithms, ENO is set to
"0".
If ENO is set to "0" (caused by EN=0 or an error during execution):
l Function blocks
l EN/ENO-handling with function blocks that (only) have one connection as
output parameter:
FunctionBlock_1 FunctionBlock_2
EN ENO EN ENO
IN1 OUT IN1 OUT
IN2 IN2

If EN from FunctionBlock_1 is set to "0", the output connection OUT from

FunctionBlock_1 retains the status it had in the last correctly executed
cycle.
l EN/ENO-handling with function blocks that have one variable and one
connection as output parameters:
FunctionBlock_1 FunctionBlock_2
EN ENO EN ENO
IN1 OUT OUT1 IN1 OUT
IN2 IN2

If EN from FunctionBlock_1 is set to "0", the output connection OUT from

FunctionBlock_1 retains the status it had in the last correctly executed
cycle. The variable OUT1 on the same pin, either retains its previous status or
can be changed externally without influencing the connection. The variable
and the connection are saved independently from one another.

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l Functions/Procedures
As defined in IEC61131-3, the outputs from deactivated functions (EN-input set
to "0") is undefined. (The same applies for procedures.)
Nevertheless here is an explanation of the output statuses for this case:
l EN/ENO-handling with function/procedure blocks that (only) have one
connection as output parameter:

Function/Procedure_1 Function/Procedure_2
EN ENO EN ENO
IN1 OUT IN1 OUT
IN2 IN2

If EN from Function/Procedure_1 is set to "0", the output connection OUT

from Function/Procedure_1 is also set to "0".
l EN/ENO-handling with function/procedure blocks that have one variable and
one connection as output parameters:
Function/Procedure_1 Function/Procedure_2
EN ENO EN ENO
IN1 OUT OUT1 IN1 OUT
IN2 IN2

If EN from Function/Procedure_1 is set to "0", the output connection OUT

from Function/Procedure_1 is also set to "0", however the variable OUT1
on the same pin retains its previous value. In this way it is possible that the
variable and the connection have different values.
The output behavior of the FFBs does not depend on whether the FFBs are called
up without EN/ENO or with EN=1.

Conditional/ "Unconditional" or "conditional" calls are possible with each FFB. The condition is
Unconditional realized by pre-linking the input EN.
FFB Call l EN connected
conditional calls (the FFB is only processed if EN = 1)
l EN not used or set to TRUE
unconditional calls (FFB is always processed)

Note for FBD If the EN input is used, it must be connected to logic (conditional call) or permanently
set to TRUE (unconditional call) because otherwise the FFB will never be
processed.

Note for LD In LD, each FFB must be connected with the left power rail using a Boolean input.
Normally, the EN input is used for this purpose.
If the EN input is not connected to the left power rail, it cannot be used or it must be
permanently set to TRUE because otherwise the FFB will never be processed.

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Note for The use of EN and ENO is only possible in the text languages for a formal FFB call,
IL and ST e.g.
MY_BLOCK (EN:=enable, IN1:=var1, IN2:=var2,
ENO=>error, OUT1=>result1, OUT2=>result2);
Assigning the variables to ENO must be done with the operator =>.
With an informal call, EN and ENO cannot be used.

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 AND_16: boolean AND
with 16 predefined inputs
14
Description

Function This function block is used to implement a boolean AND operation with up to 16
description inputs. For ascertaining the results of the operation only used, i.e. connected inputs
are used.

Note: If no inputs are connected the block returns the value ‘TRUE’.

EN and ENO can be configured as additional parameters.

Formula OUT = AND1 & AND2 & ANDn

Representation Representation:
in FBD
AND_16
Value_1 AND1 OUT Result
Value_2 AND2
Value_3 AND3
Value_4 AND4
Value_5 AND5
Value_6 AND6
Value_7 AND7
Value_8 AND8
Value_9 AND9
Value_10 AND10
Value_11 AND11
Value_12 AND12
Value_13 AND13
Value_14 AND14
Value_15 AND15
Value_16 AND16

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AND_16

Representation The function block can only be used in FBD sections.

in LD

Representation The function block can only be used in FBD sections.

in IL

Representation The function block can only be used in FBD sections.

in ST

Parameter Description of the input parameters:

description
Parameters Data type Meaning
AND1 BOOL Input 1
AND2 BOOL Input 2
: : :
AND16 BOOL Input 16

Description of the output parameters:

Parameters Data type Meaning
OUT BOOL Boolean AND connection for the connected inputs

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 AND_OR_8: Combined boolean
AND-OR with 8 predefined inputs
15
Description

Function This block is used to implement a boolean AND connection with up to 8 inputs and
description a Boolean OR-connection with up to 8 inputs.
The result of the AND_OR_8-block is an AND-connection of the above connections.

Note: Non-connected AND-inputs have by default the value ’TRUE’. Non-

connected OR-inputs have by default the value 'FALSE'. Thus, if there is not at
least one OR-input connected, the block delivers the value ’FALSE’.

EN and ENO can be configured as additional parameters.

Formula OUT = (AND1 & AND2 & ANDn) AND (OR1 OR OR2 OR ORn)

Representation Representation:
in FBD AND_OR_8

Value_1 AND1 OUT Result

Value_2 AND2
Value_3 AND3
Value_4 AND4
Value_5 AND5
Value_6 AND6
Value_7 AND7
Value_8 AND8
Value_9 OR1
Value_10 OR2
Value_11 OR3
Value_12 OR4
Value_13 OR5
Value_14 OR6
Value_15 OR7
Value_16 OR8

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Representation The function block can only be used in FBD sections.

in LD

Representation The function block can only be used in FBD sections.

in IL

Representation The function block can only be used in FBD sections.

in ST

Parameter Description of the input parameters:

description
Parameters Data type Meaning
AND1 BOOL AND input 1
AND2 BOOL AND input 2
: : :
AND8 BOOL AND input 8
OR1 BOOL OR input 1
OR2 BOOL OR input 2
: : :
OR8 BOOL OR input 8

Description of the output parameters:

Parameters Data type Meaning
OUT BOOL Boolean connection for the connected inputs

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 OR_16: boolean OR
with 16 predefined inputs
16
Description

Function This block is used to implement a boolean OR connection with up to 16 inputs. For
description ascertaining the results of the operation only used, i.e. connected inputs are used.

Note: If no inputs are connected the block returns the value 'FALSE'.

EN and ENO can be configured as additional parameters.

Formula OUT = OR1 OR OR2 OR ORn

Representation Representation:
in FBD OR_16
Value_1 OR1 OUT Result
Value_2 OR2
Value_3 OR3
Value_4 OR4
Value_5 OR5
Value_6 OR6
Value_7 OR7
Value_8 OR8
Value_9 OR9
Value_10 OR10
Value_11 OR11
Value_12 OR12
Value_13 OR13
Value_14 OR14
Value_15 OR15
Value_16 OR16

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Representation The function block can only be used in FBD sections.

in LD

Representation The function block can only be used in FBD sections.

in IL

Representation The function block can only be used in FBD sections.

in ST

Parameter Description of the input parameters:

description
Parameters Data type Meaning
OR1 BOOL Input 1
OR2 BOOL Input 2
: : :
OR16 BOOL Input 16

Description of the output parameters:

Parameters Data type Meaning
OUT BOOL Boolean OR connection for the connected inputs

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 SFCVIEW_CTRL:
Step chain control via SFCView
17
Description

Function The function block is used to control the execution chain sequences via the
description ChainControlVariableName property in SFCView.
For example, you can go through step by step, processing transition conditions can
be turned on or off or the chain can be reset to its initialization state.

DANGER
Danger of unsafe, dangerous and destructive processes.
The "Initialize chain", "Reset chain", "Cancel analysis of transitions",
"Cancel editing of actions and reset all actions of the chain", "Activate
the next step independently of the transition condition" and "Activate the
next step depending on the transition condition " functions should not
be used to search for controller errors in machine tools, processes or
material management systems, if they are running.
Failure to follow this precaution will result in death, serious injury,
or equipment damage.

EN and ENO can be configured as additional parameters.

Representation Representation:
in FBD SFCVIEW_CTRL_Instance
SFCVIEW_CTRL
INVREF InvalidReference
INVCMD InvalidCommand
SVC_Command SVCCMD SVCCMD SVC_Command

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Representation The function block can only be used in FBD sections.

in LD

Representation The function block can only be used in FBD sections.

in IL

Representation The function block can only be used in FBD sections.

in ST

Parameter Description of the input/output parameters:

description
Parameters Data type Meaning
SVCCMD SVCCMD To control execution chain sequences via the
ChainControlVariableName property in
SFCView, assign to this input a variable with the
name SVC_Command.

Description of the output parameters:

Parameters Data type Meaning
INVREF BOOL 1: The reference sent to the function block is valid.
0: The reference sent to the function block is invalid.
(Results in an entry into the error buffer).
INVCMD BOOL 1: The command sent to the function block is valid.
0: The command sent to the function block is invalid.
(Results in an entry into the error buffer).

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 Index
B
AC
A ChainOpen Event, 210
ChainSelect Event, 210
About Method, 205 ChainStatusChanged Event, 211
ActionVarSelect Event, 213 ChainStatusFlags Constants, 218
ActiveX Control
ColumnHdrActionComment Property, 100
Implementation, 32
ColumnHdrActionName, 100
Alias Property, 172
ColumnHdrActionQualifier Property, 100
AND_16, 231 ColumnHdrActionTime Property, 101
AND_OR_8, 233 ColumnHdrActionType, 101
AutomaticProjectReload Property, 173 ColumnHdrChainComment Property, 103
ColumnHdrChainName Property, 103
ColumnHdrChainStatus Property, 104
B ColumnHdrErrorComment Property, 106
BackColor Property, 174 ColumnHdrErrorPinType Property, 107
Block ColumnHdrErrorState Property, 108
AND_OR_8, 233 ColumnHdrErrorStep Property, 106
SFCVIEW_CTRL, 237 ColumnHdrErrorVariable Property, 107
block ColumnHdrParallelSteps Property, 110
AND_16, 231 ColumnHdrStepComment Property, 110
OR_16, 235 ColumnHdrStepName Property, 111
Block library Conditional FFB Call, 229
SFCView, 221 Constants, 217
Block types, 224 ChainStatusFlags, 218
ContentsErrorStateColumn, 219
OnChainOpenActions, 218
C SFCViewModes, 219
ChainControlVariableName Property, 96 StatesErrorStateColumn, 220
ChainFlagsOffBackColor Property, 97 Constants for controlling the view
ChainFlagsOffForeColor Property, 97 Details, 75
ChainFlagsOnBackColor Property, 98 Overview, 59
ChainFlagsOnForeColor Property, 98 Constants for general controlling of
ChainName Property, 96 SFCView, 53

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Index

ContentErrorStateColumn Property, 175 DiagAutoRetriggerInterval Property, 134

ContentsErrorStateColumn Constants, 219 Diagnosis
Control Prerequisites for the, 22
Implementation, 32 DiagResetErrorBuffer Method, 188
Control elements DiagRetrigger Method, 188
General description, 46 DiagVarSelect Event, 214
controlling DisplayInitialStep Method, 190
general, 45 DisplayNextActiveStep Method, 190
Count Property, 174 DisplayNextAltTran Method, 191
DisplayNextParStep Method, 191
DisplayNextStep Method, 192
D DisplayPrevActiveStep Method, 193
Derived function block, 224 DisplayPrevAltTran Method, 193
Details DisplayPreviousStep Method, 192
View, 60 DisplayPrevParStep Method, 194
Details Simple
View, 76
DetailsActiveStepBackColor Property, 113 E
DetailsInactiveStepBackColor Property, 113 Elementary Function, 224
DetailsInitialStepBackColor Property, 114 Elementary function block, 224
DetailsSimpleDblClick Event, 213 EN, 228
DetailsSimpleShowChainComment EnableOPCUpdates Property, 176
Property, 119 ENO, 228
DetailsSimpleShowChainName Property, Events, 207
117 ActionVarSelect, 213
DetailsSimpleShowChainStatus Property, ChainOpen, 210
118 ChainSelect, 210
DetailsSimpleShowInitStepIndicator ChainStatusChanged, 211
Property, 122 DetailsSimpleDblClick, 213
DetailsSimpleShowNavigation Property, 123 DiagVarSelect, 214
DetailsSimpleShowStepComment Property, ProjectChanged, 214
121 ViewModeChanged, 215
DetailsSimpleShowStepErrorLabel Events for controlling the view
Property, 120 Details, 74
DetailsSimpleStepNameFont Property, 124 Details Simple, 81
DetailsStepNameFont Property, 126 Overview, 59
DetailsStepsLeft Property, 126 Events for general controlling of SFCView,
DetailsStepsWidth Property, 127 52
DetailsTextDisableActions Property, 129
DetailsTextDisableTimeCheck Property, 129
DetailsTextDisableTransitions Property, 130 F
DetailsTextSectionDisabled Property, 130 Font Property, 176
DetailsTextSetResetFlag Property, 131
DetailsViewLinesColor Property, 115
DetailsWaitingStepBackColor Property, 114
DiagAutoRetrigger Property, 133

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G GetOFSInfo, 205
PLCClearChain, 196
General controlling, 45
PLCDisableActions, 197
General description of the control elements,
PLCDisableSection, 198
46
PLCDisableTimeCheck, 199
General description of the view
PLCDisableTransitions, 200
Details, 61
PLCGotoNextStep, 201
Details Simple, 77
PLCResetTimeErrors, 202
Overview, 55
PLCSetInitializeFlag, 203
GetOFSInfo Method, 205
ReloadProject, 206
Methods, 185
I Methods for controlling the view
Details, 73
Implementation of the SFC View ActiveX Details Simple, 81
Controls, 32 Methods for general controlling of SFCView,
Installation, 27 50
SFC View Library, 30
Installation and registration of Unity Pro and
OFS, 28 N
Installation of the SFC View Library, 30
NumberErrorGridLines Property, 178
Installation sequence, 28
Installing SCF View, 29
Instantiating groups, 84 O
Item Property, 177
Objects, 89
OFSDevice Object, 90
L OFSDevices Collection, 90
OFSInfo Object, 91
Library
SFC View Control, 91
SFC View, install, 30
Objects for general controlling of SFCView,
46
M OFSDevice Object
Objects, 90
MaxChannel, 177 OFSDevices Collection
Method Objects, 90
About, 205 OFSDevices Property, 178
DiagResetErrorBuffer, 188 OFSInfo Object
DiagRetrigger, 188 Objects, 91
DisplayInitialStep, 190 OnChainOpen Property, 179
DisplayNextActiveStep, 190 OnChainOpenActions Constants, 218
DisplayNextAltTran, 191 Online controlling
DisplayNextParStep, 191 Prerequisites for, 22
DisplayNextStep, 192 OPC Factory Server Presettings, 34
DisplayPrevActiveStep, 193 OPC Factory Server Settings, 34
DisplayPrevAltTran, 193 OPCAccessPath Property, 136
DisplayPreviousStep, 192 OPCConnect Property, 137
DisplayPrevParStep, 194

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OPCNetworkServer Property, 136 ColumnHdrChainComment, 103

OPCUpdateRate Property, 138 ColumnHdrChainName, 103
OR_16, 235 ColumnHdrChainStatus, 104
Overview ColumnHdrErrorComment, 106
View, 54 ColumnHdrErrorPinType, 107
OverviewTextDisableActions Property, 140 ColumnHdrErrorState, 108
OverviewTextDisableTimeCheck Property, ColumnHdrErrorStep, 106
140 ColumnHdrErrorVariable, 107
OverviewTextDisableTransitions Property, ColumnHdrPrallelSteps, 110
141 ColumnHdrStepComment, 110
OverviewTextRunning Property, 141 ColumnHdrStepName, 111
OverviewTextSectionDisabled Property, 142 ContentErrorStateColumn, 175
OverviewTextSetResetFlag Property, 142 Count, 174
DetailsActiveStepBackColor, 113
DetailsInactiveStepBackColor, 113
P DetailsInitialStepBackColor, 114
Path Property, 179 DetailsSimpleShowChainComment, 119
PLCClearChain Method, 196 DetailsSimpleShowChainName, 117
PLCDisableActions Method, 197 DetailsSimpleShowChainStatus, 118
PLCDisableSection Method, 198 DetailsSimpleShowInitStepIndicator,122
PLCDisableTimeCheck Method, 199 DetailsSimpleShowNavigation, 123
PLCDisableTransitions Method, 200 DetailsSimpleShowStepComment, 121
PLCGotoNextStep Method, 201 DetailsSimpleShowStepErrorLabel, 120
PLCResetTimeErrors Method, 202 DetailsSimpleStepNameFont, 124
PLCSetInitializeFlag Method, 203 DetailsStepNameFont, 126
Preliminary Settings, 33 DetailsStepsLeft, 126
Prerequisites for online controlling, 22 DetailsStepsWidth, 127
Prerequisites for the diagnosis, 22 DetailsTextDisableActions, 129
Procedure, 224 DetailsTextDisableTimeCheck, 129
ProjectChanged Event, 214 DetailsTextDisableTransitions, 130
ProjectFile Property, 180 DetailsTextSectionDisabled, 130
Properties, 93 DetailsTextSetResetFlag, 131
Alias, 172 DetailsViewLinesColor, 115
AutomaticProjectReload, 173 DetailsWaitingStepBackColor, 114
BackColor, 174 DiagAutoRetrigger, 133
ChainControlVariableName, 96 DiagAutoRetriggerInterval, 134
ChainFlagsOffBackColor, 97 EnableOPCUpdates, 176
ChainFlagsOffForeColor, 97 Font, 176
ChainFlagsOnBackColor, 98 Item, 177
ChainFlagsOnForeColor, 98 MaxChannel, 177
ChainName, 96 NumberErrorGridLines, 178
CoiumnHdrActionTime, 101 OFSDevices, 178
ColumnHdrAction Qualifier, 100 OnChainOpen, 179
ColumnHdrActionName, 100 OPCAccessPath, 136
ColumnHdrActionType, 101 OPCConnect, 137

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OPCNetworkServer, 136 Properties for controlling the view

OPCUpdateRate, 138 Details, 65
OverviewTextDisableActions, 140 Details Simple, 78
OverviewTextDisableTimeCheck, 140 Overview, 56
OverviewTextDisableTransitions, 141 Properties for general controlling of
OverviewTextRunning, 141 SFCView, 48
OverviewTextSectionDisabled, 142
OverviewTextSetResetFlag, 142
Path, 179 R
ProjectFile, 180 Reading data and instantiating groups, 84
Refresh, 180 Refresh Property, 180
ShowActiveStep, 144 Registration of Unity Pro and OFS, 28
ShowAllDiagErrors, 144 Registration with Schneider Electric, 30
ShowAllTransitionsInput, 145 ReloadProject Method, 206
ShowBlockNames, 149 Requirements
ShowChainGroups, 146 System, 18
ShowStatistics, 147 Requirements and restrictions, 17
ShowStepComments, 147 Restrictions, 25
ShowTimeInms, 148
StateErrorStateColumn, 181
StepMaxTimeErrBackColor, 151 S
StepMaxTimeErrForeColor, 151 Sequence
StepMaxTimeErrText, 152 for intallations, 28
StepMinTimeErrBackColor, 154 SFC View Control
StepMinTimeErrForeColor, 154 Objects, 91
StepMinTimeErrText, 155 SFCView appearance and behavior, 43
Symb, 182 SFCView block library, 221
UnityNetworkServer, 182 SFCVIEW_CTRL, 237
UseEasyModeSwitch, 160 SFCViewModes Constants, 219
UseOPCProject, 157 ShowActiveStep Property, 144
UsePLCDiagSystem, 158, 159 ShowAllDiagErrors Property, 144
ValueOffBackColor, 162 ShowAllTransitionsInput Property, 145
ValueOffForeColor, 162 ShowBlockNames Property, 149
ValueOnBackColor, 163 ShowChainGroups Property, 146
ValueOnForeColor, 163 ShowStatistics Property, 147
ViewMode, 183 ShowStepComments Property, 147
WidthActionCommentColumn, 166 ShowTimeInms Property, 148
WidthActionQualifierColumn, 165 Starting and using the SFC View Demo
WidthActionTimeColumn, 165 Application, 37
WidthActionVariableColumn, 166 StateErrorStateColumn Property, 181
WidthErrorCommentColumn, 170 StatesErrorStateColumn Constants, 220
WidthErrorPinTypeColumn, 169 StepMaxTimeErrBackColor Property, 151
WidthErrorStateColumn, 169 StepMaxTimeErrForeColor Property,
WidthErrorStepNameColumn, 168 151StepMaxTimeErrText Property, 152
WidthErrorVariableColumn, 168 StepMinTimeErrBackColor, 154

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StepMinTimeErrForeColor, 154 V
StepMinTimeErrText, 155
ValueOffBackColor Property, 162
Symb Property, 182
ValueOffForeColor Property, 162
System Architecture, 18
ValueOnBackColor Property, 163
System performance, 85
ValueOnForeColor Property, 163
System requirements, 18
View
Details, 60
T Display of, 61
General description of the, 61
Tips and Tricks
Details Simple, 76
Instantiating groups, 84
Display of, 77
Reading data, 84
General description of the, 77
System performance, 85
Overview, 54
Display for the, 55
General description of the, 55
U View display
Unconditional FFB Call, 229 Details, 61
Unity Pro Details Simple, 77
Settings, 34 Overview, 55
Unity Pro presettings, 34 ViewMode Property, 183
Unity Pro settings, 34 ViewModeChanged Event, 215
UnityNetworkServer Property, 182
UseEasyModeSwitch Property, 160
UseOPCProject Property, 157 W
UsePLCDiagSystem Property, 158, 159
WidthActionCommentColumn Property, 166
User
WidthActionQualifierColumn Property, 165
requirements, 21
WidthActionTimeColumn Property, 165
User requirements, 21
WidthActionVariableColumn Property, 166
WidthErrorCommentColumn Property, 170
WidthErrorPinTypeColumn Property, 169
WidthErrorStateColumn Property, 169
WidthErrorStepNameColumn Property, 168
WidthErrorVariableColumn Property, 168

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