Hoobs

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  1. I'm fairly new to Sysmac Studio, and the NJ series, but have done a lot of automation work for years. It appears there are four ways to write/run code in the NJs, but there is only monitoring/debugging support for three of them: Ladder logic running on PLC: connection highlighting and variable watch/modify Ladder logic running in simulator: all the simulator single-step and other debugging tools ST running on simulator: all the simulator single-step and other debugging tools ST running on PLC: no way to debug or single-step? Is my understanding here correct?  I am just starting a large project that I was intending to do largely in ST, but if I can't single-step execution on the PLC, set breakpoints, etc., that's not going to work out very well for me and I guess I would have no choice at that point but to revert to ladder logic. Thanks! --Al
  2. I'm using an NJ501-1300, version 1.12.  Sysmac Studio is 1.20.1.0. --Al
  3. Wow...  really?  Man, this is important, IMHO.  I really like just about all of what OMRON creates, I have for years, but this PLC not having even simple embedded  debugging capabilities really puts the NJ series (and others) at a disadvantage up against some of the competitors.  On-board single stepping and breakpoints are critical to the development of large systems with a lot going on.  If I had known this I probably would have specified a competitive PLC instead of the NJ501.  But, I'm here now. OK, I guess I need to figure out if I can build some of my own simple debugging primitives in ST.  I hope you guys consider adding on-board debugging capabilities, soon!  If you do, or if you already are, I would be happy to be a focused and communicative beta tester for you on that functionality. Best Regards, Al  

  4. What does this symbol mean?

    Hoobs posted a topic in CX-Programmer

    I've been through all the documentation I can on CX-Programmer, and for the life of me I can't find out what a small symbol means that has recently appeared on some of my instructions. It looks sort of like a capital 'T', I've attached a small screen capture that shows it. What is this thing? Thanks! -Hoobs WhatIsThis.bmp