diagnostics - viewing outgoing strings

Ryan Mandau

I'm really sorry for the dumb question but how do I view outgoing strings and also view variable values. It doesn't have to be at the same time, I just can't seem to figure out either right now.

Thank you.

Slowly but surely things are starting to work in this house

Ryan

ericmedley

Variables: You can view the values in debug. It's the bug with the 'no' red circle over it icon. Clicking it will open the debug watch window. type or copy/paste the variable name(s) you wish to watch in the 'Name' column

Watching outgoing strings (or any other behavior for that matter) can be done in Diagnostic>Netlinx Device Notification Options.

enter the device : port : system into the window and whatever messages / status you want to se and click the enable check. A watch window will opoen to view those things along with a time stamp of when they happened.

There are also a bunch of programming things you can do too. You can place SEND_STRING commands to device 0 and watch for them in the MSG window of a terminal session to the master. This is helpful for seeing stuff in a function or stack_var or local_var values.

Ryan Mandau

Thank you,

The pieces are slowly coming together but I keep hitting little walls to climb over... it's picking up a bit though and I'm not being pressured very much by my boss, he knows it's challenging to pick back up after a long time and there's no way he can do it. Also, every day or two I show him something shiny.

Ryan

Spire_Jeff

Ryan Mandau wrote: »

Also, every day or two I show him something shiny.

Ryan

Ahhh, the true secret to good programming.... diversion Look, nothing up my sleeve.... nothing on the touch panel.... BAM! Functional system!

Jeff