‘Online’ ‘Release force’

Shortcut: <Shift>+<F7>

This command ends the forcing of variable values in the controller. The variable values change again in the normal way.

Forced variables can be recognized in Monitoring by the red color in which their values are displayed. You can delete the whole forcelist, but you can also mark single variables for which the forcing should be released.

To delete the whole forcelist, which means to release force for all variables, choose one of the following ways:

• Command ‘Release Force’ in menu ‘Online’.

• Button ‘Release Force’ in dialog ‘Online’ ‘Write/Force’ Dialog’

• Delete the whole forcelist using the command ‘Release Force’ in the dialog ‘Remove Write-/Forcelist’. This dialog opens if you choose the command ‘Release Force’ while also a ‘Online’ ‘Write values’ exists.

• To release force only for single variables you have to mark these variables first. Do this in one ways described in the following. After that the chosen variables are marked with an turquoise extension <Release Force>:

  - A double mouse click on a line, in which a non boolean variable is declared, opens the dialog ‘Online’ ‘Write values’. Press button <Release Force for this variable>.

  - Repeat double mouse clicks on a line in which a boolean variable is declared to toggle to the display <Release Force> at the end of the line.

  - In the menu ‘Online’ open the Write/Force-Dialog and delete the value in the edit field of the column ‘Forced value’.

When for all desired variables the setting “<Release Force>” is shown in the declaration window, choose the command ‘Online’ ‘Force values’ to transfer the modifications of the forcelist to the program.

If the current writelist (see ‘Online’ ‘Write values’) is not empty while you execute the command ‘Release Force’, the dialog ‘Remove Write-/Forcelist’ will be opened. There the user has to decide whether he just wants to Release Force or additionally wants to Remove the writelist or if he wants to remove both lists.