‘Trace in ASCII-File’

With this command you can save a Sampling Trace in an ASCII file. The dialog box for saving a file is opened. The file name receives the extension “*.txt”. The values are deposited in the file according to the following scheme:

BODAS Trace

D:\BODAS\PROJECTS\TRAFFICSIGNAL.PRO

Cycle PLC_PRG.COUNTER PLC_PRG.LIGHT1

0 2 1

1 2 1

2 2 1

…..

If no frequency scan was set in the trace configuration, then the cycle is located in the first column; that means one value per cycle has been recorded at any given time. In the other respects, the entry here is for the point in time in ms at which the values of the variables have been saved since the Sampling Trace has been run.

In the subsequent columns, the corresponding values of the trace variables are saved. At any given time the values are separated from one another by a blank space.

The appertaining variable names are displayed next to one another in the third line, according to the sequence (PLC_PRG.COUNTER, PLC_PRG.LIGHT1).