Function

In the Watch- and Recipe Manager (Resources tab of the Object Organizer) the current values of specified variables can be viewed in so-called “watch lists (Monitoring).

Further on the variables listed in a watch list can be preset with constant values and this set of values, named “Recipe” be transferred to the PLC. Also the current values of  the variables of a watch list can be read from the PLC to the Watch and Recipe Manager as a preset/recipe. In this context regard the possibility to save recipes in files and to reload them to the Recipe Manager when required. See further information on the usage of recipes in: Creating Watch Lists, Recipes.

In online mode watch lists as well can be used to Write ( ‘Online’ ‘Write values’) and Force ( ‘Online’ ‘Force values’) variables.

All these functions for example can be used for logging and setting of control parameters.