MOVISUITE® Monitor

INFORMATION

Only available with "Advanced" permission level.

The MultiMotion monitor is a tool in the MOVISUITE® engineering software for monitoring and controlling axes or axis groups.

In MOVISUITE®, click [Monitor] in the Tools menu to open the tool from the context menu of a specific node.

The user interface of the MultiMotion monitor includes the following areas:

No.

Area

Description

[1]

Device path and name

Path and name of the axis/axis group

[2]

Mode switching

  • "Control" mode: Operating mode for setting control bits and control values. Control via the IEC program is ignored.
  • "Monitor" mode: Operating mode for monitoring the input and output values. In this mode, the monitor only has read-only rights and displays the values set by the controller.

[3]

Main menu

Main menu for opening the configuration menus of the functions available in each case, such as drive functions, controller functions, or functions of software modules.

[4]

General

Input and output signals of general settings

[5]

Functions

Depending on the function selected from the main menu, this area displays the corresponding input and output signals.

[6]

Communication status

Status of the communication link