Dialog: Options – Ladder editor
Symbol:
Function: The dialog is used to configure the presentation options for the Ladder Diagram editor.
Call: TwinCAT > PLC Environment > Ladder editor
General tab
View
Show network title | The network title is displayed in the upper left corner of the network. |
Show network comment | The network comment is displayed in the upper left corner of the network. If TwinCAT also displays the network title, the comment appears in the line below. |
Show box icon | The box icon is displayed in the box element in the Ladder editor. The standard operators also have symbols. |
Show operand comment | TwinCAT displays the comment that you have assigned to a variable in the implementation part. The operand comment only refers to the local usage point of the variable, in contrast to the "symbol comment". The comment is automatically truncated, depending on available space. |
Show symbol comment | TwinCAT displays the comment that you have assigned to a variable or symbol in the declaration above the variable name. In addition to or instead of the symbol comment, you can also assign a local "operand comment". |
Show symbol address | If an address is assigned to a symbol (variable), this address is displayed above the variable name. |
Operand size
Maximum number of displayed lines | Maximum number of lines of the operand name which are displayed. |
Maximum average characters per line | Maximum number of characters per line for displaying the operand name |
Monitoring tab
Displayed digits for floating-point numbers | Selection list for the number of digits Example: The value 750.15 for 5 set digits becomes 7.5e+02 for 2 set digits. |
Displayed string length | Selection list for the number of characters |