Context

The (time) contexts of the PLC module are listed in the Context tab. These are the tasks used in the PLC, which are shown in this tab in table form with their settings.

Context 1:

Context

Depending on the context selected here, the Data Area displays which Data Areas are updated by the selected context.

Depends On

Defines the dependencies of a context (task). For the PLC this is "Manual Config".

Data Areas

Existing Data Areas of the PLC Instance

Interfaces

Interfaces of a TcCOM module
(irrelevant for a PLC instance)

Data Pointer

Data Pointer of a TcCOM module
(irrelevant for a PLC instance)

Interface Pointer

Interface Pointer of a TcCOM module
(irrelevant for a PLC instance)

The contexts are listed sorted by their ID in the table Result.

ID

Context ID of a task

Task

Here a TwinCAT task can be assigned to a Referenced Task in the PLC. (Happens automatically, but can be adjusted manually here)

Name

Name of the assigned TwinCAT tasks

Priority

Priority of the assigned TwinCAT tasks

Cycle Time (µs)

Cycle time of the assigned TwinCAT tasks

Task Port

Task Port of the assigned TwinCAT tasks

Symbol Port

Symbol Port of the assigned TwinCAT tasks

Sort Order

Sequence position at which the PLC is to be called by this task. The lower, the more likely the module will be called. This option is only needed if multiple runtime modules are called by this task. By default, modules are executed in the order they are added to a task.