TwinCAT Scope

For some time now, TwinCAT contains a software scope: TwinCAT ScopeView. The tool is indispensable for the optimisation of controllers and the adjustment of axes. In order to use the extended graphic features of new PC generations and also to have the option of extension, a new TwinCAT Scope has been developed.

Logger and Viewer are now separate. The Logger records the data from different channels with a time stamp and saves the data intermediately. It can also be installed on a CE target. The data can come from different ADS devices.

The viewer fetches the data from the Logger by means of ADS and displays it. The configuration of the Scope is also carried out in the viewer. An assistant supports the search for variables to be recorded. Following selection of the controller, it is possible to browse inside the corresponding PLC. Individual variables can simply be selected.

The scope is the top level of a configuration. All elements added to a scope are subject to the same time base and the same recording settings. Charts are the actual display area of the ScopeView. They provide the X-axis as the time-defined basis of the scope.

The Y-axes offer the option to group the channels within one chart. By means of automatic or free scaling, each axis provides the range of values that covers the connected channels. Channels represent the system variables to be analysed. They are assigned to a system element with a fixed address, the acquisition.

The Viewer uses DirectX for displaying. DirectX provides COM-based programming interfaces for multimedia-intensive applications on the Windows platform. The Direct components cover virtually the entire multimedia area. It is primarily used to display complex 2-D and 3-D graphics.

Ordering information
TwinCAT Scope	licence for using the TwinCAT Scope under Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista

Product announcement

estimated market release 3rd quarter 2008