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 Dashed
Cross-reference
 Grid

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Solid
Report Page
Boundary

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Box to indicate
area in view

Move cursor to
Different part
of chart to
change view

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Action
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SBR/RET Initial
• Parameters Step

• Simultaneous Transitional
Branch

• Select
Branch
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Stop
Element

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Backing Tag
Step Connection
Comment
Name Points
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View/Hide
Actions
• View Step Edit
Attributes State

Initial Step State

Step Bits

Step
Timer

Execution
Count

Alarms

Display
Options In-line
Expressions
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Initial Step State

Step Bits

Step
Timer

Execution
Count

Alarms

Display
Options In-line
Expressions

Initial
Step

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View Action Indicator

Attributes Tag
• Action Action
– Qualifier Name
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• Show/Hide
Actions

• Edit Multiple Embedded

State Actions Structured
per Step Text Code
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View Transition
Transition
• Attributes
Name

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Transition
Force State
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• Connection Embedded
Points Condition
• Logic
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Transition Name
Attributes

Transition
Force State

Connection Embedded
Points Condition
Logic

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... SBR
Subroutine
MCR

RET
Return
Status
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... SBR
Subroutine
MCR

RET
Return
Status

• Branch
Force Right Click
to Force

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Flexible
Branching
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Routine Description Tag Comments Text Box Embedded ST

Visibility Routine property dialog Tag editor and data SFC chart Only SFC chart Action and
and routine tool-tip monitor, optionally Transition expressions
show/hide in SFC chart
Modification Routine Property Step/ Transition property SFC chart editor SFC chart’s embedded
Dialog dialog, and Tag Editor ST editor
Size 120 Characters 120 Characters 64K Characters Unlimited
Stored Off-line Off-line Off-line Off-line & On-line
Import / Export L5K File CSV and L5K Files L5K File L5K File
Element N/A Moves with SFC element Free-floating or Moves with embedded
Linkage anchored to element ST code in SFC Element
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IF <Boolean expression> THEN CASE <any integer or real expression> OF

<statements…> < selector value 1> : <statements…>
ELSIF <Boolean expression> THEN < selector value 2> : <statements…>
<statements…> …
ELSE ELSE
<statements…> < statements…>
END_IF; END_CASE;

FOR <initialize iteration variable> WHILE <Boolean expression> DO REPEAT

TO <final value expression> <statements…> <statements…>
[BY <increment expression>] DO EXIT EXIT
<statements…> END_WHILE; UNTIL <Boolean expression>
EXIT END_REPEAT;
END_FOR;

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• Tag Info
tooltip

Data Values Tags referenced

• In ST Routine

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