128 Programmable Logic Controllers: Hardware and Programming
6.10 Creating and Printing PLC Program
Reports
In this section, you will learn how to create reports for PLC proj-
ects. You will explore different report options available for Allen-
Bradley PLC software (RSLogix 500). You will configure the printer
and its settings. Then, you will preview the reports that are ready to
be printed and print them. Other PLC manufacturer’s programming
software will have similar report options.
There are seven commands for creating and printing PLC reports
in RSLogix 500 software, which are found under the
File
menu. These
commands are the following:
• Print View
• Print Preview
• Report Options
• Report Preview
• Print Report
• Printer Setup
• Page Setup
In the following paragraphs, you will study the
Report Options
command. The other six commands work the same as word process-
ing software commands and are self-explanatory. Figure 6-34 displays
the
Report Options
dialog box.
0001
0002
Stop Red pushbutton
O:0 I:0 I:0
Temperature
switch
I:0
ON 3
1 0 1
Stop
O:0 I:0
0 2
Red pushbutton
I:0
1
Temperature
switch
I:0
ON 3
End
White
light
Figure 6-33. The white light turns on to indicate continuous run mode.