TwinCAT Scope 2

For some time now, TwinCAT contains a software scope: TwinCAT ScopeView. TwinCAT Scope 2 enables the graphics features of the new PC generation to be fully utilised.

Logger and Viewer are 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. 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.

The Viewer optionally uses DirectX for displaying. DirectX provides COM-based programming interfaces for multimedia-intensive applications on the Windows platform.

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TwinCAT Scope 2	licence for using the TwinCAT Scope under Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista