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Execution explorer
The
Execution
explorer displays all project content that will execute in a controller after the controller is deployed. Use the Execution
explorer to design a physical model of your project and organize the contents of a project that has an assigned controller and tasks. To deploy the logical model to a controller, access the System
explorer to create a FactoryTalk Smart Object. From either System
or Execution
explorers, create programs, and routines. You can create FactoryTalk Smart Objects in the System
explorer and then allocate an entireFactoryTalk Smart Object that allocates all programs within it. You can also allocate an individual program within a FactoryTalk Smart Object. Open Execution
explorer to view controllers, controller tasks and program assignments, indicating the execution order and frequency of the code. A controller project imported from Studio 5000 Logix Designer into FactoryTalk Design Studio will have its elements displayed in Execution
explorer only. The
Execution
explorer indicates the online status of a controller. When you go online with a controller, additional status indicators appear in the Execution
explorer. These indicators appear next to the connected controller and its elements. Online and Offline indicators
- Green rails appear next to the controller that you are online with and next to any of the controller elements that are deployed.
- The offline only indicator
appears if an element is allocated to the online controller but has not been deployed. - The online only indicator
appears if an element is deployed to the online controller but is not present in the offline project. - If no green rail illuminates and there are no online only or offline only indicators, then either:
- The element is not allocated
- The element is allocated to a controller that is different than the online controller.
TIP:
Online and offline only indicators appear based on how elements are named. When no icon appears, a component with this name exists offline and has been deployed to the controller. There may be differences between the online and offline components, such as different tags or ladder logic.
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Some menu commands are not available for elements that are online only. These commands are disabled.
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When moving elements that exist online and offline, the old location displays the online-only icon and the new location displays the offline-only icon.
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Renaming an element that exists online and offline causes the element to appear twice in the explorer tree. The old name appears next to the online-only icon. The new name appears next to an offline-only icon.
Overview of status icons
The Execution explorer displays status icons in the tree that represent when a task or program is inhibited and when a component has multiple conditions online or offline.
- The icons are displayed in priority order:
- Online
- Major Fault
- Minor Fault
- Inhibit Status
- Validation Errors
- Warnings
- Information Messages
- Offline
- Inhibit Status
- Validation Errors
- Warnings
- Information Messages
- Each icon has a tooltip that provides details of the status of the component, task or program. If the inhibit state is cleared, the icon will be replaced by the next icon in the priority order.
- When a component has multiple conditions online or offline, an icon tooltip provides details with each status showing first online status and then offline status in priority order. If the status changes, the icon will be replaced by the next status in priority order and the tooltip will update.
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