Deck 13: Adding Ladder Rung Documentation

Question 1

Each rung can have a rung comment, and each comment can display as many as 1,000 lines of text that explain the function of the ladder rung.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

List two methods for adding a main operand description.

Answer 2

There are multiple ways to add a main operand description. Two methods are:
1) Adding a main operand description from the tags collection
2) Adding a main operand description from the ladder

Question 3

Briefly discuss the information that could be added as rung comments.

Answer 3

As many as 1,000 lines of text that explain what the rung does, how it operates, or maintenance and troubleshooting hints can be entered as a rung comment. The rung comment is an invaluable tool to assist anyone who has not worked with this application to understand the function of the rung.

Question 4

Tags can have only a single alias tag.

Question 5

Briefly discuss when documentation can be added to a project.

Question 6

The main operand description can be added to either the Edit or Monitor Tags view in either controller scoped or program scoped tags.

Question 7

Alias tags can be created from the ____________________ as the instructions are programmed on the ladder rungs.

Question 8

Briefly explain the advantage of using an alias tag.

Question 9

In RSLogix text documentation, text that can be added by the programmer to describe the function of the main tag is a(n) ____________________.

Question 10

The main operand is the destination tag for any instruction that has source and destination parameters.

Question 11

Rung comments can be turned on or off under ____________________.

Question 12

In Workstation Options, what are the display options for an alias tag?

Question 13

A main operand description can have a maximum number of ____________________ characters.

Question 14

An alias tag can be assigned through the Monitor Tags view of the controller scoped tags collection.

Question 15

After completing a project, set up a(n) ____________________, and download the project.