Menu Bar
The menu to simulate displays. When you point to a menu item, a
pull-down menu appears.
Simulation
Or click
to saves the screen
image in a JPEG file format.
File save location (*.** displays the
version)
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Windows 2000 / Windows XP
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Windows Vista, Windows 7
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Before GP-Pro EX version 2.20
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C:\ProgramFiles\Pro-face\GP-Pro EX
*.**\CFA00\CAPTURE
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GP-Pro EX version 2.20 to 2.50
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C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Documents\Pro-face\GP-Pro EX *.**\Simulator\CFA00\CAPTURE
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Pro-face\GP-Pro EX
*.**\Simulator\CFA00\CAPTURE
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GP-Pro EX version 2.60 or later
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C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Pro-face\GP-Pro EX *.**\Simulator\CFA00\CAPTURE
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C:\ProgramData\Pro-face\GP-Pro EX
*.**\Simulator\CFA00\CAPTURE
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You can specify the quality of the screen
capture screen to save in the [Screen/Video Capture Settings]'s
[Capture Image Quality] field.
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When using GP-Pro EX version 2.6 or later, the
file save location ("Application Data" folder) is hidden.
In Windows Explorer, please change the [Folder Options] to [Show
hidden files and folders].
File Name
"CAP + year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, and
automatically generated three digit number + .jpg". You cannot
change how this filename is generated.
Exit simulation.
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You can exit the simulation by using any of the
following methods:
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Click
in [GP-Pro EX
Simulation]
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Click
on the toolbar
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Right-click the simulation display area.
Select [Close] from the menu.
Display
Select to show/hide the Toolbar.
Select to show/hide the Status.
Select to show/hide the Address View.
This displays or hides the current value of
the virtual device/PLC address for the simulation function. Click
to display/hide. For
more information on [Address View], see the following.
33.6.2 Address View Setting
Guide
Select to show/hide the I/O View. This
displays or hides the current value of the virtual device/PLC
address set in the I/O View screen. Click
to display/hide. For
more information on [I/O View], see the following.
33.6.4 I/O View Settings Guide
Option
When you select this, the [Device Memory
Settings] dialog appear as follows. You can backup or initialize
the data of the virtual device/PLC address. Click
to open the dialog
box.
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Back up PLC Device
When you exit simulation, specify whether to back up the virtual
device/PLC address. By backing up, you can retrieve the data from
the same address when you open the same file.
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Initialize PLC Device
Select [Initialize PLC Device] to clear all the virtual device/PLC
address data to 0.
View
When you display multiple views, windows
appear tiled from top to bottom.
You can click the icon
to do the same
operation.
When you display multiple views, the views
can be laid out into a right and left half.
You can click the icon
to do the same
operation.
Toolbar
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Select to show/hide
Address View.
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Select to show/hide
Logic View.
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Select to show/hide
I/O View.
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Select to show/hide Function
View.
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Arrange views
horizontally.
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Arrange views
vertically.
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Produce a hard copy of
an HMI screen.
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Configure Device
Memory.
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Exit simulation.
Simulation Display Area
Displays the simulation results for the project file on the Edit
screen, where you can check the operation of the file.
Change Panel
When you right-click the simulation view screen, the [Change
Panel] menu appears.
Click [Change Panel] to display the [Display Number Select]
dialog box, from which you can switch the display screen.
Disp Number
Specify the base screen number that you want to switch to in the
range of 1 to 9999. Only screens in the project can be opened in
the Simulation.
List
Displays the screen number and title.
Open
Open the selected screen.
Close
Close the dialog box.
View Display Area
This is the area for displaying [Address View], [Logic View],
[I/O View] and [Function View].
[Address View], [Logic View], [I/O View] and [Function View] can
be separated from [GP-Pro EX Simulation] using drag and drop.
View Switch Tab
Tabs of the Views on the screen display. Click a tab to change
the view.
Status Bar
Displays the model of display unit.