Tooltips: Quick Information on Objects

 

Tooltips are short, descriptive texts available for toolbar buttons and, in FBD/LD code worksheets, for variables, LD objects, and functions/func­tion blocks. The tooltip appears when you hover the cursor over the object/element without clicking it.

Examples:

Tooltip of a coil.

Tooltip of a safety-related counter function block.

For FBs, tooltips are also available for each formal parameter:

User-defined variable description included in tooltip

For documentation purposes, you can specify a 'Description' for each variable and FB instance. This comment can be edited in the 'Variables' dialog and in the respective variables worksheet.

If a description is available for a variable, it is also included in the tooltip of the variable/FB instance.

Example:

Online tooltips showing online values

In online mode, tooltips of variables show the variable status, i.e., the online value of the variable read from the Safety Logic Controller (or simulation).

Example: