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Variable Animation

When your application is running, all variables in the IEC 61131-3 Editors, in the Dictionary and in the Watch Window are animated. This means that the value of each variable is displayed dynamically.

When the value of a variable is displayed, only the value computed at the end of the cycle is displayed.
So if the same variable is set in different programs, the animation in all those programs displays the same value for the variable, which corresponds to the latest program executed within the cycle.

About Online Change

When Online Change is enabled,the animated values only take place when you are in Debug mode (and not edit).

Limitations

The versions on the KAS IDE"Integrated development environment" An integrated development environment is a type of computer software that assists computer programmers in developing software. IDEs normally consist of a source code editor, a compiler and/or interpreter, build-automation tools, and a debugger and the KAS RuntimeIn computer science, runtime (or run-time) describes the operation of a computer program, the duration of its execution, from beginning to termination (compare compile time). Within KAS, runtime also refers to the virtual machine that manage the program written in a computer language while it is running must be the same (see more details here)
Animation does not apply to actions in an SFC"Sequential function chart" It can be used to program processes that can be split into steps. The main components of SFC are: - Steps with associated actions - Transitions with associated logic conditions - Directed links between steps and transitions step

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