General limitations - Manual - Monitor - The SIMATIC Monitor. Enables you to monitor global variables on your PLC. - Monitor (mon),tool

Monitor CLI Tool (mon)
Portfolio
SIMATIC AX
Product
Monitor
Software version
1.1.2
Edition
03/2024
Language
English (original)
Package Name
@ax/mon
  • Only global and static variables can be monitored. These are variables defined in the VAR_GLOBAL or VAR section inside the CONFIGURATION.
  • Only up to 200 variables per monitor file are supported.
  • Displaying values:
    • The output depends on the encoding, language settings and the used command line tool (e.g. cmd, powershell).
    • CHAR/STRING: Byte values below 32 and above 127 are escaped by a dollar sign ('$') followed by the hexadecimal representation of the value. The values between 32 and 127 are displayed in the ASCII format.
    • WCHAR/WSTRING: Byte values not representing letters, digits and punctuations in UTF16 will be escaped by a dollar sign ('$') followed by the hexadecimal representation of the value.