New to B&R: Best practices for tracking variables (List Usage / Cross-Ref) and tracing physical I/Os?

Ask Questions Programming
,
7

Hi @aditya.shwetank ,
I see some limitations (I’m doing some tests with latest AS 6.5.3.11), not sure if all of them are documented.

  1. Can cross-reference find a structure variable? yes:

image
image1474×519 50.7 KB

  1. Can cross-reference find an item inside a structure variable? no:

image
image1430×444 39.9 KB

image
image1336×556 43.2 KB

  1. Can cross-reference find a simple global variable inside an action? yes:

image
image1268×581 48.4 KB

but in your case no, so which AS version are you using?

Based on my tests sincerely I’m more comfortable with classic CTRL+Shift+F.

What about Automation Studio Code (6.5.1)?:

  1. Can AS code “Find All References” find an item inside a structure variable? yes:

image
image1453×652 141 KB

  1. Can AS code “Find All References” find a structure variable? yes:

image
image1367×792 150 KB

=================
VSCode is an alternative editor + we have an Interesting note (Regular Expressions) from Vanessa in this post: Cross reference doesn’t work - Ask Questions / Controls & Vision - B&R Community

Ciao
Valerio