Once you have defined your devices, you can use the Workbench to access the variables that reside in those devices.
- From the Workbench left pane, click
Variables.
The Variables window appears as the right pane. The Variables window provides a tree format that lists the started devices in the node. The devices must be in the Started state to be included in the Variables window. Each device can be expanded to show the variables that reside in that device. - Expand or collapse the tree format to view the device variables. For a Kawasaki device, when you get to an individual data element you have access to the Read function to read a device’s data element. The access level for all Kawasaki, is read only.
The items shown on the Variables panel provide information about the Controller the driver is connected to, the Parameter Set that is currently loaded and the Job that is active on the controller.
If these conditions are met, the detail for the Job variables will populated when the first tightening event occurs after the device is started. The Job information is not published by the controller until either a tightening event occurs or a new Job is selected. If either of the two conditions are not met, the data associated with the Active Job variables will not be updated.