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windows applications.
With the help of the slider in the straton Runtime user interface, you can determine how much time is
reserved for the PLC and for Windows. The value displayed in the bar graph always refers to the ratio
set in the slide control.
The straton Runtime can be closed manually either by using the context menu of the symbol in the
system tray or by using the open window of the straton Runtime:
Right clicking the icon in the system tray opens the following context menu:
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With a click on End, you open a dialog
Clicking on
Yes stops and closes the Runtime.
Another possibility to close the Runtime is in the open window of the straton Runtime.
The following menu opens after a click to the upper, left corner of the window:
With a click on
End, you open a dialog
If you acknowledge the dialog, the straton Runtime is closed immediately.
Info
If the straton Runtime was started together with the zenon Runtime and for the straton
project the start type 'autom. start/stop' was selected in the zenon Editor, the straton
Runtime is automatically closed when the zenon Runtime is closed.
This chapter deals with target systems which are not on the local computer. The target system is
accessed via Ethernet TCP/IP.
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5.6.1
zenon Runtime and straton Runtime on one remote PC
First you install and license the zenon Runtime on the remote PC. The straton Runtime is automatically
installed and licensed.
In order to download the zenon and straton Runtime files, use the Remote Transport function of zenon.
You will find more information in the chapter Overview functions.
The straton Runtime is started and closed together with the zenon Runtime automatically.
If the straton Runtime is started manually on the target PC (e.g. during boot up of the operating system),
the PLC code has to be loaded manually to the target platform with the straton Workbench. For that
enter the correct parameters in the property dialog Workbench in the zenon Editor: Target
host and
Target port
in the straton Workbench click on the button
Online
with this the straton Workbench establishes a connection to the target system.
now you can transfer the PLC code to the the target system via button
Download; the progress
of the download is displayed with the help of a progress bar
after the download the PLC starts automatically with the new application.
if the download was successful and the PLC program runs on the target system faultless,
RUN is
displayed in the tool bar
5.6.2
straton Runtime autarkic (PC)
Install the straton on the target system with the autarkic installation.
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Before downloading the straton project, start it. The best way is to use the straton Runtime Manager.
With this tool you can also carry out the settings so that the straton Runtime starts together with the
operating system.
If the straton Runtime is started manually on the target PC (e.g. during boot up of the operating system),
the PLC code has to be loaded manually to the target platform with the straton Workbench. For that
enter the correct parameters in the property dialog Workbench in the zenon Editor: Target
host and
Target port
in the straton Workbench click on the button
Online
with this the straton Workbench establishes a connection to the target system.
now you can transfer the PLC code to the the target system via button
Download; the progress
of the download is displayed with the help of a progress bar
after the download the PLC starts automatically with the new application.
if the download was successful and the PLC program runs on the target system faultless,
RUN is
displayed in the tool bar
The straton RTK (Realtime Kernel) is the straton Runtime system for hard realtime. With that highest determinism
and failure safety towards the operating system are guaranteed.
The straton RTK can only be started with the straton Runtime Manager (flag Hard realtime has to be
activated) or or in a DOS-Shell/BAT-file.
Only one instance of the straton RTK can be started at a time.
The straton RTK is only available for the Windows operation systems XP (XPe) and VISTA.
The Realtime Kernel is designed, so that it triggers the straton Runtime cycle independent of Windows.
So the straton Runtime cycle is guaranteed to be executed deterministically. Cycle times must be 100 µs
or higher.