LOGO!Soft Comfort Online Help
Operating Instructions, 11/2017
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1 LOGO!Soft Comfort V8.2 ...................................................................................................................... 11
1.1 Security information ................................................................................................................ 11
1.2 Welcome to LOGO!Soft Comfort V8.2! ................................................................................... 12
1.3 DVD contents .......................................................................................................................... 13
1.4 What's new in LOGO!Soft Comfort? ....................................................................................... 14
1.4.1 What is new in LOGO!Soft Comfort V8.2? ............................................................................. 14
1.4.2 What is new in LOGO!Soft Comfort V8.1? ............................................................................. 15
1.4.3 What was new in LOGO!Soft Comfort V8.0? ......................................................................... 16
1.4.4 What was new in LOGO!Soft Comfort V7.0? ......................................................................... 18
1.4.5 What was new in LOGO!Soft Comfort V6.1 compared with V5.x? ......................................... 20
1.5 Ladder Diagram (LAD), Function Block Diagram (FBD) and User-Defined Function
(UDF) ...................................................................................................................................... 22
1.6 LOGO! and LOGO!Soft Comfort on the Internet .................................................................... 23
1.7 Compatibility ........................................................................................................................... 24
1.8 LOGO! with AS-Interface (0BA0-0BA2) .................................................................................. 26
1.8.1 AS-Interface ............................................................................................................................ 26
1.8.2 AS-Interface inputs ................................................................................................................. 27
1.8.3 AS-Interface outputs ............................................................................................................... 27
2 User interface ....................................................................................................................................... 29
2.1 User interface - Overview ....................................................................................................... 29
2.2 Description of the Info Window ............................................................................................... 32
2.3 Description of the status bar ................................................................................................... 33
2.4 Function keys and shortcuts ................................................................................................... 33
2.5 Diagram mode ........................................................................................................................ 34
2.5.1 Diagram tree ........................................................................................................................... 35
2.5.2 Instruction tree ........................................................................................................................ 35
2.5.3 Diagram editor ........................................................................................................................ 35
2.6 Network project ....................................................................................................................... 35
2.6.1 Network project tree ................................................................................................................ 36
2.6.2 Network view ........................................................................................................................... 36
2.7 Toolbars .................................................................................................................................. 36
2.7.1 Standard toolbar overview ...................................................................................................... 36
2.7.2 Simulation toolbar and status window .................................................................................... 37
2.7.3 Programming toolbar .............................................................................................................. 39
2.7.3.1 Selection tool .......................................................................................................................... 40
2.7.3.2 Connector tool ......................................................................................................................... 40
2.7.3.3 Cut/Join ................................................................................................................................... 41
2.7.3.4 Text tool .................................................................................................................................. 41