Attribute: monitoring

The attribute pragma is allowed for string variables and aliases. The attribute has the effect that the values of the variables are marked with it to be decoded in UTF-8 format during monitoring.

Syntax:

‎{attribute 'monitoring_encoding' := 'UTF8'}‎

Insertion location: Above the variable declaration

Example

PROGRAM PLC_PRG
VAR
    {attribute 'monitoring.encoding' := 'UTF8'}
    strDat : STRING := 'abc'; 
    attribute 'monitoring_encoding' := 'UTF-8'}	
    strVarUtf8: STRING := UTF8#'你好,世界!ÜüÄäÖö';
    {attribute 'monitoring_encoding' := 'UTF-8'}
    str1: STRING := UTF8#'AÄyyy';		
    {attribute 'monitoring_encoding' := 'UTF-8'}		
    str2: STRING := UTF8#'AÄxxxÜÜÜ';	
		
    strVarUtf8_1: STRING := '你好,世界!ÜüÄäÖö';
    str1_1: STRING := 'AÄyyy';				
    str2_1: STRING := 'AÄxxxÜÜÜ';			
END_VAR