5.3 Trace Monitor (Time Chart)5-135.3.5 Sampling Condition Setting Sampling condition settingSet the sampling condition. Select "Set" > "Sampling Configurations" in the menu bar todisplay the setting screen.Item Setting range SettingsMode Trace/Free run Set a sampling mode.Trace StartConditionAuto (Starts when PLCis in RUN mode)The trace start condition is automatically set. The traceoperation starts automatically when the PLC enters RUN mode.Manual (Starts tracefrom menu)The trace start condition is manually set. The trace operationstarts when the trace start button on the time chart monitor ispressed.Data loggingconditionLogging trigger Select a condition to start logging data.Bit Select this for setting bit conditions as logging trigger. Press the“Set” button, and select a device type and a number.CycleSelect this for setting time as logging trigger. Input a cycle forexecuting logging.1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 4 seconds, 5 seconds, 6seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes 5 minutes, 6 minutes, 10minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hoursInstruction Trigger conditions occur by executing the F422(LOGSMPL)instruction under arbitrary conditions in user programs.Trace stopconditionBit Set the trigger condition to stop the trace operation.Buffer fullNo. of samplingsafter stop triggerdetection0-65536 Set the number of data to be sampled after the detection of thestop trigger.Write file aftercompletion oftraceON/OFF Set whether to write data to a file after the completion of thetrace operation or not.File name Up to 32 characters canbe set. Set a file name in which logged data is stored.