Support device, non-transitory storage medium storing support program thereon, and control system

A non-transitory storage medium storing a support program for implementing a support device, the support program causing one or more processor to perform:

• reading a monitoring condition in which a data type of a function block and a name of a monitoring target variable are defined with the data type and the name associated with each other;
• establishing connection to a controller configured to execute a user program including a function block;
• and
• searching for, among one or more instances of one or more function blocks created for the controller to execute the user program, an instance having a data type matching a data type defined in the monitoring condition and having a value of a monitoring target variable associated with the matching data type indicating a monitoring target event.

A control system comprising:

• a controller configured to execute a user program including a function block;
• a storage unit configured to store a monitoring condition in which a data type of a function block and a name of a monitoring target variable are defined with the data type and the name associated with each other;
• and
• a search module configured to search for, among one or more instances of one or more function blocks created for the controller to execute the user program, an instance having a data type matching a data type defined in the monitoring condition and having a value of a monitoring target variable associated with the matching data type indicating a monitoring target event.