# Pausing the real-time application

1. Prerequisite
2. The real-time application must be running.

1. Open the real-time application.
2. In the menu bar, click ⋮ .
3. Click Pause.

1. The real-time application pauses at the current cycle. The operating state changes to PAUSE. The button Single Cycle appears in the menu bar.

Starting the real-time application

Executing a single cycle of the run-time application