Kuhnke Electronics Instruction Manual

4.3.4 PLC Configuration
Function Libraries
Programmers need to know the addresses of inputs and
outputs of both the controller's local I/Os and the I/Os of
any expansion module connected.
It is a must to properly configure and set the parameters
of the network of units to achieve the required excellence
of data interchange between Ventura Remote PLC and
the other units, no matter whether Ventura is the
PROFIBUS-DP slave interacting with its DP master or a
CANopen device interacting with other CAN slaves.
The tool to use for setting addresses and parameters and
for configuring the network is the PLC Configuration
Editor.
4.3.4.1 The CoDeSys PLC Configuration Editor
PLC Configuration is one of the objects on the Resources
tab of the Object Organizer.
Run the configuration editor to describe the target
hardware that the open project will run on. CoDeSys takes
this description to verify whether the hardware actually
has the IEC addresses declared in the program.
The basis for working with the configuration editor are the
configuration files, *.cfg, and device files (e.g. *.gsd, *.eds)
stored in set hard disk directories and read when a project
is opened.
You can add files to these directories at any time.
The configuration file (*.cfg) describes a default
configuration whose settings are automatically shown
when the editor is run. It also characterises the set of
parameters available and in what way they can be
changed.
The device files (*.gsd) describe the configuration and
properties of PROFIBUS-DP slaves.
The device files (*.eds) describe the configuration and
properties of CANopen slaves.
When the user has finalised the configuration details in
the editor a binary compilation of the project structure
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