Append a PLC Project into TwinCAT
®
System Manager
To create a link between the TwinCAT
®
PLC Control project
and the TwinCAT
®
System Manager, connect the saved
project, especially the inputs and outputs, to the TwinCAT
®
System Manager:
1.
To add the project information to the TwinCAT
®
System Manager, right-click on PLC-Conguration
and select Append PLC project….
2. In the Insert IEC 1131 Project window, select the
project information le according to the location
on the hard drive. The le has the same name as
the PLC project, but with the le extension .tpy.
3. Click on Open.
Import
eldbus device and add to TwinCAT
®
The next step is to import the servo drive and the SAB into
the TwinCAT
®
System Manager software:
1. Copy the ESI le Danfoss ISD 500.xml into the
folder TwinCAT Installation Folder\Io\EtherCAT on
the hard drive. This only has to be done once per
project. The TwinCAT
®
System Manager automat-
ically searches for ESI les at this location on the
hard drive during start-up.
2.
To add an EtherCAT
®
master, right-click on [I/O-
Conguration → I/O Devices] and select Append
Device….
3.
In the following window, select [EtherCAT →
EtherCAT] (see Illustration 6.3).
4. Click on OK.
5.
Select Device 1 (EtherCAT
®
) and select the correct
Network Adapter on the right side of the window
in the Adapter tab.
6.
To add an SAB, right-click on Device1 (EtherCAT
®
)
and select Append Box….
7. In the Insert EtherCAT Device window, select
[Danfoss GmbH → VLT
®
ISD Series → VLT
®
Servo
Access Box L1] for Line 1 of the SAB (and/or VLT
®
Servo Access Box L2 for Line 2 of the SAB).
8. Click on OK.
9. To add a servo drive to line 1 of the SAB, right-
click on Box 1 (VLT
®
Servo Access Box L1) and
select Append Box....
10. In the Insert EtherCAT Device window, select
[Danfoss GmbH → VLT
®
ISD Series → VLT
®
ISD 510
Integrated Servo Drive].
11. Click on OK.
12. Answer the question if the servo drive is used as
an NC axis with No. If the servo drive is to be
used as an NC axis, see chapter 6.3.1.3 Congu-
ration as a TwinCAT
®
NC Axis.
NOTICE
Add 1 entry to the EtherCAT
®
master of the TwinCAT
®
System Manager for each physical servo drive and SAB.
Add the servo drive to the correct SAB line.
Illustration 6.3 Add an EtherCAT
®
Master to the Project
Illustration 6.4 Add an ISD 510 Servo Drive to the Project
Programming
VLT
®
Integrated Servo Drive ISD
®
510 System
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