Festo VTEM - Motion Apps; Motion App ID; Licences

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Function
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Source device Target device Sensor parameters are
copied for the module
Position 1 Position 2 Position 1 Position 2
digital digital – digital Position 2
– analogue analogue analogue Position 2
Tab. 11: Examples of devices that have two input module slots each
3.4 Motion Apps
The functions of the Motion Terminal are performed by what are known as Motion Apps. A Motion
App generally executes a pneumatic task such as pressure regulation, flow control or the controlled
acceleration and braking of a movement.
Motion App #01 “Directional control valve functions”, which is part of the basic equipment of the
Motion Terminal, is described in this document:
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3.6 Motion App #01: Directional control valve
functions.
Additional Motion apps are described in separate documentation
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3.4.1 Motion App ID
Each Motion App has a unique ID. This ID is required both to select and to parameterise the Motion
App. The respective ID is given in the Motion App documentation.
3.4.2 Licences
To be able to use a Motion App, a corresponding licence must be stored on the Motion Terminal
controller. The number of licences required for every Motion App is based on the number of valves
on which the Motion App should run simultaneously. Motion App #01 “Directional control valve
functions” is licensed by default for all valves on the Motion Terminal. It is therefore possible to run a
different directional control valve function on each of the maximum 8 valves of a Motion Terminal.
If, for example, Motion App #3 “Proportional pressure regulation" is to be run on 03 valves at the
same, this Motion App requires 3 licences.
The number of licences stored on the Motion Terminal and the number that are still free (not in use
by an active Motion App) can be viewed on the WebConfig interface or read out via the information
channel of the transfer mode
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Tab. 65 Licence information.
The licences are not assigned to a specific valve position. Every licensed Motion App can be run on
any valve. The restrictions relating to the number of licences only apply when running a Motion App
simultaneously on multiple valves.
Information on adding to your available licences can be found in the Festo catalogue
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