Operating CODESYS with softMC Guide Line

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CODESYS Installation

Please contact SERVOTRONIX in order to get the installation files. Here is a list of the files:

• ‘mc-0.4.17.4-C2-MULTIBUS-x86-CODESYS_With_WebVisu.ipk’ - contains the firmware upgrade for softMC7 Multibus CODESYS
• ‘codesys_drivers_2.ipk’
• ‘softMC_1_0_0_1.compiled-library’
• ‘Configurator_archive_0.4.17.4.bndl’
• '‘SN_UAC.LIB’

Please follow the steps below:

Part 1:

1. Open ControlStudio.
2. Connect to softMC7.
3. Please type in the terminal:

         ?sys.information    

Check the ‘Maximum number of axes’.

Please send a picture of the information.

4. go to:

Tools -> Firmware Update -> choose mc-0.4.17.4-C2-MULTIBUS-x86-CODESYS_With_WebVisu.ipk

5. During the Firmware Update the MC will reboot twice.
6. After first installation, please go to:

Tools -> Firmware Update -> choose • codesys_drivers_2.ipk

7. During the Firmware Update the MC will reboot twice.

8. After the process ends, please check the new version by typing in the terminal:

         ?sys.information    

Now you should see (among rest):

• Version number: 0.4.17.4
  
• Features: CODESYS:0x61131
  

9. Please provide:

• Hash number
• Serial number
• Maximum number of axes (from before the upgrade – after the upgrade it should be zero until installation of the UAC).

10. Once you provide these details, you will receive UAC (User Authorization Code) and further instructions.

Part 2 (When UAC is provided):

1. Open ControlStudio.
2. Connect to softMC7.
3. Send SN_UAC.LIB to softMC by dragging it into File Manager.
4.

         Loadglobal SN_UAC.LIB 

5. Use the following function ‘?Set_SN_UAC_Files(byval SN_str as string, byval UAC_str as string)' :

         ?Set_SN_UAC_Files(“your serial number”, “your UAC”) 

5. Reboot the machine.
6. Check sys.information to see maximum number of axes.

         ?sys.information    

• When upgrade is finished, you can use the ControlStudio Configurator to create the XML file (device description file).

Please use the Configurator training guide in the website.

• In CODESYS: Please install the ‘softMC_1_0_0_1.compiled-library’ into Tools -> Library Repository (one time installation).
• In CODESYS: Please install the device description file (created by the Configurator) into Tools -> Device Repository (when using a new XML file).

Summary

Task	Reference delivered by SERVOTRONIX	Status
Firmware to support CODESYS for softMC 7 EtherCAT	MC FW installation files (.IPK/.ZIP)	STX: provide FW zip file CUSTOMER: install CODESYS Runtime and send: Serial number Hash number max number of axes STX: provide UAC number
Install ControlStudio with Configurator	configurator_archive_0.4.17.4.bndl	Download from website
Run Configurator	User manual: softMC_Configurator_Setup_Training_Rev.1.0.pdf	Download from website
XML file for Device Repository		Created by ControlStudio Configurator
softMC.compiled-library for CODESYS	softMC_1_0_0_1.compiled-library	Download from website – version 1.0.0.1
CODESYS examples files for basic operation of softMC w two CDHD	FLIP_FLOP_FBD.project FLIP_FLOP_LADDER.project FLIP_FLOP_ST.project LABELING_FBD.project LABELING_LADDER.project LABELING_ST.project MAIN_MOTION_FBD.project MAIN_MOTION_LADDER.project MAIN_MOTION_ST.project	Download from website

CODESYS - Procedure

Below is a scheme of the procedure for using CODESYS with softMC: