PLC Programming

6 - The Resources
6 The Resources
6.1 Overview of the Resources
In the Resources register card of the Object Organizer, there are objects for configuring and
organizing your project and for keeping track of the values of the variables:
• Global Variables that can be utilized in the entire project; the global variables of the project as well
as the libraries.
• Library Manager for handling all libraries which are included to the project
• Log for recording the activities during the online sessions
• PLC Configuration for configuring your hardware
• Watch and Receipt Manager for indicating and presetting variable values
• Task Configuration for controlling your program control via tasks
• Target settings for selecting the hardware platform (target) and if available for customizing target
specific parameters
Depending on the target settings the following resources also might be available:
• Parameter Manager for managing variables, which are also accessible for other participants in the
network. This functionality will only be available if defined in the corresponding target settings.
• PLC Browser for monitoring of information from the PLC
• Sampling Trace for graphic logging of variable values
• Tools for linking external tools, which then can be started in CoDeSys. This functionality will only
be available if defined in the corresponding target settings.
• The SoftMotion functionality (license needed): CNC program list (CNC Editor) and CAMs (CAM-
Editor) (see the separate documentation on SoftMotion).
• Additionally there might be created and loaded a Docuframe file which offers a set of comments for
the project variables (e.g. in a certain language), which will be printed when documenting the
project with 'Project' 'Document'.
Resources tab in CoDeSys
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