PLC Programming

6 - The Resources
must be included in the CoDeSys project. They are needed for running the PLC as an CANopen
device.
2. In the configuration file (*.cfg) on which the configuration is basing, an appropriate entry for a
CanDevice must be inserted. Only then in the PLC Configuration Editor a subelement 'CanDevice' can
be appended and parameterized in the three configuration dialogs which will be described in the
following:
• Base settings
• CAN settings
• Default PDO mapping
Base settings of a CanDevice
Dialog Base settings
Bus identifier: currently not used.
Name of updatetask: Name of the task, in which the CanDevice is called. A selection list will provide
all tasks which are available in the project.
EDS file generation: Activate this option if you want to generate a device file (EDS file) from the
current configuration settings in order to be able to use the CanDevice later in any master
configuration. Enter a path and name for the file in the field Name of EDS file. Optionally a manually
created template file can be defined (Template for EDS file), which will be supplemented with the
settings done in the configuration dialogs. For example you could create a text file containing certain
EDS file entries, save it as "EDS_template.txt" and enter the path of this template in the current dialog.
If you then generate an EDS file "device_xy.eds" from the current project, the entries resulting from
the project will be merged with those of the template and will be saved in "device_xy.eds". (Do not use
the extension ".eds" for the template file !) If entries are created by the current project which are
already defined by the template, the template definitions will not be overwritten.
For entering the file pathes you can use the standard dialog for browsing for a file which can be
opened by using the button Browse....
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