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TwinCAT_PLC_Ethernet

Supported series: Twincat 

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PLC Settings

Choose Target System→ Search→ Broadcast Search→ choose PLC → Add router→ choose CPU → OK

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Route Settings→Add Route Dialog→ Broadcast Search→ choose PLC→ modify Route Name as HMI name → modify AmsNetId as HMI AmsNetId: 192.168.50.154.1.1 (HMI IP + .1.1) →  select the option of IP Address→ set HMI IP in Address info→ Add Route

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Actions→ Activate configuration

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HMI Settings

ItemSettingsNote
ProtocolTwinCAT_PLC_Ethernet 
ConnectionEthernet 
Port NO.48898 
ADS port801/811/821/831 
PLC station No.1

 Choose protocol: TwinCAT_PLC_Ethernet

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Setting→PLC IP Address→AMS NetId (Fill in according to the actual AMS NetId search by PLC)

How to import the tags

TwinCat 2：

Open TwinCAT PLC Control→ edit program→ save the program in a file → Project → Rebuild all 

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Note: After "Rebuild all", there will be a file whose format is "tpy".

TwinCat 3：

1. In the TwinCat 3, the settings tab of PLC project, select the TPY File option. 

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2. Activation configuration

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3.Open the project folder to find the *.tpy file

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PIStudio Settings

Labels mange→ Import Tag From File→ choose the file whose format is "tpy" in the file →Save

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Support Variable Type

Data TypePIStudio Data FormatRange
BOOLBit0~1 
BYTE16-bit Unsigned/Binary/BCD/Hex0~255
WORD16-bit Unsigned/Binary/BCD/Hex0~65535
DWORD32-bit Unsigned/Binary/BCD/Hex 0~4294967295
SINT16-bit Signed/Binary/BCD/Hex-128~127
USINT16-bit Unsigned/Binary/BCD/Hex0~255
INT16-bit Signed/Binary/BCD/Hex-32768~32767
UINT16-bit Unsigned/Binary/BCD/Hex0~65535
DINT32-bit Signed/Binary/BCD/Hex-2147483648~2147483647
UDINT32-bit Unsigned/Binary/BCD/Hex0~4294967295
REAL32-bit Floating1.00E-44~3.40E+38
LREAL64-bit Floating4.94065645841247e-324~1.7976931348623157e+308
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