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PLCnext Engineer user interface General overview Key Menu bar Tool bar PLANT area Editors area COMPONENTS area Cross-functional area Status bar PLANT area All of the physical and logical components of your application are mapped in the form of a hierarchical… Read More
Transferring a project to the controller To transfer the project to the controller by means of PLCnext Engineer, proceed as follows: Double-click the controller node in the PLANT area. The controller editor group opens. Select the Cockpit editor. Click on the button (Write and start project, F5). Read More
Assigning process data Process data in IEC 61131-3 programs without IN and OUT ports There are two ways to assign process data: You can assign a process data item to a variable. You can assign a variable to a process data item. Process data is assigned… Read More
Creating a new project Open PLCnext Engineer. Click on a project template, e.g. Empty AXC F 2152 v.00 / 2020.0.0 project on the start page. The project template for an empty AXC F 2152 project opens. Open the File → Save Project As… menu. Enter a unique and meaningful name for the project. Read More
Configuring PROFINET controller and PROFINET device This series of steps demonstrates how to set up communication between two PLCs, one of them being the PROFINET controller and the other being the PROFINET device. On the PLC that will be the PROFINET Device: Note: The following steps are laid out in detail in the Configuring PROFINET… Read More
