Loading Device Description Data; Configuring The Bus Coupler In The Fieldbus System - Aventics AES Systembeschreibung

74 AVENTICS | Bus Coupler AES/Valve Driver AV, EtherCAT | R412018142–BAL–001–AF
PLC Configuration of the Valve System
5.2

Loading device description data

The XML file "AES-EcatKoppler.xml" describes the bus coupler; the XML file "AES-Slot.xml"
the modules. Both files with English and German language content are located on the CD
R412018133, included on delivery. The files can also be downloaded online from the AVENTICS
Media Center.
Each valve system is equipped with a bus coupler; some contain valves and/or I/O modules,
depending on your order. The XML files contain the data for all modules that require a data
assignment by the user in the data area of the controller. The XML files with the parameter data
of the modules is loaded in a configuration program, which allows the user to conveniently assign
data to the individual modules and set the parameters.
To configure the valve system PLC, copy the XML file from CD R412018133 to the computer
containing the PLC configuration program.
You can use PLC configuration software from various manufacturers for the PLC configuration.
The descriptions in the following sections therefore focus on the basic procedure for configuring
the PLC.
5.3

Configuring the bus coupler in the fieldbus system

Before you can configure the individual components of the valve system, you need to add the bus
coupler to the I/O devices in the EtherCAT branch.
Select the menu item "Append Box" from the context menu.
Fig. 3: Menu item "Append Box"
A selection window opens.
Fig. 4: Selecting the bus coupler
Select the manufacturer in the window and add the device "AES Fieldbus Coupler" from the
"AES Modular/Slots" hierarchy.