Starting up INTERBUS with logical addressing 

Available on AXC F 2152 and AXC F 3152 from firmware 2019.3, and PLCnext Engineer from 2022.0 LTS

Requirements

Adding the AXC F XT IB to your bus configuration

Selecting the AXC F XT IB

  • Double-click the controller node in the PLANT area.
    ↪ The controller editor group opens.
  • Select the Settings editor.
  • Select the Hardware extensions view.
  • From the Interbus drop-down list, select AXC F XT IB  logical addressing (2403018).
    AXC F XT IB
    ↪ The AXC F XT IB node is now displayed in the PLANT area.
    Inline-Adapterklemme_im_Bereich_Anlage00051.png

Adding necessary libraries

  • In the COMPONENTS area, open the Libraries (x) section.
  • Right-click Libraries (x).
  • From the context menu, select Add Library....
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  • In the file explorer that opens, select the Inline library and the PLCnext Controller library (by pressing Ctrl).
    Note: If you have created the project with a project template, the PLCnext Controller library is already added by default.
  • Click the Open button.
    ↪ The two libraries are now displayed in the Libraries (x) section in the COMPONENTS area.

Adding a bus coupler

  • In the PLANT area, double-click the AXC F XT IB node.
    ↪ The AXC F XT IB editor group opens.
  • Select the Device List editor.
  • Click Select type here in the first row of the Device List editor.
    ↪ The Role Picker opens.

    Note: Only those elements from the COMPONENTS area that you can actually use are displayed in the Role Picker.
  • Select the relevant bus coupler in the Role Picker.
    ↪ The bus coupler is added and mapped under the AXC F XT IB (X) node in the PLANT area.
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  • To add more bus couplers, proceed as described above.

Adding I/O modules

Once you have added all the bus couplers from your bus configuration to the project, you can add the I/O modules connected to each bus coupler.

  • In the PLANT area, double-click the bus coupler to which you want to add I/O modules.
    ↪ The editor group for the selected bus coupler opens (in the example: il‑bk‑1).
  • Select the Module List editor.
  • Click Select type here in the first row of the Module List editor.
    ↪ The Role Picker opens. Only those elements from the COMPONENTS area that you can actually use are displayed in the Role Picker.
  • Select the relevant I/O module in the Role Picker.
    ↪ The I/O module is added and shown in the PLANT area under the AXC F XT IB (X) node for the respective bus coupler.
  • To add more I/O modules, proceed as described above.

Completing the setup

To complete the setup of the AXC F XT IB, proceed with the instructions in the following topics:

 

 


• Published/reviewed: 2024-09-24   ☀  Revision 073 •