Beijer Electronics X2 control Startup Manual

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1 Introduction

This document goes through the basic settings and describes the required function and areas
required to use the the X2 control device using the CODESYS and iX Developer program to
achieve an easily get started.

With the HMI soft controllers in the X2 control series, any HMI application can have an
intuitive graphic iX interface with total CODESYS control.

The CODESYS SoftController can communicate with external devices, for example Remote
I/O. The different communication types are explained in detail in separate documents, see
chapter 4.

2 Precautions

This Start Up document should not be considered as a complete manual. It´s aimed to get the
user a guidline for an easy and quick setup of the configuration.

Copyright © Beijer Electronics, 2017

This documentation (below referred to as ‘the material’) is the property of Beijer Electronics. The holder or

user has a non-exclusive right to use the material.
The holder is not allowed to distribute the material to anyone outside his/her organization except in cases
where the material is part of a system that is supplied by the holder to his/her customer.
The material may only be used with products or software supplied by Beijer Electronics.
Beijer Electronics assumes no responsibility for any defects in the material, or for any consequences that
might arise from the use of the material.
It is the responsibility of the holder to ensure that any systems, for whatever applications, which is based on
or includes the material (whether in its entirety or in parts), meets the expected properties or functional
requirements.
Beijer Electronics has no obligation to supply the holder with updated versions.

All safety and accident prevention regulations relevant to your specific application must be observed in the
system design, installation, configuration, maintenance, servicing and testing of this product.

When making programs for this product make sure to leave sufficient CPU power for the HMI-part of the
product to be able to execute smoothly.
It´s recommended to keep the CPU-load below 80% on the kernel that CODESYS control applications run on.
See chapter 13, to monitor the CPU-load.

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3 Table of Contents

1 Introduction............................................................................................................................................................ 1

2 Precautions ............................................................................................................................................................. 1

3 Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................... 2

4 Software and documention.................................................................................................................................... 3

5 First step ................................................................................................................................................................. 4

6 Files in “Basic Settings” ........................................................................................................................................ 4

7 System configuration Remote I/O ........................................................................................................................ 5

8 Setup in the Programming tools ........................................................................................................................... 6

Setup in CODESYS ....................................................................................................................................... 7

Setup in iX Developer ................................................................................................................................... 9

9 Communication - iX Developer and CODESYS with Remote I/O .................................................................. 10

10 Retain and Persistent variables .......................................................................................................................... 11

11 Important settings ................................................................................................................................................ 13

Boot after Online Change and Restart of X2 control unit .......................................................................... 13

12 Project backup ..................................................................................................................................................... 14

CODESYS, create backup files ................................................................................................ ................... 14

CODESYS, Project Archive ........................................................................................................................ 14

CODESYS, source Download to X2 control ................................ ................................ ............................... 15

CODESYS, transfer project to X2 control via USB or SD card memory .................................................... 16

13 Diagnostics, CODESYS ....................................................................................................................................... 17

SoftControl Direct Acsess driver ................................................................................................................ 17

Monitor the CODESYS CPU load .............................................................................................................. 18

14 Document revision ............................................................................................................................................... 19

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4 Software and documention

Use the following software and drivers in order to obtain a stable configuration and
application.

It´s always recommended to check the website for latest information, software and
documentations:
http://www.beijerelectronics.se/sv-SE/Products/Control___systems

Software programs

 iX Developer 2.20 SP2 or later.
 CODESYS 3.5 SP10 Patch 1 or later
 CODESYS Runtime (compiler) 3.5.10.10 or later

X2 control, Software Firmware (Image)

 Version 1.2 Build508? or later.

(X2ImageLoader_build508.exe)

Driver, iX Developer <-> CODESYS

 SoftControl Direct Access version 4.03.03 or later.

X2 control, Device description file

 X2 control.xml, to enable iX X2 control device in CODESYS.

Communication to Remote I/O

 StartUp document:

 KI00376 EtherCAT (NA-9286)
 KI00377 ModbusTCP (NA-9189/NA-9289)
 KI00378 Modbus RTU (NA-9173/NA-9473)

In this document we have used following software

 iX Developer 2.20 SP2
 CODESYS 3.5 SP10 Patch 1
 CODESYS Runtime (compiler) version 3.5.10.10

In this document we have used following devices

 X2 control 10
 Remote I/O, Crevis FnIO-S series

For further information we refer to

 iX Developer Reference Manual (MAxx831)
 iX Developer User's Guide (MAxx832D)
 SoftControl Direct Access, driver help in iX Developer
 X2 Image Software, reference manual (MA205A)
 CoDeSys manuals and help in the software: https://www.codesys.com/

This document and other Start Up documents can be obtained from the website.

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5 First step

For best understanding and easy working with iX X2 control configuration we recommend:

 Prepare the computer with the programming tools CODESYS and iX Developer.
 Basic knowledge of CODESYS. There is a quick start in CODESYS help file.
 Download manuals:

http://www.beijerelectronics.se/sv-SE/Products/Control___systems

 Install X2 control device description in CODESYS.
 Update the X2 control device with CODESYS Runtime (compiler) version 3.5.10.10

Note! Use always the latest valid versions of the driver and Image software!

6 Files in “Basic Settings”

Supplied with this document there is a folder containing example program för iX Developer
and CODESYS. This basic applications can be used as a reference and to be downloaded on a
X2 control device.
Includes also an export folder to upload the project via USB-memory.

Tip! By importing the CODESYS project the installation of the X2 control device is
automaticly made on your computer.

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7 System configuration Remote I/O

Overview of communication options

Note!

If EtherCAT defined, recommended to to use port LAN A and use LAN B for rest of the
ethernet communications.

TCP

RTU

24 VDC COM 1/2 LAN A USB LAN B COM 3/4

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8 Setup in the Programming tools

 iX Developer for the HMI application
 CODESYS for the Control application

X2 control

CODESYS

control-

application

iX

HMI-

application

-EtherCAT

-Modbus TCP/RTU

Ethernet