Creating an IEC project in "Planning" mode

Creating an IEC project in "Planning" mode lets you create an IEC project without connected devices. Proceed as follows:

  1. When creating a new project in the start menu of MOVISUITE®, select [Planning].
  2. Create the device topology in the function view by adding components from the catalog to the project node.

    3. INFORMATION

    When adding components from the catalog in "Planning" mode, devices will NOT be added to the network view.
  3. Take the drives into operation in the same way as in "Startup" mode. See chapter Starting up the drives.

    4. INFORMATION

    Optimization of axes is not necessary as no axes are connected. You therefore have to optimize the system later after having transferred the data sets to the devices.
  4. Take the software modules into operation in the same way as in "Startup" mode. See chapter Starting up MOVIKIT® software modules.
  5. Take the MOVI‑C® CONTROLLER into operation in the same way as in "Startup" mode. See chapter Starting up the MOVI-C® CONTROLLER.
  6. Create an IEC project in the same way as in "Startup" mode. See chapter Generating an IEC project.
    • An IEC project is created or updated just like when creating an IEC project in "Startup" mode.
    • The devices connected via EtherCAT® are deactivated (and therefore grayed out in the device tree of the IEC Editor) and are arranged according to the function view in MOVISUITE®.

INFORMATION

When the IEC project is created in "Planning" mode, the physical sequence of the axes is adopted from the function view. The respective EtherCAT® address is created automatically from this sequence. If you cable the axes in the system in another sequence and you connect the scanned devices with the nodes of the devices in the function view, another sequence of devices will be created in the IEC project. The changed sequence does not have any effect on the IEC program code you have generated.